Annual events

June 12, Grindrod – One of the Shuswap area’s best loved events each spring is Runaway Moon Theatre’s peony tea. Each year, just as the peonies are in full bloom, the Grinrod, BC theatre Full story

Sep 10-12, Salmon Arm – What could possibly be a better way to spend a beautiful summer’s-end weekend than at a fall fair? The sights, the smells, the laughter –- the food! Ah, the food! Full story

Featured performers, Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival – One of the highlights of Roots and Blues this year will be the much-beloved Fred Penner, host of the renowned children’s TV show Full story

June 13, Grindrod – Spring is winding its way toward summer and to celebrate this wondrous time of the year — of splendorous colors, ethereal fragrances and earthy flavors — Runaway Moon Full story

Call for entry, artists/cultural venues — Columbia Basin Culture Tour, August 14-15, 2010. Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance. Registrations are currently being accepted for artists/venues Full story

May 27-29, Salmon Arm – Registration is now open for the 2011 Shuswap Writers’ Festival to be held in Salmon Arm May 27 to 29. The weekend’s events will offer lots of opportunities for both Full story

The Salmon Arm Fall Fair is over for another year but we’ll be remembering the sights, the sounds and the smells for a long while. What a great time of the year! What a great celebration –- of summer’s Full story

Aug 13-15, Salmon Arm – The 18th Annual Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival is coming August 13 to 15, 2010. Presented by the Salmon Arm Folk Music Society the third weekend in August each Full story

Jan 22-26, Sicamous – Sicamous combining Olympic Torch celebration with 1st annual Sicamous “Snow Days”. Sicamous is planning a weekend to remember, both to celebrate the coming of the Olympic Full story

Get your cameras rolling! The 2011 Golden Film Festival will be accepting submissions from local filmmakers of all ages. You can have a chance at winning big prizes as well as have your film(s) viewed Full story

Featured performers, Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival – Roots and Blues fans will be treated to an exceptional adventure into the world of authentically original music when Canadian composer Full story

May 20 is Canadian Red Cross National Life Jacket Day. Every year, 400 Canadians drown, 200 of them while boating in the summer months. And of those 200, 87% of them are not wearing a life jacket or do Full story

Dec 13-15, Many locations – The CPR Holiday Train is on the rails once more and will be hitting the BC border on December 13, 2010. By the time the tour ends the train will have visited 140 Full story

Aug 21-22, Chase – The much anticipated annual Cornstock Festival is coming and Chase Memorial Park will be the place! From 9am on Saturday, August 21st to 9pm on Sunday, August 22nd, there Full story

Featured performers, Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival – One of the amazing performers at Roots and Blues this summer will be Kate Morgan of Kamloops, BC –- one very unusual teenager. Ever Full story

Apr 30, May 1, Sicamous – Sicamous Spring Fling trade show coming soon. The 5th Annual Sicamous Spring Fling Trade Show has come to be a herald of spring in the Shuswap and this year it will Full story