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Nelson Community Drumming Experience

North Shore Hall 675 Whitmore Rd, Nelson, BC, Canada

Set free your inner rhythm, connect with your community, and let the beat move you! Welcome to the Nelson Community Drumming Experience as part of Rhythm by Nature’s Community Drumming Tour! Supported by the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance, Rhythm by Nature brings you a fully interactive and immersive drumming event, for the whole community, at Nelson’s North Shore Hall. No drumming experience […]

Painted floor cloth workshop

Taghum Hall 5915, Taghum Hall Rd, Nelson, British Columbia

A two-part workshop teaches participants to create their own painted floorcloth: decorative mats for home and hearth. Instructor Lily Mayall’s own beautiful floorcloths embrace playful narratives, but workshop-goers are free tell their own tales. All materials are provided; more information and registration at taghumhall.ca for this workshop—a Taghum Hall kitchen renovation benefit—which runs Saturday, May […]

$75.00

Kootenay EcoFest

Bear Spring Eco Retreat 5248 Queen Victoria Road, Beasley

A two day festival, on May 24th and 25th, focused on building community by reconnecting to nature through local waste reduction solutions, live demonstrations, inspiring learning opportunities, and local arts and cultural experiences. Enjoy workshops, tours, demos, a repair cafe, a recycle market and live entertainment. Review festival schedule here. Festival hosted at Bear Spring Eco Retreat. […]

$90

Kootenay EcoFest

Bear Spring Eco Retreat 5248 Queen Victoria Road, Beasley

A two day festival, on May 24th and 25th, focused on building community by reconnecting to nature through local waste reduction solutions, live demonstrations, inspiring learning opportunities, and local arts and cultural experiences. Enjoy workshops, tours, demos, a repair cafe, a recycle market and live entertainment. Review festival schedule here. Festival hosted at Bear Spring Eco Retreat. […]

$90

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

Youth Block Printing Workshop with Erin Shuttleworth

Rossland Museum & Discovery Centre 1100 Hwy 3B | Junction of Hwys 3B & 22, Rossland, BC, Canada

Carve, Ink, Print! The Rossland Museum & Discovery Centre is thrilled to present a Youth Block Printing Workshop with artist Erin Shuttleworth! Get ready to explore the exciting world of lino block printing! In this hands-on workshop, young artists (ages 7+) will learn how to design, carve, and print their very own unique artwork to […]

$30.00

KCR Block Party at Lion’s Park

Lions Park 298 Richards, Nelson, BC, Canada

Get ready for a free, inclusive celebration of community, culture, and creativity right here in Nelson! This year’s Block Party will be packed with live music, kids’ activities, sports, and nonstop entertainment. Catch amazing performances by talented youth from the Kootenay Garage Band, plus sets by Paris Pick and her band, Snakes and Horses, and […]

Free

Good Times Buffet Vinyl Set @ Backroads Brewing

Backroads Brewing 460 Baker St, Nelson, BC, Canada

The Good Times Buffet is Golf Rosney & The Noisy Eater. Together they share their love of vinyl, blending Hip Hop, Soul, Funk & Disco. Spinning sound and colour, beats and bars and all things good. Just a couple of pals whose only concern is putting a smile on your face and bringing you the […]

The Red Thread – a one-woman show

Taghum Hall 5915, Taghum Hall Rd, Nelson, British Columbia

Actor and playwright Ellie Reynolds knows how to spin a yarn. Her one-woman show, The Red Thread, comes to the Taghum Hall stage on Saturday, May 24 at 7pm. The three mysterious yarn-spinning goddesses of Fate will make an appearance, and no audience member will leave without having been happily tangled in Ellie’s world as […]

$25.00

Electrojazziness – An Interactive Improvised Concert (Kaslo)

The Langham 447 A Avenue, Kaslo, BC, Canada

Electrojazziness is a 100% improvised duo featuring the amazing Montreal-based jazz piano maestro Alex McNally and the Nelson-based live-music-production-wizard and freestyle rapper thisissami. These two life-long improvisers come from completely different music backgrounds, yet their journeys intertwined last summer with the development of this jazz, electronic, and hip hop fusion project in Montreal parks. Their […]

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