Elephant Mountain Lit Fest
2023-09-11 - 2023-09-17 | Nelson, Nelson
Elephant Mountain Lit Fest will be back to spark your literary flame in Nelson, BC, from September 11 – 17, 2023. Join us for readings, craft talks, panels, workshops, blue pencil sessions and more with your favourite writers from near and far.
https://www.emlfestival.com

The Art of Bryn Stevenson
2023-09-12 - 2023-09-30 | Studio Connexion Art Gallery, 203 Fifth Ave. NW., Nakusp
Studio Connexion Art Gallery is a small cultural space nested in Nakusp. It has been in operation in the summer time mainly and going into its 15th season. 7 Art Exhibitions by talented Canadian Artists painting mainly landscapes and abstract. Artists from the region and across Canada are represented by the owner & curator Anne Béliveau
The 2023 season Starts on May 12th with Master Artist David Langevin who will be showing for the second time his gorgeous colourful scenes from Western Canada. David knows how to bring light in his paintings. He will also facilitate a workshop which is sold out already. Other painters from the region and BC are Richard Brodeur, Brigitte Desbois, Holly Woods, Charlene Duncan, Grace Croughan from Toronto and Bryn Stevenson. Looking forward to have you visit, make the Connexion and perhaps fall in love with the fine artworks we show.

Nelson Choral Singers fall session
2023-09-13 19:00, 2023-09-13 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Vancouver) | Nelson United Church, 602 Silica Street, Nelson, British Columbia, V1L 4N1, Canada
Interested in Choral Singing? Nelson Choral Singers fall session begins Sept 13, with practices Wednesdays 7-9 pm at the Nelson United Church under the direction of Kathleen Neudorf. Concert Dec 9 & 10 at the Capitol Theatre. Info at nelsonchoralsingers.org

BLOOD STAR w/ INTRANCED
2023-09-13 21:00 | The Royal, 330 Baker Street Nelson, BC V1L 4H5, Nelson, British Columbia, V1L 4H5, Canada
BLOOD STAR is a new creative endeavour from Visigoth guitarist Jamison Palmer. However, let no assumptions linger that BLOOD STAR is Visigoth Part 2: while both rooted in traditional metal, Palmer’s new outlet here harkens back to the classiest, most cruising, but also darkest heavy metal of the 1980s both in the US and in Germany.
Intranced is an LA-based metal/hard rock band feat. singer James-Paul Luna (Holy Grail), guitarist Fili Bibiano (Fortress) and drummer Ben Richardson (Wild Eyes). Building on their celebrated musical pasts, the trio were united by the goal of mining the deep, rich seams of classic heavy metal, with a premium on songwriting and a focus on the epic themes of real life: triumph, tragedy, and heartbreak.

Sam Hurrie @ Torchlight
2023-09-14 17:30 - 19:00 | Torchlight Brewing Co., 125 Hall St, Nelson, BC, V1L 7B4
On Wednesday September 15th at Torchlight Brewing in Nelson Sam Hurrie, Canadian songwriter, string player (guitar, dobro, mandolin), will be playing music at 5:30pm.

PINK MOUNTIANTOPS
2023-09-14 21:00 | The Royal, 330 Baker Street Nelson, BC V1L 4H5, Nelson, British Columbia, V1L 4H5, Canada
BANG BOX BOOGIE TOURSince their 2004 self-titled debut, Pink Mountaintops have supplied an outlet for the more arcane fascinations of Black Mountain frontman Stephen McBean. On Peacock Pools—Pink Mountaintops’ first new music in eight years—the British Columbia-born singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist shares 12 songs sparked from his magpie-like curiosity for a wild expanse of cultural artifacts: the sci-fi body horror of David Cronenberg, Disney Read-Along Records from the 1970s, early Pink Floyd and mid-career Gary Numan, John Carpenter movies, Ornette Coleman live videos, a 1991 essay on the cult of bodybuilding by postmodern feminist Camille Paglia. Featuring counterculture icons like Steven McDonald of Redd Kross and Dale Crover of Melvins, Peacock Pools alchemizes those obsessions into a body of work with its own enchanting power, the sonic equivalent of falling down a thousand rabbit holes at once and landing somewhere gloriously strange.

