The Royal Art Throwdown – Round 1
2023-11-25 19:30 - 23:30 (America/Vancouver) | The Royal, 330 Baker Street Nelson, BC V1L 4H5, Nelson, British Columbia, V1L 4H5, Canada
Welcome back to ‘The Royal Art Throwdown’ for our third season. After the fantastic success that we had the last two years with so many incredible artists on the stage and packed houses every night it was an easy decision to bring the Throwdown back for another winter.
Round 1 will be kicking off with a whole lot of Artists, new donations and sponsors. This year however I have a new host joining me on stage in the fantastic @pallomacallo
If you didn’t catch a Throwdown last year this is how it plays out.
Two heats of three artists will take to the stage throughout the night and will have one hour to create their masterpiece. They will have the options of using a canvas provided but really its pretty open forum for whatever they want to create. After the hour is up, you (the crowd) will judge your favorite and the winner will go through to the grand final in March for some major prizes.
Raffle tickets will be available for purchase with your chance to win the art pieces created on the night with all money raised going straight to the artists.
There will also be some interactive fun and your favorite DJ – Mr Paradise spinning some phat beats.
It’s fun, it’s silly and it’s out right incredible watching the artists do their thing so get around it. No table bookings so if you want a seat get there early. It will be busy.
Our artists for Round 1 will be………
Reiko Jansen
PNut gallery
Jonathan Ramos
Sien Verschueren
Samantha Strachan
Jack Mumford
Thanks to our sponsors and donors
Nelson Kootenay Lake Tourism Paradise Painters
The Royal
Ripping Giraffe
Urban Legends
Buddys Place
Big ups Nelly
Catcha at the Throwdown.
xx Mr Paradise

Stickybuds Live At Bloom Nightclub
2023-11-25 22:00 (America/Vancouver) | Bloom Nightclub, 198 Baker St, Nelson, British Columbia, V1L 4H4, Canada
Bloom Nightclub Presents:
Stickybuds
Special Guests
Ben Fox
Trip A
19+

Serenity Fest
2023-11-26 04:00 - 22:00 (America/Vancouver) | Harrison Memorial Cultural Centre, 16074 Crawford Creek Rd, Crawford Bay, V0B 1E0
Free event! Collaborative art as tribute to Hilma af Klint, a recognised female genius of abstract art, whose artworks were locked in a vault to be released 50 years after her death. Facilitated by Jacqueline Wedge. Sound healing session with a local sound healer Qusie, Chi Kung healing session with Zora followed by a self- reflexology presentation by Susan Snead. Beats to relax and dance with local musician and sound wiz Miroslav.

Rossland Museum AGM
2023-11-28 17:00 - 19:30 (America/Vancouver) | Rossland Museum & Discovery Centre, 1100 Hwy 3B | Junction of Hwys 3B & 22, Rossland, BC, V0G 1Y0, Canada
Join us for an exclusive sneak peek of our soon-to-be-launched Digital Museums Canada exhibit – Gold Mining to Gold Medals: A Century of Ski Racing in Rossland, showcasing the adrenaline-fueled adventures and enduring community spirit of our local skiers. Engage with passionate volunteers, explore our preservation efforts, and get inspired by our plans for the future! Mark your calendar for an evening of history, camaraderie, and excitement at the Museum, 1100 Hwy 3B, Junction of Hwys 3B & 22.

Weekly Tango Mini Lesson & Practice
2023-11-29 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Vancouver) | Christie Lee’s Hall, 807-703 Radio Ave, Nelson, BC, V1L3L3, Canada
Want to learn and practice dancing Argentine Tango?

We host a weekly mini-lesson and practica at Christie Lee’s Hall in Fairview.

The guided portion from 7:30-8:15 has a different host and topic each week (check our Facebook page for host and topic announcements). We have an open practice after the lesson until 9:30pm.

Dancers of all levels are welcome! Material is beginner-friendly.

