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Calendar (NFIR's events calendar) Rated G—for everyone. No illustrations. Opinions. Respecting First Nations. Canada> British Columbia. This page revised 2022 October 28. We are the most up-to-date, accurate, and comprehensive publisher of nude events in BC—sometimes even better information than provided by the event hosts. Includes events from now through the next few months. The events are listed at no charge to anybody. ~40 to 60+ readers per day. Our calendar listings (Sections 3, 4, & 5.1 below) change often. ~100 events in BC. (248 as of 2014.) The rest of this publication remains mostly the same, except for the items in red in the Table of Contents (green Section 2 below). "Sections 5 to 20" are now on the next page (please click on that phrase above: in the top horizontal black bar). NFIR since 1970. NFIR Calendar since 2006 October ~31. Volunteer publisher, editor: see Sect. 20, next page, at end. Request your free monthly reminder by e-mail from our unpaid publisher-editor: KorkyDay @ yahoo . com . Around 600 people on our list. Also known as Nwd-Friendly Information and Referral Calendar. The table of contents and introduction are now below the calendar, some on the following page! ___________________________________________________ Lower Mainland, BC, Canada ___________________________________________________ —See also events in the rest of BC in the section below this section. 2022 October; Lower Mainland, BC —CANCELLED October 29, Saturday, 7:30-9:30 pm. NIFTY indoor swim-spa, nude optional; sauna, hot tub, diving, volleyball; $; Templeton Pool, 700 Templeton Drive, n.e. Vancouver, BC; Sect. 6.5; NiftyNude.org — — — — — — — — — — — — -- 2022 November; Lower Mainland, BC —November 26, Saturday, 7:30-9:30 pm. NIFTY indoor swim-spa, nude optional; sauna, hot tub, diving, volleyball; $; Templeton Pool, 700 Templeton Drive, n.e. Vancouver, BC; Sect. 6.5; NiftyNude.org — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2018 November+; Lower Mainland, BC —Through December 8, Saturday, 2-4 pm. Art show opening. 'Naked Napi' by Adrian Stimson, regular gallery hours Tuesday-Saturday noon-6 pm; Sum Gallery, #425-268 Keefer Street, Vancouver, BC. — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —Daily until 2020 February. Exhibit 'Haida Now: a visual feast of innovation and tradition' includes some nude art, etc.; $; Museum of Vancouver, 1100 Chestnut Street, Vanier Park, Kits Point, Vancouver, BC; telephone 604-736-4431; MuseumOfVancouver.ca . --Daily. Basic Inquiry nude art lessons and open drawing; live nude models and artists; $; 1011 Main Street, Vancouver, BC; almost every day of year; Sect. 8.; LifeDrawing.org — — — — — — To be announced — —TENTATIVE October+. Speeches by your editor about Wreck Beach, nudism, shy therapy, and free expression; contact if you want to organize one; [email protected]. — — — —Norrish Creek gatherings; free; east of Mission, BC. From Mission Information Centre on Lougheed Highway, drive east 7.1 km to the village? of Dewdney, where going straight becomes Hawkins Pickle Road. Don't turn right, which becomes the continuation east of Lougheed Highway. Stay on Hawkins Pickle Road for 2.2 km northeast (then past Catherwood Road on the left?); to the end with the gate (at Bell Road and Hawkins Pickle Road?); turn right (yellow ribbon on pole) just past nice house on left; drive over RR tracks 1.2 km to yellow gate. Park and walk on trail over bridge (over Norrish Creek?). Walk left over RR tracks. Follow trail for 5 min. to fork. Turn left down to creek. Walk along creek for 5 min to nude area with rock balancing. Driving-walking time from Info Centre: 25 minutes. https://www.facebook.com/groups/740818449385873/?fb_dtsg_ag=AdzXmmVZdx5HxSTA1XD-3tgCJkd9jS-7u1HvUDiWJkHUag%3AAdwajdp4QPjIuvnIv-zFwI1xHHUH4g08MpAyypQrmCen_A — -- —Some Monday, 6:30 pm. Vancouver Park Board at this meeting might vote to demolish Lord Byng Pool and Templeton Pool; free; to speak you must register by noon the same day; 2099 Beach Avenue, s.w. corner of Stanley Park.