Indoor Family Fun in the Okanagan
Kid-friendly indoor spots for wet or cold days — climbing walls, play centres, bowling, museums and more to keep the whole family busy.
82 verified indoor & rainy day spots across the Okanagan Valley.
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103 matching spots — Family Fun.
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Armstrong Spallumcheen Museum & Art Gallery
The Armstrong Spallumcheen Museum & Art Gallery in downtown Armstrong shares local history through its museum and two galleries of rotating exhibitions by regional artists. Admission is free and donations are welcome. Exhibitions generally rotate monthly from May through November; the local-artisan gift shop is generally open during the May–December season. From January to March, the galleries focus on used books and are open to the public on Saturdays for book sales. The annual book sale runs for one week in April, with dates varying each year. Archival requests are accepted year-round; contact the museum to arrange research time with the archivist.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups Free to Visit Arts & Culture
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Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory (DRAO)
The Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory (DRAO) is the National Research Council's radio telescope site in the White Lake valley, where free one-hour guided tours explain how its giant dishes and the CHIME telescope listen to the universe. There's no booking; tours are first-come, first-served, and the season wraps up in early November. Plan to switch off your phone and other electronics, which can disrupt the instruments. A fascinating, free outing for curious kids and science fans.
Open until Nov 1
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups Free to Visit Arts & Culture
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Airhouse Kelowna
Airhouse Kelowna is a freestyle training centre with trampolines, a spring floor, skateboard ramps and parkour areas, offering drop-in sessions for all ages (kids must be 3 or older for the trampolines). An all-ages drop-in is about $27.50; sign the online waiver before you go, wear grip socks (sold at the desk) and reserve online, since space is limited. It also runs lessons, camps, ski and snowboard dryland training and birthday parties.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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Beyond the Crux Climbing Gym
Beyond the Crux Climbing Gym is a full-service indoor climbing gym with over 5,000 sq ft of bouldering, plus top rope and lead walls and a training area. Drop-in day passes run about $19 for adults, $16 for students and $13 for kids, and rentals make it easy for beginners to try. Fill out the online waiver first; an adult belay course (about $60) teaches you to climb the roped walls.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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Cineplex Cinemas Orchard Plaza
Cineplex Cinemas Orchard Plaza is the multiplex in Orchard Plaza Shopping Centre, screening new releases in full recliner seats, with RealD 3D, wheelchair access and hearing assistance. Special events include National Theatre Live and Metropolitan Opera broadcasts, and there are discounted Tuesdays and matinees for a cheaper rainy-day movie.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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Energyplex
Family entertainment centre with laser tag, a 30-foot climbing wall, laser maze, Power Grid, a 35+ game ticket arcade and a kids' zone. There's also a licensed lounge and concession for the adults.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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Exit Kelowna Escape Games
Exit Kelowna Escape Games has five themed rooms: Abandoned, Haunted, Pirate Cove, Potions and Runaway Train. Teams of two to six work together against the clock, making it a solid pick for groups and families; players need to be 7 or older, with an adult along for kids up to 10. Book about a week ahead to be sure of a spot, and arrive 15 minutes early.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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Gneiss Climbing - Hill Security
Gneiss's second Kelowna gym, with lots of bouldering plus auto-belay top-rope lines and an upstairs training area with a Moonboard. Drop-in day passes for all ages.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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Gneiss Climbing - OG Banks
Bouldering-focused climbing gym with regularly reset problems and training areas. Day passes for adults, youth and kids, plus a cheap twilight pass after 9pm.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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H2O Adventure + Fitness Centre
H2O Adventure + Fitness Centre is a YMCA-run indoor waterpark billing itself as Canada's largest municipal waterpark, with waterslides, a FlowRider, wave pool, lazy river and splash park. A go-to for families on a cold or rainy day, with a hot tub and steam room for grown-ups. Drop-in is about $13 for adults, $7 for kids or $34 for a family, and under-3s swim free. Kids 7 and under must stay within arm's reach of someone 16+, adults need photo ID, and there's a pool lift.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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KF Aerospace Centre for Excellence
The KF Aerospace Centre for Excellence is an aviation centre near Kelowna airport displaying nine vintage aircraft, including a DC-3, Mosquito and CF-104 Starfighter, in a working hangar. It adds an interactive aviation exhibit, a flight simulator and an airfield viewing gallery. Admission is a bargain at about $5 a person or $10 for a family.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups Arts & Culture
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Kelowna Art Gallery
The Kelowna Art Gallery is the city's public art gallery in the downtown Cultural District, with rotating contemporary and historical exhibitions across several galleries plus a courtyard installation space. Admission is about $10 for adults or $20 for a family, kids under 12 get in free, and it's half price on Thursdays. Family programs and a gallery shop round out a visit.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups Arts & Culture
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Kelowna Curling Club
The Kelowna Curling Club is a 12-sheet club near downtown that offers one-hour Try Curling sessions with an instructor and all equipment supplied. It's about $25 a person, booked online in time slots of up to eight people, so small parties may be paired with other newcomers. Bigger groups can contact the club or book ice rentals for a curling party.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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Kelowna Escape Room by Omni
A downtown escape game that sprawls across several themed rooms – living room, office, kitchen – with live actors and electronic puzzles woven into the story. Games run about an hour and suit ages 7 and up.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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Kelowna Family YMCA
The Kelowna Family YMCA in Rutland is a community health and fitness centre with long opening hours seven days a week. A drop-in, about $11.75 for adults or $5.95 for kids, covers the pools, hot tub, sauna, gym, climbing wall and youth zone, so it's a handy spot for a workout or a family activity when the weather turns. Adults need photo ID at the door.
