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Penticton's Current and upcoming Events 2010!
Reba McEntire Date:
Mar 17, 2010 Time: 7:30pm 250-493-4055 1-877-763-2849 Contact:
Visitor Centre
www.valleyfirsttix.com Venue: SOEC Cost: $ 85 plus fees Reba
McEntire with special guests Crystal Shawanda and Melissa Peterman. Reba
embarks on an exciting new chapter of her career with the much-anticipated
release of Keep ON Loving You, her debut album with The Valory Music Co.
Gary Comeau Date:
Mar 19 - Mar 20, 2010 Time: 6pm--Show 8pm 250-490-9012 Contact:
www.thedreamcafe.ca Venue: The Dream Cafe Cost: $28.00 Take
the rhythm of the Maritime Acadian music, season well with Louisiana zydeco
blues, add a twist of Highway 61 era Dylan, serve it up with great
showmanship, and you've got a potent musical cocktail that will have your
head spinning and your feet dancing!(Island Folks Festival
Gail Riddall in Concert--CD Release
Date: Mar 19 - Mar 20, 2010 Time: 8pm
Tickets-250-493-3044 250-492-2200 Contact: Venue: Cannery Stage
Theatre--1475 Fairview Road Cost: $17.00 Penticton performer Gail
Riddall continues to realize her dream with the release of her second
CD...Heart Strings and Guitar Things, Riddall’s latest 12-song project
includes two songs written by Riddall and one original by Kyle Anderson.
Hedley
Date: Mar 22, 2010 Time: 6.30 pm 250-493-4055 1-877-763-2849
Contact: Visitor Centre
www.valleyfirsttix.com Venue: SOEC Cost: $ 37 plus fees Hedley
with special guests Faber Drive, Stereos and FeFe Dobson.
Wax Mannequinn & Burning
Hell --- The Hear Some Evil Tour -- Voodoo's
Date: Mar 24, 2010 Time: 8:30pm Contact:
Venue: VooDoo Lounge Cost: Wax Mannequin and The Burning Hell are
heading out in the icy days of winter's last gasp in order to bring some
evil (and some love) to the good people of Western Canada...Both acts are
renowned for their original songwriting and excellent live shows
Happy Birthday OSO - Okanagan Symphony
Orchestra Date: Mar 25, 2010 Time: 7 pm
250-763-7544 250-490-2426 Contact: Community Centre
www.okanagansymphony.com Venue: Bethel Church Cost: The OSO is
turning fifty in 2010, & we invite you to join the party. This is a
wonderful mix of popular classics.
Carlos del Junco Date: Mar 26 - Mar 27, 2010
Time: 8pm 250-490-9012 Contact: The Dream Cafe
www.thedreamcafe.ca Venue: The Dream Cafe Cost: $28 Carlos del
Junco plays the harmonica like nobody else in the world. While respected as
a blues artist, the music played transcends all categorization into sheer
artistry bringing musical credibility to what has been cinsidered by many, a
fringe folk instrument.
www.carlosdeljunco.com
6th Annual Penticton Home & Leisure Show
Date: Mar 26 - Mar 28, 2010 Time: daily
250-490-2460 250-377-8380 Contact: B.C.HomeShows Ltd.
