Upcoming Events

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...

A heartwarming story of four Cree siblings separated in childhood by the Sixties Scoop who reunite after fifty years for a week in Banff. Filmed both in Banff and Golden perhaps locals who were extras in the movie will recognise themselves on the big screen!

A foot-stomping, toe-tapping celebration of local music and community. Saddle up and lets kick off EmberFest with an evening of live music and dancing.

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 Four Points Books, folks of all ages are invited to share stories and poetry —real, imagined, future-dreamed, or yet-to-be-invented.

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...

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. What could Golden look like in the years ahead? Community Futures Day invites residents of all...

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.

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.

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.

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...

A timely political satire that underscores the fragility of democracy, this film beautifully captures rural Bhutan’s grounding simplicity where peace whispers louder than power. “Delightful” “A great and funny film. An American travels into Bhutan in search of a valuable antique rifle and crosses paths with a young monk who...

Get groovy with local dancer and choreographer Chelsea who will guide us through an empowering movement practice on the eve of the EmberFest pageant. This event is for Adults! All levels are welcome to come and groove! FREE EVENT! NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED!

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...

EmberFest celebrations continue well into the night of February 21st with live music. Following traditional bonfire activities and fireworks, multiple bands perform live at four different venues throughout downtown Golden.

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...

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.