Kid-Friendly
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Kelowna Karting Entertainment Centre
Kelowna Karting Entertainment Centre packs an electric go-kart track, Zero Latency free-roam VR, a gel-blaster and laser tag arena, axe throwing and an arcade under one roof, plenty for groups and older kids. Races are eight minutes on track from about $26; junior karts take ages 7+ (48 inches tall), adult karts 12+ (57 inches). Walk-ins are welcome, but book ahead on weekends and holidays, and wear closed-toe shoes.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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Landmark Cinemas Grand 10 Kelowna
Ten-screen multiplex showing first-run Hollywood releases with comfortable seating and easy parking off Highway 97. Next door to McCurdy Bowling and Energyplex.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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McCurdy Bowling Centre
McCurdy Bowling Centre is a big, all-ages bowling centre with 24 ten-pin and 6 five-pin lanes, plus cosmic bowling and lane-side food and drinks from the attached Freddy's Brewpub. It hosts leagues, birthday parties and group events, so reserving a lane online is a good idea, especially on a wet weekend.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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Okanagan Bowling Club (OBC)
Okanagan Bowling Club (OBC) is a five-pin bowling centre in Capri Centre, in the former Capri Lanes space, billed as the largest 5-pin alley in the Okanagan. A game is about $8.50 for teens and adults and $8 for kids, plus shoe rental, and weekends add glow-in-the-dark laser bowling. Reserve a lane online (up to six bowlers each); food and drinks make it an easy group outing.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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Okanagan Heritage Museum
The Okanagan Heritage Museum is a downtown museum covering the natural and human history of the Okanagan, from syilx culture to settler life, with exhibits such as Dinosaurs of BC. It also houses the Kelowna Public Archives. Admission is about $10 for adults or $25 for a family, kids five and under are free, and the second Sunday of each month is pay-what-you-wish.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups Arts & Culture
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Okanagan Military Museum
Museum in the Kelowna Memorial Arena building telling the stories of Okanagan people in military service, with uniforms, artifacts and archives. Admission is by donation.
Kid-Friendly Free to Visit Arts & Culture
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Okanagan Regional Library – Kelowna Downtown Branch
The downtown Kelowna branch of the Okanagan Regional Library is a free, welcoming rainy-day stop in the Cultural District. Beyond books, there are computers, Wi-Fi, bookable study rooms and a makerspace with a 3D printer and recording studio, plus story times for little ones and free drop-in game nights with chess and puzzles. The Library Parkade is about $1.50 an hour on weekdays and free on weekends and after 5 pm.
Kid-Friendly Free to Visit Arts & Culture
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Okanagan Wine & Orchard Museum (Laurel Packinghouse)
The Okanagan Wine & Orchard Museum tells the valley's fruit-growing and wine-making story from the historic 1918 Laurel Packinghouse in the Cultural District. Exhibits trace how orchards and vineyards shaped the Okanagan, and admission is by donation, with about $5 a person or $15 a family suggested. A good primer before, or instead of, a rainy winery day.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups Free to Visit Arts & Culture
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Parkinson Recreation Centre
Parkinson Recreation Centre, the City of Kelowna's main rec centre close to downtown, has a 25-metre pool and a children's play pool for drop-in public swims, plus a hot tub, steam room, gymnasiums and a fitness centre, so it's a handy, low-cost rainy-day swim. Swim times change, so check the city's pool schedule first. Outside, the Basil Meikle courts add 12 outdoor pickleball courts and 6 tennis courts.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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Planet Lazer Kelowna
Planet Lazer Kelowna is a long-running entertainment centre with multi-level laser tag, duckpin bowling, free-roam VR and a card-based arcade. Laser tag games last 12 minutes and start at about $9.50, cheaper per game if you buy two or three; reservations are recommended, and plan to arrive 20 minutes early. There's a kitchen and private party rooms for birthdays and groups.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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Play Area Kelowna
Indoor playground for young kids with a ball pit, sand pit, play structures and toys, open for drop-in play. Birthday parties, STEM-based play experiences, slime making and group field trips are also available. Fall and winter hours (October–March): Monday–Friday 8:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.; Saturday–Sunday 9:30 a.m.–6 p.m. Check the website for admission, birthday-party details and bookings.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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Rotary Centre for the Arts
The Rotary Centre for the Arts is a community arts hub with the 326-seat Mary Irwin Theatre hosting comedy, concerts and film, plus free-to-browse art galleries and artist studios. It also runs art programs and camps, and Roma Nord Bistro on site makes it easy to linger over a coffee or lunch between gallery visits.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups Free to Visit Arts & Culture
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Scandia Golf & Games
Family fun centre with an indoor jungle-themed mini golf course and an arcade of over 140 video and redemption games. In summer it adds outdoor mini golf, go-karts and batting cages.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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Virtual Rcades
Virtual Rcades is a VR motion-simulator arcade with 30+ simulators and gaming pods across racing, flight, theme-park and adventure themes. General admission, about $40, buys 60 minutes of full access after a short orientation, so arrive 15 minutes early, and players 18 and under need a parent to sign the waiver. Seated, standing and non-motion options suit most ages and abilities, and there's a party room for groups.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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Work of Art Pottery Studio
Paint-your-own-pottery studio where no experience is needed, plus build-a-mug and hand-building workshops. Also runs kids' camps, birthday parties and adult Sip & Paint evenings.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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Xperience Games Kelowna
Xperience Games Kelowna runs tech-based escape rooms with no locks or keys, such as Haunted Apartment and Cosmic Color Heist, alongside more than a dozen VR escape games. Most games run 60 minutes for two to six players, ages 7 and up. Physical rooms are private to your group at about $38 a player, while VR games cap out at four players.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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Lake Country Art Gallery
Lake Country Art Gallery is a free public gallery showing rotating exhibitions of regional contemporary art, with a small gift shop and a coffee house sharing the space. Entry is by donation, and donations are welcome. Its annual Under 200 show features affordable local work, and the gallery keeps longer hours during that exhibition. It can close briefly while new shows are installed, so check the exhibition dates before you go.
