Wee Tipple Festival Nanaimo

Wee Tipple Festival Nanaimo The Wee Tipple Party: Nanaimo's Whisk(e)y Festival is Crimson Coast Dance Society's major, annual fundraiser.

The Wee Tipple Festival: Nanaimo's Whisk(e)y Festival, produced by Crimson Coast Dance Society since 2003 is our signature event and annual fundraiser dedicated to the enjoyment of fine foods and drink and support of the local dance sector. It is dedicated to the enjoyment of fine foods and drink. This annual sipping and sampling event tickles your taste buds with rare and exotic scotch, whiskey,

specialty spirits, fine Island wines, and local craft brews. It had its beginnings in partnership with Longwood Brew Pub. The pub encouraged it's growth taking us to Best Western Dorchester Hotel, Sergeant O'Flahertys (under the Coast Bastion Hotel), Harbour City Theatre and in 2012 to the Grand Hotel, where Crimson Coast has presented it since in partnership with the Grand Hotel.

11/11/2025

Are you energetic, passionate, and enjoy the arts?
Volunteering or board membership for Crimson Coast Dance Society may be for you!

Volunteer Skills:

General - event planning, hospitality, photography, health and wellness, administration
Board - event planning, fundraising, financial, legal, organizational

Registration available on our website, or email [email protected] directly to inquire about board directorship.

09/15/2025

Tickets on sale now for Confession Publique! Two nights, Oct 9th & 10th at the Port Theatre.

"The choreography is extremely versatile, ranging from violence to extreme tenderness, with a shameless, autofictional tone in which Mélanie Demers (choreographer and director), as well as Angélique Willkie (performer and dramaturg), explore secret territories in reaction to the vulgar and nauseating reports that are dumped on our networks every second."
– LA TERRASSE - Agnès Izrine

09/15/2025

"This confession... confronts us with the fascinating abysses of devouring and vulnerability. It is the uncompromising affirmation of a female body that no longer has to apologize for aging, for experiencing pleasure, for suffering, or even for being a disturbance. The dance is anything but decorative: it is an expiation, a living archaeology. CONFESSION PUBLIQUE is not to be watched, it is to be received, in a shudder of both trespass and gratitude. A score of paradoxes, where brutality coexists with an almost maternal tenderness."

– THE ARTCHEMISTS - Peter Loquen

BUY TICKETS NOW!

Photo credit Cloé Pluquet

Dear Friends of Wee Tipple, We have received numerous queries from our mid-island community of supporters regarding the ...
03/02/2025

Dear Friends of Wee Tipple,

We have received numerous queries from our mid-island community of supporters regarding the status of Wee Tipple and its future and wish to take this opportunity to offer our perspective on events and decisions that have lead to the current situation.

"Wee Tipple Party: Nanaimo’s Whisk(e)y Festival" was created in 2003 by Crimson Coast Dance Society and through the vision and extraordinary efforts of organizers, volunteers, artists, sponsors, liquor reps, host venues, and most importantly our loyal guests, Wee Tipple grew into one of the most anticipated events on Nanaimo’s social calendar. Indeed, it has been our signature, annual, fundraising event for the last 20 years.

However, The Grand Hotel, the flagship venue for the event since 2012, has chosen to produce the 2025 Whisky Festival independent of Crimson Coast Dance, with both a different name and partner. This unilateral decision, taken without prior consultation or communication, was a disconcerting surprise to Crimson Coast Dance, particularly given the many years of fruitful and respectful collaboration between the hotel ownership and the dance company. Crimson Coast Dance has been grateful for and proud of the work we did together.

We are working to re-organize our fundraising efforts, re-organize Wee Tipple, and we hope that you will keep an eye on our website, CRIMSONCOASTDANCE.COM, to learn about our plans. We are eternally grateful for your support of Crimson Coast Dance and hope that we are able to count on your participation in the future.

To you, we raise our glass.

(Photo of: Sophia Gilks by: Alec Watson)

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Nanaimo, BC
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