NOSTALGIX – Star City Tour with Ben Fox & DeBlock
2024-02-03 21:00 - 23:30 (America/Vancouver) | Finley’s Bar $ Grill, 705 Vernon St, Nelson, BC, V1L 4G3, Canada
Nostalgix, who has been on a global touring rampage, is making her way back to Nelson, this time to bring the BASS from her brand new album. We are bringing in PK BINS and custom visuals into Finley’s and setting up another LEGENDARY event.
Support from Ben Fox and DeBlock
EARLYBIRD tickets are only $20 and available only at Finley’s
GA tickets are $30
Tickets are available NOW at
Finley’s Bar and Grill Nelson
and Kootenay Cannabis in Castlegar

Sweet Soirée Artisan Market
2024-02-04 15:00 - 19:00 | Nelson Legion, 204 Victoria Street, Nelson
Join us for a fun afternoon & evening at the Legion in Nelson for this Sweet Soirée artisan market
There will be lots of artisans, makers, bakers, creators plus we will have a tarot reader & massage therapist!
Cheap drinks, snacks and free pool table available
The legion is strictly 19+ only – no minors are allowed in at all, even if accompanied by a parent/guardian

Newkeys Place presents, Blues in The Afternoon with Sam Hurrie
2024-02-04 16:00 - 19:00, 2024-02-11 16:00 - 19:00 | New Key’s Pub, 16070 BC-3A, Crawford Bay, BC, V0B 1E0, Canada
Newkeys Place in Crawforbay presents, Blues in The Afternoon with Sam Hurrie, Like with friends.
Sundays 4-7

Preschool Workshop – Itty Bitty Art Time
2024-02-06 11:00 - 12:00 | VISAC Gallery, 1501 Cedar Avenue, Trail, V1R 2J5
Looking to explore art and creativity with the little kiddo in your life?
The instructor, Erin Shuttleworth, will prepare projects focused on process and sensory activities that engage your preschoolers with colour, texture, and fun! Please be aware that this class gets messy, so send children in comfortable play clothes.
Children ages 2-5 yrs old (one adult helper per child or group of children is required.)
These classes coincide with Trail Gymnastics – make it an engaging morning for your preschooler by signing up with them as well.
When:
12 or 16 Tuesday mornings with two class time options
10:00 am – 10:45 am
11:00 am – 11:45 am
12-week series: January 16-April 16, 2024 (No classes during Spring Break)
16-week series: January 16-May 14, 2024 (No classes during Spring Break)
Where:
VISAC Gallery
1501 Cedar Ave, Trail
Lower Level of Community Building downtown
Class fee: $80 for 12 weeks, or $100 for 16 weeks, per child.

Tea & Textiles
2024-02-07 09:00 - 12:00 | J.B. Fletcher Store Museum, 3602 Sutton Street, Ainsworth, BC, V0G 1A0, Canada
The J.B. Fletcher Museum in Ainsworth will be hosting gatherings for fibre enthusiasts and tea lovers to come and work on their knitting, crochet, embroidery, and spinning projects while connecting with fellow crafters. These gatherings will occur the first Wednesday of every month from 9-12. Drop ins welcome.

CKCA GRANT-WRITING WORKSHOP
2024-02-07 12:00 - 13:00 | Online
Do you have an idea for a project that focuses on arts and culture? Grants from the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance (CKCA) could help.
These grants—funded by Columbia Basin Trust and managed by the West Kootenay Regional Arts Council—are available for all art disciplines, for both individuals and arts and culture organizations in the Columbia Basin.
To learn more about these grants and how to apply, attend one of our FREE grant-writing workshops. The sessions all take place online through Zoom. See the schedule for all sessions here.
REGISTER FOR TODAY’S SESSION HERE.
Before you attend a session, we encourage you to watch the following video. Then come to the session with your questions.
VIEW THIS VIDEO BEFORE ATTENDING A SESSION.
If you have questions about your specific project, rather than the programs themselves, contact us directly instead of asking them during a session.

Weekly Tango Mini Lesson & Practice
2024-02-07 19:30 - 21:30 | 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!