Kid-Friendly Free to Visit Arts & Culture
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Lake Country Museum & Archives
Lake Country Museum & Archives is a heritage museum in Okanagan Centre Park telling Lake Country's story, from the syilx people and early orchards to the Applebox Belles and South Asian settlers. Volunteers offer guided looks at the collection. The museum stays open year-round, including on holiday Mondays.
Kid-Friendly Free to Visit Arts & Culture
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Oliver & District Museum
Heritage museum in Oliver's 1924 provincial police building, with exhibits on mining, ranching, irrigation and orchards, natural history and the Syilx Okanagan people. Step inside the historic Fairview Jail on the grounds too.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups Free to Visit Arts & Culture
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Oliver Curling Club (Eastlink Curling Centre)
The Oliver Curling Club, home of the Eastlink Curling Centre, offers Learn to Curl sessions in both regular and stick curling for new curlers or anyone who has curled at the club for less than two years. The season starts in mid-October, and newcomers can contact the club or simply show up for the first session. Its ice also hosts provincial championships and local bonspiels.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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Oliver Theatre
Oliver Theatre is a single-screen downtown movie house that has been showing films since 1947, now with digital projection, a big screen and surround sound. It's a nostalgic, budget-friendly way to spend a rainy evening, with family matinees on weekends. Doors open 30 minutes before each show, some Friday screenings are just $5, and gift certificates can be picked up any time it's open.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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Venables Theatre
Venables Theatre is Oliver's 400-seat performing arts theatre, hosting a busy season of touring concerts, comedy, ballet and dance, family programming and local theatre productions. Tickets are sold online through the theatre's website or at the door. There's an on-site lounge, free parking and full accessibility, so it's an easy choice for a night out when the weather turns.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups Arts & Culture
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Kobau Lanes
Eight-lane 5-pin bowling centre in Osoyoos with cosmic lighting, a licensed lounge and birthday party packages. Casual drop-in games run alongside local leagues, and you can order pizza in.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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Osoyoos & District Museum and Archives
Downtown Osoyoos museum (in its new Main Street home since 2023) with a collection of 4,000+ artifacts and photo exhibits on the town's early days, ranching, orchards and Syilx history. It also hosts community events like First Fridays and game nights.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups Free to Visit Arts & Culture
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Osoyoos Curling Club
A friendly community curling club in Osoyoos with leagues, social draws and free Learn to Curl clinics for first-timers. A good winter rainy-day option for groups wanting to try the sport.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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Sonora Community Centre
Sonora Community Centre is Osoyoos's indoor recreation centre, with squash courts, a gymnasium hosting pay-per-visit drop-in pickleball and other sports, and a weight room. Visitors can drop in without a membership, a handy rainy-day way to stay active. Passes are sold in person at the centre and cover the weight room, squash and drop-in sports; check in at the front desk and bring clean, closed-toe athletic shoes.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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The Art Gallery Osoyoos
The Art Gallery Osoyoos is the volunteer-run community gallery of the Osoyoos & District Arts Council, at Main Street and 89th Street just west of Town Hall. New shows by local and regional artists open year-round, most running about three weeks. Look out for its popular Summer and Christmas Artisan Markets, which feature smaller, more affordable works.
Kid-Friendly Free to Visit Arts & Culture
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BEEPS – Peachland Bat Colony & BatCam
Up to a thousand female bats raise their pups each summer in the attic of Peachland's historic schoolhouse, and the Bat Education and Ecological Protection Society (BEEPS) streams them live on infrared BatCams. The volunteer-run society also holds summer bat counts on Friday evenings at dusk, when hundreds of bats stream out over the waterfront, plus talks and family events. It's a great stop for kids and nature lovers, in the same building as the Okanagan Folk School and Peachland Art Gallery; check their website for upcoming events.
Kid-Friendly
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Peachland Art Gallery
Community arts council gallery on the Peachland waterfront with rotating shows of Okanagan artists, workshops and events. Admission is by donation.