* — — — — — — — — — —To be announced. NudeState indoor beach; 4 sand volleyball courts, build sand-castles, ping-pong, other activities; showers, lockers; nude option; $; 6Pack Indoor Beach, #115-13180 Mitchell Road, Richmond, BC; REVISED directions: via Knight Street Bridge over Mitchell Island (walk or drive from middle of the bridge; #405, 407, 430 buses stop there; then go east on Mitchell Road to the western edge of the bridge overhead, turn right into driveway before the bridge, go past huge north warehouse, turn right, go between the warehouses counter-clockwise around south warehouse to #115); [email protected] NudeStateOfMind.com/events/indoor-beach-volleyball/ ; NudeStateOfMind.com . —To be announced. Vancouver Skyclad Ritual; bring towel, non-alcoholic drink, snack; suggested 10-20$; Templeton Indoor Pool, 700 Templeton Drive; must arrive before 7:30 pm; [email protected] vancouver.CarpeDiem.cd/events/2402852-vancouver-reclaiming-public-skyclad-imbolc-ritual-at-templeton-pool/ — — — — —To be announced. [email protected] (men). — — —Some Wednesdays, 7-8:15 pm. Men In Touch nude yoga; $; Vancouver, BC; [email protected] ; [email protected] — — — — —Some Mondays, 10 am-1 pm. Life drawing; nude model; $; 4196 West 4th Avenue, Vancouver, BC; telephone 604-257-8140 ; WestPointGrey.org/classes/life-drawing-sessions/ --To be announced. Vancouver Naked Yoga Club (men only); $; Sect. 9.1. NudeDudeYoga.com ; NudeDudeYoga@gmail.com . — —To be announced. Naked Yoga with Kat; $; [email protected] ; NudeYogaMTL.com/Vancouver . — ?Summer; Thursdays, 6:30-7:45 pm (depending on weather?). Wreck Beach Yoga Series; nude-optional; rotating teachers; donation $; near foot of Trail 6; Wreck Beach, Vancouver, BC; see FaceBook. — — — — — — — — — — — —To be announced. Extremely Shy group in Meetup; pro-nude event 'Chilling & Volleyball @ Wreck Beach', Vancouver, BC; meetup.com/Extremely-Shy-Looking-for-friends/events/242761315/comments/483212450/?read=1&_af=event&_af_eid=242761315&https=on . —?Some Sunday, 7:30-9:30 pm. Women & girls only, G.A.L.S. indoor swim-spa; nudity encouraged; donation $; Vancouver, BC; facebook.com/groups/791846320960071/ ; Sect. 6.6. 2018 December+; Lower Mainland, BC —Through December 8, Saturday, 2-4 pm. Art show opening. 'Naked Napi' by Adrian Stimson, regular gallery hours Tuesday-Saturday noon-6 pm; Sum Gallery, #425-268 Keefer Street, Vancouver, BC. — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —Daily until 2020 February. Exhibit 'Haida Now: a visual feast of innovation and tradition' includes some nude art, etc.; $; Museum of Vancouver, 1100 Chestnut Street, Vanier Park, Kits Point, Vancouver, BC; telephone 604-736-4431; MuseumOfVancouver.ca . --Daily. Basic Inquiry nude art lessons and open drawing; live nude models and artists; $; 1011 Main Street, Vancouver, BC; almost every day of year; Sect. 8.; LifeDrawing.org — — — — — — —December 1, Saturday, 7:30-9:30 pm. NIFTY indoor swim-spa, nude optional; sauna, hot tub, diving, volleyball; last of season; $; Templeton Pool, 700 Templeton Drive, n.e. Vancouver, BC; Sect. 6.5; NiftyNude.org — — — — — — — — — — — — — --December 1, Saturday, ~9:45 pm. NIFTY after-swim restaurant social; no cover $; near above event; Sect. 6.5.