Cumberland Events

Motorcyle Roundup

Village of Cumberland and Mount Washington
Registration information is available at the event website or email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), Chairperson.

The Fourth Annual Cumberland Motorcycle Roundup returns to the Village of Cumberland.  On Saturday,  a Show and Shine will take place from 2:00 pm till 5:00 pm with registration at noon. Cumberland’s main street, Dunsmuir Avenue will be blocked off at 9:00 am until 5:00 pm. . Judging will be at 3:00 pm with awards for first and second place given out at 5:00 pm. Registration cost for the Show and Shine is $10.00 per bike. Bike games to follow from 5:00 pm on. There will also be a Tattoo Contest with a $5 entry fee, Lingerie Shows, Pole Dancing and don’t miss the nightly entertainment at the Cumberland and Waverly hotels. Also not to be missed are the Pancake Breakfasts sponsored by the Cumberland Rotory in the Village Square starting at 9 am both days.

On Sunday, the Fistful of Dollars Poker Run will entail a scenic ride through the Comox Valley including a stop on our beautiful Mt Washington. There will be a terrific buffet provided by Mt. Washington Ski Hill at a reasonable cost.  Visit Event web site for more information.

Mind Over Mountain Adventure Race

Cumberland town and trails
Visit the web site for more info Mind Over Mountain

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Live Entertainment in the Village…

Up-coming shows…
WAVERLEY HOTEL - click HERE for current listings presented by Cumberland Village Works.

International Workers Day Bean Supper

Cumberland Cultural Centre, 2674 Dunsmuir Ave.
Doors at 6 pm. All proceeds go to the Cumberland Museum. Tickets and more information will be available in April.

The Cumberland Museum and Archives presents it’s annual celebration of the workers on Sunday May the 1st at the Cumberland Cultural Centre at 6:00 pm. Please come out with your friends and family for a taste of traditional baked beans, and local libations and treats. Kids and individuals can participate in mural painting while remembering the “songs of the workers” and the stories of working people through the musical offerings.  FMI: Visit Cumberland Museum

The Bean Supper commemorates the Big Strike of 1912 in Cumberland - a bitter and prolonged strike which saw miners’ families turned out of the company houses in which they lived. The families set up tent communities that are remembered today in the names of places such as “Strikers Beach.” The government, seeing the destitution of the miners, sent boxcar-loads of dried beans to Cumberland.

The Bean Supper also corresponds with International Workers Day - a celebration of the achievements of the labour movement held in countries around the world. Workers’ Day celebrations were an annual fixture in Cumberland until the closing of the last of the mines in 1966. The festivities featured a parade and rally for better living and working conditions. This serious business was then followed by a boisterous field day of sports activities, picnics and treats for the kids and an evening dance. 1942 Cumberland earned the unique distinction of being the only city in Canada to celebrate May Day.

Cumberland was never shy about celebrating “Workers Day,” so why not come out to dinner and keep the spirit alive? Come and be part of this annual celebration that is part of the very fabric of the Village of Cumberland. The achievements of workers in their struggle for safer, healthier and kinder working condition are achievements we all benefit from - regardless of our employment today.

Watch the Museum web site for more information about menus and entertainment.

Village Market Day

Village of Cumberland Dunsmuir Avenue

Village Market Dayactivities begin at 9 am with a pancake breakfast.  Then from 10 – 4pm in Cumberland Village Square and Dunsmuir Avenue between First and Fourth Streets, will be closed to vehicle traffic - offering visitors and locals alike a chance to enjoy a stroll down Cumberland’s historic main street while perusing the many goods and services available in the village. Live entertainment begins at 10:30 am; a Soap Box Derby for the kids at 10am and Art Kart Derby at 1 pm for adults.  And of course, there is the popular and populous street market, and activities for kids & families. This is all part of the Cumberland Empire Days festivities.

Cumberland Empire Days

Empire Days are one of the longest running community events in BC and are a proud tradition in the life of Cumberland.From its inception, the main focus for Empire Days has been celebration of Cumberland’s cultural diversity. Cumberland’s working mining town history is one built on immigration. Encircling downtown Cumberland are former town sites of Chinese, Japanese and African American immigrant workers. Additionally, large populations of Italians, English, Scots, Welsh each brought their culture to Cumberland as they came to the village to work in the mines.

Cumberland’s first Heritage Celebration of Queen Victoria’s May 24th birthday was held in May 1888.  In 2012 the community will celebrate 124 years of May Day Celebrations in Cumberland.

Heritage Fair

Cumberland Cultural Centre, 2674 Dunsmuir Ave.
FMI: John Challender 250-339-4068

With the theme of Water, Mills and Colliers, the 2012 Cumberland Heritage Faire will open at 10 Am on Saturday, 18 February and run until 4 PM in the Cumberland Cultural Centre.  Displays will feature: Japanese and Chinese heritage park, Medival display and entertainment, CFB Comox,

CV Ukranian Club, Courtenay Heritage Commission, Vintage Christmas ornaments and salt and pepper shakers, Empire Days, Stamps, marbles, lighters and playing card collections,. CV Wood carvers display, Early Cumberland School Days, Italian Heritage, Denman Island Lace Makers(hands-on demo), Rotary Club Water Projects, Coin collection(fur trading days), Chinatown glassware collection, Rebeka Lodge “years gone by”,  Silk Screening (children interacting), Collection of gramophones, Vintage and historic cookie jars, Photos of Cumberland,. Vintage hand powered machines, Early Victorian christening gowns, Ladies’ tea gowns,
Unusual egg collection, Multicultural display,Replica of #6 coal mine.  Entertainment for the entire family including music and dancing.  Admission is by donation. 