Kid-Friendly Lake View Free to Visit Arts & Culture
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Peachland Museum
Peachland Museum is a volunteer-run history museum in Peachland's distinctive 8-sided former Baptist church on the waterfront, built mainly by volunteers in 1910. Highlights include historical photographs, artefacts and visitor information, and, on the upper floor, a model railway exhibit recreating the Kettle Valley Railway as it ran between 1955 and 1965. Entry is by donation (cash or card), with no booking or tickets needed, and dogs on a leash are welcome. More visitor information is at visitpeachland.com.
Dog-Friendly Kid-Friendly Lake View Great for Groups +2 more
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Ethos Parkour & Movement
Ethos Parkour & Movement is an indoor parkour gym on Okanagan Avenue East with vaults, bars and walls, where kids, teens and adults can join supervised open-gym drop-ins. A one-hour drop-in is about $12.50; fill out the online waiver first (it's good for six months) and register through the gym's app. It also hosts birthday parties, camps and Parents' Night Out events.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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Landmark Cinemas 7 Penticton
Landmark Cinemas 7 Penticton is a seven-screen downtown movie theatre showing first-run films with rocker seating. Tuesday is the bargain night, when Reel Deal tickets are up to 40% off all day and evening. It also hosts the Penticton Art Gallery's TIFF Film Circuit series, a good pick for film fans on a wet evening.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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Leir House Cultural Centre (Penticton & District Community Arts Council)
Leir House Cultural Centre is a historic 1920s house on Manor Park Avenue run by the Penticton & District Community Arts Council, with a community gallery showing six to eight exhibitions a year and resident artists' studios. Drop in to see local art or join one of the creative drop-in groups, from knitting and beading circles to board-game sessions, a monthly writing group and a weekly kids' D&D group, plus workshops.
Dog-Friendly Kid-Friendly Great for Groups Free to Visit Arts & Culture
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Penticton Art Gallery
Penticton Art Gallery is a public gallery on the Okanagan Lake waterfront by Okanagan Beach, with rotating exhibitions across several gallery rooms. Browse regional, provincial and national contemporary art plus seasonal shows and sales. Admission is about $10 for adults, $5 for seniors and students, and $20 for a family, while kids 12 and under, Indigenous visitors and support persons get in free.
Kid-Friendly Lake View Great for Groups Arts & Culture
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Penticton Community Centre (Pool & Lazy River)
Penticton Community Centre is the city's recreation centre on Power Street, with a 10-lane, 25 m lap pool plus a leisure pool featuring a lazy river, spray features and a waterslide; the slide and river both run during Public Swim. There's also a big whirlpool, sauna and steam room for warming up on a cold day. Children under seven need an adult (16+) within arm's reach in the water.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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Penticton Curling Club
Penticton Curling Club, on Vees Drive across from the South Okanagan Events Centre, runs Learn to Curl sessions for newcomers each fall, with Saturday-morning sessions in October. It also hosts bonspiels like the Penticton Curling Classic on Thanksgiving weekend, where spectators can watch top-level curling with passes from about $10 a game, sold at the door, at the club office or online.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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Penticton Museum & Archives
City-run museum beside the public library covering South Okanagan history from geology to the early town, plus a military gallery and rotating temporary exhibits. Kids can dig into science and history at the Hands-On Heritage Lab.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups Free to Visit Arts & Culture
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Penticton Virtual Reality Studio
Penticton Virtual Reality Studio is a small VR studio inside the Cannery Trade Centre where you book headsets by the hour, try VR escape experiences, or play free arcade games, an infinity game table and foosball. It's open by appointment only, so reserve your session online first. Private party packages add a game room plus a gift and dining area, making it a handy rainy-day birthday spot.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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Roll N Stones Fun Centre
Roll N Stones Fun Centre is a family fun centre with bowling lanes, glow-in-the-dark laser bowling on Friday and Saturday nights, billiards, darts and an arcade. Thursdays bring all-you-can-bowl for about $25 a person, and birthday parties can be booked ahead. The licensed Victory Lane Bar & Grill serves pizza and wings lane-side.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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SS Sicamous Museum & Heritage Park
SS Sicamous Museum & Heritage Park is a restored 1914 sternwheeler beached at the west end of Okanagan Beach, now a museum you can explore deck by deck. Wander the cabins, dining saloon and wheelhouse to learn about steamship travel on Okanagan Lake. The ship also hosts weddings and private rentals, so it's closed to visitors on some days, especially Saturdays; check before you go.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups Arts & Culture
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South Okanagan Events Centre (SOEC)
Penticton's main arena for touring concerts, family shows and BCHL Penticton Vees hockey. Catching a Vees game or a big-name show here is a classic rainy-evening outing.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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Springers Gymnastics (Drop-in Gym)
Springers Gymnastics is a club in the Cannery Trade Centre that opens its gym for drop-in sessions alongside its registered classes. Weekday drop-ins are for ages 12 months to 9 years (about $10 a child, cash only), and Sunday family drop-ins welcome kids up to 10 with a parent supervising (about $15). Every child needs a registration form, waiver and a $72 yearly membership and insurance fee. Kids tumble, bounce and climb on proper equipment.
Kid-Friendly
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Summerland Aquatic & Fitness Centre
Summerland's indoor pool and hot tub, celebrating 50 years in 2026, with evening and weekend public swims, lane swims and AquaFit. Drop-in admission is inexpensive, and families get a combined rate.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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Summerland Arts Council Gallery (George Ryga Arts & Culture Centre)
Community art gallery and gift gallery run by the Summerland Community Arts Council in the George Ryga Arts & Culture Centre, next door to the museum. It hosts about six exhibitions a year by regional and BC artists, plus workshops.