Tango is an improvised partner dance originating in Argentina and Uruguay; you don’t need a partner to attend tango practices or events and it can be danced by anyone and everyone.

Please bring your dancing shoes and a water bottle.

5$ donation

Where to find us: Christies Lees Hall is on Radio Ave., in lower Fairview. You can access Radio from 4th or 7th Streets. The Hall’s part of the Kiwanis Villa complex. On Radio Ave. look for “701” on the deck post near the sidewalk leading to the front doors. Also, look for the sandwich board near the sidewalk.

Google map link: https://goo.gl/maps/zFraPXNpJ6aBBJtv6
Maps will tell you that it’s “temporarily closed” but don’t believe it!

Visual Exploration Club – Teen (15-18)
2023-11-30 15:30 - 16:30 (America/Vancouver) | VISAC Gallery, 1501 Cedar Avenue, Trail, V1R 2J5
This bi-weekly club encourages creative growth and exploration, with supportive and themed topics that allow for participants to develop their own visual identity. Instructor, Erin Shuttleworth, focuses on a process-based practice, so she will help encourage members to experiment, research and make mistakes, leading to new and exciting outcomes as the year progresses.
When: Thursdays (bi-weekly) 3:30pm-4:30pm
Duration:
Fall session: Sept 21-Dec 14
Winter session: Jan 11-May 16
Age: 15 – 18
Class fee: $150 for 17 classes (September – May); or $10 drop-in per youth

Moontricks
2023-11-30 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Edmonton) | Key City Theatre, 20 14th Avenue North, Cranbrook, BC, V1C 6H4, Canada
Based in the rustic Kootenay mountains of Western Canada, Nathan Gurley and Sean Rodman of nationally renowned electro-folk duo Moontricks draw inspiration from the ongoing cycles of the natural world. Both volatile and constant—like nature’s best offerings—the band finds solace and beauty in the fusion of seemingly disparate elements. There’s a kind of technicolor campfire quality to their uniquely hybrid sound: Each track is steeped in tradition and polished with a futuristic sheen, mixing organic folk, roots rock, and old-time blues with modern electronic production. Since its initial release, the band’s breakout hit “Home” has reached over 5 million streaming plays, and their original tracks have been licensed for a wide range of television networks, including Netflix and Fox Sports. With the release of their debut full-length album Currents, the duo reveals an ever-evolving, cohesive blend of introspective writing, soulful, gritty blues, boot-stomping basslines, and intricate electronic arrangements.Gurley and Rodman first connected at a music festival in rural BC, then collaborated on a series of rhythmic, instrumental soundscapes that eventually developed into their signature electro-folk sound. After dropping their debut single “Home” in 2013, they joined international tours and festivals in Australia, Costa Rica, and across the USA, gaining a loyal following for their dynamic live shows, which feature a rotating assortment of guitar, keys, banjo, and vocals accented with original electronic elements. Now with their debut album Currents released September 09, 2022 via Westwood Recordings, Moontricks honor the steadfast cycles of nature that carry the world forward, despite the chaos around and inside us. “The solace found in reaching past our personal confines into the vastness beyond them is something we return to again and again—in nature and in our music,” says lead singer and songwriter Rodman. Gurley, who focuses on production, views the album as a series of paths leading into unknown territory. Vast, intimate, and dazzling, Currents is an album about settling into feeling comfortably lost, and being okay with not knowing it all. It’s about finding joy and inspiration in the act of seeking.

The Prince and The Pauper
2023-11-30 19:30 - 21:30, 2023-12-01 19:30 - 21:30, 2023-12-02 19:30 - 21:30, 2023-12-03 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Vancouver) | The Capitol Theatre, 421 Victoria Street, Nelson, British Columbia, V1L 5R2, Canada
The Prince and the Pauper: 34th Annual Pantomime
Tickets
Adult $20
30 and Under $12
Family of 4 $50
Or choose the “Pay It Forward” ticket option to purchase your seat. This option will add the cost of an additional ticket which supports the Capitol’s ticket voucher program.
What happens when you step into someone else’s shoes, or trade hats for the day? Join us to find out in a fun take on a classic tale: The Prince and The Pauper-Panto style!

