Visit Prince Rupert

Improv Night at Tom Rooney Playhouse
2024-04-17 19:30 - 21:00, 2024-04-10 19:30 - 21:00, 2024-04-03 19:30 - 21:00, 2024-03-27 19:30 - 21:00, 2024-03-20 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Vancouver) | Tom Rooney Playhouse, 954 3rd Ave West, Prince Rupert, BC
You (yes YOU!) can participate in theatre games/improv (think “whose line is it anyway”) every Wednesday at 7:30pm at the Tom Rooney Playhouse (953 3rd Ave W). Come on out and join in the laughs with Hook Line and Snicker!

Winter Wednesday Night Movies
2024-04-17 19:00 | Famous Players Prince Rupert Cinemas, 525 2 Ave W, Prince Rupert, Canada
The movies take place at the Prince Rupert Cineplex at 7 p.m. with the doors opening at 6:30. You do not buy a ticket through the Cineplex system, rather you come to our PRCAC table outside whichever theatre our movie is scheduled to be shown in, with $12 in cash and if you can bring the correct change it would really help.
Movie: Past Lives
USA
Celine Song
English, Korean
106 minutes
Two deeply connected childhood friends, Nora and Hae Sung, fatefully reunite in New York City after being wrested apart 20 years ago, in this decades-spanning romance from writer-director Celine Song.
The story begins in South Korea, where 12-year-old Nora is preparing to emigrate with her family to Canada. But she is leaving someone dear behind: Hae Sung, her closest friend. Twelve years later, Nora (Greta Lee) has relocated from Toronto to New York to pursue her dreams of being a playwright. Eventually, with the help of the internet, Nora finds Hae Sung and rekindles their friendship over Skype. But with 6,000 miles persistently separating them they lose their connection again, as they once did as children.
More time passes, and the two friends – now in their 30s – reunite in person in New York. By this time. Nora is married to a writer named Arthur (John Magaro) and Hae Sung is newly out of a long-term relationship. Nora shows Hae Sung the city as they elegantly dance around their past and the fated nature of their relationship. The ties between two people over the course of their lives is expressed beautifully and succinctly in a single Korean word: in-yeon.
Past Lives is a delicately layered triptych that confronts destiny, love, and the choices that shape a life. Song’s graceful romance is about the acceptance of loss that becomes a defining part of adulthood.
“It’s a beautiful, transporting film but one made with both feet firmly on the ground.”

Still Standing with Johnny Harris
2024-04-14 19:00 | Prince Rupert Recreation Complex, 1000 McBride Street, Prince Rupert, British Columbia, V8J 3H1, Canada
Sunday’s show at the Jim Ciccone Civic Centre is a free admission event, with doors opening at 7 PM, the show is for those 12 years and above

A popular CBC Television program host is coming to town this weekend to see how Prince Rupert is doing, with Jonny Harris set to bring his look at small town Canada fighting the good fight to the Jim Ciccone Civic Centre.

The Still Standing program now in its tenth season, has been one which celebrates the resolve of Canadian communities finding some hard times along with their community spirit, the show also serves as a pretty decent travelogue for Canadians to explore their own country.

Mr. Harris who recently won a 2024 Canadian Screen Award for his work on the Still Standing series will be the host for an evening of comedy and entertainment and as other communities have in the past, Prince Rupert will be the narrative for the night.

Movie & Popcorn in the Port Interpretive Centre
2024-04-14 13:00 - 16:00 | Port Interpretive Centre, 215 cowbay road, Prince Rupert, British Columbia, V8J1A2, Canada
Join us for a free, family-friendly film screening in the Prince Rupert Port Authority’s Port Interpretive Centre.

Can you guess which movie? Here’s a hint: It’s all about the family Madrigal…

Popcorn will be provided. All are welcome!

