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Tours & Road Trips in Nelson

Seeking authentic cultural experiences? Whether you are native to BC or visiting, Art-BC is your source for road trips and itineraries, studio tours and other guides adventures in the province.

British Columbia is a limitless landscape to explore both supernaturally and culturally. Guided experiences are often the perfect place to start your next journey into discovering the unique cultural footprint of creative communities across the province.

Experience Vancouver Island’s many studios, sip Okanagan wine from an artsy B&B, snap pictures of Northern BC’s totem poles, take a refreshing dip in one of the Kootenay’s lakes, discover the past and pan for gold in the Cariboo, or treat yourself with some Vancouver gallery hopping!

100 Mile House, 150 Mile House, Bella Coola, Burnaby, Campbell River, Chase, Coquitlam, Comox, Courtenay, Cranbrook, Dawson Creek, Delta, Duncan, Fernie, Fort St. John, Gibsons, Golden, Haida Gwaii, Invermere, Kamloops, Kelowna, Kitimat, Lake Country, Langley, Logan Lake, Lund, Merritt, Nanaimo, Nelson, New Westminster, North Vancouver, Osoyoos, Parksville, Peachland, Pemberton, Penticton, Port Alberni, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Prince George, Quesnel, Revelstoke, Richmond, Rossland, Sechelt, Sidney, Smithers, Sooke, Squamish, Summerland, Sun Peaks, Surrey, Terrace, Tofino, Ucluelet, Vancouver, Vernon, Victoria, West Kelowna, West Vancouver, White Rock, Whistler, Williams Lake

Every community has its own unique cultural footprint.

Please come back to visit this community as we are curating content and destinations throughout the Province of BC. If you or your organization wish to be presented on this page, we invite you to become a Marketing Member

Upcoming Community Events

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Dark Chapters | The Nelson Museum, Archives & Gallery

The Nelson Museum, Archives & Gallery
Nelson
Date:
March 22, 2025
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June 28, 2025
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Dark Chapters David Garneau March 22 to June 28, 2025 There are so many ways to investigate how the written word can implicate, illuminate, and interpret artworks. David Garneau Rocks and books and bones, shadows and light, and the balance between these things; studied in isolation and interpreted by 17 leading artists, essayists, poets, and academics from coast to coast, Read more...
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Touchstone Nelson Heritage Walking Tour | Nelson Kootenay Lake Tourism

Nelson Kootenay Lake Tourism
Nelson
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May 13, 2025
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May 10, 2026
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We hope you will enjoy your exploration of our historic downtown core. Please follow the map, at your own pace, and stop at any one of our outdoor spaces to enjoy the streetscape. If you see a building, not on the Tour, which piques your interest, please make a note of it and ask about it at the museum. Please Read more...
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Forest for the Trees (working title) | Nelson Museum Archives & Gallery

The Nelson Museum, Archives & Gallery
Nelson
Date:
June 7, 2025, 10:00 am
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September 13, 2025, 6:00 pm
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Forest for the Trees explores the regional history and relationship to the lumber industry. From the early settler days of logdriving down Kootenay Lake, to the Eddy Match Company’s matchstick factory, to the Save Cottonwood movement, the show features themes of resource extraction, land use, environmentalism and climate change, homebuilding, energy use, wildfire mitigation, and more. The story is told through Read more...
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Kaslo Jazz ETC Festival

Nelson Kootenay Lake Tourism
Nelson
Date:
August 1, 2025
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August 3, 2025
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This year, August 1 to 3, the Kaslo Jazz Etc Festival will once again make use of the astounding acoustics of Kaslo Bay Park to showcase an array of blues, jazz, latin, folk, world music, and much more.  Our unique floating stage transforms Kaslo Bay Park into a natural green amphitheater and sends live music reverberating out over Kootenay Lake.  Read more...
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Nelson International Mural Festival | Nelson Kootenay Lake Tourism

Nelson Kootenay Lake Tourism
Nelson
Date:
August 8, 2025
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August 10, 2025
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The Nelson and District Arts Council is excited to present the fifth Nelson International Mural Festival happening August 11th, 12th, 13th, 2023 throughout Nelson, BC. Cultural vibrancy in Nelson continues to flourish under the festival’s engagement of street artists, muralists, creators, and art enthusiasts joining the festival from the local, national, and international art scene. Through large scale public artworks, Read more...
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