Kid-Friendly Free to Visit Arts & Culture
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Summerland Museum & Archives
Summerland Museum & Archives is a community museum on Wharton Street covering Syilx history, early orchard farming and the Kettle Valley Railway. Upstairs, the Giant's Head Model Railway shows Summerland in the 1920s and 1950s. Kids' drop-in workshops and the Bert Simpson insect collection add hands-on fun. Admission is by donation (suggested $5 per adult, $2 per child), and the front entrance has a ramp, though the second floor is reached only by stairs.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups Free to Visit Arts & Culture
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Another World VR Vernon
Another World VR Vernon is a 4,100 sq ft free-roam virtual reality arena downtown where groups of 2-14 play multiplayer VR adventures, shooters and escape games (ages 6+). Most games run 35 to 50 minutes, with prices from about $30 Monday to Thursday and $35 on weekends. Foam-blaster battles and party packages with pizza and a private party room are also offered.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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Beyond Belief Escape Rooms
Beyond Belief Escape Rooms on 25th Street in Vernon has six themed escape rooms, from Lost Island to Wizards Academy, where teams of 2-8 have 60 minutes to solve their mission. Kids 12 and under are welcome with adult supervision. Rooms are booked online, and it's worth reserving early to get the time slot your group wants.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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Canadian Wildlife Museum
Canadian Wildlife Museum is a private natural-history museum north of Vernon with 350+ mounted specimens, from mice to bison, displayed in life-like dioramas over two floors. Browse 45 viewing stations, a large butterfly and moth collection and a gift shop. Allow at least half an hour, or closer to an hour if you love wildlife. Admission is about $18 for adults, $16 for seniors and $10 for kids 3 to 15, plus GST.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups Arts & Culture
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Galaxy Cinemas Vernon
Galaxy Cinemas Vernon is the city's Cineplex multiplex on Highway 6, an easy rainy-day fallback for first-run movies, with RealD 3D screenings. For accessibility, it offers wheelchair access, hearing assistance and CC/DS devices for closed captions and described video. Concessions include Starbucks and MiniMelts, so there's more than popcorn on the menu.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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Historic O'Keefe Ranch
Historic O'Keefe Ranch is a heritage site just north of Vernon on Highway 97 where you can tour the 1860s-era O'Keefe Mansion, the general store and post office and St. Ann's Church. The historic buildings open on weekends from May through the end of October, and October brings historian-led mansion tours, a model railway display and a corn maze included with admission.
Open until Oct 31
♥ Local Favourite Kid-Friendly Great for Groups Free to Visit Arts & Culture
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Lincoln Lanes
Lincoln Lanes is a family 5-pin bowling centre in Vernon with automatic scoring and a snack bar serving hot dogs, cheeseburgers and cold drinks. Bowlers of all ages and abilities are welcome, with adaptive ramps, bumpers and dedicated special-needs leagues. It also runs regular leagues, a seasonal Kids Bowl Free program and birthday party packages, so it's an easy pick when the weather turns.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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Museum & Archives of Vernon
The Museum & Archives of Vernon is the North Okanagan's community history museum, with permanent and changing exhibits, streetscapes and dioramas in a recently renovated exhibit space. Admission is by donation, with about $5 per person or $20 per family suggested. It also runs a speaker series and holds the regional archives, the Greater Vernon Archives, a well-regarded spot for local history research.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups Free to Visit Arts & Culture
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Okanagan Science Centre
The Okanagan Science Centre is a hands-on science centre in Polson Park with rotating interactive exhibits, planetarium shows and live animals. Just drop in and pay at the front desk: about $12 for adults, $7 for youth, students and seniors, $35 for a family of four, and free for kids under three. Planetarium shows need pre-registration, and anyone under 16 must come with an adult. It also runs workshops and science camps.
♥ Local Favourite Kid-Friendly Great for Groups Arts & Culture
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Planet Bee Honey Farm & Honeymoon Meadery
Planet Bee Honey Farm & Honeymoon Meadery is a working honey farm in Vernon where you can watch live bees build comb in on-site viewing hives and learn how honey is made. Tasting is free: sample honey flavours and, for adults, honey wine at the Honeymoon Meadery tasting bar. Groups of any size can book a guided educational presentation online ahead of time.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups Free to Visit
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The Rock Garden Climbing Centre
The Rock Garden Climbing Centre is Vernon's indoor climbing gym, with a bouldering area and roped routes for beginners through experienced climbers. An adult day pass is about $20, and a typical gear rental adds about $8; youth and students pay less. Everyone needs a waiver on file, so fill it out online first, wear comfortable athletic clothes, and staff will give you a quick orientation. Intro lessons, kids' programs and birthday parties are available.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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Vernon & District Performing Arts Centre
The Vernon & District Performing Arts Centre is Vernon's main performing arts venue, hosting touring concerts, comedy, dance, theatre and family shows year-round in a 750-seat auditorium with orchestra and balcony seating, plus the smaller Marie Fleming Studio. Its Spotlight Series includes kids' and First Stages programming for young audiences. Tickets for every show are sold through Ticketseller.ca.
