West Kootenay Events
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Blues Set w/ J. Greg Walter
Come on down to Torchlight Brewing Co. in Nelson, every Friday, for some end of the week week good times and great tunes!
Monthly Queer Games Night 2024
The Music of John Lennon and Joni Mitchell
The Music of John Lennon and Joni Mitchell featuring multiple JUNO Award nominees.
Yvette Toller – Vocals
Michael Occhipinti – Guitar
Tony Ferraro – Drums
Jill Mckenna – Bass
Author Reading Series: Corinna Chong + Matt Rader (event)
Event: Friday, May 3, 2024 @ 7 PM (Free!)
All held at Oxygen’s facility (#3-320 Vernon St., Nelson, BC)
GRAPHIC NOVEL AUTHOR TALK!
The story of a Kootenay summer: forests are burning, activists are blockading, and a rookie wildfire fighter joins her first crew. A sneak peek at We Were Found in the Fires, with writer-artists @nathancomics and Anne DeGrace.
May 3rd at 7:00 pm
Guided Cold War Bunker tours
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!
TALES OF THE EARTH | Discover Circus School Showcase
Spring Fashion Event
Amazing door prizes donated by incredible local business’
Entire store is on sale.
VESPER VALENTINE PRESENTS: TOO HOTH TO HANDLE
Vesper Valentine Presents
Star Wars – Too Hoth to Handle ~ A Burlesque Revue
sunday brunch: making eggs benedict
Join us for a fun Sunday Brunch experience like no other with Chef Rahul Joshi. Learn the art of crafting hollandaise sauce, mastering the poached egg, and creating scrumptious hashbrowns from scratch.
register online here
Sunday brunch: making eggs benedict
Join us at the Kooenay Co-op in Nelson, for a fun Sunday Brunch experience like no other with Chef Rahul Joshi. Learn the art of crafting hollandaise sauce, mastering the poached egg, and creating scrumptious hashbrowns from scratch.
May 5 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
$35.00 – $45.00
sunday brunch: making eggs benedict
Join us for a fun Sunday Brunch experience like no other with Chef Rahul Joshi. Learn the art of crafting hollandaise sauce, mastering the poached egg, and creating scrumptious hashbrowns from scratch.
register online here
A SUNDAY MARKET!
Sun May 5th 12pm-4pm @ The Royal in Nelson
20 vendors! (Several brand new vendors too!)
On-site photography booth
Cinco de Mayo festivities
Mother’s Day gift ideas
Mimosa Special
Newkeys Place presents, Blues in The Afternoon with Sam Hurrie
Newkeys Place in Crawforbay presents, Blues in The Afternoon with Sam Hurrie, Like with friends.
Sundays 4-7
DANCING PLAGUE + TOTAL CHROMA + RENONCE w/ JAKOB and DARK ARTS MARKET
Come one, come all to an evening of darkwave, EBM, post-industrial, and synth-punk music, and vending from local artisans.
Sunday Karaoke
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
Book Babies
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
Crafternoon
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.
Befriending Grief Series
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:
The Region
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