Arts & Culture in the Okanagan

Red Dirt Skinners

Osoyoos · Mon Oct 19 · 7 pm

Award-winning duo Red Dirt Skinners, dubbed "the Pink Floyd of Folk Music," bring male-female harmonies, Sarah's soprano saxophone solos and plenty of storytelling and humour to the Osoyoos Community Theatre. Their songs draw on influences from Pink Floyd and Supertramp to Queen and David Bowie. Tickets are $40, general admission seating.

Listed by Destination Osoyoos

Live Music Arts & Culture

Rocky Horror Picture Show Sing-a-Long at The Hub on Martin

Penticton · Mon Oct 19 · 7:30 pm

A singalong screening of the 1975 cult musical where the audience is expected to dress up, sing, dance the Time Warp and shout back at the screen. Fun for first-timers as well as long-time fans. Adults.

Listed by Visit Penticton

Nightlife Holiday & Seasonal Events Arts & Culture

Craft & Chat: Spirit Photography

Kelowna · Wed Oct 21 · 6 pm

A talk on the eerie history of spirit photography and early Kelowna Halloween customs, followed by making your own 'haunted' photos with a 19th-century technique. Then stay to chat and work on your own craft project. By donation.

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Desert Reels Fall Film Series

Oliver · Wed Oct 21 · 6 pm

The Desert Reels film club screens independent and documentary films at the historic Oliver Theatre on alternate Wednesdays. Remaining fall picks include Saints and Warriors (Haida basketball documentary), Dancing on the Elephant, The Mother and the Bear and Spices and Lies. Single tickets or a series pass.

Listed by Visit Oliver (Oliver Tourism)

Arts & Culture Community Events

Little Shop of Horrors

Kelowna · Wed Oct 21 + 4 more dates · 7 pm

Actors Studio stages the cult-classic musical by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken as a dinner-theatre night. Down-on-his-luck florist Seymour discovers a plant with a taste for flesh, and as Audrey II grows, so does the trouble. Expect rock, Motown and dark comedy with plenty of camp. Tickets are $82.

Listed by Tourism Kelowna

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The Accidental Canadian

Vernon · Wed Oct 21 · 7 pm

Writer and explorer James Raffan presents a new one-man musical storytelling show at the National Altitude Training Centre at Silver Star. Drawing on 50 years of Arctic travel by canoe, dogsled and icebreaker, he blends humour, imagery and original songs. All ages. Tickets are $35.50, with partial proceeds supporting Silver Star Adaptive Snow Sport.

Listed by Tourism Vernon

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Bury the Hatchet

Vernon · Wed Oct 21 · 7:30 pm

A touring play retelling the Lizzie Borden axe-murder case of 1892, praised in the UK press. Dark, gripping theatre for the Halloween season.

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Danny Bhoy Live

Kelowna · Wed Oct 21 · 7:30 pm

Scottish comedian Danny Bhoy returns on his ninth cross-Canada tour with Dear World…, a stand-up and theatre hybrid that follows his hit Dear Epson…. Expect sharp observational humour and storytelling, fresh from a sold-out Edinburgh Fringe run. Tickets are $67.62–$79.12, fees and GST included.

Listed by Tourism Kelowna

Arts & Culture Nightlife

Keep it Simple Crafts for Adults & Teens

Osoyoos · Thu Oct 22 · 5:30 pm

A free monthly craft night for adults and teens at the Osoyoos library, held every fourth Thursday. This month's project is card making. All supplies are provided, and registration is required.

Listed by Destination Osoyoos

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Gaslight

Kelowna · Thu Oct 22 + 3 more dates · 7 pm

A stage thriller in a hit Canadian adaptation first seen at the Shaw Festival. Bella Manningham thinks she's losing her mind: every night there are strange sounds and the gas lights dim for no reason. Is she losing her grip on reality, or is someone loosening it for her? Tickets are $48.71, or $42.96 for students and seniors.