www.bchomeshows.com Venue: Trade & Convention Centre
info@bchomeshows.com Cost: free
Home related products, services, decorating, renovations, gardening,
leisure @ much more. open Fri. 5pm -9pm, Sat.10am - 6pm, Sun. 10am - 4pm
Fallan Soldier with Basic Value and Rehraze
Date: Mar 27, 2010 Time: 8:30pm 250-770-8867
Contact: Venue: VooDoo Lounge
info@voodoos.ca Cost: 5.00 to 10.00 Fallan Soldier from Vancity
has set his sights on Voodoo's in Penticton and is bringing with him Basic
Value from Kamloops, and Rephraze from Kelowna, for an amazing night of made
in BC indie hip hop...Fallan Soldier's hard-hitting beats, genre-mixing
tracks, and inventive lyrics, coupled with his intense energy, make for a
show not to be missed... 83rd Kiwanis
Music Festival 2010 Date: Mar 28, 2010, Mar 31 - Apr
4, 2010, Apr 7 - Apr 8, 2010 - Time: . 250-493-8322 Contact:
www.pkmf.org
Venue: various venues in Penticton
pkmf@vip.net Cost: . Today, Penticton alone annually hosts over
1800 competitive and non-competitive young amateur performing arts entries
in 9 disciplines. These include strings and guitar, piano, vocal, dance,
woodwinds and brass, and speech arts.Respected adjudicators from Western
Canada and the United States critique each performance and numerous awards
are presented at two Highlights Concerts held in early May. Venues are
Cleland Theatre, St. Saviour's Church Hall, Penticton Alliance Church, First
Babtist Church, St. Andrew's Church, St. Saviour's Church, Library
Auditorium. Harry Manx
Date: Apr 1, 2010, Apr 4, 2010 Time: 6pm 250-490-9012
Contact:
www.thedreamcafe.ca Venue: The Dream Cafe Cost: $38.00 Harry
Manx has been called an "essential link" between the music of East and West,
creating musical short stories that wed the tradition of the Blues with the
depth of classical Indian ragas
Okanagan Fest of Ale 15th Annual 2010 Date:
Apr 9 - Apr 10, 2010 Time: Fri 4 - 9 pm, Sat noon - 7 pm
250-493-3200 1-800-663-1900 Contact:
www.fest-of-ale.bc.ca Venue: Penticton Trade & Convention Centre
Cost: $ 20.00 This event is a tribute to the fast growing micro-brewing
industry. You will find on display some of the best of the Pacific Northwest
handcrafted ales with events and tastings. Friday 4pm to 9pm and Saturday 12
Noon to 7pm.
Mighty Popo -- African Traditional Music
Date: Apr 10, 2010 Time: 6pm 250-490-9012
Contact:
www.thedreamcafe.ca Venue: The Dream Cafe Cost: $27.00 You
could say that the Mighty Popo is a Rwandan/Burundian refugee/survivor whose
music is steeped in African tradition, but you'd hardly be getting at the
whole story of one of Canada's greatest rising stars
Michael Bolton Date:
Apr 10, 2010 Time: 8.30pm 1-877-763-2849 250-493-4055 Contact:
SOEC
www.valleyfirsttix.com Venue: SOEC Cost: $ 60 - 99 Enjoy the
intimate evening and help out a worthy cause: a portion of the floor sales
will be donated to the South Okanagan & Similkameen Medical Foundation.
Samarabalouf --Gypsy Jazz
Date: Apr 13, 2010 Time: 8pm 250-490-9012 Contact: The
Dream Cafe
www.thedreamcafe.ca Venue: The Dream Cafe Cost: $27.00 We
welcome Samarabalouf, the delightful string trio from Amiens,
France...Nurtured on the music of Django Reinhardt, the father of gypsy
jazz, Samarabalouf infuses its music with his spirit as well as
incorporating elements of boogie-blues, flamenco rock, rockabilly, tango and
rumba...
Harlem Globetrotters
Date: Apr 16, 2010 Time: 7pm 1-877-763-2843 250-493-4055
Contact: SOEC
www.valleyfirsttix.com Venue: SOEC Cost: . On Sale Jan 20th.
Sherman Doucette Date: Apr 17, 2010 Time: 8pm
250-490-9012 Contact: The Dream Cafe
www.thedreamcafe.ca Venue: The Dream Cafe Cost: $18..00
Sherman Doucette, a staple of the Vancouver music scene for 30 years, is
rated as one of the best blues singer / harp players in the business...
20th Annual
Automotive Swap Meet--Okanagan Vintage Car Club
Date: Apr 24, 2010 Time: 8am to 4pm
250-492-5674 250-462-2111 Contact: Ron Garay Venue: Penticton Curling
Club--505 Railway Avenue
rgaray@direct.ca Cost: $2.00 Child under 12 Free Come and see the
Vintage, Custom, Muscle Cars & Parts Antique Machinery. Also featuring
ANTIQUES, COLLECTIBLES, MEMORABILIA. There will be concession on site for
breakfast and lunch. Randy Travis
Date: Apr 29, 2010 Time: . 1-877-763-2849 250-493-4055
Contact: SOEC Venue: SOEC Cost: $ 45 - 60 Randy Travis has been a
mainstay of the country scene for 25 years, with amazing accolades including
over 25 million albums sold with 22 number one hits, six number one albums,
six Grammys, six CMAs, nine ACMs, 10 AMAs and seven Dove awards – and of
course, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. For this new album, Randy has
reunited with Warner Bros. Records and his latest album, 'Around the Bend,'
is being heralded as the perfect country album.
