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Slocan Live

Slocan City Hotel 501 Harold St, Slocan

Get ready to start the summer with music and art in the heart of the Kootenays! The Slocan City International Music and Art Fair is back for it’s second year this June 16th-17th. The event will showcase local and international musicians and artists in a vibrant street-dance atmosphere for a weekend to remember hosted by […]

‘Unarchived’ Screening in the Bunker!

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

Screen Unarchived in the Cold War Bunker on Friday, June 16. Special ticket pricing for members! Tickets available at Eventbrite or at the Front Desk. In the new feature documentary Unarchived, co-directors Hayley Gray and Elad Tzadok highlight community archives across British Columbia to reveal some of what has been erased from the official record. […]

$5 – $10

Cruisin’ the Columbia Car Show

Downtown Esplanade Trail

West Kootenay Smoke 'N Steel annual car show downtown Trail from 10:00-3:00. Over 60 trophies in 25 classes, registration fee $20.

Sinixt Confederacy Canoe Journey

Capitol Theatre Nelson 421 Victoria Street, Nelson

Join Sinixt Confederacy members for free events that celebrate Indigenous peoples and the river and salmon that support them. Paddle out to view pictographs; feast on a community lunch; browse an artisan market; enjoy films, stories and music; hear from expert speakers; and more!

REWILDING PIQ KIʔLÁWNAʔ THROUGH ART; A NEW LANDMARK

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On National Indigenous Day, June 21st, from 1 to 4 pm, the Autonomous Sinixt invites you to a family-friendly bbq and public reveal of the White Grizzly mural and supporting educational panels illustrating the interconnectedness of the old-growth forest. Opening prayer by Matriarch Marilyn James at 2pm and presence of the artist Coleman Webb. Located […]

Free

The Comic Strippers

Capitol Theatre Nelson 421 Victoria Street, Nelson

THE COMIC STRIPPERS (19+ only)A parody and improv comedy showThe award winning improv comedians are back with a new show, more moves and even quicker wits.A SHOW FOR ALL GENDERS… 19+ ONLYWARNING! No extreme nudity, just extreme hilarity.A fictitious male stripper troupe (played by a cast of some of Canada’s best improvisational comedians) performs a […]

MY SON THE HURRICANE

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

My Son the Hurricane is a 14-piece brasshop funk beast with the mantra: anything worth doing is worth overdoing. Hailing from Niagara/Toronto, the band mixes New Orleans style grooves with funk, jazz and hiphop.

$20

Pottery Sale!

Selkirk College, Victoria street campus 606 Victoria Street, Nelson, Canada

The graduating students of the KSA ceramics program are having their end of year pottery show and sale at 606 Victoria Street. Friday June 23rd 4pm – 8pm and Saturday June 24th 10 am – 4 pm There will be snacks and beverages as well as LOADS of pottery for sale

Free

Brain Scans / Neurotransmitting Exhibition Opening

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

Brain Scans/Neurotransmitting Ruth and Theo Jean Cuthand  June 24 to October October 21, 2023 Opening Friday, June 23 @ 7pm Ruth and Theo Cuthand’s exhibition Brain Scans / Neurotransmitting, opening at the Nelson Museum on Friday, June 23, seeks to explore the difficulty of facing mental health challenges, and how families unite in support of […]

Free

STOODIS Indigenous Film Festival

The Civic Theatre 719 Vernon St Suite 103, Nelson, British Columbia, Canada

STOODIS Indigenous Film Festival at the Nelson Civic Theatre From Friday June 23rd – Tuesday June 27th 20223. Inspired by Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond’s entertaining and insightful look at the portrayal of North American Indigenous people throughout a century of cinema in his 2009 documentary, Reel Injun, the STOODIS Film Festival is at once a retrospective […]

$150.00