Listed by Tourism Kelowna

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Stage Fright: Musical Theatre Cabaret

Kelowna · Thu Oct 22 + 2 more dates · 8 pm

New Vintage Theatre artists perform Hallowe'en favourites and chilling new scenes at this musical theatre cabaret fundraiser. Every guest gets a mystery box and a fortune telling with entry. Costumes welcome; buy tickets early. Proceeds support the company's theatre school and its 15th anniversary season. Tickets are $44, or $38.50 for seniors and students.

Listed by Tourism Kelowna

Live Music Arts & Culture

Movies in the Vineyard

Kelowna · Fri Oct 23 + 1 more date · 5 pm

Outdoor movie nights among the vines at Priest Creek Family Estate Winery, every Friday and Saturday in October from 6:30 p.m. See the winery's events page for the films and tickets.

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Feminist Horror Festival Public Talks

Kelowna · Fri Oct 23 · 5:30 pm

A free public evening at UBC Okanagan with horror drag performance artist SKYNSUIT from Providence, Rhode Island, hosted by Michael V. Smith. Expect a romp through mythology, post-humanism and genuine pathos.

Listed by Tourism Kelowna

Arts & Culture Events & Festivals

Tombstone Tours: Best of the Buried

Kelowna · Fri Oct 23 · 6 pm

Explore local history on a one-hour guided tour of the Pioneer Cemetery with Kelowna Museums. Meet in the eastern Pioneer Cemetery section of Kelowna Memorial Park Cemetery, near Dilworth Mountain. Tours take place October 9 and 23, 2026, from 6 to 7 pm. Admission is $15; register with the organizer.

Arts & Culture Holiday & Seasonal Events

Westbank Museum Fall Speaker Series

West Kelowna · Fri Oct 23 · 6 pm

Evening history talks at the Westbank Museum. Oct 23 covers Okanagan artist Bettina Somers, from her Summerland years to her reported wartime spy work; Oct 30 the museum's director shares the darker true stories of the early Westside. Small venue, so RSVP by phone or email.

Listed by Visit Westside

Arts & Culture Community Events

Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival (VIMFF)

Kelowna · Fri Oct 23 · 7 pm

The Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival tour returns to Kelowna with a handpicked selection of the year's best mountain films — adventure, storytelling and big-screen mountain scenery. Tickets are $40.

Listed by Tourism Kelowna

Arts & Culture Events & Festivals

Alex Mackenzie's Hungry for Laughs Comedy Tour

Vernon · Fri Oct 23 · 7:30 pm

Alex Mackenzie's Hungry for Laughs Comedy Tour brings a stand-up lineup with Alex Mackenzie, Ola Dada, Brittany Lyseng and Efthimios Nasiopoulous, comics seen on Just for Laughs, CBC's The Debaters, Amazon Prime and more. Expect crowd interaction and big laughs — and every ticket supports local charities; the tour has raised over $65,000 so far.

Listed by Tourism Vernon

Arts & Culture Nightlife

Sergei Putinski – Russia's Only Living Comedian (Tonics Pub)

Kelowna · Fri Oct 23 · 7:30 pm

Train Wreck Comedy presents viral character comic Sergei Putinski, known for the tracksuit-and-brick-phone act. $35 tickets.

Listed by Castanet Events

Nightlife Arts & Culture

The Insoles & Advil Tour

Kelowna · Fri Oct 23 · 8 pm

CodeBreaker, Dusty Pines and We Are Not A Cult bring the Insoles & Advil Tour to DunnEnzies Downtown for a night of live band music. Entry is $20 or pay what you can — nobody turned away.

Listed by Tourism Kelowna

Live Music Arts & Culture

Tu Museo en Tu Idioma – Spanish Tours of the Okanagan Heritage Museum

Kelowna · Today · 2 pm

Free-with-admission guided tours in Spanish covering syilx heritage, settler history and local biodiversity. Register with the museum ahead of time.