Best of the Best Wine Reception
Date: Apr 29, 2010 Time: 3pm
1-877-763-2849 250-493-4055 Contact:
www.valleyfirsttix.com Venue: SOEC Cost: $ 34.50 Join us for
our kick off event of the 2010 Spring Wine Festival. This event will include
the announcement of the award winning wines from our 2010 Best of Varietal
Judging Competition. This unique competition sponsored by: Richards
Packaging, Meyers Norris Penny, Farm Credit Canada and Business Development
Bank of Canada are judged by our local winemakers judging the wines produced
by their peers. The announcement will be followed by a reception including
fabulous tapas and canapés and the opportunity to be one of the few to taste
these award-winning wines while you still can.
Okanagan Spring Wine Festival 17th Annual 2010
Date: Apr 30 - May 9, 2010 Time: . 250-861-6654 Contact:
www.owfs.com
Venue: Venues throughout the valley
info@TheWineFestivals.com
Cost: . During the 2010 Spring Wine Festival, you can choose from over
100 events including luncheons and dinners with wine pairing, along with
wine educations and consumer tastings.
Downtown Penticton Community Market
Date: May 1, 2010 Time: 8:30 to 1:30pm
Contact: Downtown Penticton Association
www.downtownpenticton.org Venue: Main Street Cost: In the 200
and 300 blocks of Main Street in Downtown Penticton. Enjoy food, farm fresh
produce, artisans, shops and entertainment. Season starts May 1, 2010
Spring Wine Festival presents "Bacchanalia"
Dinner Date: May 1, 2010 Time: 7pm to 10pm 250-493-8221
Contact: Vanessa Venue: Lakeside Ballroom Cost: $60.00 This is a
Gathering of People Having a Good Time, Eating and Drinking..
The Big Bike Event
Date: May 3, 2010 Time: 11am to6pm 250-860-6275 Contact: Lindsay
Stilborn
www.bigbike.ca Venue: Various Areas
Events_Kel@hsf.bc.ca Cost: Fund
Raiser The Big Bike for the Heart and Stroke Foundation will be in
Penticton May 3rd and the bike seats 30 people. It will be ridden all over
town, starting a the Sandman Hotel and your company banner will be on the
front of the bike.
Joh Cruz--"Best Singer-Songwriter from Hawaii."
Date: May 8 - May 9, 2010 Time: 8pm 250-490-9012
Contact: The Dream Cafe
www.thedreamcafe.ca Venue: The Dream Cafe Cost: $22 John Cruz
May 8 & 9, Saturday/Sunday Powerful Prose & Warm Embrace. Singer-songwriter
John Cruz is one of Hawaii's most popular artists, thanks to his endlessly
summery, serene island style of music, which sounds pretty much exactly how
you might expect. Gently plucked Breedlove guitars, slack key style,
easygoing melodies, a velvety singing voice, life-is-good lyrics - Cruz has
it all.
Ode To Joy - Okanagan Symphony
Orchestra Date: May 8, 2010 Time: 7.30 pm
250-770-1470 1-877-979-7031 Contact: Community Centre
www.okanagansymphony.com Venue: Cleland Theatre Cost: Our 50th
Anniversary season opens with the world premiere of Quaternity, by our own
world-renowned Imant Raminsh, written for the same orchestral & choral
collaboration as the Beethoven. Earthshattering when first performed,
Beethoven's Ninth remains an astonishing & majestic triumph today.
Culminating with the Ode to Joy, the Ninth explodes convention by combining
the forces of massed chorus & orchestrea & will leave you transformed.
Penticton Farmers and
Artisans Market 2010 Date: May 15, 2010
onwards until end October Time: 8.30 am - 1:30 pm 250-770-3276
Contact: Cindy & Tom Nelson Venue: 100 Block Main Street
pentictonfarmersmarket@gmail.com Cost: . Enjoy local produce and
artwork every Saturday until October 30/10.