Kid-Friendly Non-Alcoholic Options Live Music Great for Groups Arts & Culture
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Vernon Aquatic Centre
The Vernon Aquatic Centre has an eight-lane, 25 m lap pool and a warm leisure pool featuring a waterslide, rapids channel, rope swing, climbing wall and bubble pit, plus a one-metre diving board. Sauna, steam room and hot tub round it out. It's well set up for accessibility, with a ramp into the leisure pool, lifts and aquatic wheelchairs. Kids under seven must stay within arm's reach of someone 16 or older, and Toonie Swims cost $2.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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Vernon Community Arts Centre
A community arts hub in Polson Park with a members' gallery and art shop plus classes and drop-in studio time in pottery, painting and other crafts. Youth and adult classes run through the year.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups Free to Visit Arts & Culture
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Vernon Public Art Gallery
The Vernon Public Art Gallery is the largest public art gallery in the North Okanagan, presenting changing contemporary exhibitions through the year, with admission by donation. It also hosts artist talks, workshops and hands-on art activities for all ages, making it an easy, low-cost stop on a grey afternoon.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups Free to Visit Arts & Culture
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Vernon Towne Theatre
A historic downtown cinema dating to 1929, run by the non-profit Okanagan Screen Arts Society and showing new releases, classics, indie films and live concerts and comedy. It was named Canada's top independent theatre in 2023.
♥ Local Favourite Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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FunSpace Kids
FunSpace Kids in West Kelowna is an indoor playground for kids 1 to 12, with slides, a trampoline, a Lego wall and separate zones for toddlers and bigger kids. Just drop in: babies under one play free, and a single visit is about $13 for ages 1 to 4 and $16 for ages 5 and up, with no re-entry. An adult needs to supervise at all times, so grab a coffee at the café, and don't forget socks.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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Johnson Bentley Memorial Aquatic Centre
Johnson Bentley Memorial Aquatic Centre is West Kelowna's indoor pool, with a 25 m tank, slides, a rope swing, beach-entry access, a warm soaking pool, hot tub and steam room. Public swim sessions run daily, and drop-in admission is about $6.40 for adults, $3.80 for kids 6 to 12 or $13.35 for a family, with little ones under 18 months free. Aquatic wheelchairs, a transport lift and family change rooms help everyone get in the water.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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Landmark Cinemas 8 Xtreme West Kelowna
Eight-screen cinema with stadium seating and an Xtreme auditorium featuring a giant screen and immersive sound. The Westside's go-to for new releases.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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Sncewips Heritage Museum
Sncewips Heritage Museum is Westbank First Nation's living museum, sharing syilx history, language, tools, dwellings and present-day cultural practice through community-curated exhibits. Drop in for a self-guided look with no booking needed and entry by donation, or pre-book a guided tour for about $15 per person (groups over 15 should call ahead). Before you go, browse the gift shop.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups Free to Visit Arts & Culture
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Westbank Museum
Westbank Museum is a small community museum sharing the West Kelowna Visitor Centre building, with admission by donation. It covers the Fur Brigade Trail, pioneer families, orchards, forestry and even Ogopogo, so there's something for history buffs and curious kids alike. Look for the working miniature sawmill, and pick up local tips from the visitor centre while you're there.
Kid-Friendly Free to Visit Arts & Culture
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Wild Kidz Indoor Play & Party Centre
About 5,000 sq ft of play structures for kids 0-12, with a soft-play toddler zone and bouncy castles. No reservations needed, and parents can grab a coffee at the on-site cafe.
Kid-Friendly
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Nixdorf Classic Cars
Nixdorf Classic Cars is a private classic-car museum in Summerland with a 14,000 sq ft showroom of more than 50 restored two-door hardtops and convertibles from 1936 to 1970, including Chevrolets, Fords, Oldsmobiles, Chryslers and muscle cars, each with its restoration story. Admission is about $20 per person ($15 each for groups of four or more), and proceeds support charities for children with disabilities. The building is wheelchair accessible, and the museum closes for the winter.
Closed for the season.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups Arts & Culture
Indoor golf & simulators
Year-round golf simulators, listed with the rest of the Okanagan golf.
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Simplex Sportszone
Simplex Sportszone is an indoor sports arcade that takes golf seriously: Trackman 4 and Full Swing studios offer 400-plus courses, with in-house PGA coaches on hand. The 6,000-square-foot licensed building adds hockey, baseball, soccer and other simulators plus six full-motion racing cockpits (ages 14 and up). Studios hold up to four players, from about $36.75 an hour Monday to Thursday; bring clubs or rent for $10, and plan an hour per golfer for 18 holes. Booking ahead is wise, and groups up to 40 can party here.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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The Fringe Indoor Golf
The Fringe Indoor Golf is Kelowna's 24/7, staffless simulator space in the AQUA building right off Lakeshore. Book online, and secure mobile access with emailed entry details replaces a front desk. Four Trackman iO bays (three open, one private room) track every shot across more than 300 virtual courses, with Trackman tournaments for anyone chasing bragging rights. A quiet, naturally lit lounge feels more private club than warehouse, and hourly rates of about $40 to $80, with member discounts, suit beginners and low-handicappers alike.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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Back Nine Indoor Golf
Back Nine Indoor Golf brought a 24-hour indoor golf simulator to Vernon in early 2026, the first Back Nine franchise in Canada, with three roomy private bays running Full Swing technology and a course library that spans Pebble Beach, TPC Sawgrass, Cabot Links, Cabot Cliffs, St. Andrews and Royal St. George's. No membership is required to book a bay, and most 18-hole rounds wrap in 45 minutes to an hour; members get round-the-clock access to play whenever the mood strikes. Junior and adult camps and clinics build fundamentals, while the lounge and private-bay setup make it a natural fit for leagues, birthday parties, date nights and corporate outings.