Youth Workshop – Visual Exploration Club – Ages 15-18
2024-02-08 15:30 - 16:30 | VISAC Gallery, 1501 Cedar Avenue, Trail, V1R 2J5
This bi-weekly club has a different theme per session. Participants will explore a variety of materials to gain confidence in their art making, building a sketchbook to reflect their growth as an artist. Themes include: Watercolour, Clay & 3D Art, Repainting Thrifted Art, and Paper Mosaic.
When: Thursdays (bi-weekly) 3:30pm-4:30pm
Duration: Jan 11-May 16, 2024 (No VEC club during Spring Break)
Age: 15 – 18
Class fee: $80 for 9 classes (January – May); or $10 drop-in per youth

Where:

VISAC Gallery – Under the red gallery awning
1501 Cedar Ave, Trail
Lower Level of Selkirk Building

Please email info@visacgallery.com with any questions.

DIY Valentines Cardmaking
2024-02-08 17:00 - 19:00, 2024-02-10 13:00 - 15:00 | Nelson Museum, Archives & Gallery, 502 Vernon Street, Nelson, V1L 4E7, Canada
The Nelson Museum is hosting a free workshop with local papercraft artist, Jenine Lillian, who will teach you fun and simple techniques to create one-of-a-kind artwork to share with your favourite people. Give them out to your barista that always remembers your name, that cashier who always says hi, the trash collectors that brave the elements, your new neighbours and more!
Skills required are suitable for ages 10 and up. Younger participants may need assistance from parents or guardians.

HALEY BLAIS
2024-02-08 20:00 | The Royal, 330 Baker Street Nelson, BC V1L 4H5, Nelson, British Columbia, V1L 4H5, Canada
Haley Blais is a Vancouver-based singer-songwriter who has turned out defiant
scream-into-your-pillow pop songs since 2014. Blais developed a community and fanbase as a teenager almost a decade ago with her diaristic YouTube videos and tender ukulele covers. Since then, Blais has traded the solo ukulele for a guitar and a five-piece band. In 2020, Blais released a debut full-length album of jangly pop anthems, Below the Salt, produced with indie staples Tennis and Louise Burns. The debut amassed millions of streams and avid support from publications like NPR, NYLON, and i-D, leading to sell-out shows in the UK, Europe and USA.

Local Art Studio Opening – Balfour, Green Road
2024-02-09 13:00 - 16:00, 2024-02-10 13:00 - 16:00 | Donna Rodman Art Studio, 1259 Green Road, Balfour, V0G 1C0, Canada
All ages event. By appointment to private home. Tea/wine served. Fine artist in new business with oil canvases and limited edition prints for sale. Content is cultural, abstract realism, eco art, fine oil painting works. Seeking commissions. Community spirit: ideas and donations welcome for Arts Council projects.

MARIN PATENAUD & RICHARD INMAN
2024-02-09 17:00 - 19:00 | The Royal, 330 Baker Street Nelson, BC V1L 4H5, Nelson, British Columbia, V1L 4H5, Canada
Fri Feb 9th 5pm The Royal In Nelson
Apres Country for your friday evening! These are two of Canadas best songwriters and not an evening to be missed.
FREE EARLY SHOW!

Polka Dot Dragon Lantern Festival
2024-02-09 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-02-10 17:00 - 19:00 | Lakeside Park, 1900 Lakeside Dr., Nelson, V1L 5S4, Canada
This year the Polka Dot Dragon Lantern Festival will start with a community lantern parade on Baker Street. Bring a lantern and gather at Hall Street Plaza at 6pm on Friday, February 9th and join with Moving Mosaic Samba Band, the dragon puppet, and other performers for a fun and beautiful procession down Baker Street. On Saturday, February 10th the festival continues with an outdoor gallery at Lakeside Park from 5:00-7:00 pm. Come and enjoy the lantern installations and ambient performances at this beloved community festival. This year’s theme is Deep Sea Dreamscape!