Meadowlark Festival 2010- 13th Annual
Date: May 21 - May 25, 2010 Time: .
250-492-5275 Contact: OSCA office
www.meadowlarkfestival.bc.ca Venue: venues throughout Penticton
Cost: The Meadowlark Festival is an annual opportunity to discover,
experience and explore the natural beauty and diversity of the South
Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys. During the festival you will have the
opportunity to visit areas from Canada's only desert near Osoyoos to sub-apline
meadows high above Okanagan Lake. Choose from over 90 events and tours.
Rotary Okanagan
International Children's Festival
Date: May 27 - May 29, 2010 Time:
Various 250-493-8800 Contact: Karen
www.okchildrensfest.org Venue: Okanagan Lake Park
info@okchildrensfest.org
Cost: $5.00 to $12.00 The Children's Festival features the world's
finest musicians, dancers, actors, acrobats, comedians and storytellers!
This international celebration of the arts stimulates global awareness and
an appreciation of cultural diversity. It is an opportunity to delight in
the world of imagination and open the door to creative possibilities for our
children.
Penticton Regional Bridge Tournament 2010
Date: Jun 14 - Jun 20, 2010 Time: Varied
250-487-3336 Contact: Connie Robertshaw
www.d19.org/penticton Venue: Penticton Trade & Convention Centre
marv.norden@gmail.com Cost:
Various Prices Penticton's annual bridge tournament! Tons of free live
entertainment, give-aways, door prizes, as well as treats like a vineyard
dinner and wine tasting and free city-wide parking passes!
Jude's Junkyard Band at
Voodoo's
Date: Jun 19, 2010 Time: 8:30pm 250-770-8867
Contact: Venue: VooDoo Lounge
info@voodoos.ca Cost: 5.00 to 10.00 Musician, singer & songwriter
Junkyard Jude has created an incredible collection of folk, rockabilly and
country songs.
Peach City Beach Cruise 2010
Date: Jun 25 - Jun 27, 2010 Time: 9am to 11pm
250-487-2303 866-889-2288 Contact:
www.peachcitybeachcruise.com Venue: Lakeshore Drive Cost: various
This year will include Car viewing and a Memorabilia Auctionto be held
on Friday evening, and a Collector Car Auction, starting at 12:30pm on
Saturday, courtesy of TheElectricGarage.com. View over 800 of the finest
antique cars and take part in many activities for the whole family, there
will be live music, vendors and much more.
Penticton Pacific N.W.
Elvis Fest Date: Jun 25 - Jun 27, 2010
Time: . 250-493-4055 800-663-5052 Contact:
www.pentictonelvisfestival.com Venue: various
info@pentictonelvisfestival.com Cost: . 2010 is our 9th
Anniversary and our Headliner is Brandon Bennett with Special Guest Danny
Vernon at the Penticton Trade & Convention Centre. There will be approx 30
Tribute Artists being judged at Okanagan Lake Park on Lakeshore Drive beside
the Lakeside Resort. There will be everything from pancake breakfast, food &
refreshment vendors, and a fabulous gospel show Sunday morning at 9am.
Mini Meet West 2010
Date: Jun 29 - Jul 1, 2010 Time: various Contact: Mike Higgs
www.minimeetwest.com Venue: Penticton Lakeside Resort
mhabc@telus.net Cost: free to view
Western North American gathering of classic and new Minis. Annual event
is being hosted in Penticton for the first time. Events will include a car
show at Gyro Park on June 29, autocross and funkhana at Penticton Speedway
on June 30, rally on July 1, banquet in the evening of July 1 at the
Lakeside. Canada
Day Celebrations
Date: Jul 1, 2010 Time: 9am to 11pm
250-492-7717 Contact: Laurel Burham Venue: Gyro Park
laburnham@shaw.ca Cost: Free
Join us for our very Favorite Birthday Party of all...Thousands of Happy
People will be there! Free cake and balloons and much more!!!
Canadian Wakeboard
Championship 2010 Date: Jul 2 - Jul 4, 2010
Time: . Contact: IMG
. Venue: Skaha Beach
Penticton Cost: . July 2 - 4, 2010 Canadian Wakeboard Championship
Penticton The City of Penticton has given IMG the green light to conduct the
event on Skaha beach from 2010 - 2012.