* — — — — — —TENTATIVE, December 6, Thursday, 6:30-9 pm. PCAN (men only) nude drawing; live model; donation $; near West 41st Avenue & Cambie Street, Vancouver; Sect. 9.1; reserve [email protected] ; p-can.org/ . —December 8, Saturday, 6 pm-1 am. Wreck Beach Preservation Society's Xmas party; $; adults only; Legion Hall, 2205 Commercial Drive (at 6th Avenue), Vancouver, BC; telephone 604-308-6336; WreckBeach.org ; Sect. 10. — — — — — — — — — — — --BACK TO USUAL TIME December 8, Saturday, 7-8:30~ pm. Skinnydipper Recreation Club pre-swim social; no cover $; Kalmar Restaurant, 8076 King George Boulevard (~8 blocks north of the pool below), Surrey, BC; Sect. 6.3.* — — — — —BACK TO USUAL TIME December 8, Saturday, 9:30-11 pm. Skinnydipper Recreation Club indoor swim-spa; $; Newton Wave Pool, 13730-72nd Avenue, just east of King George Boulevard, just south of Newton Bus Exchange, Surrey, BC; # 96 bus from Surrey Central Station of SkyTrain; wave pool, 2 giant slides, hot tub, steam room; nude only; Sect. 6.3. —December 14, Friday, 7-8:10 pm plus reception. Trump the Hippie indoor peace rally welcomes all shirtless people; no nudity; all-new speech; audience questions; free; Vancouver, BC; [email protected] ; watch for FaceBook event page. — — — —December 15, Saturday. Van Tan Nudist Club tree decorating in the Winter Palace; VanTan.ca/events.html , [email protected] , telephone 604-980-2400. — — — — — --TENTATIVE December 20, Thursday, 6-7 pm. Wreck Beach Preservation Society with Metro Vancouver business meet; free; #130-1200 West 73rd Avenue (in low-rise at Hudson Street), Vancouver, BC; WreckBeach.org ; Sect. 10.* — — — — — -- —December 22, Saturday. Van Tan Nudist Club's Christmas party; VanTan.ca/events.html , [email protected] , telephone 604-980-2400. 2019 January; Lower Mainland, BC —TENTATIVE 2019 January 1, 1 pm, register 12:30 pm. Polar Bare Plunge sponsored by Surrey United Nudists (SUN) and Skinnydipper Recreation Club; donations; Crescent Rock Beach, South Surrey (west of White Rock Beach, south from Crescent Beach: 100 m past the Christopherson Steps, elevated metal walkway; or take those stairs down from the west end of 24th Avenue). — — —2019 January 1, Monday. Other 'polar bare plunges', informal, unannounced; various places. — — — — — — — — — — — --2019 January 5, Saturday. Van Tan Nudist Club polar bare dare; North Vancouver, BC; VanTan.ca/events.html , [email protected] , telephone 604-980-2400. — — — — — — — — — — — — —January 19, Saturday, 7:30-9:30 pm. Wreck Beach Swim Club indoor swim and spa; hotter-than-most sauna, hot tub, water volleyball, diving board, lane swimming; $; nude only; Lord Byng Pool, 3990 West 14th Avenue, Vancouver, BC; (NOT every month, as they publish); WreckBeach.org ; Sect. 6.4. — — — --January 19, Saturday, ~9:45 pm. WBSC after-swim restaurant social; no cover $; near above event; Sect. 6.5.* 2019 February+; Lower Mainland, BC —TENTATIVE 2019 February or March. PCAN (men only) Oscar Party, potluck; black-tie (naked otherwise), awards guessing contest; a North Vancouver home; limited attendance RSVP [email protected] ; Sect. 9.1; p-can.org . — —Many warm days in spring+. Free Shy Therapy; ask for peer-counselling to become brave and kind enough to go nude; political, social, and psychological (etc.) aspects; discussions also with the already-bold; apply to be a therapist; watch for therapists with FST signs or ask for appointment: [email protected] ; near Trail 6, Wreck Beach, Vancouver, BC; see also September 6-16, below. — — —TENTATIVE 