Ladysmith Chamber of Commerce

Ladysmith Little Theatre: Un-Rehearsed Murder
2025-09-28, 2025-10-02, 2025-10-03, 2025-10-04, 2025-10-05 | Ladysmith Little Theatre
Location: Ladysmith Little Theatre (4985 Christie Road, Ladysmith).
Date: September 18-October 5, 2025.
Details: Written by Elaine MacDonald and Directed by Lyndon B. The theatre group is rehearsing What You Wish, a last gasp attempt to fix their finances despite the personality clashes and frayed tempers that volunteer groups sometimes experience. Seldom, however, do such clashes lead to murder, as in the WORLD PREMIER of Un-Rehearsed Murder, written by Ladysmith’s own own playwright Elaine MacDonald. You’re in for a deadly good time.

Together WE can help Fundraiser for Shane
2025-09-28 11:00 - 16:00 (America/Vancouver)
For anyone who wasn’t able to attend our first fundraiser, we having another one this Sunday (september 28th), at the Transfer Beach dog park! All proceeds going to the Seifried family ( Shane’s At Your Door Auto )
Come on down for a bake sale, nail trims and pup photo booth!

Red Serge Dinner
2025-09-29
Monday, September 29th, the annual Red Serge Dinner. A much sought after event, held at the Eagles hall. Their members prepare a great full meal and there is also the Eagles bar. Lots of fun, a chance to meet all the Tour de Rock riders, and a lot of laughs. Tickets are only $35.00 person

Tour de Rock arrives in Ladysmith
2025-09-29
Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock 2025 is an exciting annual event where police agencies and emergency service personnel cycle for 14 days on Vancouver Island BC, raising money for childhood cancer research and support services at the Canadian Cancer Society.
From the very first ride , Tour de Rock has grown on the strength of dedicated volunteers and community partners from Port Alice to Victoria. We are excited to continue our mission for 2025!! Tour de Rock remains determined to continue supporting children and families living with and beyond cancer. Your ongoing support is vital as we continue towards making life better today and transforming the future of cancer forever. Why? Because nothing big gets solved by one person or one organization. To take on cancer, it takes every one of us. It takes a society. Donations made to the Canadian Cancer Society through Cops for Cancer are used to fund life-saving pediatric cancer research and caring support programs like Camp Goodtimes. Donate today to help us pedal our way to support children with a cancer diagnosis. It takes a society to take on cancer.
Further details on times etc coming soon.

Ladysmith Gallery: Giving Thanks
2025-10-01 10:00 - 2025-10-22 16:00 | Ladysmith Gallery, 32 High Street, Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
A monthly member exhibition that reflects on the people, places, and things that our artists are grateful for. Featuring the work of 30+ local artists.
Open daily 10AM-4PM at the Ladysmith Gallery. Located at 32 high St., Ladysmith BC.

Artist Talk with David Ellingsen
2025-10-04 18:30 - 20:30 | Wilson & Co Gallery and Studio, A-411 1st Avenue, Ladysmith, British Columbia, V9G 1L9, Canada
Artist Talk with David Ellingsen – Recent Photographs of Truth and Beauty
October 4, 6:30PM – 8:30PM
Wilson & Co. 411A 1st Avenue, Ladysmith
Join us for an inspiring evening as photographer, David Elllingsen shares stories and inspirations behind his latest work.
Additional information will be sent to the Visitor Information Center to help staff answer questions or inquiries regarding your event.
This information will not be necessarily be included in the events post.

Ladysmith Island Art Night @ the Fox and Hounds
2025-10-07 18:30 - 20:30

Chamber October Business Mixer Hosted by Budget Blinds
2025-10-08 17:00 - 19:00 | Budget Blinds, 19 High Street, Ladysmith, BC, V9G 1A1, Canada
Join us at the next Chamber Business Mixer hosted by Chamber Member Budget Blinds and in partnership with Stor X!
Don’t miss your chance to win Budget Blinds incredible door prize valued at $800: a “Love Your Home in Ladysmith” package including $500 in custom window coverings plus gift certificates from local Ladysmith businesses.
Stor X will also be offering a door prize—plenty of chances to win while networking and connecting with fellow Chamber members!
Come mingle, exchange ideas, and grow your business network in a welcoming and relaxed setting. Bring a door prize to highlight your business, and don’t forget your name tag and business cards!

Date: Wednesday, October 8
Time: 5pm – 7pm
Location: Budget Blinds Showroom | 19 High St.
RSVPs encouraged by Monday, October 6th to help us plan for food and fun! Email or call 250-245-2112
Door Prize(s), refreshments, food/snacks and networking!
Tour of Showroom

If you’ve been thinking about transforming your home’s interior, Budget Blinds offers expert design guidance and a wide selection of stylish window coverings—from blinds and shades to shutters and drapery. Discover why they’re the #1 provider of custom window coverings in North America.
💛 Suggested Donation: $10Proceeds support the Ladysmith Chamber Train Station Project—our exciting initiative to establish a new, permanent home for the Chamber and Visitor Centre. Your contribution helps bring this vision to life and supports the future of business in our community.
We look forward to seeing you there!

