Kelowna's Juicy Tips

If you’re like me, you’re starting to fret just a little bit about Christmas gifts. That’s why this event, happening this weekend at the Rotary Centre for the Arts, is going to be amazing! Pottery, fabric arts, crafts, jewellry, and silver and goldsmith work will be on display and for sale, with all the artists [...]

The Laurel Packinghouse  will reopen to the public this Saturday. This is great news for Kelowna for a variety of reasons. First of all, it’s November and people are once again eyeing our museums with renewed interest as the weather turns a little cooler, and as we tend to get a little more introspective and [...]

Happy Halloween everyone!
In polling my office colleagues, I have discovered that parents approach Halloween with a mixture of dread and pleasure. Sure, it’s fun to see your child’s excitement in selecting their costume and getting ready to trick-or-treat. But then there’s the ensuing sugar-bomb and the general concerns of door-to-door style trick-or-treating. So today I’m [...]

You might be wondering about those wristbands that people are wearing around town this weekend… it’s not a new fad – it’s an entry pass to ALL the concerts around town that are part of BreakOut West. Bands like the Grapes of Wrath, We Are The City, Doc Walker, and Bif Naked, among many, many others, [...]

Wine Festival is still underway, and we talked about some of the early wine festival events last week on the show with Mark Morris. On today’s show, Mark and I talked about how to squeeze that last drop out of wine festival and enjoy it to the very end!

At Tourism Kelowna, we all love this time of year. One of the great pleasures of early October is the Fall Wine Festival (October 1 through 10 this year). The wine festival is in its 30th year now, and is credited with being one of the top 100 events in North America by the American [...]

Stroke! Stroke! Stroke! And a steady beat of a drum. Eighteen paddlers giving it their all, a drummer, and a steerer calling directions – they all work together in harmony, and it’s a sight to behold! This weekend Kelowna will host the Kelowna International Dragon Boat Festival. For the 50+ teams attending and the 4500+ [...]

In this week’s eVent magazine, writer Portia Priegert recognizes the Lake Country Art Walk as the valley’s “largest visual arts exhibition.” It is, indeed, quite a colourful and vibrant annual event - and it takes place this weekend.