Events & Festivals

A couple enjoying hot drinks and smiling at a winter market with festive lights in the background.
Winter Activities

Experience Kelowna's Winter Festivals and Events

Embrace the winter season in Kelowna, where the chilly air and snowy landscapes become a backdrop for a series of enthralling festivals and events.
Two musicians, a cellist and a violinist, perform at an outdoor event in Kelowna with an audience seated in the background.
Park’s Alive!

Kelowna's Community Events

New residents of Kelowna are often pleasantly surprised by the diverse and dynamic community events that take place throughout the year in this beautiful city on the shores of Okanagan Lake.
A family enjoying a winter market with a child reaching for a hanging toy under festive lights.
Events & Festivals

Family-Friendly Winter Events in Kelowna

As the winter season envelops Kelowna in its cozy and festive embrace, the city transforms into a magical landscape brimming with family-friendly events.

Fall Events

Two people smiling and holding drinks at the Hopscotch Festival in Kelowna, with a festive background.
Sep 23, 2024 - Sep 24, 2024

Hopscotch Festival
A person crosses the finish line of a race in Kelowna, arms raised in victory, with colorful banners and cheering spectators in the background.
Sep 27, 2025 - Sep 28, 2025

Apple Marathon
Woman holding two beer steins at Kelowna Oktoberfest with checkered blue and white background, featuring logos of beer festival and sponsors.
Sep 28, 2024 - Oct 31, 2024

Oktoberfest Kelowna
Logo of the Central Okanagan Brewers Association featuring a stylized hop design.
Oct 04, 2024 - Oct 12, 2024

Kelowna Beer Week
The image displays a colorful and vibrant logo for the Okanagan Wine Festival, with a design that includes various wine-related symbols.
Oct 18, 2024 - Oct 27, 2024

Fall Okanagan Wine Festival
A group of runners competing in a race on a grassy field in Kelowna, surrounded by spectators and trees.
Oct 19, 2024

Kelowna Pub Relay
A vibrant performer in a colorful bird costume poses next to a large pumpkin in a forest setting with a "Spooktacular" sign in Kelowna.
Oct 26, 2024

Spooktacular
Promotional poster for "A Spooky Sanctuary Fair" on October 27th at The Laurel Packinghouse, featuring local artisans, tarot readers, and holistic healers.
Oct 27, 2024

Artful Hand Sanctuary Fair
A colorful poster with various monster silhouettes promoting the Family Monster Bash event in Kelowna organized by the City of Kelowna.
Oct 29, 2024

Family Monster Bash
Kelowna Farmers & Crafters Winter Market on November 23rd, 9 to 1 at Parkinson Rec Centre, featuring local produce illustrations.
Nov 02, 2024 - Mar 29, 2025

Kelowna Farmers’ and Crafters’ Market – Winter
Logo of Okanagan Spirits Craft Distillery Mixoff featuring a boxing glove holding a cocktail glass above the word Mixoff.
Nov 09, 2024

Okanagan Spirits Craft Distillery Mixoff
Christmas in the Country Markets poster with snowy trees and an elf, set in Kelowna.
Nov 10, 2024

Christmas in the Country
Illuminated "Tree of Hope" sign with a sparkling lit-up tree in the background at night in Kelowna.
Nov 23, 2024

Tree of Hope Festival & Christmas Market
A snow-covered Christmas tree with colorful lights stands illuminated in a serene, snowy forest at dusk.
Nov 23, 2024 - Jan 05, 2025

Festival of Trees - Mission Hill
A neon sign with grapes and text Light Up The Vines above Summerland's Bottleneck Drive strung with fairy lights and silhouettes of pine trees in the background.
Nov 29, 2024 - Dec 07, 2024

Light Up the Vines
Holiday Magic Market poster for Nov 29-30, 2024, at Rotary Centre for the Arts in Kelowna, featuring over 60 local vendors.
Nov 29, 2024 - Nov 30, 2024

Craft Culture Holiday Magic Market
A brightly lit sign for Meadow Vista Honey Wines adorned with colorful lights, located in Kelowna at night.
Nov 30, 2024 - Dec 22, 2024

Bee Merry & Bright Holiday Light Up
Festive design with "2024 Christmas Market" in red text, adorned with ornaments and holiday greenery, promoting a seasonal event in Kelowna.
Nov 30, 2024 - Dec 15, 2024