Somber Seas - Live at Wheelhouse in the ELECTRIC JUNGLE
2024-04-13 20:00 | Wheelhouse Brewing, 217 1st Ave East, Prince Rupert, Canada
4 piece band Somber Seas presents ELECTRIC JUNGLE!
A WILD night of live music and dance UPSTAIRS at Wheelhouse Brewing.
Supported by Coastal Drifters.
Doors at 8, music at 9-ish.
Tickets are $25. Available at Wheelhouse Brewing or online at :
https://tinyurl.com/bdz4pwvh

Sunset Karaoke
2024-04-12 21:00, 2024-04-05 21:00, 2024-03-29 21:00, 2024-03-22 21:00 | Sunset Lounge, 243 3 Ave W, Prince Rupert, British Columbia, V8J 1L2, Canada
Karaoke at Sunset Lounge starts at 10pm, happy hour in effect 9-11pm, drink and food specials available.
New midnight menu on from 10pm til close.
Venue: Sunset Lounge & Grill

Business after Business Northern BC Museum 100 year celebration!
2024-04-12 17:00 - 19:00 | Museum of Northern BC, 100 1st Avenue West, Prince Rupert, British Columbia, V8J1A8, Canada
Celebrating a Century of History and Community Engagement – Admission is Free!
Join us for a landmark event as the Museum of Northern BC marks its 100th anniversary with an extraordinary Business After Business event, in partnership with the Prince Rupert and District Chamber of Commerce. This special evening is not just a celebration of our museum’s centennial but also a platform to connect with fellow business leaders, immerse in our cultural heritage, and embrace the vibrant spirit of our community.
Date:
April 12th, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Venue:
Museum of Northern BC
100 1st Ave W, Prince Rupert, BC
Event Highlights:
Connect and Network: Engage with a dynamic mix of business owners, professionals, and community members. It’s the perfect setting to forge new relationships, share insights, and celebrate the spirit of collaboration in a friendly and engaging environment.
Culinary Delights: Savor an array of multicultural appetizers, each offering a unique taste and experience. Paired with a selection of wines and beers, our culinary spread is sure to add a dash of excitement to your evening.
Explore the Museum: Dive into the rich cultural and historical narratives of Northern BC through the museum’s exhibits. Learn about the diverse experiences and educational opportunities the Museum provides, enhancing our appreciation of the region’s heritage.
Featured Events:
5:00 PM: Be moved by a traditional Tsimshian peace song, an ode to peace and unity, reflecting the deep-rooted cultural traditions of our area.
Optional Guided Tour: Take a quick yet insightful tour of the Museum, led by our expert staff, and uncover the stories and artifacts that highlight the history and cultural significance of Northern BC.
Special Invitation: Bring a Friend!
This event is completely free, and we encourage you to invite a friend or two to join in the celebration. It’s a wonderful opportunity to experience the blend of business networking and cultural enrichment together.
RSVP & Inquiries:
Please let us know if you’ll be attending by registering here.
if you have any questions by contacting Roman Brochu at executivedirector@rupertchamber.ca
Don’t miss this unique evening of networking, discovery, and celebration. We are thrilled to welcome you and your guests to an event that promises to be both enlightening and enjoyable. Join us on April 12th and be part of a gathering that honors our past while looking forward to a future of shared success and community engagement.
We can’t wait to see you there!

WetPaint Painting Party
2024-04-11 19:00 - 21:00 | Cowpuccinos, 25 cowbay road, Prince Rupert, British Columbia, V8J1A5, Canada
Come join us and bring your friends, or come alone, and make new friends. April 11th 2024 – at COWPUCCINOS – this is a very limited seating run.
All painting supplies provided (please wear an old shirt/paint smock)
Pre-Registration $45 guarantees you a seat –
We only reserve your space with payment. You can reserve your booking by sending $45 per canvas by E-transter to WetPaintPrinceRupert@gmail.com
“painting” is a great option for a password!
We ask that in the “add a message” / “add a comment” section you clarify the name of the person who will be painting and which event they are attending – this will help prevent confusion on the evening of the event!

