There's a lot to be excited about for the 2024/25 Prince George Symphony Orchestra and it all starts with Pops in the Park once again this fall! Learn more about what's in store on the show with Maestro Michael Hall! Learn more on the PGSO website here.

A decade is a long time! Northern FanCon has reached that milestone as it runs its 10th Anniversary event this weekend at the CN Centre and Kin Arenas. Learn about who's in town for the big celebration from the event creator Norm Coyne and acclaimed actor Ming Chen who is no stranger to Prince George! You can get your ...

There are some BIG names coming to help celebrate 10 years of Northern FanCon in Prince George this weekend! While there are many on the showbiz side of things, there are also many on the wrestling side of things ready to bring a major atmosphere under the Saturday night lights! Meet 'The Mountie' Jacques Rougeau longt...

Have you heard of the Art Battle? This will be the 9th Art Battle held in Prince George which features artists of various skills competing against one another in who has the best piece of art! Now you may be wondering how that is decided... well of course the crowd is the ones who get to help that process! We dive into...

With summer on the horizon, it is time for the Prince George Symphony Orchestra to wrap up their season! We break down 'Requiem' on the show ahead of the performance on Sunday May 5th at Vanier Hall. The performance will also feature Jocelyn Morlock's masterpiece My Name is Amanda Todd, a sprinkling of Rachmaninoff, an...

With 'Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration' on now at Two Rivers Gallery, we had an opportunity to interview one of the artists who's work is included in the travelling exhibit. Meet Henry Frank, who spent time at San Quentin before rediscovering his artistic ability now hoping to share his story with oth...

Marking Time is the result of a decade of research by Dr. Nicole R. Fleetwood based in New York, USA. This important travelling exhibition concludes its tour in Prince George at Two Rivers Gallery and other partnering venues. Marking Time highlights artists who are, or have been, incarcerated, alongside artists who hav...

Opening night has arrived for the last main stage production of the 2023/24 Theatre NorthWest season! Get a taste of The Hound of the Baskervilles which is a wonderfully barking spoof! Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most celebrated Sherlock Holmes story gets a gloriously funny makeover in The Hound of the Baskervilles. When ...

The PG old Time Fiddlers are back at it in the city this weekend! The group is ready to celebrate fiddle music and dancing at the Knox Performance Centre on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday! Hear from Doug and Shawnee on the show ahead of a busy weekend!

Jim Byrnes is a legendary blues icon, an actor of note, and that artist who lights up every stage with songs and stories, tried and true. The tried and true part is just how Byrnes likes it, according to the accomplished actor and longtime performer it's the stories that are able to be told through his songs that are t...

The Prince George Artists Co-op is getting ready to launch pen and ink classes for four weeks starting on April 28th. Take part in the classes for a series of Friday sessions and learn the basics and advanced methods from local artist Judy Lisk. You can register by calling the co-op at 250-962-0030.

The Prince George Symphony Orchestra recently purchased a pedal harp, a first for Northern BC, through a generous donation from Fred and Daniella van der Post with support from the Prince George Community Foundation. The instrument will make its debut on stage this Saturday at St. Michaels Anglican Church, with Vancouv...

The Duchess Park theatre is buzzing with activity as the cast and crew prepare for opening night of The Addams Family on Tuesday, April 23. We stopped by for a sneak peek! Tickets are going fast! You can purchase them at Duchess Park Secondary during lunch hour and after school.

The Knox Performance Centre is hosting Erika Mitsuhashi this week for something that has never been done before in Prince George. In the first ever artist in residence of this style, Erika Mitsuhashi explores interdisciplinary arts through the merging of projection, choreography and installation art. During her week-lo...

Man's best friend is an expression used often when referring to dogs. For many treeplanters the expression couldn't be more true. The Here Boy Films production follows the daily lives of eight loyal but mischievous dogs in a remote tree-planting camp in Quesnel, British Columbia. Filmed during the sweltering summertime...

There's a lot of excitement on the horizon for Theatre NorthWest with the 2024/25 season now officially revealed! Learn more about each production part of the 'Season of Friendship' set to take over the theatre starting in fall 2024. You can get your tickets various ways including flexible options available through the...

The latest stage-reading is prepped and ready to hit the stage at Theatre NorthWEst! This show is called 'A Doll's House' and centres on an ordinary family-Torvald Helmer, a bank lawyer, and his wife, Nora, and their three little children. Torvald supposes himself the ethical member of the family, while his wife assume...

There's a whole program at the College of New Caledonia dedicated to graphic design, and part of that program is learning the art of 3D design. We catch up with one of the instructors who teaches the class on the show!

The Prince George Symphony Orchestra is hosting events on back-to-back weekends here in the city! First take in the Chamber Social called 'A Little Noir' at the Knox Performance Centre featuring French and American chamber music on April 13. The following weekend, a family favourite 'Peter and the Wolf' is set to take ...

Scenes from Prince George and Northern BC are the subject of the latest exhibit to stop in at the Central BC Railway and Forestry Museum. The exhibit called 'Our Own Backyard' features artist Jeanette Orydzuk who was born and raised in Prince George and while she lived elsewhere on occasion, she always ended up coming ...

It's always incredible to watch folks born and raised right here in Prince George and Central BC make a name for themselves in the bright lights of the big city. We catch up with Chlz who has just released her first EP in Toronto along with her music video for 'Fire'. Hear her interview and the new song on CKPG Today.

Central BC's only ballet is stopping in Prince George for a special performance on Friday night at Vanier Hall! Ballet Kelowna is set to perform a trio of pieces showcasing dancers from around the world. We caught up with the group ahead of their PG return on the show. You can get your tickets via TicketsNorth.

For the first time since 2015, JUNO-nominated acoustic folk-roots group The Fugitives is returning to Prince George! With their first five albums they collected numerous Canadian Folk Music Awards, Western Canadian Music Awards and a Juno nomination, and have toured extensively through Canada, Europe and the UK. You ca...

The Prince George Cantata Singers are presenting Sunshine and Roses as the theme of their 2024 Spring Concert. The dynamic vocal group is teaming up with local musical artist Amy Blanding for a special performance Saturday April 6th at the Knox Performance Centre. You can find tickets here.

The Canadian Vocational Training Centre in Prince George is celebrating 10 years of being in the city with a public open house event on April 6! Enjoy a BBQ from 11-3 pm and learn about what the centre has to offer with free face painting, inflatable fun, and spin the wheel for swag.

The Champions of Magic tour is making a stop in Prince George on April 7, bringing with it a cast of talented magicians! We caught up with two performers for a firsthand account of what to expect in the show! Keep watching CKPG Today all this week for the codewords to enter online to win a package of tickets to the sho...

Local musician Becky Adams has written a song to pay tribute to her home town of Lytton, BC after a wildfire ravaged the town. Hear Becky and her band play 'Hole in my Soul'.

There are many elements that go into a stage reading, and there are many reasons why stage readings came to be so popular at Theatre NorthWest. We dive into the details into what shaped the ongoing stage reading series and how different it can be for actors on stage.