Indoor & Rainy Day Spots in Kelowna, BC
45 verified indoor & rainy day spots in Kelowna.
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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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Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art
The Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art has been showing contemporary work by emerging, established and experimental artists since 1989. As an artist-run centre, they empower artists and engage audiences by cultivating a vibrant space for connection, understanding and artistic evolution. In addition to art exhibitions, the Alternator runs a rotating roster of community outreach events and partnership activities, including the ArtMart art vending machine, workshops, live performances and more, so check their website if you'd like to plan your visit around an event. It's completely free to drop in and explore, and most events are free as well. Located inside the Rotary Centre for the Arts, the Alternator is an easy stop to add to your day if you're already in the building for a show or a bite to eat. Hours are the same year-round, apart from occasional closures for holidays and new exhibition installs, so check their website before a special trip.
Great for Groups Free to Visit Arts & Culture
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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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Catelowna Cat Cafe
Catelowna Cat Cafe is a downtown spot where you book an hour with resident and adoptable cats over coffee or tea. Sessions are about $16 a person; walk-ins get in only when the 16-person lounge has room, so reserve and arrive 10 minutes early to order your drink. Kids under 5 aren't allowed in the lounge, and 5- to 12-year-olds need an adult. Also runs events like cat yoga, Paint-A-Pet nights and afternoon Kit-Tea.
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Chances Casino Kelowna
Chances Casino Kelowna is the city's locally owned casino, with nearly 400 slots, a six-table poker room and both electronic and live table games such as blackjack, roulette, baccarat and Ultimate Texas Hold'em. There's also a sportsbook lounge with a 25-foot screen, and for food you can choose DICE Kitchen + Bar, Chips Café or Chances Bar.
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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Cleopatra's Rituals Thermal Spa and Steam
Cleopatra's Rituals is a Kelowna thermal spa inspired by ancient bathing traditions, with a hot-cold circuit of sauna, steam, thermal showers and a falling-snow room (the spa says it's Canada's first), plus rituals like a traditional Hammam and a scalp spa. It's adults only, Thermal Ritual sessions are shared and co-ed, and there are no walk-ins, so book online or call ahead. Wear a swimsuit and bring flip-flops if you can; everything else is provided. Private thermal sessions are available for groups, birthdays and bridal parties, with whole-space bookings from about $500.
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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Gallery 421
Gallery 421 is a commercial fine-art gallery near Pandosy Village with more than 500 original works by over 30 professional artists from near and far. Expect paintings and sculpture by local, national and international artists, plus blown glass. Walk-ins are welcome to browse, so it's an easy stop on a grey afternoon.
Free to Visit Arts & Culture
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Geert Maas Sculpture Gardens & Gallery
The Geert Maas Sculpture Gardens & Gallery is a private garden and gallery in Kelowna's north end holding hundreds of works by artist Geert Maas, including one of Canada's largest collections of bronze sculpture. Viewing is self-guided indoors and out, admission is by donation, and exhibitions change often. Ring the intercom at the gate when you arrive, or call ahead to arrange a tour.
Free to Visit Arts & Culture
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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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Hambleton Galleries
Established in 1963, the oldest commercial art gallery in BC's interior, now in the downtown Cultural District. Shows contemporary Canadian painting and sculpture with seasonal exhibitions.
Free to Visit Arts & Culture
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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 Actors Studio
Broadway-style musical theatre company with its own downtown stage, offering dinner-theatre or show-only seating. The 2026 season includes Little Shop of Horrors and Disney’s Frozen. Box office hours are Tuesday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–2 p.m.; show dates and performance times vary by production. See the official events page for the current schedule and tickets.
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 Comedy Club at Dakoda's Comedy Lounge
Kelowna Comedy Club at Dakoda's Comedy Lounge is the city's dedicated stand-up room, inside Dakoda's Sports Bar & Grill, with touring and local comics at two shows every Friday and Saturday night. Thursday is open mic night, and themed charity shows pop up through the year. Grab tickets online through Showpass before you go.
Great for Groups
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Kelowna Community Theatre
Kelowna Community Theatre is a city-run, roughly 850-seat theatre in the Cultural District and the home stage of the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra, plus touring comedy, music and film festivals. A smaller Black Box space hosts cabaret and intimate shows. Tickets for mainstage events are sold at the box office just inside the front doors, and there are wheelchair spaces with companion seats.
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 Downtown YMCA
The Kelowna Downtown YMCA is a fitness centre in the heart of downtown with free weights, strength machines and cardio equipment, plus around 22 group classes a week such as yoga, cycle, barre and TRX. A drop-in is about $11.75 for adults and includes lockers and showers; bring photo ID. It's an easy place for visitors staying downtown to keep up their routine.
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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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Löyly Floating Sauna
Löyly Floating Sauna is a Finnish-style cedar sauna floating at Kelowna's Downtown Marina, with a lake cold plunge and a warm solarium lounge overlooking Okanagan Lake. Book a shared, mixed-gender 80-minute community session online, since walk-ins aren't guaranteed space, or take over the whole sauna with friends. All ages are welcome, with under-16s accompanied by an adult, and towels are sold on site if you forget yours.
Lake View 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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Playtime Casino Kelowna
Downtown Kelowna's Gateway-run casino next to the Delta Grand Okanagan, with 400+ slots, live table games and a poker room. MATCH Eatery & Public House on site serves food and drinks.
Great for Groups
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Revelry Food + Music Hub
Revelry Food + Music Hub is a two-level downtown music venue in the Cultural District that hosts touring bands, hip-hop, metal and indie acts plus other ticketed live shows. Expect a standing-room club vibe with food and drinks, though some shows offer limited reserved seats. Events starting after 5 pm are 19+, both floors are fully accessible, and ticket sales are final.
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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SOPA Fine Arts
Free-admission contemporary gallery in Pandosy Village featuring rotating solo and group shows by Canadian and international artists. A relaxed stop while exploring the South Pandosy shops and cafes.
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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Tality Wellness Kelowna
Tality Wellness Kelowna is a downtown social bathhouse with a 20-person cedar sauna (85-90°C), four cold plunges (3-11°C) and a lounge around a vapour firepit, with robes, towels, kombucha and hot tea included. Bring a bathing suit and a non-glass water bottle, and leave jewellery behind since it heats up. Book a shared community session or a private group slot through the app or website.
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