Join Our BowFEAST!

We’re proud to be organizing BowFEAST, an annual farmer’s market and festival of island agriculture, set for Snug Cove village on August 15. Shop for fruit, berries, and veg, visit the bee display, learn about soil production in the kid’s tent, and much more.

BowFEAST is a production of OneDayBowen, a grassroots group supporting local solutions to global challenges. It’s sponsored by the Bowen Island Parks and Recreation Department, with further support provided by a community grant from Bowen Island Municipality.

Homegrown Melodies

There’s a thriving music scene on Bowen Island; a variety of cafes offer drop-in and open mic events, such the popular Snug Session that brings live celtic music to the Snug Cafe on Saturday nights, from 7 to 10pm.

This Friday the Happy Isle cafe, just down the hill from us, will offer live jazz from 7:30pm - 11:00pm with Bowen’s own Teun Schut, Buff Allen, and Ryland Haggis. The trio will play selections from Pat Metheny, John Scofield, Michael Brecker, and George Benson. Fill your glass, join our community, and enjoy these intimate shows.

For full listings of all the musical events out here in the Salish Sea, check out the brand-new Music On Bowen site.

An Explosive Past

The Bowen Island Community Museum has just opened The History of Western Explosives Factory on Bowen Island, an exhibit about the dynamite plant that operated on an 850-acre lot on the west side of the island between 1909 and 1913.

The exhibit explores the history of dynamite manufacturing on Bowen, details the fatal accidents at the plant, displays pottery left behind by the dynamite plant workers, and offers a glimpse into the lives of the contract laborers engaged in this dangerous work.

At the museum building, located in the village at the crossroads. Spring hours are Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, between 10am and 3:30pm; hours increase in the summer.