Festive Christmas Market at Grizzli Winery
Dogwood Nursery's 12th Annual Adventsmarkt event poster detailing dates, times, and features like Christmas trees and local vendors in Westbank, BC.
Nov 30, 2024 - Dec 01, 2024

Adventsmarkt at Dogwood Nursery
Snow-covered trees bathed in sunlight, promoting the 61st Annual Winter Art Show in Kelowna on November 30th from 4-7pm at Hambleton Galleries.
Nov 30, 2024 - Dec 31, 2024

The Winter Art Show
A crowd gathered under festive string lights at the Downtown Kelowna Light Up event at night.
Nov 30, 2024

Downtown Kelowna Winter Street Market & Light Up
Logo for Candy Cane Lane in Kelowna with text in red and green.
Dec 01, 2024 - Dec 31, 2024

Candy Cane Lane
Logo for Rutland Winter Light Up in Kelowna featuring a Christmas tree design on a green background.
Dec 01, 2024

Rutland Winter Light Up
A group of women singing with microphones in hand, dressed in coordinated black, red, and white outfits in a venue in Kelowna.
Dec 01, 2024

Christmas at Benvoulin
A rally car drives through heavy snow in the Big White Winter Rally in Kelowna at night.
Dec 06, 2024 - Dec 08, 2024

Big White Winter Rally
A close-up of a wine glass with "Big Reds" inscription, reflecting warm bokeh lights, set against a blurred night scene in Kelowna.
Dec 06, 2024

Big Reds at Big White - Magic of Meritage
A festive nighttime scene in Kelowna with a Christmas tree, string lights, and a crowd enjoying music, food trucks, activities, craft show, and fireworks.
Dec 06, 2024

Light Up on Brown Road-Westbank
Holiday market event poster for "The Market at Light Up" in Kelowna on Dec 6, 5:00-7:30 pm at Westbank Lions Community Centre, featuring a squirrel with a gift.
Dec 06, 2024

The Market at Light Up at Westbank
Craft Culture Holiday Market at Prospera Place, Kelowna, December 6-8, 2024, featuring 200 local vendors.
Dec 06, 2024 - Dec 08, 2024

Craft Culture Holiday Market
Event poster for "Sip into the Season" wine tasting on December 7th, 12PM-5PM, featuring 10 wineries, $15 tickets, presented by The Westside Wine Trail.
Dec 07, 2024

Sip Into the Season
People enjoying a wine tasting event in Kelowna, with a woman pouring wine for smiling guests in a lively indoor setting.
Dec 07, 2024

Big Reds at Big White - Elevation Grand Tasting
Cute illustration of a polar bear with pancakes and a reindeer in winter attire, promoting the Polar Pancake Pajama Party on Dec 8, 9-11 am, Westbank Lions Community Centre.
Dec 08, 2024

Polar Pancake Pajama Party
A vibrant art gallery event in Kelowna, with guests viewing paintings under warm string lights in a brick-walled venue overlooking a blue lake.
Dec 13, 2024

Winter Night Market in Lake Country
Poster for the 4th Annual Reel Christmas Market in Kelowna featuring a festive ice skating scene with snowy houses and trees.
Dec 14, 2024 - Dec 15, 2024

A Reel Christmas Market
A festive boat adorned with Christmas lights and inflatable palm trees parades through a Kelowna street at night.
Dec 14, 2024

Parade with a Purpose
Snow-covered Kelowna cityscape with illuminated buildings and tree-lined streets under a cloudy sky.
Dec 15, 2024

JoeAnna's House Winter Wonderland
Logo of Dine Around Kelowna Okanagan with a blue circle containing a fork and spoon used as the O in Around.
Nov 01, 2025 - Nov 10, 2025

Dine Around Brunch - Central Okanagan

Winter Events

Colorful poster for Lake Country Children's Festival on March 9, 2024, featuring Alex Zerbe's zany magic show, at 10241 Bottom Wood Lake Rd, Kelowna.
Mar 09, 2024

Lake Country Children's Festival
A crowd gathered in front of illuminated NYE letters at a New
Dec 31, 2024 - Jan 01, 2025

New York New Year's Eve
A crowd of people in swimsuits running into a lake surrounded by snow during the Polar Bear Dip event in Kelowna.
Jan 01, 2025