Between the Peaks Music Festival
2023-09-15 16:00 - 2023-09-16 23:30 | Red Mountain Resort, 4300 Red Mountain Rd, Rossland, British Columbia, V0G 1Y0, Canada
Between the Peaks Music Festival is the newest music event in the Kootenays, right here at the base of RED Mountain in Rossland, BC! Hosting a variety of Canadian, international, and local acts with the goal to evolve into a growing music and arts festival held every year, this is a festival you won’t want to miss!
Utilising the natural slopes and amphitheater-like setting at the base of Red and Granite Mountains as the backdrop to the event, your 2 days of jaw-dropping views will be complete with incredible music performances across 2 stages, a variety of food and drink vendors, a relaxed family-friendly atmosphere, and more!

Pre-fest drinks & Music at The Josie
Friday: Head to the festival early to get the party started at The Josie for live music by Jason Thomas starting @ 3pm!
Saturday: Round 2 awaits! Get to RED early for another pre-party at The Josie (open @ 11am!) with live music by TruckVanCar at noon!

Official Friday Night After Party at The Flying Steamshovel
Be sure to catch Juno Award Nominees, The Pack A.D. at The Flying Steamshovel for the official Friday night Between The Peaks After Party!
Doors: 10pm | Tickets: $35 | Ages: 19+
Get your ticket »
(Use the code BTP10 for $10 off your ticket!)

Cottonwood Reading
2023-09-15 19:00 - 21:30 | The Capitol Theatre, 421 Victoria Street, Nelson, British Columbia, V1L 5R2, Canada
Elephant Mountain Lit Fest is proud to present some of Western Canada’s most riveting storytellers and writers in a reading together on Friday, September 15th at 7:00pm at The Capitol Theatre in Nelson. Join Ivan Coyote, John Vaillant, Sonnet L’Abbé, and Deryn Collier in a celebration of dynamic, important stories, and writers and wordsmiths who bring them to life.
Writer and storyteller Ivan Coyote will be gracing the stage to speak about their 13th book, Care Of. Born and raised in Whitehorse, Yukon, they are the author of thirteen books, the creator of four films, six stage shows, and three albums that combine storytelling with music. Coyote’s stories grapple with the complex and intensely personal topics of gender identity, family, class, and queer liberation, but always with a generous heart, and a quick wit. Ivan’s stories manage to handle both the hilarious and the historical with reverence and compassion, and remind us all of our own fallible and imperfect humanity, while at the same time inspiring us to change the world.
John Vaillant’s acclaimed, award-winning nonfiction books, The Golden Spruce and The Tiger, were national bestsellers. His debut novel, The Jaguar’s Children, was a finalist for the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize and the International Dublin Literary Award. Vaillant has received the Governor General’s Literary Award, British Columbia’s National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction, the Windham-Campbell Literature Prize, and the Pearson Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction. He lives in Vancouver.
His newest novel Fire Weather was released earlier this year. In masterly prose and cinematic style, John Vaillant weaves together an enthralling, multifaceted story of how Fort McMurray revealed a new normal of fires burning longer and with greater intensity than at any other time this planet has ever known. From the large-scale histories of North American resource extraction and climate science, to the intimate tales of lives scarred by the Fort McMurray disaster, Valliant’s urgent work is a book for — and from — our new century of fire. (From Knopf Canada)
Sonnet L’Abbé is a Canadian poet, performer, editor, and professor. They are the author of A Strange Relief, Killarnoe, Anima Canadensis and Sonnet’s Shakespeare. They teach Creative Writing and English at Vancouver Island University, and are a poetry editor at Brick Books. They had their first solo performance of songs and poems at Nanaimo’s Port Theatre in 2021.
In a defiant act of literary patricide and a feat of painstaking poetic labour, Sonnet L’Abbé works with the pages of Shakespeare’s sonnets as a space they will inhabit, as a place of power they will occupy. Letter by letter, they sit their own language down into the white spaces of Shakespeare’s poems, until they overwhelm the original text and effectively erase Shakespeare’s voice by subsuming his words into theirs. In each of the 154 dense new poems of Sonnet’s Shakespeare sits one “aggrocultured” Shakespearean sonnet–displaced, spoken over, but never entirely silenced.
Deryn Collier has dreamed of writing mystery novels since reading her first Nancy Drew in the second grade. She has written two previous novels, Confined Space, which was nominated for a Best First Novel award by the Crime Writers of Canada, and Open Secret. Based on the true story of her aunt, Deryn’s new postwar historical novel A Real Somebodycharts the journey of a talented young writer who dares to break the conventions of her time during one pivotal season of her life.