Positively Vegan presents Music Bingo @ Plantitude
2025-10-09 17:30 - 21:00
Music Bingo at Plantitude – Hosted by Positively Vegan & MC BeckstarJoin us for a night of music, bingo, and fun—all while supporting VegFests in BC. Hosted by the incredible MC Bexstar. This lively event at Plantitude is your chance to test your music knowledge, win prizes, and connect with friends. Date: October 9, 2025 Doors:* at 5:30 PM | early arrival encouraged | Games at 7 PM Venue: Plantitude in Ladysmith – 431 1st Ave Tickets: $20 advance | Limited Tickets AvailableSecure your spot and help us make all of our VegFests successful! Your ticket includes: Music Bingo and awesome prizes 10% off any purchases over $20Access to Meaty Draw, Silent Auction and 50/50https://www.zeffy.com/…/plantitude-music-bingo…

Clay-O-Lantern Workshop
2025-10-09 18:30 - 20:30, 2025-10-14 18:30 - 20:30 | Wilson & Co Gallery and Studio, A-411 1st Avenue, Ladysmith, British Columbia, V9G 1L9, Canada
Clay-O’-Lantern Workshop
Two offerings – October 9 and 14
Wilson & Co. 411A 1st Avenue, Ladysmith
Get into the Halloween spirit and create your very own clay jack-o’-lantern using handbuilding techniques!

Ladysmith Museum
2025-10-11 11:00 - 15:00, 2025-10-18 11:00 - 15:00, 2025-10-25 11:00 - 15:00, 2025-11-01 11:00 - 15:00 | Ladysmith Museum
Open Saturdays 11-3 or by appointment!

POSTPONED Chamber Lunch & Learn | Donna Hais, Fair Care Alliance
2025-10-15 12:00 - 13:30 | Fox & Hound, 11 High Street, Ladysmith , V9G 1A5, Canada
Lunch, Learn & Connect
Enjoy a casual learning session with insights from Donna Hais, a recognized expert from Fair Care Alliance, as she shares valuable knowledge for small business owners and entrepreneurs.
Connect with fellow Chamber members, learn, and enjoy a relaxed networking environment—all in one!
Date: tbdTime: tbdPrice: Free to attendSpeaker: Donna Hais, Fair Care Alliance

Donna Hais, Bio
Donna Hais is the Owner and CEO of a family group of companies under the Bob Wall banner.
R.W. (Bob) Wall Ltd. is their flagship company, working in the construction industry throughout
Vancouver Island. Other companies under this banner focus on land development and healthcare,
including the development of a comprehensive Hospital Campus in Nanaimo.
Donna serves as the Board Chair of the Nanaimo Port Authority from 2024-present and previously 2019-
2023. She has served as President of the Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce and the Nanaimo Executive
Association and the. Donna is the Community Liaison for the Medical Staff Association, a Nanaimo
Hospital Foundation Board member and Chair of the Fair Care Alliance. Donna also sits at the Mayor’s
Leader Table. In 2014, Donna was awarded the Community Leader of the Year.

Monster Bash
2025-10-18 | Frank Jameson Community Centre, 810 6 Ave, Ladysmith, BC, V9G 1N8, Canada
Get ready to make a SPLASH this spooky season!

Our Monster Bash Swims are creeping up fast – and they’re packed with frightfully fun activities! Think: Tunnel of Terror, Zombie Walks, Mummy Wraps, Eyeball Hunts, and other eerie surprises!

These events always sell out fast, so don’t wait – grab your tickets before they vanish!

Saturday, October 18, 2025
5.25 per person

Family-Friendly Swim / 3:00-5:00pm / https://ow.ly/l1x650WX8Ti

Come if you Dare Swim / 6:30-8:30pm / https://ow.ly/kH9Q50WX8Th

2025-10-18
Spooky season is almost here… Monster Bash SwimsThese SPOOKY SWIMS will give you the SHIVERS! Activities include a tunnel of terror, zombie walk, mummy wrap, eyeball hunt and so much more!Tickets for these popular swims sell out fast! Grab yours now by clicking on the links below!Saturday, October 18, 20255.25 per person Family Friendly session / 3:00-5:00pm / https://ow.ly/SJx450WX8myCome if you Dare session / 6:30-8:30pm / https://ow.ly/v9J450WX8mz

Chamber Month Lunch & Learn | Accessibility
2025-10-22 12:00 - 13:00
Lunch, Learn & Connect: Accessibility in Small Business
Join the Ladysmith Chamber for an insightful Lunch & Learn session focused on accessibility in our community and small businesses.
Date: Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025Time: 11:30 AM – 1:00 PMLocation: Ladysmith Chamber Office, 33 Roberts St.Price: $10 (GST included)Speaker: Diane Hobelaid, Chair, Accessibility Advisory Committee for the Town of LadysmithRSVP: By October 20th at admin@ladysmithcofc.com
Bring your own lunch and enjoy coffee, tea, and water provided as you learn from Diane Hobelaid, a key voice in accessibility initiatives for the Town of Ladysmith.
This session is a great opportunity to gain practical insights, ask questions, and connect with fellow Chamber members in a relaxed, informative setting.