Highbar Gang
2024-02-09 19:30 - 22:00 | The Capitol Theatre, 421 Victoria Street, Nelson, British Columbia, V1L 5R2, Canada
Since the band was formed in the summer of 2010, the High Bar Gang has been bringing its unique take on old time bluegrass to the people of Western Canada.
Vocal harmony is key to the band’s sound, and the blend of Shari Ulrich, Wendy Bird and Kirby Barber along with guitarist Barney Bentall and banjo player Dave Barber is simply stunning. Supported by Rob Becker on bass, and Colin Nairne on guitar and mandolin, the band’s repertoire stays mostly rooted in the golden age of bluegrass music with songs by the likes of Bill Monroe, The Stanley Brothers and Del McCoury.
Highlights for the High Bar Gang include opening for Canadian music icons Blue Rodeo at Vancouver’s Malkin Bowl, and the many sold out shows they have played throughout Western Canada, including the prestigious Cedar Creek Winery Concert series and the Raven’s Cry Theatre in Sechelt. From the Brackendale Art Gallery and Victoria’s famous Butchart Gardens to Vancouver’s International Jazz Festival and San Francisco’s legendary Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, the band has built a solid reputation for their wonderfully upbeat brand of old time bluegrass and stories.
In 2013 the band signed a record deal with True North Records resulting in the release of their debut recording “Lost and Undone: A Gospel Bluegrass Companion”. Along with extensive airplay in Europe as well as in North America, the album garnered several award nominations in 2014 including a Juno Award nomination in the ‘Contemporary Christian/Gospel’ category as well as a Western Canadian Music Award nod in the ‘Spiritual’ category. The High Bar Gang went on to be nominated for three Canadian Folk Music Awards in 2014 and won that year for Best Vocal Group.
The summer of 2015 saw the band return to performing with appearances at Vancouver Island Musicfest, Harrison Festival, West Vancouver’s Harmony Arts Festival and in Toronto at Panamania for the 2015 Panam Games.
In early 2016 the band finished their sophomore recording ‘Someday the Heart will Trouble the Mind’ with engineer Dave Meszaros at Watershed Productions in Vancouver. Also released on True North Records the album was nominated for a Juno Award in the Traditional Roots Album of the Year. The band played several sold out shows in 2016 and 2017 including the Centennial Theatre in North Vancouver and a return engagement at the Raven’s Cry Theatre.
The spring of 2018 HBG made the trip across the mountains to do shows in Alberta, including two shows in Calgary for the Foothills Bluegrass Society and another in Bragg Creek. Moving into
2019 the HBG visited Vancouver Island twice, Langley, Bowen Island and Brackendale, and started writing their first album of original songs.
Like most people and practically all musicians and bands, the HBG hunkered down during the pandemic/lockdown. Winter of 2021 finds them continuing working on the new record as well performing live once again in the spring of 2022.

Capitol Theatre, Nelson.
Tickets $44.50

CHIMP IT W/ SHYLOW & HOOLA
2024-02-09 20:00 - 23:30 | Spiritbar, 422 Vernon St, Nelson, British Columbia, V1L 4E5
Chimp It brings a live element to the electronic scene with blazing hot guitar licks over Funk-Fuell
– 19+, Two pieces of valid government issued ID required
– No refunds unless event is cancelled
– Presented by On The Road Productions & The Hume Hotel in Nelson

Deep Sea Dreamscape Group Bicycle Ride
2024-02-10 04:30 - 19:00 | Nelson Visitor Centre, 91 Baker Street, Nelson, V1L 4G8
Are you feeling stuck indoors due to the cold winter weather? Check out Polka Dot Dragon Arts Society Lantern Festival – a free community-based event that brings people together to make and experience festival art in mid-winter. This event gives people the opportunity to experience the arts in a non-traditional setting and participate in a non-traditional ways. For example, by decorating your bicycle and creating a rolling art installation.
West Kootenay Cycling Coalition has teamed up with lantern festival organizers to include a kinetic component this year!
SATURDAY | FEBRUARY 10th
Join our frosty yet fun group ride to Lakeside Park on Saturday, February 10th. Decorate your bike with lights, lanterns or wear a costume. Meet at the Nelson Visitor Centre, Railway Station at 4:30 pm. Enjoy FREE hot chocolate to kick-off our ride (Courtesy City of Nelson and Doctors and Nurses for Planetary Health in support of winter cycling). Help reduce waste and bring your own reusable mug. Ride departs at 5:00 pm.
Let us know you’re coming: https://fb.me/e/5YXmV5xcB

Valentines Kootenay Artisan Fair
2024-02-10 10:00 - 18:00 | Prestige Lakeside Resort, 701 Lakeside Dr, Nelson, British Columbia, BC V1L 6G3, Canada
Find 60 + Handmade vendors at the Prestige Lakeside in Nelson.
$2 at the door
12 and under free.
For our full line up vendors visit us at www.kootenayartisanfair.com

Kootenay Artisan Fair Valentine Event
2024-02-10 10:00 - 18:00 | Prestige Lakeside Resort, 701 Lakeside Dr, Nelson, British Columbia, BC V1L 6G3, Canada
Over 60 Handmade local vendors at the Prestige in Nelson. Entrance is $2 at the door 12 and under are free. Every thing you need for your sweetheart this Valentine’s. Open Saturday Feb 10th from 10 – 6.

