West Kootenay Events
All Events
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!
Ora Cogan Live in Nelson with Sarah Orton and Sauly Prior
at the Nelson Squash Club Social Lounge, upstairs at 330 Baker St
Finley’s Afterwork Dance Party with White Lightning Blues, Rock and Boogie Band
White Lightning Blues, Rock and Boogie Band returns to Finley’s Bar and Grill with another night of great dance music- classics from Little Walter to Chuck Berry, Little Feat and the Beatles plus an ever increasing collection of Kootenay themed originals. Suggested Cover $10.
Saturday Weekly Markets at Cottonwood Falls Park
Every Saturday from May 18th until October 26th, 2024 from 9am – 2pm
Kootenay EcoFest
Community Futures Sponsored Quarterly Meetup for Kootenay Entrepreneurs Group (KEG)
Take your business to the next level with the Kootenay Entrepreneurs Group (KEG)! KEG meets monthly, but this is the inagurual quarterly meeting sponsored by Community Futures in Nelson!
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!
Keepsake Collage with Melissa Owen
Creator Melissa Owen will guide you through the creation of a keepsake collage to honour a lost friend, family member, or beloved pet. This Nelson Museum program is FREE – collage materials are provided, participants need to bring a photo of their loved one to be photocopied and used in their project.
Shambhala Pre Party Live At Bloom Nightclub
Its the 2024 Shambhala Pre Party at Bloom Nightclub!!
Saturday May 25th
7PM -2AM
Raffle Draw for a Ticket to the Shambhala 2024!! The Earlier you come the more entries you get!!!
Huge line up of Electronic Dance Music!
Slynk
Thomas Workshop
Lil Bones
Throwbekk
Bass cat
Before The Sun
19+
PHARM, AK-747’S, Rad Dog
Room 909
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
100 Mile Chef’s Choice Potluck
Potluck dinner featuring 20 dishes crafted by regional chefs, wild foraged edibles and ingredients grown by local farmers.
John Gogo and Allen Dobb
Western Balladeer John Gogo and singer-songwriter Allen Dobb perform in a double bill at Taghum Hall.
John Gogo and Allen Dobb in concert
Music steeped in landscape is on the menu at Taghum Hall when two musicians from Vancouver Island, John Gogo and Allen Dobb, take the stage. Western balladeer John Gogo is best known for writing and performing folksongs about the people and places, and the true and the tall tales of the West Coast. Singer-songwriter Allen Dobb’s songs draw from characters, stories, and B.C. landscapes.
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:
Valley Deep, Mountain High – Tom Wayman Book Launch
West Kootenay author Tom Wayman will launch two new books—a prose memoir and a collection of poems.
The Region
TRAVEL BOOK
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