A Broad’s Way Festival 2023
Tue March 7, 2023 to Sun March 12, 2023Kelson Hall 330 St. Paul St.
Arts & Culture, Educational, Festival/Show, Health/Well Being, Special Day/Holiday, Theatre
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Celebrating International Women’s Day
BROADen Your Horizons
We’re gathering a group of extraordinary local women of various ages and specialties for an evening in celebration of International Women’s Day 2023. The first public event at the brand-new Kelson Hall will welcome women from all over the city to connect and grow with new experiences and inspiring thoughts.
The evening will start with an enlightening keynote talk about women’s health and wellness from STEPS (Supporting Team Excellence with Patients Society). STEPS is an innovative, new community health centre providing cutting-edge health facilities and access to quality health care and patient care in the Thompson-Cariboo-Shuswap area—including Women’s & Sexual Health Services, LGBTQ2S+ and TransCare, and Allied Health Providers.
The second half of the evening will offer several opportunities to try something new, stretch your body, heart, and mind, get creative, and interact with women from all different backgrounds, featuring:
- Yoga & Mediation with Yoga Now
- Essential oils & aromatherapy benefits with Saje Natural Wellness
- Bollywood Dance lesson with Ishita & Apurva
- Crafting with Lemon Thistle
- Hair Care & Sparkle with Nurture Hair Salon – learn hair care tips & add a little sparkle to your hair with hair tinsel
- Indoor Plant Care Tips with Emily Phillips – have a few struggling plants at home? Emily will help you bring them back to life with indoor plant care tips and tricks
- Henna with Mehak Goyal & Dyotona Bhattacharjee
- Wine Tasting with Terri Axani (DiVine Tours)
- Photography & posing tips & tricks with Emily-May Photography
- PLUS MORE!
More details to come—but make sure to RSVP early to secure your spot as capacity is limited.
A Broad’s Way Cabaret
The fourth annual all-female cabaret returns—this year at WCT’s newest venue in the heart of downtown Kamloops, Kelson Hall!
Join us for two-nights of electrifying live performances from some brilliant and bold local women! Everything from music and dance, to comedy and theatre will light up the stage of the brand-new Lori Marchand Theatre.
This celebration of community talent will feature artists you know and love from previous All A’Broad and A Broad’s Way cabarets, plus a few women brand-new to our stage.
A Broad’s Way Cabaret is inspired by International Women’s Day’s aims of leveraging women’s advancement, accelerating gender parity, reinforcing commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion, and celebrating women’s achievements.
A Broad’s Way Cabaret is created by and for all women, including cis and trans women, non-binary people, and the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.
FEATURING: Kayla Alfred | Jessica Buchanan (Saturday only) | Desert Sounds A Cappella | Jenny Edwards | Darlene Fair | Jane Harestad | Abbie Israel-Armand & Emily Vutev | Macabre Dance | Harmony Maher & Gisella Ramsay | Laura Piva-Babcock
Writing Herstory: Playwriting Workshop
Amplifying female voices and supporting new local plays is at the heart of this festival and WCT. We are excited to offer a Playwriting Workshop as part of this year’s A Broad’s Way Festival—pairing up two local writers with a playwriting mentors and a cast of actors to workshop a short piece.
This event is not open to the general public but stay tuned to WCT’s social media and E-news for updates and artist announcement.
More to come! Stay tuned for an announcement on our selected local Playwright in early March.