Rewired by Sab Curtis
2024-02-10 12:00 - 16:00 | VISAC Gallery, 1501 Cedar Avenue, Trail, V1R 2J5
Exhibition Opening Date: January 29, 2024
Artist Live Painting Demo @ The Josie Hotel: February 2, 2024 at 4PM
Artist Talk @ VISAC: February 10, 2024 at 3 PM. Registration required and opening soon. Light refreshments to be provided.
Exhibition Closing Date: March 7, 2024
Gallery Hours: Mon-Thu @ 12pm-4pm

Artist Statement
“My adventures mold me and each canvas becomes my journal to translate what I discover through my wanders. My art practice began as a way to feel nurtured by nature’s magnificence when I was experiencing physical and cognitive limits due to injury, and it continues to immerse me in what I love most.”

Après Ski at The Josie Hotel with White Lightning Blues, Rock and Boogie Band
2024-02-10 14:00 - 16:30 | The Josie Hotel, 4306 Red Mountain Rd, Rossland, BC, V0G 1Y0, Canada
Ski in or walk in to The Velvet Restaurant at The Josie Hotel, RED Mountain this Saturday for Après Ski with White Lightning Blues, Rock and Boogie Band. Danceable toe-tapping classics from Little Walter to Chuck Berry and The Beatles plus lively Kootenay themed originals.

The High Bar Gang – Performing Arts Trail
2024-02-10 19:30 - 21:15 | Charles Bailey Theatre, 1501 Cedar Ave, Trail, British Columbia, V1R 4C7, Canada
The Trail & District Arts Council presents a unique take on old time bluegrass from Juno nominated BC supergroup The High Bar Gang at The Bailey Theatre on Saturday, February 10 at 7:30 pm. Led by Shari Ulrich (fiddle/mandolin) and guitarist Barney Bentall, with Wendy Bird and Kirby Barber’s vocal harmonies, Dave Barber on banjo, Rob Becker on bass, and Colin Nairne on guitar and mandolin, the band’s repertoire stays firmly rooted in the golden age of bluegrass music with songs by the likes of Bill Monroe, The Stanley Brothers and Del McCoury.

Kootenay Burlesque Marathong @ The Royal
2024-02-10 20:30 - 22:30 | The Royal, 330 Baker Street Nelson, BC V1L 4H5, Nelson, British Columbia, V1L 4H5, Canada
Vesper Valentine presents the 4th annual Kootenay Burlesque Marathong on Saturday, Feb 10th at the Royal. Come cheer on all your favourite performers as they pop their pasties, twirl their tassels, dance in drag and sing in sync in a show that is designed to film each performers BEST act in front of a live audience. Come experience an evening of exciting and enticing entertainment that you won’t soon forget!

Kootenay Burlesque Marathong
2024-02-10 20:30 - 22:30 | The Royal, 330 Baker Street Nelson, BC V1L 4H5, Nelson, British Columbia, V1L 4H5, Canada
Get ready for the 5th annual Kootenay Burlesque Marathong happening Saturday, February 10th The Royal – Nelson . Come cheer on all your favorite performers as they twirl their tassels,dance in Drag and sing in sync at a show that is designed to capture their BEST ACTS on video for festival submissions!

Tickets $25 in advance $30 at the door

Father Funk Live At Bloom Nightclub
2024-02-10 22:00 - 23:30 | Bloom Nightclub, 198 Baker St, Nelson, British Columbia, V1L 4H4, Canada
Bloom Nightclub Presents, in Nelson on Feb 10th from 10pm-2am
Father Funk

With Special Guests
Wes Please
Fatty Cakes

19+

Beauty & The Beast at The Langham
2024-02-11 13:30 - 16:00 | The Langham, 447 A Avenue, Kaslo, BC, V0G 1M0, Canada
Family Movie at The Langham!

In celebration of 2024 as the 50th anniversary of The Langham – Kaslo Cultural Centre we have some exciting events planned throughout the year. Coming up this Sunday is a special presentation of Disney’s Beauty & The Beast staring Emma Watson. Come down dressed up in your fairytale best for a special afternoon of magic and fun for the whole family! This event is open to everyone, donations encouraged. All proceeds will go towards The Langham and the presentation of future events!