Ladysmith Gallery: Navigating Uncertainty
2025-10-24 10:00 - 2025-11-02 16:00 | Ladysmith Gallery, 32 High Street, Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
Navigating Uncertainty is a guest show that invites viewers to contemplate how we move, grow, and find meaning within larger systems whether natural, cultural, or social. Through works that emphasize fluidity and interaction, this show explores the constant negotiation between self and other, internal and external, stability and change, resilience and vulnerability.
Open daily 10AM-4PM at the Ladysmith Gallery. Located at 32 high St., Ladysmith BC.

Ladysmith Makers Market
2025-10-25 10:00 - 15:00 | Eagles Hall, 921-1st Ave, Ladysmith , Canada
Get ready for a ghoulishly good time at our Halloween-themed market!
Come shop from amazing local vendors offering:Handmade goods, fall treats, Halloween crafts, crystals, art & more!
Costumes encouraged — come in your spooky best! Trick-or-treating for kids at vendor tables!
Free Entry – All Are Welcome!
Support small businesses and enjoy a festive fall day full of treats (and maybe a few tricks)!

Rotary Coat and Sock Drive
2025-10-25 11:00 - 14:00 | Heart on the Hill, 314 Buller Street, Ladysmith, BC, Canada
Ladysmith Rotary Clubs second annual coat drive. They will be accepting coats, sweaters, toques, scarves, mitts, socks, boots, and warm clothing in clean condition. At the Heart on the Hill (the apartment complex – main floor meeting room).

RCL Branch 171 Halloween Dance
2025-10-25 19:00 - 23:00

Crosstoberfest: Cycletherapy Cycling Club
2025-10-26 12:00 - 16:00
We are beyond excited to be bringing back Cross On The Rock racing to Transfer Beach in Ladysmith. We have not raced at this legendary venue since 2019 and it has been too long. Expect another great course full of grass, stairs, sand, beach and maybe some seawater depending on the tides and the time of your race. We want to thank the Town of Ladysmith for allowing us to bring this race back to town.
COSTUMES!
We will be racing the weekend before Halloween so bring your best costume with some special prizing for best dressed.
Parking
There is ample parking at Transfer Beach but it will fill up fast. The small lot near the washrooms will be reserved and coned off for race organizers and volunteers. The bulk of race parking will be at the overflow parking area to the left of the park once you drive down the entrance of Transfer Beach Boulevard. Once this lot fills up, we will be directing people to park along the side of Transfer Beach Boulevard on the right-hand side as you exit the park.
Washrooms
Transfer Beach has many washrooms at the center of the park so no lineups this time around.
Team Tents
Please see map for Team Tent location. There will be plenty of ocean view spots. Please bring tent spikes as it may be windy.
Registration
Registration will take place at the Kinsmen Shelter (Please see map)
Food Truck
JLA food truck will be on site serving up jerk chicken poutine all day long.
We look forward to seeing you all on the 26th.

ADULT
YOUTH

Launch
$21
$16

Intermediate / Masters / Open
$27
$22

Kids (Grogu and Younglings)
Free

PRE-REGISTRATION ONLY. NO day of race registration.

Race Schedule

Category
Start Time

Registration Open
9:15 am

Beginner Clinic
10:00 am

Launch Men (formerly Beginner) (Including Youth U13 and U15)
10:45 am

Launch Women (formerly Beginner) (Including Youth U13 and U15)
10:46 am

Younglings (Bigger Kids). Full lap or almost a full lap
11:40

Intermediate Men (Including U17)
12:10 pm

Intermediate Women (Including U17 and Masters Women)
12:11 pm

Lil Nutcase Kids Race
12:15 pm

Masters Men (40-54)
1:15 pm

Super Master Men (55+)
1:16 pm

Open Men (formerly Expert)
2:30 pm

Open Women (formerly Expert)
2:31 pm

Sunset Strip Halloween Bash
2025-10-31 18:30 | Aggie Hall
More Details To Follow….

Mary Fox Pottery Annual Studio Sale
2025-11-01 10:00 - 17:00 | Mary Fox Studio, 321 3rd Avenue , Ladysmith , BC, V9G 1A4, Canada
The studio sale is fast approaching and there is much to be done. It’s time to dig out the seconds created over the past year and then go through the studio, deciding what can be put on clearance.
All of the work in the gallery will be 15% off, with the exception of the books, cards and tee shirts. As in previous years, Sarah Wilson will be selling her clearance items and seconds here on the boulevard. She will also be joining in on the sale at her own gallery, Wilson & Co. on First Ave, offering 15% off for the sale weekend.