RUMOUR MILL WITH JILL MCKENNA & CAMERON ELANA
2023-09-15 20:00 - 23:30 | The Royal, 330 Baker Street Nelson, BC V1L 4H5, Nelson, British Columbia, V1L 4H5, Canada
Live music at The Royal in Nelson on Friday September 15th. Rumour Mill have been a staple of the Kootenays the last few years and have since taken their act on the road across Canada, finally bringing their indy folk flair back to Nelson with the help of Jill McKenna!

Revelstoke Timber Days w/ Laughing Loggers Show
2023-09-16 08:00 - 17:00 | BC Interior Forestry Museum, 5205 Hwy 23 N, Revelstoke
Date: Saturday, September 16, 2023
Time: 10am – 5pm (to be confirmed)
Location: The Riverside Forest Walk at the BC Interior Forestry Museum
Events

Professional Lumberjack Entertainment Show put on by the ‘Laughing Loggers’ out of Vancouver, BC
Kids activities for all ages
Local Axe throwing competition
Chainsaw carving
Raffle table
Forest History discussions
Beverage gardens & food trucks
Much, much more……

Aceyalone Live At Bloom Nightclub
2023-09-16 19:00 - 22:00 | Bloom Nightclub, 198 Baker St, Nelson, British Columbia, V1L 4H4, Canada
Aceyalone, from Los Angles California will be live at Bloom Nightclub On Saturday September 16th.
Aceyalone emerged from the Project Blowed collective, considered to be the longest-running open mic hip-hop workshop. He began rapping as part of the group Freestyle Fellowship, which consisted of Aceyalone, Myka 9, and Self Jupiter. Later, P.E.A.C.E. Freestyle Fellowship developed a reputation for influencing a style of fast double-time rap used by rappers like Busta Rhymes, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, and Migos.

Dizzy Wright, Jarren Benton & Demerick Live At Bloom Nightclub
2023-09-16 19:00 - 22:00 | Bloom Nightclub, 198 Baker St, Nelson, British Columbia, V1L 4H4, Canada
It Gets Greater Later Tour. Saturday September 16th at Bloom Nightclub in Nelson.

Dizzy Wright
Jarren Benton
Demrick

Opener: Kryple
La’Reonte Wright, known professionally as Dizzy Wright, is an American rapper and record producer. In December 2011, Wright signed to rapper Hopsin’s independent record label, Funk Volume. After signing, he released his debut studio album SmokeOut Conversations in April 2012.

D.O.A. w/ THE ADITS
2023-09-16 21:00 | The Royal, 330 Baker Street Nelson, BC V1L 4H5, Nelson, British Columbia, V1L 4H5, Canada
D.O.A. is one of the founding bands of Hardcore Punk!Joined by Kootenay rockers The Adits!

D.O.A. with THE ADITS
2023-09-16 21:00 - 2023-09-17 02:00 | The Royal, 330 Baker Street Nelson, BC V1L 4H5, Nelson, British Columbia, V1L 4H5, Canada
Live music at the Royal in Nelson on Saturday September 16th. D.O.A. is one of the founding bands of Hardcore Punk! Joined by Kootenay rockers The Adits!

Harrop Harvest Festival
2023-09-17 10:00 - 15:00 | Harrop & District Community Centre, 6066 McConnell Road, Harrop
Celebrate fall harvest with local produce, artisans and community vendors. Live music and food, fun and games.