Polar Bear Dip Kelowna
Logo for the Living Things International Arts Festival 2025 in Kelowna, featuring decorative lettering on a black background.
Jan 20, 2025 - Jan 31, 2025

Living Things International Arts Festival
Logo of Dine Around Kelowna Okanagan with a blue circle containing a fork and spoon used as the O in Around.
Jan 22, 2025 - Feb 09, 2025

Dine Around Central Okanagan
Fireside Festival logo for the Kelowna Winter Folk Festival in Kelowna.
Jan 31, 2025 - Feb 02, 2025

Fireside Festival

Logo of East Kelowna Market featuring a barn silhouette with leaves around it in green.
Feb 16, 2025 - Oct 12, 2025

East Kelowna Market
British Columbia logo next to a graphic of three bears above text reading BC Family Day.
Feb 17, 2025

BC Family Day Weekend
A scenic view of snow-covered mountains in Kelowna with the Peak Pride logo prominently displayed in the foreground.
Feb 28, 2025 - Mar 02, 2025

Peak Pride
A person with curly hair taking a photo of food plates at an event in Kelowna.
Mar 01, 2025

Amuse Kelowna
Colorful textured text Kelowna Fringe Festival on a white background.
Mar 16, 2025 - Mar 23, 2025

Kelowna Fringe Festival

Spring Events

Poster for the Indigenous Resilience Festival in Kelowna featuring bold text and colorful cultural elements.
Mar 26, 2024

Indigenous Resilience Festival
Kelowna Farmer's and Crafter's Market logo with a yellow sun above colorful text.
Apr 03, 2024 - Oct 26, 2024

Kelowna Farmer's and Crafters' Market
Altitunes Big White Music Festival logo with a mountain graphic in the background.
Apr 05, 2024 - Apr 06, 2024

Altitunes Music Festival
Craft Culture Kelowna Spring Market poster with pastel watercolor background.
Apr 06, 2024 - Apr 07, 2024

Craft Culture Kelowna Spring Market
a group of people standing around a table with pumpkins on it and a woman holding a child in front of them at the Kelowna Farmer's and Crafter's Market in Kelowna
Apr 06, 2025 - Sep 07, 2025

Kelowna Farmers' & Crafters Satellite Market
Logo of the BC Interior Jazz Festival featuring silhouettes of musicians playing instruments against a green background.
Apr 10, 2025 - Apr 12, 2025

BC Interior Jazz Festival
A model in a white lace wedding dress walks the runway at the Okanagan Bridal Expo in Kelowna.
Apr 12, 2025

Kelowna Bridal Extravaganza
Comic-style graphic logo for Kelowna Fan Experience (KFX) with the KFX acronym featured prominently and starburst details.
Apr 19, 2025

KFX (Kelowna Fans Experience)
Kelowna MapleFest logo with green ribbon and white text on a circular background.
Apr 25, 2024 - Apr 28, 2024

Kelowna Maple Festival
Kelowna Boat Show logo featuring a ship's wheel and bold blue text.
Apr 27, 2024 - Apr 28, 2024

Kelowna Boat Show
Kelowna Beerfest advertisement for an event at City Park Kelowna, featuring up to 50 breweries and cideries on Saturday, May 11th, 2024.
May 11, 2024

Kelowna Beer Fest
People enjoying outdoor seating and activities under large umbrellas at Meet Me on Bernard event in Kelowna.
May 17, 2024 - Sep 02, 2024

Meet Me on Bernard
Poster for the Open-Air Collective Community Market at Kerry Park, Kelowna, on June 1st from 9am to 2pm, showcasing a lively outdoor scene.
May 18, 2024 - Aug 31, 2024

Open Air Collective Market by Artisan's Showcase
A triangular logo with a racing motif for the Knox Mountain Motor Sport event in Kelowna, including a red Canadian flag, the outline of a racetrack, checkered flags, and the sponsorship name Leavitt Machinery.
May 18, 2024 - May 19, 2024

Knox Mountain Hill Climb
A heart-shaped design with mountains, water, and nature elements, featuring the words LOVE FOR KELOWNA DAY on a white background.
May 25, 2024

Love for Kelowna Day
Poster for Dine Around Patios in Kelowna sponsored by various organizations, dated May 26 - June 9, 2024, with website link www.dinearound.ca.
May 26, 2025 - Jun 09, 2025

Dine Around Patios - Central Okanagan
Downtown Kelowna Night Market poster with bold yellow text against a blue gradient background.
May 30, 2024 - Aug 29, 2024