Okanagan Hockey School 2010 Date: Jul 3,
2010 Time: Varies (250) 493-1408 Contact: Okanagan Hockey School
www.hockeyschools.com Venue: Varies
OHS@hockeyschools.com Cost:
Varies It is with great pleasure that we present our 46th annual
Okanagan Hockey School in Penticton, British Columbia. Penticton remains our
flagship school with 2 additional exciting locations in Calgary, Alberta and
Kelowna, British Columbia. The school encompasses over 40 years of
instructional experience, where players from all Canadian Provinces and
Territories, all U.S. States and over 25 Countries have come together to
participate. Players attending the school have had a true International
experience that goes well beyond hockey.
Beach Blanket Film Festival
Date: Jul 16 - Jul 18, 2010 Time: 10pm or dusk 490 7886
Contact: Nikos
www.beachblanketfilmfest.ca Venue: Okanagan Lake
mail@beachblanketfilmfest.ca
Cost: $10 or $25 Okanagan Lake hosts Canada's only outdoor floating
screen film festival with top Canadian Filmmakers screening their
creations...Tix are $10 for an evening pass, $25 for the weekend or $35 for
a one-evening family pass (2 adults and 2 children)...Tix available only
online and at the gate.
Boston Pizza Jr. Triathlon
Date: Jul 17, 2010 Time: 7am 250 490 3334 Contact: Peach
City Runners Venue: SS Sicamous Park Cost: Varied Mini Triathlon
for children 8 to 15 years old in which they swim, bike and run. The race
begins at 7 AM, but the bike lot opens at 6 AM, and late check-in for those
coming from out of town runs from 6 to 6:30 AM. The distances for the 3
segments of the triathlon vary between age groups.
Peach Classic Triathlon
Date: Jul 18, 2010 Time: 6am-3pm 250-492-8342 Contact: Pat
Clements Venue: Rotary Park & Naramata Rd
BCHHF Gala Dinner Awards--(Hockey Hall of Fame
Summer Classic) Date: Jul 24,
2010 Time: 5pm - 10pm 250-492-4320 250-493-8337 Contact: Dorothy
www.bchhf.com
Venue: Lakeside Resort Cost: $15, $20, $25, Annual Induction
Celebration: The BC Hockey Hall of Fame Society and the Major Presenting
Sponsor Boston Pizza with associate sponsors will host the 18th annual BCHHF
Awards honoring the 2009 award recipients. Tickets at the SOEC Box Office,
Penticton Visitors Centre, or on line www.valleyfirsttix.com or by
phone--877-763-2849 Jude's
Junkyard Band at Voodoo's Date: Jul 27, 2010
Time: 8:30pm 250-770-8867 Contact: Venue: VooDoo Lounge
info@voodoos.ca Cost: 5.00 to 10.00
Musician, singer & songwriter Junkyard Jude has created an incredible
collection of folk, rockabilly and country songs.
www.myspace.com/judewaldman Rotary
Club Car Show 2010 Date: Jul 31, 2010 Time: 9am
to 5pm 250-497-6679 Contact: Bob Coombs
www.pentictonrotary.com Venue: Rotary Park on Okanagan Lake
bgcoombs@telus.net Cost: $2
Penticton Okanagan Rotary Club car show fundraiser.
Mr Muscle & Miss Bikini
28th Annual Contest Date: Aug 1, 2010
Time: Noon to 8pm 250-490-4420 250-809-1430 cell Contact: Ryan
Sirianni
www.jcipenticton.com Venue: Sudbury Beach @ Skaha Lake
ryan.sirianni@rbc.com Cost:
$10.00 This fun filled event includes cash prizes totaling $2,000,
retail vendors , food vendors, refreshment garden, live music and ever
popular frozen and wet T-Shirt contests.
Penticton Peach Festival Date: Aug 4 - Aug
8, 2010 Time: 10am - 11pm 250-487-9709 Contact: Don Kendall
www.peachfest.com Venue: Okanagan Lake Park
info@peachfest.com Cost: Free
The Peach Festival features a whirlwind week of family entertainment at
Okanagan Lake Park, a pancake breakfast, sandcastle competitions, music
concerts, one of BC's largest parades, plus a kiddies parade, food vendors,
crafts and much more, including our annual Square Dance Festival. Fun for
the whole family!