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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GOLFBOX
GOLFBOX brings a boutique feel to indoor golf on Westbank First Nation land in West Kelowna: live-edge wood, turf and warm lighting instead of a warehouse bay. Its three private Trackman iO bays, each holding up to four golfers, are open 24/7. Book online for a door code by email; winter rates run from about $35 an hour overnight to $60 at peak times. Bring your own clubs and clean indoor shoes, and note alcohol isn't allowed. An upstairs boardroom makes it work for corporate bookings, too.
Kid-Friendly Lake View Great for Groups
Also good on a rainy day
Arenas, bowling, board games and more, listed with their own categories.
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BNA Brewing
BNA Brewing in Penticton is a fun, laid-back hangout with four 10-pin bowling lanes, arcade games and pinball alongside food and cocktails. Lanes hold up to six players and cost about $45 an hour Sunday to Thursday or $55 on Fridays and Saturdays; book up to two months ahead and reserve dinner separately. Shoes rent for $5, and minors can bowl until 10 p.m. Happy hour deals are strong, and the sunny upstairs patio has a great vibe. Bowl a game, then head upstairs.
Rainy day: Bowling and arcade games
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BNA Brewing Kelowna
BNA Kelowna packs a proper brewery, a six-lane bowling alley and a cocktail bar that's no afterthought into one building, suited to a first date, a birthday or a low-key Tuesday. Lanes hold up to six bowlers and cost about $45 an hour Sunday to Thursday or $55 Friday and Saturday; book up to two months ahead, tables separately. Shoes rent for $5 (bring socks), and minors can bowl until 10 p.m. Staff are practised at vegan and gluten-free orders. Happy hour runs 4 to 6 p.m. daily. Bowl, order a flight, then stay for cocktails.
Rainy day: Bowling alley and arcade
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BNA Brewing Vernon
BNA Vernon is the brewpub locals mention when they describe the town to out-of-towners. Four 10-pin lanes, three duckpin lanes and arcade games sit right alongside the beer list, so it suits a family night or a Friday with friends, with an easy, buzzing energy. Lanes hold up to six and start around $35 an hour for duckpin or $45 for 10-pin; book lanes and tables separately. Kids bowl with an adult until 10 p.m. Bowl a round, order a flight and let the kids loose on the arcade.
Rainy day: Bowling and arcade
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Cue's Game Room
Cue's Game Room is a billiards hall and sports bar on Main Street in Penticton, known for some of the best-maintained pool tables in Western Canada: twelve 7-foot and two 9-foot Diamond tables plus a Star snooker table, at about $20 an hour, pro-rated to the minute. Book ahead; groups of any size are welcome. Five tables sit in an alcohol-free family area, and minors can join a parent in the 19+ section until 9 p.m. Expect darts and board games; well-behaved dogs are welcome on the patio.
Rainy day: Billiards hall with a family area
Dog-Friendly Patio Kid-Friendly Sports TV +3 more
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Elodie's Playhouse Cafe
Elodie's Playhouse Cafe in Vernon is built entirely around families, with four little playhouses, toys and open play for kids up to age five, plus a playroom for birthday parties. Drop in any day or book ahead; play is $16 for the first child and $14 for each sibling, with two adults free per paid child. It's socks on, shoes off, grown-ups too. The coffee bar pours real espresso and lattes, so parents can enjoy a proper cup while the kids play, and parking out front is free.
Rainy day: Indoor play cafe for little ones
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups Open Early
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Enderby Arena
Enderby Arena at the John Pritchard Memorial Sports Complex offers something rare: free public skating several afternoons a week, from mid-September through March. It's a straightforward, old-fashioned skate with no sticks or pucks, strollers welcome, everyone on the ice in skates and helmets strongly recommended. There's no skate rental, so bring your own, and don't leave children unattended. The 900-seat arena has a concession and is home to the Enderby Ice Hawks and local minor hockey, so check the posted cancellations or call 250-838-2665.
Rainy day: Indoor ice: public skating sessions
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups Free to Visit
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Kelowna Memorial Arena
Memorial Arena is the old downtown rink on Ellis Street, a few blocks from the lake, with City of Kelowna public skating from October and a quieter Seniors Skate that regulars prize. There are no rentals, so bring skates or get them at Rutland Arena or the Stuart Park hut. Book at rec.kelowna.ca (bring your receipt) or pay cash at the door: $5, $4.25 for kids 6 to 13 and seniors 65+, free for preschoolers, $13.50 for families. Online sells only the general rate, so call 250-469-8800 for others.