Film Screening: The Meaningless Pursuit of Snow
2023-12-01 18:45 - 21:00 (America/Vancouver) | Nelson United Church, 602 Silica Street, Nelson, British Columbia, V1L 4N1, Canada
Film Screening of the Meaningless Pursuit of Snow
+Live music & silent auction

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1
6:45-9:00 PM @ NELSON UNITED CHURCH
602 SILICA ST NELSON, BC
TICKETS ONLY $10!! https://www.friendsofkootenaylake.ca/the-meaningless…/
Trailer: https://www.patagonia.com/…/the…/video-144108.html
ALL PROCEEDS GOING TO THE Friends of Kootenay Lake Stewardship Society
Event details: https://fb.me/e/1EfEWgWyX

Bitter//Washed Record Release Show
2023-12-01 19:00 - 23:30 (America/Vancouver) | The Royal, 330 Baker Street Nelson, BC V1L 4H5, Nelson, British Columbia, V1L 4H5, Canada
Friday DECEMBER 1st 7pm!
Come to the Royal in Nelson to rock out to a stacked lineup in support for the DEBUT ALBUM RELEASE from the ripping garage psych rockers BITTER//WASHED. Released on vinyl by local indie label Bandwidth Records.

MOONTRICKS W/ PENNY SHADES – NIGHT 1
2023-12-01 20:00 (America/Vancouver) | Spiritbar, 422 Vernon St, Nelson, British Columbia, V1L 4E5
Based in the rustic Kootenay mountains of Western Canada, Nathan Gurley and Sean Rodman of nationally renowned electro-folk duo Moontricks draw inspiration from the ongoing cycles of the natural world. Both volatile and constant—like nature’s best offerings—the band finds solace and beauty in the fusion of seemingly disparate elements. There’s a kind of technicolor campfire quality to their uniquely hybrid sound: Each track is steeped in tradition and polished with a futuristic sheen, mixing organic folk, roots rock, and old-time blues with modern electronic production. Since its initial release, the band’s breakout hit “Home” has reached over 5 million streaming plays, and their original tracks have been licensed for a wide range of television networks, including Netflix and Fox Sports. With the release of their debut full-length album Currents, the duo reveals an ever-evolving, cohesive blend of introspective writing, soulful, gritty blues, boot-stomping basslines, and intricate electronic arrangements.

BITTER//WASHED ALBUM RELEASE w/ THEE DISASTRONAUTS & LAUGHING SICKNESS
2023-12-01 20:30 (America/Vancouver) | The Royal, 330 Baker Street Nelson, BC V1L 4H5, Nelson, British Columbia, V1L 4H5, Canada
Your favourite pals from Rossland have finally put together an album and they can’t wait to share it with you!
Bitter//Washed are a four piece Garage Punk band built on the broken dreams of misled youth. A barrage of reckless riffs and relentless rhythm balanced on the edge of a knife. Rock n Roll at it’s primitive best!
Thee Disastronauts are joining the bill as well with Laughing Sickness!
Should be a night to remember!

BITTER//WASHED ALBUM RELEASE w/ THEE DISASTRONAUTS & LAUGHING SICKNESS
2023-12-01 20:30 - 23:30 (America/Vancouver) | The Royal, 330 Baker Street Nelson, BC V1L 4H5, Nelson, British Columbia, V1L 4H5, Canada
Your favourite pals from Rossland have finally put together an album and they can’t wait to share it with you at The Royal in Nrlson Fri, Dec 1 8:30 p.m. PST
Bitter//Washed are a four piece Garage Punk band built on the broken dreams of misled youth. A barrage of reckless riffs and relentless rhythm balanced on the edge of a knife. Rock n Roll at it’s primitive best!
Thee Disastronauts are joining the bill as well with Laughing Sickness!
Should be a night to remember!