Penticton Square Dance
Festival Date: Aug 4 - Aug 8, 2010 Time:
Varies 250 493 0261 Contact:
www.peachfest.com/squaredance.html Venue: Various
fjeke@telus.net Cost: $5 - $44
Okanagan Lake Park - outside for Morning Dances Seniors' Drop In Centre -
2965 South Main Street - Afternoon & Evening Dances (wood floor)
Sandcastle Competition
Date: Aug 5, 2010 Time: Team Registration is at 4pm, sculpting time is
from 5:30-7:30pm 250-493-6786 Contact: Tom Campman Venue: Skaha
Beach Pavilion & Park Cost: Watch for free Register your team to build
the best sand creation, or come out to watch this exciting event!
Ironman Canada Triathlon
Date: Aug 29, 2010 Time: 7 AM - Midnight
250.490-8787 Contact:
www.ironman.ca
Venue: Various locations in Penticton Cost: Free to watch This event
has over 2,600 triathletes taking part in Swimming, Biking & Running. Pentastic Jazz Festival
Date: Sep 10 - Sep 12, 2010 Time: Various times
250-770-3494 Contact: Michael Campbell
www.pentasticjazz.com Venue: various locations
jazzsociety@shaw.ca Cost:
Various prices This event has three days of entertainment with Top Bands
playing Acoustic Swing, Big Band Era, Bad Boys of Dixieland, Traditional
Cajun, & Zydeco from Canada and the USA performing at 5 venues. Free shuttle
transportation service for ticket holders.
Tailgate Party
Date: Sep 11, 2010 Time: 6:00pm to 9:00pm 1-800-663-1900 Contact:
www.naramatabench.com Venue: LaFrenz Winery--740 Naramata Road
info@naramatabench.com Cost:
$79.00 It's time to drop the Tailgates and have a party! Taste the wines
and meet the winemakers of the Naramata Bench. There`ll be a band to get you
boogieing and food to fuel the fun. It's the time of year when winemakers
and winelovers get together and get down! The event sells out every year so
make sure you don`t miss your tickets to the best event on the Bench!
Dragonboat Festival Date: Sep 11 -
Sep 13, 2010 Time: 8am-8pm 250-494-9023 Contact: Don Mulhall
Venue: Skaha Beach, Pavilion & Sport Court
Okanagan Fall Wine Festival Date: Oct 1 -
Oct 10, 2010 Time: Various Contact:
www.owfs.com
Venue: Various
info@TheWineFestivals.com Cost: Various Our biggest events are
the Consumer Tastings at the Trade and Convention Centre Oct 9 & 10,
2009....There are many events going on right through the Okanagan Valley
from Vernon to Osoyoos....This celebration is an experience for all who love
fabulous wine and great food. Penticton
Fall Home Show Date: Oct 1 - Oct 3, 2010 Time: .
250-490-2460 250-377-8380 Contact:
www.bchomeshows.com Venue: Trade & Convention Centre
info@bchomeshow.com Cost: free
BC Homeshows Ltd., the second largest independent home show producer in
BC, returns to The Penticton Trade and Convention Centre October 1 - 3 2010
for the 7th annual Penticton Fall Home Show. Featuring over 60 displays
including home related products, interior decorating, renovations and winter
recreation related products and services. Hours: Friday, October 2nd-5pm –
9pm; Saturday, October 3rd 10am – 6pm; Sunday, October 4th – 10am – 4pm.
"Rootstock!" with the Okanagan Fall Wine
Fest Date: Oct 2, 2010 Time: Various Hours
. Contact:
www.naramatabench.com Venue: Naramata Bench Wineries
info@naramatabench.com Cost:
Two Days of Wine and Entertainment Naramata Style: Wineries along the
Naramata Bench offer their Fall releases along with an eclectic blend of
roving artists‚ dance troups‚ and performing artists on the two Saturdays of
the Fall Wine Festival. Check back for details of this moveable feast for
the eyes‚ ears‚ and palate ~ one of the most uniquely entertaining events of
the Fall Wine Festival!
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