The program:
DOWNSTAIRS
10-10:30 Opening ceremony: MC - Rick Grinham
“Oh Canada” by the Cumberland Marching Band
Still finding someone to talk about the theme.
10:30-11
11-11:30 “Shire of Hartwood” Medieval dancers

11:30-12
12-!2:30 Comox Valley Ukrainian Society - Doylan Ukrainian Dancers.
1-1:30 United Church Choir
2-2:30 Shelly Brown and students
3-3:30 Comox Valley Celtic Club Singers and Dancers

UPSTAIRS
10:30-11 Cumberland line dancers
11:30-12 Gerry Olsen - accordian player
12:30-1:30 Old Tyme Fiddlers
2-2:30 Forbidden Plateau Barbershop Quartet

Lantern Festival

Cumberland Recreation Institute (CRI) 2665 Dunsmuir Ave, Cumberland

The Festival will run February 17 - 19 at the Cumberland Recreation Institute from 10 am to 7 pm.  More information will be published as it becomes available. 

Lunar New Year Celebration

Cumberland Cultural Centre, 2674 Dunsmuir Ave.
Tickets are $25 with a special rate of $15 for under 14yrs. Doors open at 6 pm and dinner follows. FMI .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Come and experience stories, a catered Lunar New Year Chinese dinner, drinks, lanterns, door prizes, a silent auction and special guest artists! 2011 Lunar New Year marks the year of the Dragon!

Tickets are available at the Cumberland Museum and Visitor Centre 2680 Dunsmuir and Home and Garden Gate now.

2012 marks the Year of the Dragon and the Cumberland Museum and Archive Society invites the community to celebrate with them.  There will be a Chinese New Year Dinner; a silent auction, prizes and games.  Ocean Rain Chinese Arts Academy will provide live entertainment.  Learn more about the event and Lunar New Year. 

Chamber Mixer

The Waverley Hotel, Dunsmuir Avenue, Cumberland Facebook Event Page
This first mixer is free to attend. Appetizers are provided by the Chamber of Commerce and the Waverley bar & kitchen will be open.

MORE ABOUT TOM: Tom Dishlevoy is an architect with a practice in the Comox Valley that designs a wide range of buildings and has recently expanded the field fo work to include land use planning. Tom is passionate about making each of his projects as “green” as they can be: socially, economically and environmentally sustainable. Tom has spoken to the CV Chamber and at TEDx Comox Valley on his recent efforts and has worked with the BIAs in Courtenay and Comox helping them develop a sustainable vision for a vibrant, resilient and complete community.

Dishlevoy is the North Island Ambassador for the Living Building Challenge (LBC), a green project evaluation program that takes off where the LEEDS system ends. He presents the LBC all over the North Island including to the Comox Valley Chamber of Commerce last year.

This presentation led to Dishlevoy joining forces with several other Valley sustainability experts to enter The Living City Challenge International Design Competition. The team gathered input from hundreds of Valley residents and generated a vision of the Comox Valley that considered transit to services, housing to cultural centres; business to light industrial to urban farming. The team then created a 90 minute lecture and DVD which has been presented in whole or in part, to many audiences. The Comox Valley Art Gallery had Tom present at a four-part lunch series. He recently presented at the Elke Cole’s Green Building Colloquim in Shawnigan Lake and at Elder College.

Visitor Centre & Museum Hours

2680 Dunsmuir Ave, Cumberland BC

The Visitor Centre operates within the Cumberland Museum in historic Downtown Cumberland.  IWe stocks visitor, vacation and activity guides and maps for the whole province with a special emphasis on the many and diverse experiences available in and around the Village.  Knowledgeable staff are available Tuesday to Saturday 10 am to 5 pm to help plan your vacation (or staycation) fun.

The Chamber of Commerce serves its memberships from this building as well and Chamber staff are on site Tuesday & Wednesday afternoons.

Village Council Meeting Schedule

Village of Cumberland Municipal Office - 2673 Dunsmuir Ave.
FMI 250-336-2291

Village of Cumberland Council Meetings for 2012
ALL REGULAR MEETINGS OF COUNCIL ARE SCHEDULED TO BEGIN AT 5:30 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
DATES & TIMES FOR ADDITIONAL COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND SPECIAL MEETINGS OF COUNCIL WILL BE POSTED 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING DAY AS AND WHEN REQUIRED.
Village of Cumberland
JANUARY 9th (Monday) & 23rd (Monday)
FEBRUARY 13th (Monday) & 27th (Monday)
MARCH 12th (Monday) & 26th (Monday)
APRIL 10th (Tuesday) & 23rd (Monday)
MAY 14th (Monday) & 28th (Monday)
JUNE 11th (Monday) & 25th (Monday)
JULY 9th (Monday) & 23rd (Monday)
AUGUST 13th (Monday)
SEPTEMBER 10th (Monday) & 24th (Monday)
OCTOBER 9th (Tuesday) & 22nd (Monday)
NOVEMBER 13th (Tuesday) & 26th (Monday)
DECEMBER 10th (Monday)

Village of Cumberland Town Hall Meetings for 2012
All Town Hall Meetings are scheduled 5:30pm-7pm in Village council chambers.

JANUARY 30th (Monday)
APRIL 30th (Monday)
JULY 30th (Monday)
OCTOBER 29th (Monday)