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Today at the Art Gallery :) Elder Flora Smigel will be there at 530pm storytelling 🪶

BRING THE KIDS: STORYTIME WITH FLORA SMIGEL

From 6:30–7 PM on June 26, children's author and storyteller Flora Smigel will take the Plaza stage with a special storytime for kids and families.

Flora will be reading from the children's books she has written — stories made to be heard out loud, shared between generations, and carried home in the hearts of the kids who hear them. Bring a blanket. Bring a little one. Bring yourself.


🕡 Storytime: 6:30–7 PM

📍 Downtown Courtenay Plaza

📅 Friday, June 26 | 5–9 PM (festival runs the full evening)

🎟️ Free admission — All ages


Part of the K'ómoks Fusion Festival, opening Summer Pulse 2026 in partnership with the Queneesh Indigenous Community Society.



Summer Pulse on the Plaza is a series of free monthly mini-festivals running all summer long in Downtown Courtenay. Presented by Comox Valley Arts (CV/Arts), Comox Valley Art Gallery (CVAG), Downtown Courtenay BIA, Queneesh Indigenous Community Society, Comox Valley Q***r Centre and Elevate.

Brought to you by Comox Valley Arts, Comox Valley Art Gallery, Downtown Courtenay BIA, Queneesh Indigenous Community Society, Q***r Centre Comox Valley, and Elevate the Arts

Our National Indigenous People's Day 2026 celebrations are only 10 days away! Please share our poster far and wide. Thank you to Kwakwaxolas Puntletz for the beautiful design this year and thank you to our community and cultural partners for your incredible support and collaboration