Downtown Kelowna Night Market
Poster for Knox Mountain Downhill event in Kelowna, BC on June 1st-2nd, 2024, featuring a figure in helmet and kneepads holding a skateboard against a colorful mountain background with flowers and checkerboard pattern accents.
Jun 01, 2024 - Jun 02, 2024

Knox Mountain Downhill
Kelowna Pride Week logo with a rainbow-colored mountain over the words kelowna pride.
Jun 01, 2024 - Jun 09, 2024

Kelowna Pride Week
A crowd at the Spring Okanagan Wine Festival in Kelowna watching participants stomping grapes in barrels.
Jun 02, 2024 - Jun 23, 2024

Spring Okanagan Wine Festival
Cake decorated like the Italian flag with "Festa della Repubblica June 2, 2021" written on it, surrounded by flags on a checkered tablecloth.
Jun 02, 2024

Festa Della Repubblica
Logo of the Fat Cat Childrens Festival featuring a cartoon cat with orange and white stripes and a red bow tie, text reads "Fat Cat Childrens
Jun 07, 2024 - Jun 08, 2024

Fat Cat Children's Festival
Kelowna Wine Country Half Marathon logo featuring 5km and 10km distances, powered by ATB Wealth.
Jun 15, 2024

Kelowna Wine Country Half Marathon
A vibrant bluebird perched on a barbed wire fence in a natural setting during the Meadowlark Nature Festival in Osoyoos.
May 15, 2025 - May 19, 2025

Meadowlark Nature Festival

Summer Events

A group of people practicing yoga outside in a park, with a man in a white shirt smiling in the foreground.
Jun 21, 2024 - Jun 22, 2024

Summer Solstice Sunset Yoga
A vibrant farmer's market in Kelowna featuring fresh peaches, apricots, cherries, and zucchinis displayed on rustic wooden crates.
Jun 21, 2024 - Sep 13, 2024

Lake Country Farmer's Market
A wooden cart on grass near small teepees with red accents and a blue flag featuring an infinity symbol, set in Kelowna.
Jun 21, 2024

Métis Rendezvous

Diverse individuals performing with traditional instruments and clothing, celebrating National Indigenous
Jun 21, 2024

National Indigenous People’s Day
Bold text displaying Kelowna Comicon with Kelowna in red and Comicon in yellow gradient.
Jun 22, 2024 - Aug 23, 2024

Kelowna Comicon
Logo for the Solstice Sips event at the Okanagan Summer Wine Festival featuring the text Solstice Sips with a stylized sun design.
Jun 22, 2024

Solstice Sips at SilverStar
Westside Multiculturalism Day logo with a colorful maple leaf design.
Jun 29, 2024

Westside Multiculturalism Day
Outdoor market in Kelowna with various tents and vendors, set against a backdrop of green trees and distant mountains under a blue sky.
Jun 29, 2024 - Sep 28, 2024

Westbank Farmers Market
A colorful logo with "Kelowna Folkfest" text, featuring a red dancing figure and a globe with a white dove holding an olive branch.
Jul 01, 2024

Kelowna Folkfest
A group of people in red outfits stand behind a large Canada Day cake decorated with Canadian flags in Kelowna on a sunny day.
Jul 01, 2024

Canada Day-West Kelowna
A green tree with a yellow sun behind it and the text PARKS ALIVE! in black.
Jul 01, 2024 - Aug 26, 2024

Parks Alive!
Women celebrating Canada Day in Kelowna by the waterfront with Canadian flags.
Jul 01, 2024

Celebrate Canada Day
The logo for the Kelowna Dragon Boat Club features a red dragon holding a sun, standing on a blue wave, with the text Kelowna Dragon Boat Club encircling it.
Jul 06, 2024

Kelowna Dragon Boat Festival
A logo with the letters D and B intertwined inside an oval shape, and the text OKANAGAN VALLEY below it.
Jul 11, 2024

Diner En Blanc Okanagan
A logo for Westside Daze in Kelowna featuring black silhouettes of amusement park rides against a gradient blue background with the text Westside Daze below in orange and yellow.
Jul 12, 2024 - Jul 14, 2024

Westside Daze
A vibrant crowd enjoying a live rock music concert at Rock the Lake in Kelowna with the stage and band visible under a sunny sky.
Jul 12, 2024 - Jul 14, 2024