North Coast Ecology Centre Society - Coastal Conversations
2024-04-10 19:30 | Port Interpretive Centre, 215 cowbay road, Prince Rupert, British Columbia, V8J1A2, Canada
Learn about the action being taken to tackle invasive European Green Crab on the #NorthCoast.

Join us Wednesday April 10th at 7:30PM in the Port Interpretive Centre for the final installment of the North Coast Ecology Centre Society‘s Coastal Conversations 2024 seminar series.

Our final Coastal Conversations Lecture of the year will be on Wednesday, April 10th! The topic of this lecture is the European Green Crabs. These crabs are invasive to Canada and the US. Since their arrival to southern British Columbia in 1998, they have continually expanded their range. Learn from Tom Therriault and Mark Potyrala with DFO about these crabs, their impacts to native ecosystems and what is being done about it!

Superhost for Tourism Professionals
2024-04-06 09:00 - 17:00, 2024-03-21 09:00 - 17:00 | Hecate Strait Employment Development Society, 208 1 Avenue East, Prince Rupert, British Columbia, V8J 4M8, Canada
Tourism Prince Rupert is sponsoring four SuperHost sessions at Hecate Strait Employment Development Society for tourism businesses in Prince Rupert, allowing up to 56 frontline staff to access this training at no cost in advance of the 2024 season.

Spring Squash Tournament
2024-04-05 14:00 - 2024-04-07 14:00 | Prince Rupert Racquets Assn, 525 9th Avenue West, Prince Rupert, BC, V8J2S9, Canada
The Prince Rupert Racquet Association is hosting a Spring Squash Tournament April 5-7, 2024!
Players of all levels are welcome to join. We will be hosting visiting players from the Terrace and Smithers squash communities as well.
Play begins on Friday afternoon and we’ll wrap things up midday Sunday. Drinks and snacks will be provided throughout the weekend. Each player will be guaranteed at least three games and will walk away with a tournament t-shirt! Please be sure to specify if you have any time restrictions in the form below.
We will be hosting a Saturday night dinner and social at the courts. Local players, if you’re able to bring a dish please let us know and we’ll coordinate closer to the tournament. Thank you!
For those of you travelling from out of town:
There will be trailer and camper parking available in the parking lot of the Racquet Centre so please feel welcome to bring your rig!
To register for the tournament, click here: https://forms.gle/17as48jeFPy4Tiyw5
Venue: Prince Rupert Racquet Centre
Organizer: Prince Rupert Racquet Association

2024 Town Hall Meeting
2024-04-04 19:00 - 21:00 | Lester Centre of the Arts, 1100 McBride St, Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
Starting this Spring/Summer, our community is embarking on an unprecedented amount of renewal in our water and sewer distribution system, as well as the roadways above. The work will last over the next few years, setting us on a much improved path for capital renewal and revitalization for the decades to come. It’s a big undertaking, and we’ll be doing our best to inform the community every step of the way.
For more on what this work will mean to you, work we continue to do to advance on other community priorities, and an opportunity to chat directly to staff and leadership, we encourage residents to come to our Town Hall event. We hope to see you there!
This event will be held at the Lester Centre, and will be recorded for those unable to attend in person. Doors will be at 6:30 pm, and the presentation will start at 7:00 pm.

Ballet Kelowna taqeš and Other Works
2024-03-30 19:30 - 21:30 | Lester Centre of the Arts, 1100 McBride St, Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
SHOW DETAILS
Location: Lester Centre of the Arts
Doors open at 7:00pm, show starts at 7:30pm – 9:30pm