2019 April. Capture Photography Festival; maybe some nude photos, all free; one venue of many: Contemporary Art Gallery, 555 Nelson Street, Vancouver; CapturePhotoFest.com —2019 May?, 'Jane Jacob's Walk' at Wreck Beach? — — — --2019 June?, noon-6 pm. World Naked Bike Ride, body painting and performances for first 2 hours; ride starts 2 pm; free; start at Sunset Beach, 1100 Beach Avenue, West End, Vancouver, BC; FaceBook group. — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —TENTATIVE 2019 July 1, Sunday. Van Tan Nudist Club's Canada Day parade & party; telephone 604-980-2400; VanTan.ca/events.html , [email protected] . — — — --2019 July?, Wreck Beach Preservation Society's Bare Buns Run, 1 or 5 km; run 11:45 am, awards ~2 pm; $; rain or shine; telephone 604-308-6336; bottom Trail 6, Wreck Beach, Vancouver, BC; WreckBeach.org ; Sect. 10. — — — — — — — — — — — — — —2019 July mid-month, Friday-Sunday. Vancouver Folk Music Festival; $; a free-admission market at the north-west; a tradition of a few topfree women in the audience; Jericho Beach, Vancouver, BC. — — — — — —2019 July, Saturday, 12:45 pm, and Sunday, 1:30 pm. Kokoro Dance's Wreck Beach Butoh dance performances; free, donations; foot of the #4 Trail just south-west of Museum of Anthropology, UBC, Vancouver, BC; Kokoro.ca . — — — — — — —2019 July. Burn in the Forest festival (like Burning Man); art camping; bugs?; $. www.BurnInTheForest.com ; Greater Vancouver Interactive Arts Society: GVIAS.org . — — — — — — —TENTATIVE 2019 early August, Friday, meet 5:30 pm. Trans March might include topfree and near-nude paraders and audience; free; Clark Park, 1500 East 14th Avenue at Commercial Drive, north to Victoria Park; DavieVillagePost.ca/7860/vancouver-trans-march-2017-friday-august-4/ . — — — — — --TENTATIVE 2019 early August, Saturday, meet 11 am, march noon. Dyke March usually includes topfree and near-nude paraders and audience; free; McSpadden Park (2001 Victoria Drive) to Commercial Drive to Grandview Park (1221 Commercial Drive), Vancouver, BC; VancouverDykeMarch.com/wordpress/ . --TENTATIVE 2019 early August, Sunday, noon. Pride Parade includes topfree and near-nude paraders and audience; free; Robson Street, Denman Street, Beach Avenue, Sunset Beach, in the West End, Vancouver, BC; Vancouver Pride Society; VancouverPride.ca. —TENTATIVE 2019 late August. Go Topless March, protest against attitudes and customs which inhibit women from exercising their legal topfree rights; hosted by the Raelian Movement; free, legal, no nudity; join in, don't just live your life vicariously; Vancouver, BC; GoTopless.org/GoTopless-Day . — -- --TENTATIVE 2019 late August. A new topfree cycling event. — —TENTATIVE 2019 early September. Vancouver Fringe Festival; live theatre; $; tickets from festival office and on-line VancouverFringe.com ; various show times noon to midnight; venues Granville Island to Victoria Drive, Vancouver, BC; nudity might be in some of the shows. — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — -- —TENTATIVE Late September, Sunday, noon. World Rivers Day at Wreck Beach, bring food to share at the tent; talking stick; music jam; via Trail 6, UBC, Vancouver, BC. — — — — — — — — — ___________________________________________ BC outside the Lower Mainland, Canada ___________________________________________ Sol Sante's weekly events weather and interest permitting —Daily, 9:30 am-noon, pickle ball. —Sundays, 10 am, radio-control model sailing. —Sundays, Tuesdays, & Thursdays, 10-11 am, aquasize. —Saturdays & Sundays, 2-3 pm, water volleyball. —Wednesdays, 7 pm, cards and games.