Arts & Culture Community Events

Water Words

Oliver · Today · 4 pm

A poetic theatre piece for young audiences that blends storytelling, puppetry, object theatre and live music. Two friends — Mamby in Senegal and Hélène in Canada — give voice to water in all its forms, exploring scarcity and abundance from the Sahel to North America. Tickets are $10.

Listed by Destination Osoyoos

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A Taste of Hungary

Oliver · Today · 5 pm

The South Okanagan Hungarian Club hosts a cultural evening of Hungarian food, music and traditions at the Oliver Elks Hall. Doors at 5 pm with dinner at 6 pm.

Listed by Visit Oliver (Oliver Tourism)

Food & Drink Events Community Events Arts & Culture

Diwali for a Cause

Kelowna · Today · 5 pm

A community Diwali celebration with Indian food, a DJ, dancing and cultural performances, raising money for KGH Foundation mental-health programs.

Listed by Castanet Events

Community Events Food & Drink Events Arts & Culture

Burlesque: Night of the Living Tease at Rollingdale

West Kelowna · Today · 7 pm

Noir Dance brings a Halloween burlesque show to Rollingdale Winery, with solo and group numbers, local wine and food, and dancing afterwards. Costumes encouraged; best for adults.

Nightlife Arts & Culture Holiday & Seasonal Events

HorrorFest XVII

Kelowna · Today · 7 pm

HorrorFest returns to the Metro Hub for its 17th edition, a night devoted to horror. Admission had not been announced at the time of listing.

Listed by Tourism Kelowna

Arts & Culture Events & Festivals

Hungry for Laughs Comedy Tour (Kelowna)

Kelowna · Today · 7:30 pm

A touring stand-up showcase featuring several Canadian comics known from TV and comedy festivals. A relaxed night of laughs on the Kelowna Community Theatre main stage.

Arts & Culture Nightlife

Next Stop Comedy at Three Lakes Brewing

Kelowna · Today · 7:30 pm

A monthly stand-up night at Three Lakes Brewing, with a new lineup of touring and local comics each show.

Listed by Eventbrite

Nightlife Arts & Culture

Femme Fatale Burlesque at The Broken Hearts Club

West Kelowna · Today · 8 pm

Kelowna's longest-running burlesque and dance troupe marks its 10th anniversary with intimate shows in the Crown & Thieves speakeasy, which seats about 60. Drinks are sold at the bar and seating is preassigned. An adults' night out.

Listed by Visit Westside

Nightlife Arts & Culture

BOOKISH Market: Aboard the SS Sicamous

Penticton · Tomorrow · 10 am

A market for book lovers aboard the S.S. Sicamous, with local authors, bookish makers, a book swap, readings, sweet treats and cozy finds. Entry is $5 at the door and kids under 12 are free, with proceeds going to the For the Love of Local Foundation.

Listed by Visit Penticton

Arts & Culture Markets & Fairs

It Can't Happen Here — Staged Reading

Kelowna · Tomorrow · 2 pm

Red Dot Players present a one-time staged reading of Sinclair Lewis's 1936 play about an authoritarian elected U.S. president. Admission by donation.

Listed by Castanet Events

Arts & Culture

Jubilee: Celebration in Sound — KCMS Faculty Concert Series

Kelowna · Tomorrow · 2:30 pm

Kelowna Community Music School faculty play a season of chamber concerts at St. Michael and All Angels Cathedral: baroque music on period instruments, flute and viola works, Beethoven's 'Moonlight' and 'Appassionata' sonatas, and a voice-guitar-clarinet program. $20 suggested donation.

Listed by Castanet Events

Live Music Arts & Culture

Paint & Sip with Monet Meets Merlot at the Barley Mill Brew Pub

Penticton · Tomorrow · 3 pm

A guided two-hour painting session where you pick one of two scenes and follow along step by step, with all supplies provided. Food and drinks are available to buy. No art experience needed.