Rock the Lake
Arts on the Avenue event poster with a colorful background, scheduled for August 1st, 2014, in Kelowna, presented by Chances Casino Kelowna.
Jul 16, 2024 - Aug 01, 2024

Arts on the Avenue
Illustration of Downtown Kelowna Block Party with market stalls, people, and a bright sky.
Jul 20, 2024

Downtown Kelowna Block Party
Gradient text logo in red-orange shades reading Across the Lake Swim.
Jul 20, 2024

Across the Lake Swim Kelowna
PLAN
Jul 23, 2023

PLAN Okanagan's Annual Summer BBQ
Two cyclists competing in the Apple Triathlon in Kelowna, wearing cycling gear and helmets, riding closely on a sunny day.
Aug 09, 2025 - Aug 10, 2025

Apple Triathlon
Poster for "Show N Shine on Bernard" presented by Indigo Park Canada in Downtown Kelowna, featuring a vintage car graphic.
Aug 17, 2024

Show N Shine
Blue Spartan helmet logo for Kelowna Spartan Trifecta Weekend.
Aug 24, 2024 - Aug 25, 2024

Kelowna Spartan Trifecta Weekend
Kelowna Made black text logo on a white background.
Aug 24, 2024

Kelowna Made
UBAKA Kelowna's Annual POKER RUN logo featuring a fierce bulldog with a spiked collar and \"Urban Bulldogs Against Kids Abuse\" written around it.
Aug 24, 2024

UBAKA Kelowna's Annual POKER RUN
Poster for the 7th Annual Golf for Julia Tournament sponsored by RONA, featuring the text Step Time and Let's Do This with the hashtag #golfforjulia.
Aug 25, 2024

7th Annual Golf for Julia Fundraiser
Thick as Thieves Entertainment Presents Denim on the Diamond in stylish, ornate lettering.
Aug 30, 2024 - Sep 01, 2024

Denim on the Diamond
Lake Country Art Walk poster for September 7-8, 2024 in Kelowna, featuring a multi-arts festival with $2 admission and special events.
Sep 07, 2024 - Sep 08, 2024

Lake Country Art Walk
A climber scales an overhanging rock while a group of people watch in a forested area in Kelowna.
Sep 07, 2024 - Sep 08, 2024

Rock the Blocs
Great Canadian Beer Festival logo featuring a beer mug with foam, a snake coiled around it, and a
Sep 09, 2022

Great Okanagan Beer Festival
A dark teal icon featuring two forks crossed in an X shape, representing the Okanagan Feast of Fields event in Kelowna.
Sep 15, 2024

Okanagan Feast of Fields
Poster for the 15th Annual Okanagan College Youth Exhibition Powwow in Kelowna featuring a dancer in traditional attire against a purple background.
Sep 20, 2024

Okanagan College Youth Exhibition Powwow
A logo for the Kelowna Scarecrow Festival featuring a stylized scarecrow and the text Kelowna Scarecrow Festival.
Sep 21, 2024

Kelowna Scarecrow Festival
Logo of Dine Around Kelowna Okanagan with a blue circle containing a fork and spoon used as the O in Around.
Sep 16, 2025 - Sep 30, 2025

Dine Around Happy Hour in Central Okanagan

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Frequently Asked Questions

The Kelowna Art Walk is an annual event showcasing local artists and their work. You can find additional art events in our Calendar of Events

Yes, Kelowna hosts several annual events, such as the Kelowna Wine Country Half Marathon and the Okanagan Wine Festivals. See our Calendar of Events for more information on these and other festivals.

The Kelowna Garden Tour is an annual event showcasing local gardens.

Yes, Kelowna Pride Week and Rock the Lake are notable summer festivals.

It is a festival celebrating local wines, with tastings, tours, and events throughout the Okanagan Valley.

The Kelowna Dragon Boat Festival and Kelowna DiverseCity Multicultural Festival are notable cultural events.

Yes, the Craft Culture Market celebrates local crafters and artisans.

The Okanagan Wine Festivals and the Great Canadian Beer Festival are popular food and drink celebrations.

Yes, the Kelowna Wine Country Half Marathon is a popular racing event.

The AltiTunes Music Fest at Big White Ski Resort is a popular spring event that attracts many participants.

The Kelowna Wine Country Half Marathon and Kelowna Pride are popular summer events.