— — — — — —Thursdays, 7 pm, line dancing, July & August. —Fridays, 7 pm, bingo; 8 pm, movies. —Saturdays, 5-6 pm, social; 6 pm, pot luck dinner (when no other event). Above weekly events, as of 2017 8 3. Contact them for permission to attend. Sol Sante nudist resort; $; 3120 Cameron Taggart Road, Cobble Hill, south-eastern Vancouver Island, BC; Sect. 8; SolSante.com/regular-weekly-events . 2018 November+; BC outside the Lower Mainland —NOT CONFIRMED Monthly Act of Disruption and Resistance (Vulnerability Vigil); free; outdoors; lately not including nudity; when it does, hold signs in front of your naked body; etc., everyone welcome, dressed or not; Victoria, south-eastern Vancouver Island, BC. #NUD in # ; #NakedUglyDancing ; HumanBodyProject.org ; Facebook Event — — — — — — — — —NOT CONFIRMED December 5+, Wednesday, 7-8:30 pm. Skyclad Yoga, men only; $; 709 Pears Road, Metchosin, south-eastern Vancouver Island, BC; RSVP: SkyClad.ca . — — — — —December 15, Saturday, 9:30–11 pm. Arbutus Park Nudist Club indoor nude swim-spa, Gordon Head Recreation Centre, 4100 Lambrick Way (off Feltham Road), Saanich, south-eastern Vancouver Island, BC; must arrive 9:15-9:35 pm; also optional pre-social (7:30 pm); you must RSVP in advance ArbutusParkClub.com/rsvp/ preceded by party (ask). — — --TENTATIVE tour BC, looking for venues. Shy Therapy at a Nude Beach (an indoor play); actors nude for whole show, 70 minutes; nude-optional audience; each performance different; based on real therapy at Wreck Beach; $; [email protected] ; FaceBook event pages at play title. — — — — — — — — — —TENTATIVE tour BC, looking for venues. Trump the Hippie, an indoor rally-play welcomes all shirtless people; no nudity; each performance different; 70 minutes; $; [email protected] ; FaceBook event pages at play title. — — — — — — — — — 2019 BC outside the Lower Mainland —2019 February ??, Saturday and Sunday, ?10 am-sunset. Naked Bungy Jump; $; charity benefit; 35 Nanaimo River Road, Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, BC; book ahead 1-855-595-2251; WildPlay.com/Nanaimo/ — — — — — — — — — — --TENTATIVE tour BC, looking for venues. Shy Therapy at a Nude Beach (an indoor play); actors nude for whole show, 70 minutes; nude-optional audience; each performance different; based on real therapy at Wreck Beach; $; [email protected] ; FaceBook event pages at play title. — — — — — — — — — —TENTATIVE tour BC, looking for venues. Trump the Hippie, an indoor rally-play welcomes all shirtless people; no nudity; each play will be different; 70 minutes; $; [email protected] ; FaceBook event pages at play title. — — — — — — — — — Section 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS of this NFIR Calendar: 2 e-pages For the index of groups and abbreviations, see the blue section at the bottom of this page. For Leap 4 Love Part 3: Nude-peace, and other parts of L4L that aren't back here yet, please contact the editor. In this (otherwise green) Table of Contents, red type is for parts that are new or recently heavily revised. Section Description 1. Title, rating, revision, location, e-reminders. Calendar of events in 'BC' (formerly sections 3 & 4). 2. Table of Contents. 2.5. Index of groups and abbreviations (blue section) — moved to Section 5.9.5. at the bottom of this page. 3. & 4. Introductory material for the calendar. The latter is now in Section 1. 5. Introduction: 1. Event changes: cancellations, corrections, irregularities, strikes, lock-outs, late notices, re-scheduling, warnings, predictions, etc. 1.5. Nude-friendly and related terms. 2. E-mailing. 