Taghum Hall’s Christmas Market
2023-12-02 10:00 - 14:00 (America/Vancouver) | Taghum Hall, 5915 Taghum Hall Rd, Nelson, V1L 6Y4
More than 30 vendors will offer unique gifts and goodies, with twinkly music and a chilli lunch to make everything warm and jolly.

Christmas Wreath Sale by ALFA Guild arts in Nakusp
2023-12-02 10:00 - 15:00 (America/Vancouver) | Senior Hall Nakusp, 210 8th Ave, Nakusp, BC, V0G 1R0, Canada
Arrow Lakes Fine Arts is holding a Christmas Wreath Fundraiser Sale on Saturday December 2, from 10am to 3pm at the Seniors Hall located at 210 8th Ave, Nakusp BC. Traditional and unconventional wreaths are created and donated by members of the community. Event is free to attend.

Guided Cold War Bunker tours
2023-12-02 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Vancouver) | Nelson Museum, Archives & Gallery, 502 Vernon Street, Nelson, V1L 4E7, 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 board games and ashtrays, visitors get a glimpse of the vast measures taken to create normalcy in an extraordinary time.
Email info@nelsonmuseum.ca to register. Adult admission required – children under 18 are always free!

Local Book Signing
2023-12-02 11:00 - 14:00 (America/Vancouver) | Coles Books Chahko Mika Mall, 1107 Lakeside Drive, Nelson, BC, v1l 5z3, Canada
New Local Interest Kids Story Book, “Follow Me to the Golden Tree” Book Signing. Local authors, photographers and publishers, Lucas and Ginia Jmieff will be at Coles Books at the Chahko Mika Mall in Nelson on Saturday, December 2 from 11 am – 2pm to sign their new kids book. Bonus book signing includes their first publication, “Kootenay Escapes”, a photographic coffee table book that features 36 of the West Kootenay’s spectacular destinations.

A SUNDAY MARKET
2023-12-02 12:00 - 16:00 (America/Vancouver) | The Royal, 330 Baker Street Nelson, BC V1L 4H5, Nelson, British Columbia, V1L 4H5, Canada
Sat Dec 2nd noon – 4pm @ The Royal in Nelson.
WINTER EDITION
Showcasing some of Nelson’s finest crafters, curators and artisans, its shopping with a mimosa in your hand!
FREE

Rekindle at the Rossland Museum
2023-12-02 12:00 - 16:00 (America/Vancouver) | Rossland Museum & Discovery Centre, 1100 Hwy 3B | Junction of Hwys 3B & 22, Rossland, BC, V0G 1Y0, Canada
Drop by the Museum between 12 and 4 pm on Saturday, December 2nd to immerse yourself in the holiday spirit with hot chocolate, delightful snacks, and a heartwarming atmosphere. Engage in a holiday-themed STEAM activity suitable for all ages.
Admission is by donation all day.
The Museum Shop is brimming with unique treasures that make for perfect seasonal surprises – drop by any time during regular museum hours, 10 am to 6 pm Tuesdays to Sundays. Embrace the magic of giving and sharing. Let’s celebrate the season together!?

A Rockin’ Kootenay Show at the B.B.I.
2023-12-02 17:00 - 22:00 (America/Vancouver) | Balfour Beach Inn, 8406 Busk Road, Balfour, BC, Canada
For one night only Lia Sanchez teams up with local blues-man Sam Hurrie, and, with a little help from their friends, they transform Sam’s regular Saturday spot at the Balfour Beach Inn, into a big bash ‘Thank You’ night for publican Nathan, supporter of live music for more years than some dare count. Just check out that line-up! Come early, stay late. Entry by donation.

