Community Events in the Okanagan
Fundraisers, town gatherings, cleanups and local celebrations — the events that bring each community together.
Showing Sat Oct 24
Results
We’re gathering what’s on.
Okanagan Roam is building its What’s On listings community by community. Your region and category choices are saved in the address bar, so this page is ready the moment the first events arrive — in the meantime, explore the outdoors or start planning a trip.
No events match that combination yet. Clear the filters to see everything that is on.
Today
-
Vernon Wellness Fair
More than 100 exhibitors set up at the Vernon Recreation Centre with health and wellness products, bath and body items, food, home and garden ideas and gifts. Free admission makes it an easy weekend browse.
Markets & Fairs Community Events
-
Elysium Gardens Fall Fair
On October Saturdays, Elysium Gardens opens for a family fall fair: a $20 charity donation covers the family plus a pumpkin, sunflower and berry picking, with animatronic dinosaurs, a vintage Model T and bouncy castles.
Listed by Castanet Events
Family & Kids Community Events
-
UBC Okanagan Engineering Open House
Prospective students can explore UBC Okanagan Engineering through presentations, booths and campus and lab tours, chatting with professors, students and advisors about programs, student life, co-op and undergraduate research. Free; registering gets you reminders, the schedule and parking details.
Listed by Tourism Kelowna
Community Events
-
Our Community Rocks: Benefit for Summerland at The Hub on Martin
A full day of live music raising money for Summerland families hit by the Bald Range wildfire. Eight acts play in turn from late morning into the evening, and there's a silent auction. Entry is by donation, so drop in for a set or stay all day.
Listed by Visit Penticton
Live Music Community Events
-
Kelowna Fall Closet Cleanout
A pre-loved fashion market at the Laurel Packinghouse, where community sellers and local shops offer women's and men's clothing and one-of-a-kind finds.
Listed by Castanet Events
Markets & Fairs Community Events
-
Hope for the Holidays Rummage Sale
A Peachland Lions rummage sale raising money for families displaced by the Bald Range wildfire. Browse the tables at the 50+ Centre, with breakfast sandwiches in the morning and hot dogs at lunch. Hours differ on each day.
Listed by Peachland Events
Community Events
-
Tu Museo en Tu Idioma – Spanish Tours of the Okanagan Heritage Museum
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
-
Fall Bonfire Nights at Gold Panner Campground
A by-donation community bonfire at Gold Panner Campground near Cherryville, with hot dogs to roast, hot chocolate and apple cider, raising money for the Cherryville food bank. Drop in either night; bring your own roasting stick.
Listed by HappeningNext (organizer listing)
Community Events Family & Kids
-
A Taste of Hungary
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
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
-
Pints for Polio at Firehall Brewery
The Rotary Club of Oliver marks World Polio Day with bingo and a burger-and-beer deal at Firehall Brewery, with part of each meal going to polio eradication. A casual, good-cause night out.
Listed by Visit Oliver (Oliver Tourism)
Community Events Food & Drink Events
-
East Kelowna Hall Fall Dance
A dinner and dance fundraiser for the historic East Kelowna Community Hall, a chance to join a classic country-hall night.
Listed by Castanet Events
Community Events Nightlife
-
Vernon Pride Prom
A substance-free, all-welcome dance for LGBTQ+ teens aged 13 to 18 and their allies, with music by local DJ Jord.co. Doors open at 6 pm and the dance runs from 6:30 to 9:30 pm. Costumes are welcome, but prop weapons and masks are not. Tickets are on a sliding scale from $3 to $10.
Listed by Tourism Vernon
Community Events Family & Kids
-
GEDfest YLW 2026
A charity concert honouring Gord Downie and the Tragically Hip, with The Hip Replacements headlining and The Bush Party opening. Ticket money goes to KGH Foundation cancer care.
Listed by Castanet Events
Live Music Community Events
Exhibitions & multi-day events
-
Central Okanagan Food Bank: Bake the World a Better Place
A month-long Central Okanagan Food Bank fundraiser: through October, buy the featured treat at a participating spot (The Market at Quails' Gate, Milk Shed Coffeehouse, Dane's Desserts, Amore Mio, Kelowna Beer Institute, The Sandwich Company or The Cake Mama) and part of the proceeds goes to the food bank. There's also a Treat Yourself Bake Sale at Kelowna Beer Institute on October 28.
Listed by Tourism Kelowna
Community Events Food & Drink Events
-
Okanagan in Colour: Two Artists, One Valley
Artists Danielle Harshenin and Leanne Spanza bring two distinct perspectives to a vibrant exhibition of Okanagan landscapes, light and colour — shimmering lakes, rolling hills, vineyards, orchards and the mountains that frame the valley. Admission to the Peachland Art Gallery is free.
Listed by Tourism Kelowna
Community Events
More upcoming events (0)
- Penticton Farmers’ Market 2026
- Fall Weekends at O'Keefe Ranch: Corn Maze, Kids Haunted House & Haunted Mini Golf
- Okanagan Vintage Fair
- Black Glass Tasting: Witch Wine Is It? at Red Rooster Winery
- Gnome-a-ween
- Josh Jauncey Kickboxing Seminar
- Haunted Halloween Trail at Sagebrush Ranch
- Haunted House at the Museum
- Trick or Sip on the Westside Wine Trail
- Fall Artisan Market at Sandhill Winery
- Princess Margaret Secondary School Haunted House
- Boos & Brews Spooky Circus Trolley Tour
- Murder in the Vineyard
- Turkish Mosaic Lamp Workshop
- Brewphoria 2026
- Pumpkin Bash
- All Hallows Festival
- UBCO Heat Women's Volleyball 2026–27 Season
- Water Words
- Live Music: Chad Prekaski at Folktale Cider
- Movies in the Vineyard
- Winging It Workshops at Wild Goose Winery
- Down the Lees, Grawlix, SweetBeast + The Cavernous
- Enderby Icemen Home Games 2026–27
- Halloween Roller Rink at the Penticton Community Centre
- The Walk of Terror Spectacular
- UBCO Heat Men's Volleyball 2026–27 Season
- Retro Halloween Social
- Osoyoos Coyotes Home Games 2026–27
- Burlesque: Night of the Living Tease at Rollingdale
- Gaslight
- Ghost Tours of Vernon Halloween Flagship Tours
- HorrorFest XVII
- Kelowna Chiefs vs Oliver Outlaws
- Little Shop of Horrors
- The Odditorium: An Adult Carnival of Curiosities
- This is Adele: A Tribute
- Chris Murphy of SLOAN + Peter Elkas
- Hungry for Laughs Comedy Tour (Kelowna)
- Live Music: Ridley Bent at The Dream
- Next Stop Comedy at Three Lakes Brewing
- Femme Fatale Burlesque at The Broken Hearts Club
- Stage Fright: Musical Theatre Cabaret
- Live Music: The Young’Uns at The Hub on Martin
- Skillful
- Creatures & Curiosities: VCAC Members Show
- Halloween Cocktail Flight at The Office Brewery
- Kelowna Scare Park | Halloween 2026
- Halloweek at The View Winery & Wards Cider
- Field of Screams XIII: The Unlucky
- Smokies & S'mores
- Wackem Sackem — Glenn Clark
- Bound to Birth, Exposed! and Still: Fall Exhibitions at the Vernon Public Art Gallery
- Briar Craig: Conversations at the Penticton Art Gallery
- Forest — Fern Helfand
- Hypernatural Architecture — Keith Langergraber