Proudly presented by the Lester Centre, taqəš and Other Works features a stunning line-up of signature works from Ballet Kelowna’s contemporary ballet repertoire. With Cameron Fraser-Monroe’s powerful and compelling taqəš [tawKESH], Guillaume Côté’s mesmerizing Bolero, and Fraser-Monroe’ satirical The Cowboy Act Suite, this high-energy program promises to please a wide range of spectators.
Cameron Fraser-Monroe brings his classical ballet training, knowledge of traditional Coast Salish, Grass, and Hoop Dance, and experience as a contemporary dancer to taqəš [tawKESH], which means “to return something” in Ayajuthem, the language belonging to the Homalco, Klahoose, K’omoks and Tla’amin Nations. Set to several songs by Polaris Prize-winning composer and singer Jeremy Dutcher, taqəš follows the traditional story “Raven Returns the Water,” centred around ῤoho (raven) and walθ (frog).
Next, National Ballet of Canada Choreographic Associate Guillaume Côté brings strength and fragility to a fascinating interpretation of the beloved Bolero by Maurice Ravel, one of music’s most famous and identifiable melodies. A “riveting tour de force” (Dance Magazine), Bolero (2012) features breath-taking lifts and virtuosic choreography.
Rounding out the program, audiences will be transported to the Wild West in Cameron Fraser-Monroe’s The Cowboy Act Suite, a work that explores the dichotomy between “Cowboys and Indians” set to music by Mohawk singer/songwriter Tom Wilson. While these caricatures have been portrayed on pages, stages, and in films, they are often penned from a colonial perspective. Fraser-Monroe’s intuitive take on the swashbuckling strut of the Cowboy informs this intellectual unpacking of a one-sided lens and flips the script to ask, what happens when an Indian directs the Cowboys through their history?
Ballet Kelowna gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the BC Arts Council, the Province of British Columbia, the City of Kelowna, the Government of Canada, the Central Okanagan Foundation, and the Thomas Alan Budd Foundation.

Seniors Painting at the Seniors Centre
2024-03-27 10:00 | Prince Rupert Seniors Centre, 424 3rd Avenue West, Prince Rupert, British Columbia, V8J 1L7, Canada
For the month of March SENIORS PAINTING will take place on Wednesday, March 20 and Wednesday, March 27 at 10:00. Participants will need to attend both sessions to complete the painting. The painting sample and sign-up will be posted at the Seniors Centre shortly after the beginning of the month.
Free for members – get your membership when you sign up or etransfer to prmember@citywest.ca (be sure to put your name and email address in the message)
Membership open to all 19+

Feathered Friends Quilt Workshop
2024-03-24 10:00 - 16:30, 2024-03-23 10:00 - 16:30 | Rain Forest Fabrics, 815 1st Avenue West, Prince Rupert, British Columbia, V8J 1B3, Canada
Feathered Friends Quilt
March 23rd and 24th
10am-4:30pm
$80
Supplies list provided at registration
For more details check out www.rainforestfabrics.com
Workshops
Sign up in store or on website

Lighter Days Lantern Workshops
2024-03-23 13:00 - 16:00, 2024-03-22 13:00 - 16:00 | Prince Rupert Public Library, 101 6 Ave W, Prince Rupert, BC, V8J 1Y9, Canada
The Prince Rupert Community Arts Council is excited to announce that this year we are coordinating two-days of professionally-led lantern-making workshop in March, to be followed by a festival event following Earth Day festivities in Seal Cove. As we move into longer, lighter days, we are looking forward to celebrating with an annual event. This is an opportunity for Rupertites with a creative streak, kids, families, and anyone looking to have a little fun with it to gather and celebrate the return of lighter days (literally by lighting them up!).
Workshops are free and open to all, though space on day 1 will be limited, so please reach out to register in advance. The first day of workshops will be more directed, with the second day being a drop in opportunity for anyone looking to complete a more simple lantern. All supplies will be provided.
We are pleased to be welcoming Carmen Rosen, Artistic Director of the Still Moon Arts Society in Vancouver as our workshop facilitator. Carmen Rosen is an artist, singer, community organizer and the Founding Artistic Director of Still Moon Arts Society. She has an Art History degree from UBC, an Interdisciplinary diploma from Emily Carr and has received the Vancouver Mayor’s Arts Award, the Queen’s Jubilee Award, and the BC Achievement Award for her art with the community. She has spent over 20 years focussing her creative projects on the Still Creek Watershed in her Renfrew-Collingwood neighbourhood. Her work is inspired by nature and her passion for environmental sustainability.
Two Days of Workshops: Saturday, March 22nd and Sunday, March 23rd from 1-4 pm, Prince Rupert Library Multipurpose Room (registration for first day to prcac@citywest.ca and drop in activities for second day)
Lighter Days Lantern Festival: Sunday, April 21st at 7pm.
Can’t make the workshop event? No problem! Follow our Facebook event/page where we will share at-home resources for simple lantern making as well.

