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The 21st annual fiddle, guitar and piano camp goes July 13 to July 15. Registration is required by June 13.

Kootenay Fiddle Camp returns live next month

Registration for the three-day camp is open until June 13

Tammy Bradford manages the Creston Museum, which has received a provincial grant for a project entitled 40 Years 40 Voices. (Photo by Kelsey Yates)

New exhibit opening at Creston Museum for Blossom Festival weekend

40 Years, 40 Voices will showcase what’s important to the people of the Creston Valley

Jason Louie is the elected Chief of the Lower Kootenay Band. (Photo credit Brian Lawrence)

Yaqan Nukiy brings 30th annual traditional powwow to Creston Valley

The event will celebrate 30 years of resilience

Families will gather for the annual Creston Valley Blossom Festival this Saturday. (Photo by Kelsey Yates)

Creston Valley Blossom Festival celebrates 82 years

The long weekend will be filled with family-friendly festivities

Families will gather for the annual Creston Valley Blossom Festival this Saturday. (Photo by Kelsey Yates)
The second annual Dandelion Festival runs May 27 in Salmo. Photo: Submitted

Salmo to host 2nd annual Dandelion Festival

The event runs May 27 just north of Salmo

The second annual Dandelion Festival runs May 27 in Salmo. Photo: Submitted
Chris Walker, host of CBC radio show Daybreak South, will be presenting live in Fernie, Nelson and Creston and taking part in a meet-and-greet in Cranbrook in June (photo courtesy of Chris Walker).

CBC Radio Daybreak broadcasting live in the Kootenays

Host Chris Walker to visit Fernie, Cranbrook, Nelson and Creston in June

Chris Walker, host of CBC radio show Daybreak South, will be presenting live in Fernie, Nelson and Creston and taking part in a meet-and-greet in Cranbrook in June (photo courtesy of Chris Walker).
Creston Valley Blossom Singers performed Celtic Christmas in 2018. (Photo submitted)

Blossom Valley Singers sing into spring with Serendipity

See the concert on May 6 or 7

Creston Valley Blossom Singers performed Celtic Christmas in 2018. (Photo submitted)
“The Way of Being,” by Frantisek Strouhal.

Works by West Kootenay artist selected for online exhibit

The exhibition can be seen at: federationgallery.com

“The Way of Being,” by Frantisek Strouhal.
Starbelly Jam Music Festival will return in July. The East Shore event hasn’t been held since 2019. Photo: Louis Bockner/Starbelly Jam

After 4-year hiatus, Starbelly Jam Music Festival returns in July

The East Shore event was put on pause during the COVID-19 pandemic

Starbelly Jam Music Festival will return in July. The East Shore event hasn’t been held since 2019. Photo: Louis Bockner/Starbelly Jam
(Photo by Wayne Walker)

Live sketch comedy Middle Raged coming to Creston stage

This hilarious comedy stars Geri Hall and Gary Pearson exploring life between 30 and 65

(Photo by Wayne Walker)
The Creston Community Band is celebrating the arrival of spring with their first show of the year. (Submitted)

Creston Community Band presents spring concert

The band will perform on Monday, April 24 at the Kootenay River Auditorium

The Creston Community Band is celebrating the arrival of spring with their first show of the year. (Submitted)
Grade 7 student Lily Spears, centre stage, is playing Willy Wonka in the upcoming play from Adam Robertson Elementary School. (Photo by Kelsey Yates)

Creston students take to the stage for Willy Wonka Jr.

Check out the Adam Robertson Elementary School play this weekend

Grade 7 student Lily Spears, centre stage, is playing Willy Wonka in the upcoming play from Adam Robertson Elementary School. (Photo by Kelsey Yates)
Musical duo meagan&amy will perform on Tuesday, April 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the Kootenay River Theatre. (Submitted)

Creston Concert Society presents duo meagan&amy

The show is this Tuesday, April 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the Kootenay River Theatre

Musical duo meagan&amy will perform on Tuesday, April 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the Kootenay River Theatre. (Submitted)
Gordon Lightfoot performs during the first concert at the newly re-opened Massey Hall in Toronto, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021. Canadian folk icon Lightfoot is cancelling his 2023 concert schedule in Canada and the U.S. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

Singer Gordon Lightfoot cancels 2023 concert schedule, citing health

Canadian folk icon, 84, is recovering from undisclosed health issues

Gordon Lightfoot performs during the first concert at the newly re-opened Massey Hall in Toronto, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021. Canadian folk icon Lightfoot is cancelling his 2023 concert schedule in Canada and the U.S. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
Students of all ages showcase their talents at Focus on Youth. (Submitted)

Creston’s 37th annual Focus on Youth returns next week

Students will perform in a variety of concerts from May 30 to June 2

Students of all ages showcase their talents at Focus on Youth. (Submitted)
Pat Henman in the stage adaptation of her memoir Beyond the Legal Limit, which explores the aftermath of a crash with a drunk driver. (Photo by Electrify Photography)

Performer brings life-changing event to the stage in Creston

Pat Henman shares her story of surviving a collision with a drunk driver

Pat Henman in the stage adaptation of her memoir Beyond the Legal Limit, which explores the aftermath of a crash with a drunk driver. (Photo by Electrify Photography)
Kootenay pop singer Shawn Hook says he will undergo chemotherapy for throat cancer. Photo: Submitted

Kootenay singer Shawn Hook to receive chemotherapy

Hook was diagnosed with throat cancer in January

Kootenay pop singer Shawn Hook says he will undergo chemotherapy for throat cancer. Photo: Submitted
Footlighters director Lynn Karey-McKenna (front right) as Peggy Kresswell in 2014 with the cast of Seduced by Moonlight, produced by Stage 43, a Lower Mainland theatre group. (Submitted)

Creston’s Footlighters hosts auditions for next show

Seduced by Moonlight will be the final production of the season

Footlighters director Lynn Karey-McKenna (front right) as Peggy Kresswell in 2014 with the cast of Seduced by Moonlight, produced by Stage 43, a Lower Mainland theatre group. (Submitted)
Zoe Marini (left), who plays multiple roles, and Tom Greentree, who stars as Guy, in a rehearsal for Check Please, running March 23 to 26 at Kootenay River Auditorium. (Photo by Brian Lawrence)

Footlighters presents romantic comedy Check Please

The play runs at the Kootenay River Auditorium from March 23 to 26

Zoe Marini (left), who plays multiple roles, and Tom Greentree, who stars as Guy, in a rehearsal for Check Please, running March 23 to 26 at Kootenay River Auditorium. (Photo by Brian Lawrence)
The Agora String Quartet. (Submitted)

Creston Concert Society presents dynamic musical matinee with Nicolas Ellis and The Agora String Quartet

Don’t miss it this Sunday, March 19 at 2 p.m.

The Agora String Quartet. (Submitted)