A Sunday Market at The Royal
2023-09-17 12:00 - 16:00 | The Royal, 330 Baker Street Nelson, BC V1L 4H5, Nelson, British Columbia, V1L 4H5, Canada
Free curated artisan market! Join Leifa Collectiv at The Royal, Nelson, for A Sunday Market on September 17. From 12-4, sip $7 mimosas and happy hour deals while you shop a talented line up of local makers and artists. DJ Sunny Acres will be keeping us happy with tunes all afternoon long, see you on the dance floor!

Live Jazz w/ Rich Rabnett & Sarah McGlynn
2023-09-18 18:00 - 21:00 | Library Lounge, 422 Vernon St, Nelson, BC, V1L 1S8, Canada
Sit back and enjoy live jazz music while engaging in candlelit conversation. The Library Lounge in Nelson has a cozy, parlour-like atmosphere. Our full dining menu is offered along with a wide array of wines, local craft beer and deliciously crafted cocktails.

Live Jazz, Paul Landsberg with Guests
2023-09-19 18:00 - 21:00 | Library Lounge, 422 Vernon St, Nelson, BC, V1L 1S8, Canada

Nelson Overture Concerts Society presents The Eliot Quartett
2023-09-20 19:30 - 21:30 | The Capitol Theatre, 421 Victoria Street, Nelson, British Columbia, V1L 5R2, Canada
Nelson Overture Concerts Society will present the Eliot Quartett on September 20th and the Capitol Theatre in Nelson. Come out to hear this award-winning young string quartet based in Frankfurt, Germany. They will perform works of Brahms, Shostakovich and Fanny Mendelssohn.

Easy Tiger, Underground Sessions.
2023-09-20 21:00 - 23:30 | Easy Tiger, 479 Baker St, Nelson, V1L 4H7
Sept 20 // Champagne Tuesday
Sept 27 // Lil Stitious

Live Jazz, J. Greg Walter
2023-09-21 18:00 - 21:00 | Library Lounge, 422 Vernon St, Nelson, BC, V1L 1S8, Canada

Massif Music Festival 2023
2023-09-21 20:00 - 2023-09-23 23:30 | Eagles Lodge, 641 Baker St, Nelson, V1L 4J3
The Massif Music Festival (Sept. 22-23, 2023) is a celebration of underground, underrepresented music from throughout Canada and the United States. Massif is an all-ages event with a lineup conscientiously curated to represent diversity within the underground music scene and to provide Kootenay musicians with a place to perform and to connect with touring acts. Rock, punk, psych, metal and all kinds of heavy and alternative bands take the stage at the Eagles Lodge in Nelson.

Nelson Culture Days
2023-09-22 - 2023-10-15 | Nelson, Nelson
Culture Days is a national celebration of arts and culture. At the end of each September, millions of people attend thousands of free participatory arts and culture events across the country both in-person and online. Culture Days programs invite the public to get hands-on and behind-the-scenes to highlight the importance of arts and culture in our communities. Check back for BC and Nelson specific events in 2023.

An Evening of Acoustic Folk Music
2023-09-22 19:30 - 21:30 | Taghum Hall, 5915 Taghum Hall Rd, Nelson, V1L 6Y4
Taghum Hall presents An Evening of Acoustic Folk Music featuring sets by Jeremy Earley, Sapphire Guthrie, and Philip Seagram. Earley is an accomplished singer-songwriter taking a break from touring with his band Naked by the Fire to focus on more introspective indie-folk; Guthrie, a long-time member of Alison Girvan’s renowned choirs, is a multi-instrumentalist whose songs span many contemporary genres; and Seagram is a storyteller at heart with a keen interest in people, nature, and life’s questions.

