Upcoming Events

Based on Denis Johnson's beloved novella, Train Dreams is the moving portrait of Robert Grainier, a logger and railroad worker who leads a life of unexpected depth and beauty in the rapidly-changing America of the early 20th Century.

Tonye is an interdisciplinary artist and musician and their style is dynamic and fluid, weaving playful threads of Soul, Neo-Folk, Funk, Hip-Hop and R&B. Their shows, gatherings, and workshops are connected and intimate experiences, and evoke a kind of vulnerability that we all hunger for. They are a steadfast fixture...

Kicking Horse Culture is thrilled to welcome professional stilt walker Randall Fraser back to Golden for an immersive two-day stiltwalking workshop. A member of the National Stiltwalkers of Canada, Randall brings years of performance and teaching experience to this hands-on exploration of movement, balance, and character.

An unassuming mechanic is reminded of his time in an Iranian prison when he encounters a man he suspects to be his sadistic jailhouse captor. Panicked, he rounds up a few of his fellow ex-prisoners to confirm the man's identity.

Josephine, a burlesque cabaret dream play is an international award-winning one-woman biographical musical that combines cabaret, theatre and dance to tell the story of the iconic Josephine Baker, the first African-American international superstar and one of the most remarkable figures of the 20th Century.

Four siblings, torn apart by the Sixties Scoop, reunite for one week.

A foot-stomping, toe-tapping celebration of local music and community. Saddle up on the eve of EmberFest for an evening of live music and line dancing.

Get ready for one of the most exhilarating events of EmberFest! The Golden Light Horse Club presents a skijoring showcase that blends winter spirit and pure adrenaline. Watch as skilled riders and fearless skiers team up to race across a snowy course, galloping horses, flying snow, and big mountain energy...

A master class with WONDERHEADS focused on bringing characters to life through movement. Explore physical storytelling, mask, and embodied expression to create vivid, wordless characters.

As part of EmberFest 2026, Kicking Horse Culture will host Community Futures Day, a facilitated, participatory gathering that invites residents of Golden to collectively imagine what our community could look like in the future.

Step into The Imaginarium, Emberfest’s interactive open studio where imagination takes shape in real time! This magical space is stocked with art materials, props, and hands-on activities, guided by local artists and volunteers. Community members of all ages are invited to create, experiment, and collaborate—building pieces that will become part...

Experience the spirit of Atlantic Canada in this participatory jam session led by beloved local musician Evan Peters. Blending the warmth of an East Coast kitchen party with the collaborative ethos of EmberFest, this workshop welcomes musicians, singers, and curious community members of all ages.

Step into an evening of cozy ambiance, warm drinks, and shared imagination as our community gathers for a Positive Futurisms–themed Open Mic Storytelling Night. Hosted at local café, folks of all ages are invited to share stories and poetry —real, imagined, future-dreamed, or yet-to-be-invented.

Join us for a life drawing session where gesture, costume, and character will spark imaginative worlds and new artistic visions. Guided by a stunning futuristic model, this event invites artists of all skill levels, seasoned sketchers, curious beginners, and everyone in between, to capture movement, character, and presence on the...

Gather with neighbours, friends, and family for a joyful community choir workshop that invites every voice—confident or shy, trained or brand new—to rise together. Guided by two of our talented local musicians, this workshop will explore harmony, rhythm, and communal breath to create a choir performance for the EmberFest pageant.

An American travels into Bhutan in search of a valuable antique rifle and crosses paths with a young monk who wanders through the serene mountains, instructed by his teacher to make things right again.

Get groovy with local dancer and choreographer Chelsea who will guide us through an empowering movement practice on the eve of the EmberFest pageant. All ages, all levels are welcome to come and groove!

Every February, all the wild and silly creatures of the valley gather together in Spirit Square to celebrate community, creativity and the magic of light returning to the Columbia Valley. The festivities hearkens back to a time when neighbours joined together to make their own entertainment and bring meaning to...

Storyteller Tom Allen's chamber musical is an evocative telling of a 400km tale Johann Sebastian Bach took as a teenager, with music drawn both from Bach's own works and also the music he would have heard on his travels. With a star-studded line-up of great Canadian musicians, this captivating combination...

Opening the show is Oh Pray Tell, led by Shayna Jones, Sally Titasey and Betty Supple, weaves elements of folk storytelling, spoken word and performance art into three-part, soulful harmonies and lays them down over pulsing rhythms. PIQSIQ has a style perpetually galvanized by darkness and haunting northern beauty, sisters...

Despite its title, the great strength of this eloquent family drama is its heartfelt but unsentimental tone as it explores the complex dynamics between a father who is a brilliant film director and the two grown daughters he tries, quite belatedly, to form an emotional bond with.

The Myrtle Sisters, featuring Candice Roberts, Nayana Fielkov, and Kat Single-Dain, are a trio of east Vancouver performers delighting audiences of all ages with their harmonies, twinkling-tap numbers and family antics! They’ve been showcasing a clowning, vaudeville and dance menagerie of musical calamity for over 10 years in a variety...

Within a swarm of over 1000 paper planes, five dancers express movement stories drenched in vigorous and urgent physicality. Paper Mountains is about time, memory, flight, and longing.

For nearly two decades, Delhi 2 Dublin has been at the forefront of South Asian fusion music, pioneering a global bass sound they call “Subcontinental Pop”—a high-energy blend of Bhangra, electronic, hip-hop, reggae, and Celtic influences that defies genre and unites dance floors worldwide.