3. a. Before you attend—important: Behaviour. b. Personal names & anonymity. c. Confirm before attending. d. Finding event details e. We're counting on you to bring others. 4. Everyone can participate! 4.3. Sex segregated or focused on one sex. 4.5. Are you proud of tolerating nudes while hiding in your swim-suit or shorts? 4.6. Cowardly, sexist men keep their pants on! 5. Nude-friendly & affiliated events. 5.8 Geographic index. 5.9 Activity index. 5.9.5. Index of groups and abbreviations (blue section) —moved to the bottom of this page. "Sections 6 to 20" (below) are now on the next page. Please click on that phrase in the horizontal black bar at the top of this page. 6.1. Indoor swim-spa details—Lower Mainland (Vancouver area), including "temperature comparison chart" & "fee comparison chart". 6.2. VT. 6.3. SD. 6.4. WBSC. 6.5. NIFTY. 7. Indoor swim-spa details—British Columbia outside the Lower Mainland (including the Sunshine Coast, Vancouver Island, & the BC Interior): SD, APC, OSNS, & CNS. (More about those 4 groups in Sections 9.2, below.) 8. Landed groups: VT (see Section 6.2, below), HCH, STC, BCBB, SS, DL, AL, VLDS, BI. 9. Non-landed groups: 9.1. The Lower Mainland of BC: SF, SD (see Section 6.3), NIFTY (see Section 6.5), FVNC, SUN, PCAN, KD, ESD, PBY, NdS, VNYC, PCB, SB, HP, EG, G14, RM, BMV, BC, CU, VIFF, VQFF, LNFF, Nfff, Yaf, Nip. 9.2. BC outside the Lower Mainland: SD (see Section 6.3), APC, OSNS, CNS, PCAN, KD, NdS, SCY, COC, CU, NPS, Nn, Nfff, Yaf, Nip. 10. Nude beaches & hot springs: WBPS (see also Section 6.4, above), AB, MV, NBB, CRB, PL, LTB, BBB, 3BT, CB, RS, 3M, NP, NWHS, COBC. 11. Freedom among textiles (& miscellaneous groups): TERA, Ts, DB, TBN, VFMF, CFOX, VPS, WNBR, CM, NSB, V V, PeTA, WP, Other freedoms. 12. Political parties: GP, NGP, WLP (=? DG), SP. 13. E-groups: VN, NIFTY, CNG, NC, Others. (For Single Nudist [on-line], see AANR in Sect. 14 below.) 14. Affiliations plus groups outside of BC: FCN, NS, AANR (includes e-dating), AANR-WC, INF, FNI, GNI, Outside of BC: BM, HE, SC, CD, SLUGS. 15. News & letters: • Going to Wreck Beach without hiking a steep trail • NIFTY planning 2 swims / month. • 'Prophet' by a woman who visited Syria. • NIFTY Web publication hacked! • Swim suits not harmless at Wreck Beach (letter to The Province, which they ignored). • Lifeguards told to watch swimmers. • [religion & culture article moved down to Section 17, top.] • Who's been flying nude? • Fore-Skin For-Her (upcoming seminar). • Topfree Occupy Wall Street. • You'll learn to live with the smoking ban (Wreck Beach). • RCMP vs. Wreck Beach boozers. • Desert Flower (movie) opposes genital excision. • Vancouver Fuel Delivery Project opposed by SUN. • Airport X-rays fatal; possible nude option. • Yahoo e-mail loses NFIR Calendar records. • Celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Nude-In, 2010. • Yahoo hides "nude" e-mail: shocking test results & 2010 September update. • Review of the movie Babies. • Place needed on Hornby Island for week-end. (archives) • Fun new e-poll on body exposure. • 5 new nude groups need organisers. • 2 new groups "launched"! (boat-pool & film fest). • Letter from the Mother of Topfree in BC. • Vegetarian restaurant socials after NIFTY swims. • Costs, rides, or other problems? • Nude-friendly goes cyber. • Lend nudist movies, recording, literature, etc. 16. Nude-friendly humour. (archives; contact editor.) 