Events Calendar

All Events

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Sunday Karaoke

Venue:
Finley’s Bar & Grill
Community:
Nelson

Wrap up your weekend with Sunday Karaoke and Late Night Happy Hour every week at Finleys Bar & Grill in Nelson.

Check out our song list HERE

Live Performance
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Selkirk Pro Musica

Venue:
Selkirk College 10th St Campus – Shambhala Music & Performance Hall
Community:
Nelson

Selkirk Concert Society begins its Pro-Musica 2024-25 series on Monday, Sept. 23 at 7:30 PM at Shambhala Hall 10th street campus. Presenting the Itamar Erez Quartet.  Tickets available at Otter books starting Sept 9 cash only please.

Live Performance
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Selkirk Pro Musica

Venue:
Selkirk College 10th St Campus – Shambhala Music & Performance Hall
Community:
Nelson

Selkirk Concert Society begins its Pro-Musica 2024-25 series on Monday, Sept. 23 at 7:30 PM at Shambhala Hall 10th street campus. Presenting the Itamar Erez Quartet.  Tickets available at Otter books starting Sept 9 cash only please.

Live Performance
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Book Babies

Venue:
Nelson Public Library
Community:
Nelson

Bring your 0 to 18 month olds to the Library in Nelson for rhymes, songs & stories! A great way to meet other parents and caregivers, and enhance early literacy skills in a casual environment.

Drop-in. TUESDAYS at 10:30

Community Events
Kid Friendly
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Crafternoon

Venue:
Nelson Public Library
Community:
Nelson

Drop in between 3:30 and 4:30 every Tuesday for CRAFTERNOON at the Nelson Public Library.

Crafts, LEGO, Ozobots, DatoDuo, STEAM stations & more! Every week is a bit different.

Activities will be geared towards school aged children aged 5-13.

Community Events
Kid Friendly
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Befriending Grief Series

Venue:
Lower Uphill Location given upon registration
Community:
Nelson

This is a six-part series reclaiming the art of turning towards loss in service of healing. In community, we can transmute the powerful energies of sorrow into good grief.

We will gather for six weeks—this is a closed group, designed to support 

folks who are grieving in several ways:

Workshops
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MAMA’S BROKE

Venue:
The Royal
Community:
Nelson

Mama’s Broke is a powerful duo that deliver a compelling performance with heart and raw energy.  Although highly influenced by their Canadian roots, Lisa and Amy are based out of nowhere and everywhere.

Live Performance
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Weaving Class

Venue:
J.B. Fletcher Store
Community:
Ainsworth

Join us at the J.B. Fletcher Store Museum in Ainsworth and weave a beautiful scarf in a single day! This beginner friendly class uses compact, user-friendly rigid heddle looms.   Reserve your spot as space is limited. Sept. 25 from 9-2.

Workshops
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Music in the Park

Venue:
Nakusp Park Gazebo
Community:
Nakusp

The Arrow Lakes District Arts Council Presents our 26th Annual Music in the Park. Every Wednesday night from July 3 – Aug 27, 2024 at the Nakusp Park Gazebo from 6:30pm-8:00pm. Free live musical entertainment.

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Weekly Tango Mini Lesson & Practice

Venue:
Christie Lee’s Hall
Community:
Nelson
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!
Community Events
Workshops
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Family Story Time

Venue:
Nelson Public Library
Community:
Nelson

Drop by the Nelson Public Library Thursday mornings at 10:30 come to sing your favourite songs and hear some great stories!

All ages welcome.

Community Events
Kid Friendly
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Meat & Prize Draws

Venue:
corner of Stanley & Victoria
Community:
Nelson

 

 

Every Friday afternoon, the Nelson Royal Canadian Legion (402 Victoria Street – Stanley Street Entrance) holds meat & prize draws from 3 to 5 pm.  There is also often a 50/50 draw.  All proceeds to local charities.  Please come out and join us in a great community cause.

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Friday Blues

Venue:
Torchlight Brewing Co.
Community:
Nelson, BC

Come on down to Torchlight Brewing Co. in Nelson, every Friday, for some end of the week week good times and great tunes!

Live Performance
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‘Utopia Unveiled’ Closing Party

Venue:
Nelson Museum, Archives & Gallery
Community:
Nelson
We wrap up the Utopia Unveiled exhibition at the Nelson Museum with a closing party with performances from Carol Gaskin and Laura Landsberg. Gaskin’s performance, Untangling: The Art of Honouring Ancestors, features collage video and poetry reading.
Community Events
Exhibition/Speakers
Live Performance
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Sexsmith at Sixty

Venue:
The Capitol Theatre
Community:
Nelson
Sexsmith At Sixty – Capitol Season

Adult $35
Senior #31.50
Under 30 $10

Community Events
Live Performance
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Comedy Here, There & Everywhere Tour

Venue:
Key City Theatre
Community:
Cranbrook, BC

Comedy Here Often? and SiriusXM Comedy Club are excited to announce Juno Award winning stand-up comedians Jon Dore and Dave Merheje will headline the new Comedy Here, There & Everywhere Tour with a stop on September 27 in Cranbrook at Key City Theatre featuring Stuart Jones and Andrew Crone.

Live Performance

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