Sun, Apr 12
|Bowen Park Auditorium
2026 The Great Nanaimo Pottery Throwdown
Join us for a fun, fast-paced pottery throwdown featuring hilarious challenges and local potters competing for prizes. It's a clay-filled afternoon of laughs and community spirit in support of our artist in residency program!
Time & Location
Apr 12, 2026, 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Bowen Park Auditorium, Bowen Park Complex, 500 Bowen Rd, Nanaimo, BC V9R 1Z7, Canada
About the Event
Get Ready for a Claytastic Afternoon!
We’re bringing the clay-throwing fun to Nanaimo with the 3rd Annual Nanaimo Great Pottery Throwdown– and it's all for a great cause! Join us for an afternoon of hilarious, fast-paced pottery challenges, a fundraiser for the Artist-In-Residency Program.
Expect nothing less than clay-flying chaos as professional potters face off in five wild, timed challenges:
Off The Hump
Longest Handle Challenge
Hand-Built Replica
Throw it Blindfolded
Widest Bowl
NEW! Team Throwing Challenge!
There will be laughs, triumphs, mishaps, and lots of mess – it’s all part of the fun! Each round’s winner will score a prize donated generously by our community businesses.
Thirsty Cup Fundraiser: Mugs, handmade and donated by local potters, will be on display and for sale for a $30 minimum donation.
Whether you're a pottery pro or just here for the fun, everyone is welcome! And don’t worry, we’ll kick things off with a professional demonstration of each skill.
Learn More about your contestants (COMING SOON!)
Meet your hosts, Bronwyn Arundel and Danica Ceramica
Sponsored by Plainsman Clay Ltd.
Don’t miss out – it will be a clay-filled, fun-packed afternoon for all!
Tickets
2026 Nanaimo Pottery Throwdown
Support the Artist In Residency Program! This ticket is for the pottery throwdown event. Mug sales are not included in this ticket.
$35.00
+$1.75 GST
Total
$0.00