LUNA Fest
2023-09-22 19:30 - 2023-09-24 17:00 | Downtown Revelstoke, Reve
LUNA Festival presents 3-days of Nocturnal Art + Wonder across downtown Revelstoke. LUNA Sound will kick off the weekend on the evening of Friday, September 22nd, featuring spectacular and diverse Canadian musical talent hosted at unique LUNA venues. LUNA Arts will follow this evening of musical celebration on Saturday, September 23rd, from 6 pm, presenting a mind-blowing extravaganza of installation art, interactive performances, and projections for you to discover in the downtown core. The weekend will wrap up at the Revelstoke Rail Museum on Sunday, September 24th, with a day of music, art and fun for the whole family. Join us this fall and prepare to experience Revelstoke as you have never seen it before.LUNA SOUND7:30 pm – Late19+ Ticketed eventA wild night of music that kicks off LUNA Festival weekend. LUNA SOUND features hip hop, jazz, rock, reggae, big band and everything in between, with nine bands across four stages. Dance the night away at four uniquely LUNA venues in downtown Revy, and prepare to be blown away by spectacular and diverse Canadian musical talent.LUNA ARTS6 pm -11 pmEntry by donationLUNA ARTS is a mind-blowing extravaganza of installation art, interactive performances, and Art Alleries discoveries spread across Revelstoke’s downtown core. Join us and prepare to experience Revelstoke as you have never seen it before.LUNA RAIL10 am – 5 pmEntry by donationCelebrate the 30th Railway Day at the Revelstoke Railway Museum. LUNA Rail will blend the art and music you know and love from LUNA with historical railway treasures of Revelstoke in a family-friendly environment for everyone to enjoy.

Write Off the Bat! writing challenge
2023-09-23 - 2023-09-24 | Taghum Hall, 5915 Taghum Hall Rd, Nelson, V1L 6Y4
Write Off the Bat! is a writing marathon, a juried competition, and a chance for writers to hang with fellow writers, in-person at Taghum Hall. It’s about new writing that speaks to one of our two themes in the categories of Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, and Poetry Series. The event is fun, with plenty of camaraderie and pep talks, with lunches and snacks provided. And prizes! Taghum Hall is delighted to partner with the Elephant Mountain Lit Fest for Write Off the Bat!. We’ll have a public awards night on October 13 as a BC Culture Days event.

Arts & Culture Festival
2023-09-23 08:00 - 17:00 | Rossland Museum & Discovery Centre, 1100 Hwy 3B | Junction of Hwys 3B & 22, Rossland, BC, V0G 1Y0, Canada
Join us at the Rossland Museum & Discovery Centre as we kick off Culture Days with our Arts & Culture Festival, September 23 and 24 from 12 to 4 pm all weekend. Live music & performances, artists & vendors, food & drink! Entry is free, but donations are always appreciated!
PLUS join us from 1:30-3pm on Sunday, September 24th for a free workshop with Lana Jamieson of Black Earth Ceramics. She’ll be showing us how to make whimsical, porcelain, animal-inspired candle holders! We’ll provide the supplies – you just need to bring your ideas, sketches, and inspiration with you! Geared for ages 12 and up. Note: registration is limited to ten people. Sign up by email to info@rosslandmuseum.ca or call 250-362-7722.

This event is supported in part by the Rossland Council for Arts & Culture, Tourism Rossland, Columbia Basin Trust, Teck Trail Operations, Nelson & District Credit Union, and the Province of BC.

Comic Jam and Mini Tutorials
2023-09-23 10:00 - 14:00 | The Esplanade at the Trail’s IncrEDIBLE Farmer’s Market, Trail
What’s a comic jam you ask? It’s a free-flowing way to make comics in a group setting! Join BC Culture Days ambassador Erin Shuttleworth at the Trail’s IncrEdible Farmer’s Market on Sept 23 for several FREE micro-workshops hosted by local artists and organizations. Each station will have the option for “take home” workshops if the crowd atmosphere becomes a barrier. Participants will be given a panel to illustrate and add to the evolving narrative. If coming in person is inconvenient or inaccessible, or if you would like a refresh after the event, all workshops will be made available online.Accessibility info:Free to attend.The event site is wheelchair accessible.Low stimulus online participation options.ASL translated video recordings.BC Culture Days’ ambassadors are planning FREE, access-focused arts events across the province! The A/I/R Ambassador Series celebrates accessibility and community care, while inspiring liberating, creative experiences for all arts and culture lovers and goers alike. Guided by the theme of AIR (access, inclusion, and resilience), each event is created under the creed that creativity, artistic exploration, and collaborative artmaking are for everyone. Learn more about the A/I/R Ambassador Series here: https://culturedays.ca/en/hubs/f4841d7e-5bef-4cad-bc4b-e564c1cf9a47.