17. Nude-friendly articles: • Why ‘clothing-optional’ really means ‘nudist’, & a plea to keep this beach nude (Hanlan's Point, Ontario). • Religion rights vs. human rights. • A plea for unity among nudists. • Most popular answer about crying child on Yahoo Questions is crazy: They failed to mention breastfeeding or topfree! • Clothing generally is offencive; nudity is not. • Where to recruit nudists. • Emotional bind over women's bindings. • Women's tough questions. • Free tooth floss. • Are your pants too tight? • Afraid of being pigeon-holed? • Exceptions to nudity in nudism. • Proposals to promote nudism, etc. 18. About the archives of NFIR Calendar. 19. Possible upcoming articles. Ideas for articles, books, movies, Web publications, songs, etc. 20. Conclusion: Inclusion. Spoilers. E-precautions. Submissions. Subscriptions. Publisher-editor-writer. End of Table of contents. Section 2.5. Index of groups & abbreviations Moved to Section 5.9.5. at the bottom of this page. 3. NUDE-FRIENDLY EVENTS in the Lower Mainland, British Columbia Some events require reservations, membership, advance permission, etc., especially if the address is not in the calendar listing. For more about each event, see the listing for the sponsoring group on the second nude events page in Section 9.1, or as noted. Zone definition: The "Lower Mainland" (south coast of BC, Canada), for our purposes, is the city of Vancouver & the surrounding district, from the Salish Sea (formerly Georgia Strait), as far east as Mission, Lake Errock, & Chilliwack, BC. In this Section 3, below, are events in the Lower Mainland. For "Outside Lower Mainland" events instead, see Section 4, below. Organisations (groups) & sections are under-lined. The index of group abbreviations is the blue section, below (bottom). Events in black & red colours = nude-friendly events, as far as we know (nude-friendly, bare as you dare, topfree-optional, etc.). If labelled "topfree", then it is friendly to bare-chested people, but not nude-friendly, as far as we know, for mainly legal reasons. *This fuchsia colour is for clothed events. They are worthy events for pro-nude people to attend clothed, for one reason or another. Such listings end with an asterisk: *. — — — — — — — — 4. NUDE-FRIENDLY EVENTS List is now moved to top of page. British Columbia outside the Lower Mainland (including Squamish, Vancouver Island, the Interior, the Sunshine Coast, etc.) The 'Lower Mainland' means the south coast of BC, Canada, around Vancouver. Some events require reservations, membership, advance permission, etc., especially if the address is not in the calendar listing. For more about each event, see the listing for the sponsoring group on the second nude events page in Section 9.2, or as noted. Organisations (groups) & sections are usually underlined. The index of group abbreviations is the blue section, below (bottom of page). Below in this section are events outside of the "Lower Mainland". For Lower Mainland events instead, see Section 3, above. Zone definition: The "Lower Mainland", for our purposes, is the city of Vancouver & the surrounding district, from the Salish Sea (formerly Georgia Strait), as far east as Mission, Lake Errock, & Chilliwack, BC. Events in black & red colours = nude-friendly events, as far as we know (nude-friendly, bare as you dare, topfree-optional, etc.). If labelled "topfree", then it is friendly to bare-chested people, but not nude-friendly, as far as we know, for mainly legal reasons. *This fuchsia colour is for clothed events. They are worthy events for pro-nude people to attend clothed, for one reason or another. Such listings end with an asterisk: *. — — — — "Sections 5 to 20" are on the next page. Please click on that phrase in the horizontal black bar at the top of this page. Unrelated link by KD to http://Co-op-Radio-Matters.weebly.com . 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