MOONTRICKS W/ PENNY SHADES – NIGHT 2
2023-12-02 20:00 (America/Vancouver) | Spiritbar, 422 Vernon St, Nelson, British Columbia, V1L 4E5

The Grid Listening Club
2023-12-02 20:00 (America/Vancouver) | TBA
GRID
Listening Club
Pop-up without Pop, Vol 0.0 /
All open-minded sound explorers are welcome /
An intimate event with four local artists and an immersive sound experience
Sit or Dance, Listen, Feel the way you like:
*!*!*!SoundResearch!*!*!
By
Bass Cat
Christopher Wayne
FGK@
MP
*#*#*#Date#*#*#
December 2nd
8 PM – Midnight
*?*?*?Location?*?*?
Downtown Nelson
TBA 24 hours before the event
Emailed to ticket holders.
*!*!*!Access!*!*!
Tickets are very limited – 25$
Send your name(s) @ Grid.Listening.Club@gmail.com
Be a Part of the GRID non-profit Listening Club project.
*********************************
Kootenay friend, we’re organizing our first seasonal Grid Listening Club Pop-up. It’s December 2nd, and we are looking forward to welcoming you.
ALL open-minded sound explorers are welcome /
An intimate event with four local artists and an immersive sound experience/
Sit or Dance, Listen, Feel the way you like/
Just email us for tickets: Grid.Listening.Club@gmail.com

MOULIN SCROOGE: A CHRISTMAS CABARET
2023-12-02 20:00 - 23:30 (America/Vancouver) | The Royal, 330 Baker Street Nelson, BC V1L 4H5, Nelson, British Columbia, V1L 4H5, Canada
Join us for an evening of decadent sights & delights as Vesper Valentine presents Nelson’s 7th annual Christmas Cabaret ~ Moulin Scrooge. Step into our sleigh and allow us to take you on a tour through the red light district on the scintillating streets of Paris. Enjoy our exquisite signature elixir as you gaze upon our astounding line up of sultry singers, scandalous dancers and sensational performing artists whose talents will transport you to a place where everything is french, fine and fabulous.
Indulge yourself in an immersive evening of enticing entertainment on Saturday, Dec 2nd at The Royal.
featuring performances by
APRIL ACE
BACKDOOR BREENA
BELLA CAT
DAFT HUNK
HELLA SWEET
L BEE
LES FOLLES JAMBETTES
MARLOE BLU
PENNY STEMS
ROBYN LAMB
SHASHA AUBERGINE
TABATÍA’S DANCE TEAM
VESPER VALENTINE

Moulin Scrooge ~ A Christmas Cabaret
2023-12-02 20:30 - 22:30 (America/Vancouver) | The Royal, 330 Baker Street Nelson, BC V1L 4H5, Nelson, British Columbia, V1L 4H5, Canada
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, it’s time for Nelson’s 7th Annual Christmas Cabaret ~ Moulin Scrooge. Step into our sleigh and allow us to take you on a tour through the red light district on the scintillating streets of Paris. Enjoy our exquisite signature elixir as you gaze upon our astounding line up of sultry singers, scandalous dancers and sensational performing artists whose talents will transport you to a place where everything is french, fine and fabulous. Come indulge yourself in an immersive evening of exciting & enticing entertainment on Saturday, Dec 2nd at The Royal.

A SUNDAY MARKET
2023-12-03 12:00 - 16:00 (America/Vancouver) | The Royal, 330 Baker Street Nelson, BC V1L 4H5, Nelson, British Columbia, V1L 4H5, Canada
Sun Dec 3rd noon – 4pm @ The Royal in Nelson.
WINTER EDITION
Showcasing some of Nelson’s finest crafters, curators and artisans, its shopping with a mimosa in your hand!
FREE

Christmas Concert with Nelson Community Band
2023-12-05 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Vancouver) | Nelson First Baptist Church, 611 5th Street, Nelson, BC, V1L 2X1, Canada
Dec 5, 7:30 pm. Start the Christmas season with the warm concert band sounds of classical music and Christmas carols. Special guests the brass chorale Weinachtsmarktblechmusikanten.
Nelson First Baptist Church, 611 5th st.
