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Nelson International Mural Festival

Nelson Nelson

Nelson, BC, becomes both a stage and gallery through Nelson International Mural Festival’s annual celebration of public art, performance, and community. The festival is entering its sixth year in 2023 and from August 11th - 13th will return with another weekend of live music, performance, mural tours, workshops for budding creatives, family activities, film screenings, […]

Wildflower Collage | Mixed Media

320 Wilson St. Revelstoke

Through paint and collage techniques, young artists will bring their own mythical wildflower garden to life. This imaginative play will teach students about colour, composition, and the art of sharing a story or feeling through their creations.

Wapiti Music Festival

Annex Park Fernie

An indie music festival in a park by a river at the foot of a mountain, it’s a beautiful setting for some amazing music, food, refreshment, and celebrations with friends, family and community. This year's lineup includes Elliott Brood, Stars, Shad, The Boom Booms, and so much more.

Trail’s Incredible Farmers Market – Pride Market

Esplanade Ave Trail, BC Esplanade Ave, Trail, BC, Canada

Pride Market on the Esplanade in Trail, BC. Where there will be exciting, family-friendly activities, live music performances, Mystic Dream dancers, food and drinks, and the Incredible Farmers Market. Saturday, August 12 from 10am – 2pm.

Free

Dance Workshop w/ Creeasian.

Oxygen Art Centre 320 Vernon St Unit-3, Nelson, British Columbia, Canada

Nelson International Mural Festival is offering a FREE dance workshop with Creeasian at 11am on Saturday, August 12th at Oxygen Art Centre in Nelson. ASL interpretation will be provided. All levels welcomed. Toprock, Drops, Footwork, and Freezes are some of the fundamentals Cree will walk you through. This workshop will help you better understand how […]

Summer Music Series Presented by The Langham & KLIC

Kaslo Front Street Park Kaslo, BC

Free outdoor live performances Saturdays from 4-6 pm on Front Street in Kaslo. Come join us for some great live outdoor music in beautiful Kaslo! These free outdoor shows are brought to you by Nelson & Kootenay Lake Tourism, The Community Fund of North Kootenay Lake, Columbia Power, Comlumbia Basin Trust, Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance […]

Free

Bill Lynch Trio LIVE at the Vallican Whole

Vallican Whole Community Centre 3762 Little Slocan South Road, Vallican, British Columbia, Canada

The Bill Lynch Trio is performing live at the Vallican Whole, Saturday August 12th. Bill invites his audience into a deeply felt world with his Irish gift of storytelling, his passionate vocals and beautiful guitar work.  Bessie Wapp expands the Trio’s palette with musically intriguing accordion and keyboard accompaniment and solos. And her vocal harmonies […]

$20

Sketchers in the Wild

Katherine Russell Glass Studio Elkford

We will be outdoors absolutely as much as possible (disc golf course, Hopkins Hollow etc) – it’s all about the sketchbook... observing nature, trees, bugs, leaves, animal tracks, clouds, deadfall. It’s learning observational drawing at first, then building composition using pen & ink, watercolour, acrylics. Nature journaling, portrait drawing. Rock painting. Nature mobiles. Reading. Meditation. […]

Live History Show at the Doukhobor Discovery Centre

Doukhobor Discovery Centre 112 Heritage Way, Castlegar, BC, Canada

The Live History international theatre company will be performing their “In Time” show at the Doukhobor Discovery Centre from 10-5pm on August 15th. Those participating will set out on unique missions and be able to interact with the historical characters to solve clues and further explore the museum. Live History will use multiple characters from […]

$5

Flow of Great Tao or Hunting for Tigers • art opening with Zora Doval

SOMA Sound & Events 444 Baker St., Nelson BC

gallery 444 is excited to be featuring the playful abstract paintings of Zora Doval • Flow of Great Tao or Hunting for Tigers : a series of ink on wooden panel paintings inspired by the writings of Lao Tzu. The exhibit opens Aug. 17 with an art opening; open gallery, refreshments & snacks followed with and artist talk […]

by-donation

Flats Fest 2023

Canal Flats Ball Diamond Canal Flats

Flats Fest is held in the quaint Village of Canal Flats, BC, peacefully located at the south end of Columbia Lake, the headwaters to the Columbia River, and nestled between the Canadian Rockies and Purcell Mountain ranges that encompass the Columbia Valley.Flats Fest was established in 2017 in this friendly little Village as the perfect […]

Making Waves exhibition opening

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

Kootenay Lake has long been a hub of activity, from the earliest sturgeon-nosed canoes to modern day sporting activities such as paddleboarding and kitesurfing. Through artifacts, photographs, and archival film from the Museum collection, Making Waves examines the diverse nature of this history and the role that the West Arm has in the community today.  […]

Free