Rainy day: Indoor ice: public skating sessions
Kid-Friendly
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McLaren Park Arena
McLaren Park Arena skates from October to mid-March and on Saturdays the rest of the year. Family Skate staff help with skate aids, Open Public Skate saves a third of the ice for under-fives with a guardian, Lap Skate (8+) is for fitness. Drop-in hockey runs for 16+ ($10) and 55+ ($8), plus Preschool Stick 'N Puck. Adults pay $5.50 and families $14, and skates rent for $4.25. Helmets are strongly recommended, with a few free loaners, and required for hockey. Book sessions online.
Rainy day: Indoor ice: public skating sessions
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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Mount Boucherie Arenas – Jim Lind Arena & Royal LePage Place
West Kelowna's Mount Boucherie Complex pairs Jim Lind Arena, the community rink, with Royal LePage Place, home of the West Kelowna Warriors, for a full drop-in ice program. Expect public, family and adult-only (19+) skates, an Adaptive Skate (support persons free, ice cleats for non-skaters) and Big & Little for parents with kids under six, the only session allowing strollers. Hockey players get Stick & Puck and Noon Hour Hockey, which needs advance registration. Adults pay $5.85, families $14; skates rent for $2.95. No skate aids in public sessions.
Rainy day: Indoor ice: public skating sessions
Kid-Friendly
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Nor-Val Sports Centre
Armstrong's Nor-Val Sports Centre, whose ice now carries the name Sunbelt Arena, runs friendly weekday drop-ins from September 9 through March. Adult and senior (55+) shinny fills Monday and Friday mornings from 10 to 11:30, with adult (19+) shinny on Wednesday, each $7.50. Late mornings bring a $2 all-ages Toonie Skate on Monday, a $2 adult and seniors' skate on Wednesday and a free parent-and-tot skate on Friday, and the Sunday Family Skate (3:30 to 5:30 p.m.) is $5, under-twos free. Bring your own skates; times can shift.
Rainy day: Indoor ice: public skating sessions
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups
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Rutland Arena
Rutland Arena, or Rutland Twin Arena, is Kelowna's public-skating workhorse: two NHL-sized sheets on Dodd Road with public, parent-and-tot and seniors' skates from October. It is the easiest place to skate without gear, with skates to rent for $5, helmets $3, skate bars $2 and sharpening $7. Book at rec.kelowna.ca up to seven days ahead with your receipt, or pay cash at the door. Admission is $5, $4.25 for kids 6 to 13 and seniors 65+, free for preschoolers and $13.50 for families; call 250-469-8800 for reduced rates.
Rainy day: Indoor ice: public skating sessions
Kid-Friendly
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Sun Bowl Arena
Skating in Canada's warmest town is free: the Rotary Club of Osoyoos sponsors public skating at the Sun Bowl Arena on Saturday (5:15 to 6:15 p.m.) and Sunday (3:30 to 4:45 p.m.), and the lobby Skate Library lends skates free. Bring a helmet, which is required. Monday and Wednesday from 9 to 10:30 a.m. is the Senior & Tot Skate, and Tuesday and Thursday is shinny for players 19+ in full gear. As home of the Osoyoos Coyotes, the arena sometimes bumps sessions for bookings, so check the town's calendar.
Rainy day: Indoor ice: free public skating
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups Free to Visit
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The Boarding House Cafe
The Boarding House Cafe is a well-loved, family-friendly board game cafe in Vernon, with more than 300 games to play in-house, from classics and party favourites to modern strategy, plus games you can buy. Order a hot chocolate or a specialty coffee, add something from the bakery case or a plate of Korean comfort food, pick a game and settle into the cozy space for a proper game night.
Rainy day: Board game cafe
Kid-Friendly
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The Kal
The Kal serves burgers, pizza and wings inside Vernon's historic Kalamalka Hotel, shows NFL football all season long, and does online orders for pickup. A video arcade with new and classic games is attached and stays open into the evening, so challenge someone to a game after you eat, or book the place for a celebration.
Rainy day: Arcade games
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Twice The Dice Board Game Cafe and bar
More than 1,000 board games and walls stacked floor to ceiling with jigsaw puzzles set the scene at Twice The Dice, a board game café and bar on Bernard Avenue in Kelowna. Walk in or book a table, pick a game, and order from a menu of game-themed dishes like samosas, butter chicken wraps, soups and table-top pizzas. Boozy milkshakes and Kawartha ice cream round it out, and Tuesday evening is open game night.
Rainy day: Board game cafe
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups Open Late
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Whiski-Jacks Pins & Pints
Whiski-Jacks Pins & Pints is a bowling alley and pub on Highway 97 in West Kelowna, well suited to group events and parties. Portions are huge, and staff go the extra mile hosting first-time guests.
Rainy day: Bowling alley
Kid-Friendly Great for Groups Open Late
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Winfield Arena
Winfield Arena is Lake Country's small-town rink on Bottom Wood Lake Road, and it keeps skating cheap: the Sunday (3 to 4 p.m.) and Wednesday (7 to 8 p.m.) public skates are free, and Friday's DJ Skate (7:30 to 9 p.m., cash only) is $2 for ages 8 to 17 and $4 for adults, with under-eights free. There are no rentals or sharpening, so bring skates; helmets are recommended. Friday Adult Shinny (9:15 p.m., $7, goalies free) is booked online from Thursday at 1 p.m. and fills fast.
Rainy day: Indoor ice: public skating sessions
Kid-Friendly