West Kootenay Events

All Events

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Lardeau Valley Marketfest

Venue:
Argenta Community Hall
Community:
Argenta .

Join us on Mother’s Day, Sunday May 12th for our first Lardeau Valley Marketfest, and our Emergency Preparedness Fair!

Community Events
Markets/Festival
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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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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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Kootenay Entrepreneurs Group (KEG)

Venue:
Torchlight Brewing Co.
Community:
Nelson, BC

NEW! Kootenay Entrepreneurs Group (KEG) happening in-person networking event!

Are you starting your own business in the Kootenays?

Join other folks just like you who are navigating the path from passion to profit! This group will give you a chance to network and skill share with other growth-minded people working on their own business! Starts in March, 2024. See you there!

Community Events
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Nelson Museum AGM

Venue:
Nelson Museum, Archives & Gallery
Community:
Nelson

Attention members! Mark your calendars for the 2024 Nelson Museum Annual General Meeting (AGM). Jennifer Dunkerson, Executive Director, and the NMAG Board of Directors are eager to welcome members into Gallery A to discuss the challenges and triumphs of 2023, what is planned for the year ahead, and to welcome some fresh faces to the NMAG board.

Community Events
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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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Wing Wednesday

Venue:
Finley’s Bar & Grill
Community:
Nelson

Our famous Finley’s Wings are just $9.99 per pound every Wednesday*

Choose from Honey-garlic, Teriyaki, Szechhaun, Hot, BBQ, Salt & Pepper, Cajun, Lemon-Pepper, Sweet Chili

*with beverage pruchase – dine in only

Food/Beverage
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KOOTENAY COMEDY OPEN MIC NIGHT

Venue:
The Royal
Community:
Nelson

Wed May 15th 7:00pm At The Royal in Nelson
Hosted by lil’ Mikey, its an open mic Comedy night!
To sign up come early or message kootenaycomedy on instagram!

Community Events
Live Performance
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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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Small Town Artillery Collective

Venue:
Vallican Whole Community Centre
Community:
Vallican

THE SMALL TOWN ARTILLERY COLLECTIVE is the moniker under which brothers Tom & Derek van Deursen release and perform their signature style of music.

Community Events
Live Performance
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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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Curry Chronicles: mastering butter chicken

Venue:
Kootenay Co-op
Community:
Nelson

Perfect your curry cooking with Chef Rahul in our Indian Cooking Class at The Kootenay Co-op in Nelson. Discover his secrets to creating mouthwatering butter chicken— vegetarian version available.

Food/Beverage
Workshops
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Anything Goes! Collage with Michelle Oakley

Venue:
Nelson Museum, Archives & Gallery
Community:
Nelson

Avante garde? Political? Whimsical? Anything goes in this collage workshop with artist Michelle Oakley, inspired by Judy Wapp’s exhibition VisuAlchemy and hosted by the Nelson Museum.

These workshops are FREE and all materials are supplied. You can attend one or both workshops, but separate pre-registration is required. Please use the links below.

Community Events
Kid Friendly
Workshops
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THE UNBRANDED w/ GUESTS

Venue:
The Royal
Community:
Nelson

From honky tonks to dive bars, THE UNBRANDED are an original country band formed in the farm lands of Chilliwack B.C. Influenced by the Bakersfield sound of California and the attitude from the outlaws in Texas.

Live Performance
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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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Blues Set w/ J. Greg Walter

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

SMALL TOWN ARTILLERY

Venue:
The Royal
Community:
Nelson

Small Town Artillery is a rock and roll band helmed by brothers Tom and Derek van Deursen. Originally from Kaslo, British Columbia, Tom and Derek have been playing together for over 20 years, with Small Town Artillery as their flagship project for the past 10.

Live Performance

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