MarketFest On Baker Street, Friday, June 24, 6-10:30 pm The famous Nelson street festival returns to Baker Street with an amazing entertainment lineup and over 90 local vendors and craftspeople. Market Fest means fun and music for all ages right in the heart of Nelson. We’re starting the Market Fest season off with a bang...

Nelson’s Tim Kendrick has enjoyed several careers: fighter pilot, administrator and a few small businesses. Interests have included caving, mountaineering, scuba diving, Search and Rescue, building boats and exploring the BC coast, painting and pottery, but photography is the passion that has endured. Kendrick’s...

Miss Quincyin Nelson, Sunday June 19, 7-9 p.m. Suggested ticket donation: $10.Nelson folks, come help Miss Quincy kick-off her Summer Tourcation in house concert style. Featuring Miss Q's brand new smokin' hot all-girl trio and a guest appearance by the lovely Scarlet Mary Rose.There is only space for 40 people so RSVP ASAP...

Nelson musician Aspen Switzer is on the road with Genevieve Rainey and Elaine Ryan and they’ll be in Nelson at The Royal on Baker this Sunday playing as For the Birds. All three musicians placed in the top six of Vancouver’s Lilith Local Talent Search, an online songwriting contest geared towards drumming up new talent for ...

Directors of the Amy Ferguson Institute had good reason to break out the champagne last week.After more than two years of fundraising the Institute learned it had been awarded a major grant from the Vancouver Foundation that brought the total amount raised for the opera commission to just over the $100,000 target set by the...

Masters of BC Art: Selected Works from the Collection of Hans Wilking Opening Reception:  Friday, June 17, 7-9 pm, (exhibition closing date August 28)  Tour with Hans Wilking TBAGallery A, Touchstones Nelson: Museum of Art and HistoryDid well known First Nations artist Norval Morriseau ever visit Ymir? Not likely, but if...

Making his mark on the landscape: Jimmy AllenGallery A, Touchstones NelsonOpening reception Friday, June 17, 7-9 pmWith works from the Touchstones Nelson permanent collection, as well as on loan from local collectors, this exhibition will showcase the photographs of James (“Jimmy”) Allen (1878-1969), and celebrate the mark ...

Keep The Beat Art Show @ SelfDesign High, 402 Victoria St. Wednesday, June 15, 7:30-9:30 pmThere will be tonnes of art made by LV Rogers High School students.  ...

Nelson’s Tim Kendrick has enjoyed several careers: fighter pilot, administrator and a few small businesses. Interests have included caving, mountaineering, scuba diving, Search and Rescue, building boats and exploring the BC coast, painting and pottery, but photography is the passion that has endured. Kendrick’s...

Meaghan Smith with Del Barber@ The Royal on Baker, Monday, June 13, 9 p.m. Tickets are $10 and available at liveattheroyal.com, and Royal Espresso.Winner of the Best New Artist award at the 2011 Juno’s, Meaghan Smith is an infectious, passionate, and talented songwriter who is taking her highly acclaimed original music on the...