Listed by Visit Penticton

Workshops & Classes Arts & Culture

Cinema in the Cellar: Practical Magic at Township 7

Naramata · Tomorrow · 6:30 pm

Township 7's barrel cellar becomes a cosy cinema for a free screening of the 1998 witchy classic Practical Magic, with wine and popcorn for sale. Bring a lawn chair or blanket; reservations recommended.

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The Art of Magic & Illusion with Ryan Michael Magic

West Kelowna · Tomorrow · 8 pm

Resident magician Ryan Michael performs close-up magic and an interactive stage show of mind reading, illusions and comedy in the Crown & Thieves speakeasy. The 'Prophecy' and award-winning 'Mind Games' shows alternate through the fall. A fun, intimate date night.

Listed by Visit Westside

Arts & Culture Nightlife

Skillful

Kelowna · Until Oct 25

An exhibition of work by Governor General's Award–winning artists Lou Lynn, Jane Kidd and Greg Payce, whose bronze, glass, tapestry and ceramics merge tradition with contemporary ideas. The show celebrates skilled hand-making and the place of craft in a digital age. Organized by the Kelowna Art Gallery to tour other venues, it comes with a full-colour publication on the artists' practices.

Listed by Tourism Kelowna

Arts & Culture

Creatures & Curiosities: VCAC Members Show

Vernon · Until Oct 27

A members' exhibition at the Vernon Community Arts Centre built around strange creatures, folklore, oddities and the imaginary. Free to browse in the Centre Gallery in Polson Park, and a fun Halloween-season stop for families and art lovers.

Arts & Culture

Field of Screams XIII: The Unlucky

Vernon · Until Nov 1 · 6:30 pm

Thirteen seasons in, the Okanagan's biggest haunted corn maze has gone all-in on the number. Field of Screams takes over the fields at Historic O'Keefe Ranch north of Vernon with four separate walk-through mazes — The Village, Distortion, Chocolate Factory and the Vintage Hotel — each with its own build, its own set and its own live scare actors waiting in the corn. Parking opens at 6 pm and the mazes start taking people at 6:30, which means the whole thing happens in the dark. You can buy into one maze, two, all four, or a VIP pass that moves you up the queue. Opening week, September 25 to October 4, is the cheapest time to go, and Wednesdays are discounted all season. This is built to frighten adults: the organizers do not recommend it for children under 12, and say it is best suited to teens and adults.

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Wackem Sackem — Glenn Clark

Kelowna · Until Nov 15

Former hockey player turned artist Glenn Clark shows metal and mixed-media works about hockey culture. Its final weeks at the Kelowna Art Gallery.

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Bound to Birth, Exposed! and Still: Fall Exhibitions at the Vernon Public Art Gallery

Vernon · Until Dec 19

Three new shows fill the Vernon Public Art Gallery this fall: Darian Goldin Stahl's Bound to Birth, the members' exhibition Exposed!, and work by Mackie Lake House artist in residence Andrea Zittlau. Admission is by donation; a free opening reception with the artists runs Thursday, October 22, 6 to 8 pm.

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Briar Craig: Conversations at the Penticton Art Gallery

Penticton · Until Jan 8

A solo show of Briar Craig's layered screen prints, which play with words and images to question how language and information shape what we believe. It fills the gallery's Okanagan and Skaha rooms. A thoughtful stop for print and design fans.

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Forest — Fern Helfand

Kelowna · Until Jan 31

West Kelowna artist Fern Helfand turns the forest burned in the 2023 wildfire into photographs, moving images and ceramic sculpture, looking at both loss and regrowth. Reception Friday, November 6, 6–8 pm.

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Hypernatural Architecture — Keith Langergraber

Kelowna · Until Feb 21

A cave-like diorama in the gallery's Glass Gallery: kit-bashed architectural models of mining structures sinking into a dystopian underworld, a comment on climate anxiety.

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