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Visual Exploration Club (Ages 5-8)

VISAC Gallery 1501 Cedar Avenue, Trail

About Visual Exploration Club (VEC): Students can expect to learn about other artists, experiment with various materials, and make mistakes. Each participant receives a sketchbook to track their skill development in a wide range of materials such as drawing, painting, printmaking and 3-dimensional art. This session is for ages 5-8, or primary students in grades […]

$200

20/40 February Edition: Sketch Comedy Show

The Royal 330 Baker Street Nelson, BC V1L 4H5, Nelson, British Columbia, Canada

20/40 is an experimental theater show with twenty plays performed in forty minutes, and the audience picks the order! The plays you’ll see will include performance art, dance, audience participation, sketch and more! This mix of art blurs the line between chaotic and focused performances, proving to be a multi-layered emotional roller coaster that demands […]

Ali Hassan: Does This Taste Funny?

The Capitol Theatre 421 Victoria Street, Nelson, British Columbia, Canada

Ali Hassan’s career plans started off as simply as anyone’s: become a chef, get a food show on television, get a second food show on television, be the face of the network and have oven mitts with his face on them. But sometimes things get in the way of your dreams: like your parents’ disappointment, […]

Visual Exploration Club (Ages 9-12)

VISAC Gallery 1501 Cedar Avenue, Trail

About Visual Exploration Club (VEC): Students can expect to learn about other artists, experiment with various materials, and make mistakes. Each participant receives a sketchbook to track their skill development in a wide range of materials such as drawing, painting, printmaking and 3-dimensional art. This session is for ages 9-12, or intermediate students in grades […]

$200

Circus Acts Insomniacs Present: “Go On, Git!”

The Capitol Theatre 421 Victoria Street, Nelson, British Columbia, Canada

Circus Acts Insomniacs Present: “Go On, Git!”  A Western Variety Show  Saddle up for a wild night of live music and jaw-dropping circus acts! Featuring the rip-roaring tunes of The Sarah Orton Band and a lineup of performers ready to knock your boots off. Your charming host for the evening: Johnny Poutina!  Starring: Jodie Michelle Shivivi Yeehaw Yessie! […]

$40

Circus Acts Insomniacs Present: “Go On, Git!”

The Capitol Theatre 421 Victoria Street, Nelson, British Columbia, Canada

Circus Acts Insomniacs Present: “Go On, Git!”  A Western Variety Show  Saddle up for a wild night of live music and jaw-dropping circus acts! Featuring the rip-roaring tunes of The Sarah Orton Band and a lineup of performers ready to knock your boots off. Your charming host for the evening: Johnny Poutina!  Starring: Jodie Michelle Shivivi Yeehaw Yessie! […]

$40

KOOTENAY COMEDY OPEN MIC

The Royal 330 Baker Street Nelson, BC V1L 4H5, Nelson, British Columbia, Canada

Open Mic Comedy with some of the Kootenays finest and some others! message @kootenaycomedy on instagram to sign up!

$5

KOOTENAY COMEDY OPEN MIC

The Royal 330 Baker Street Nelson, BC V1L 4H5, Nelson, British Columbia, Canada

Hosted by lil’ Mikey, its an open mic Comedy night! To sign up come early or message kootenaycomedy on instagram! $5

$5

Visual Exploration Club (Ages 13+)

VISAC Gallery 1501 Cedar Avenue, Trail

About Visual Exploration Club (VEC): Students can expect to learn about other artists, experiment with various materials, and make mistakes. Each participant receives a sketchbook to track their skill development in a wide range of materials such as drawing, painting, printmaking and 3-dimensional art. This session is for ages 13+, or secondary students in grades […]

$200

Fall into Fall FREE Thursday evenings

Nelson Museum, Archives & Gallery 502 Vernon Street, Nelson, Canada

The Nelson Museum is open late on Thursdays and admission is FREE from 4-8pm. Explore the new gallery exhibitions — A Crack in the Mirror in Gallery A and Within This Earthen Vessel in Gallery B  — discover the region’s history in the 2nd Floor Museum Exhibit, and shop work from over 120 local artists in […]

Free

Apres FREE! Thursday evenings

Nelson Museum, Archives & Gallery 502 Vernon Street, Nelson, Canada

The days are shorter but the Nelson Museum is open longer! Thursdays from 4-8pm is FREE admission to the galleries, museum and Shop, where you can explore the newest exhibitions, learn about local history, and shop over 100 local artists!

Free

Guided Cold War Bunker tours

Nelson Museum, Archives & Gallery 502 Vernon Street, Nelson, Canada

During the height of the Cold War, in the 1950s and 1960s, nearly 50 bunkers were constructed across Canada. In 2017, the Nelson Museum began work on restoring the space and opening it to the public. You can join a tour of one of the Museumʼs best-loved spaces! From iodine pills and Geiger counters to […]

$6 – $8