DJ Beer & Friends @ Wheelhouse
2024-03-22 21:30 | Wheelhouse Brewing, 217 1st Ave East, Prince Rupert, Canada
DJ Beer is BACK
Friday March 22nd its the return of DJ Beer to Wheelhouse.
930 till late. Tickets are $15 and available at Wheelhouse Brewing.
@djbeermusic is bringing pals @loup.wav and @keethovan_music_
They’ll be “playing everything from your gave takes on old classics to some fresh tracks that’ll blow yer mind. The vibes will be deep and dancey all night long – so grab your friends, put on a cute Lil outfit and help her christen the new Wheelie with a dance party for the ages”

Surfin' Dudes at Breakers
2024-03-22 20:30 - 2024-03-23 00:30 | Breakers Pub, 117 George Hills Way, Prince Rupert, British Columbia, V8J1A3, Canada
Breakers Pub will be hosting a two-nighter “spring fling weekend” on March 22 and March 23, with live music by the Surfin’ Dudes starting at 8:30 on both nights. It sounds like a great opportunity to get out and dance, or just sit and enjoy the tunes. No cover charge.

July Crowd & The Infirmary @ Cowpuccinos
2024-03-22 19:00 | Cowpuccinos, 25 cowbay road, Prince Rupert, British Columbia, V8J1A5, Canada
“Alt Rock Never Sleeps, Pop Punk Never Dies” Tour
BC Pop-Punkers (and 2024 Downpour Festival headliners!) JULY CROWD & Northern Alt-Rockers THE INFIRMARY team up with Prince Rupert’s own Cowpuccino’s Coffee to bring you an exhilarating night of alternative rock music. We can’t wait to hang out with you!
DOORS ARE AT 7:00PM. The show will start shortly after, around 7:30pm.
THIS SHOW IS ALL AGES. There is a licensed bar inside for those of-age patrons.
Tickets are live right now, and available for only $15 plus fees at:
https://www.eventbrite.com/…/july-crowd-the-infirmary…
These are small venue shows – we recommend getting presale tickets early to guarantee your spot – there may be little to no room left at the door.
JULY CROWD is a nostalgia-driven Pop Punk trio originally from Prince George BC, Canada. Growing up outside of the “alternative hotspots” of Canada’s thriving music scene, they have been carving their own way with their 2000’s MTV-era feel, combined with stylistic elements of modern Alt-Rock. Their most recent hit, Intentions, has eclipsed nearly 30000+ streams on Spotify, and garnered over 10000+ views on YouTube! https://instagram.com/julycrowd
THE INFIRMARY bring a subversive and fresh approach to punk-rock. Influences stem from the likes of hardcore, hip-hop, and electronic music. Bringing sauce, grease and chops. Based out of Smithers, BC. Their most recent song, Jupiter, is bound to knock your socks off! They are a must-not-miss live performance.
https://instagram.com/infirmaryband_
Merchandise will be available on-site. Merch staff can take credit card, debit card, or cash payments.

Trivia Night at Wheelhouse Brewing!
2024-03-21 19:00 | Wheelhouse Brewing, 217 1st Ave East, Prince Rupert, Canada
Trivia Night at Wheelhouse Brewing is every second Thursday
Held in the Sunroom upstairs.
Starts at 7pm
Teams of 4 to 6. All are welcome!
