The Kimberley First Saturday Arts, Culture and Heritage festival is all set for Saturday, Sept. 7 from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Platzl.
This free, all-ages event will kick off at 11:30 at the Gazebo with line dancing from Deb Mayer. At 12:30 Helen Robertson will be teaching ukelele for beginners, aimed at people 14 years old and older. Following this there will be a jam for the more adventurous players at 2 p.m. Ukeleles will be provided but you're encouraged to bring one if you have one.
There is also a draw for a free ukelele at the end of the session, so if you've been wanting to get one this could be your chance.
The featured artist for this Saturday is Laurie Crawford and Tony Austin will be instructing a Sumi-e Japanese brush painting workshop.
Other workshops include Jen Moes' Metis dot painting, a Make Art Studio where you can create watercolour flowers, Panning for Fools Golf with Jason Jacobs of the East Kootenay Chamber of Mines and a pumpkin felting demo from Michelle Quinn.
There will be a kid's corner set up with face painting from Skylar, a photo booth with Brittney, animal balloons with Marsha, an Elephant and Piggies Fall Fun Leaf Hunt from the Kimberley Public Library the and Funk Haus Craft Lab where you can make your own bird mask.
The music line up for the afternoon is comprised of Bill St. Amand, Gary Schneider, Mike Stack, Doug Mitchell and Wally Smith.The feature band is the D'linquints, a jazz trio made up of Theresa and Bryan Reichert and Chad Andriowski.
There is also an evening concert in the Platzl, with the beer garden and barbecue opening at 5:30 p.m. The Hurricanes will kick off the night at 6 p.m. followed by the always-entertaining Mile High Club.
Everything except the barbecue and beer garden is free, but donations are always welcome.
