The Arts Council of the North Okanagan will kick off the official launch for BC Culture Days. Head down to Polson Park on Friday September 23rd at 10am and help kick off this year's provincial celebrations!
Culture Days is Canada’s largest public participation campaign for the arts! Celebrate arts, culture, and heritage in your community through free interactive events.
Culture Days in Vernon
BC Culture Days come to Vernon for a month of arts, music, cinema, and cultural experiences.
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Culture Days in Vernon
Culture days is a national event that can be broken down to provincial and municipal levels to help you find the events happening wherever you are this fall. Find the events happening near you on the Culture Days Website.
You can expect to find dozens of artists displays from music to painting to cinema and plenty in-between and with all this happening for free, you will be sure to find something fun to do this fall.
Vernon Culture Days events
Everything kicks off Sept 23, with the Vernon Arts & Culture Festival, followed by a host of events running through to Oct 16.
Vernon Arts & Culture Festival
Enjoy a full day of family activities, music, dance, visual arts, culture, heritage, history and more!
The Polson Artisan Market will be set up during the day, along with children’s activity tents, information and display booths, and some of Vernon’s best Food Trucks.
The evening will close with several hours of live music on the band stage with local performers that you won’t want to miss.
More Vernon Culture Days events
Sept 6 - Oct 30: Sunflower Skirts - HERstory, Gallery Vertigo
Sept 23 - Oct 16: Outside Inside Art Exhibit, Vernon Community Arts Centre
Sept 24:
buttertarts ARTS Lumby, Lumby Market
Artist Trading Cards: Workshop & Swap, Vernon Community Arts Centre (VCAC)
From the Kitchen Outdoor Art Exhibit, Monashee Arts Council
Family Saturday, Vernon Public Art Gallery
Sept 25: Fireweed Eco-Fest Closing Show & Artist Open House, Inspired Word Cafe
Sept 26: Mini Artists, Vernon Public Art Gallery
Sept 27: KAIROS Blanket Exercise, Museum and Archives of Vernon
Sept 28:
Handbound Journal Demonstrations, VCAC
Printmaking Demo with Joanne Sale, VCAC
Sept 29: Photography Workshop & Outing, Vernon Photography Club
Sept 30:
TRC Calls to Action: A Participatory Reading, Vernon & District Immigrant & Community Services Society
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Museum and Archives of Vernon
Oct 4 - 7: Discover the Secrets of the Mysterious Caetani House, Caetani Centre
Oct 5: Pottery Wheel Demos with Gale Woodhouse, VCAC
Oct 6: Pride in Place: Historical Representation of 2SLGBTQIA Communities in the Okanagan
Oct 8: Forest Story Adventure, Sarah Elliman
Oct 14 - 15: Christine Kashuba Open Studio, Artist Studio
For more Culture Days information and complete listings visit the BC Culture Days website.
Know before you go
Visit the Tourism Vernon website to help you plan your trip, including where to stay and more:
- The Greater Vernon Museum is open daily and offers their own set of tours
- Canoe Beach (Kin Beach) is home to a new installation allowing visitors to better understand Okanagan Indian Band’s connection to these lands.
- The Turtle Mountain Portion of the Grey Canal Trail takes any walker, hiker or trail runner up to Rocky Ridge Park (15 mins walk from trail head) for a bird’s eye view of the city and the North Okanagan.
- Book in a tour at the K'nmaĺka Senqâĺten (The Indigenous Garden) to gain a view you might not have expected while in Vernon, one of Canada’s most soul filled cities. Or take this video tour now.