Board Game Making

Okanagan Regional Library 2800 30th AveV1T 8S3, Vernon, British Columbia, Canada

Paint your own board game boards based on traditional games or invent your own. Supplies will provided but are limited so be sure to register to save your spot. This is open to all ages but children under 8 years-old need to be accompanied by a guardian who is actively participating.

We could get messy! Wear clothes you don’t mind getting paint on.

FREE but please register as space is limited

Art Tours at Mackie Lake House – Evening

Mackie Lake House 7804 Kidston Rd, Coldstream, British Columbia, Canada

Are you game to learn about art? 🎨

Come explore the Mackie Lake House art collection with expert Christine Kashuba, and conclude with tea and cookies in the sitting room. This tour is perfect for beginners (or art enthusiasts of all experience levels!) and is part of 2024 Vernon Winter Carnival.

$20

A Winter’s Night Painting Party

Caetani Centre 3401 Pleasant Valley Road, Vernon, British Columbia, Canada

Come out of the cold during Carnival and explore your creative side at the Caetani Centre’s winter-themed Painting Party. Join artist Destanne Norris to create your own work of art that celebrates Carnival and Silver Star. Enjoy wine (and other beverages), nibbles, socializing, and best of all, you get to keep the painting you create to take home and frame. All materials, food and beverage, and facilitation by our professional artist are included in your ticket.

$60

The Justin Glibbery Quintet

Vernon Jazz Club 3000 31st Street, Vernon, BC, Canada

Glibbery, a professional pianist, composer, and music educator, has been a part of the Okanagan Valley music scene for 25 years. His sound encompasses many influences: Lyle Mayes (Pat Metheny Group), Oscar Peterson, Bruce Hornsby, Keith Jarrett, Duke Ellington, and Count Basie. Glibbery’s music always has a very lyrical melody with a solid harmonic and rhythmic foundation and contains some twists and turns along the way.

“The Vernon Jazz Club is one of my favourite places to play. It feels like a jazz club from the 40’s with the great listening crowds and the vibe of a really cool room,” reveals Glibbery. “Intimate venues are the best play at because you are very interactive with your audience. They feel you and you feel them. This circle of energy usually catapults the performance into something really magical where almost anything can happen.”

Glibbery’s recording projects have included three all-original albums as well as working with Juno-award winning guitarist Oscar Lopez on his most recent album Apasionado, which was recorded at Glibbery’s home studio with Glibbery helping to both arrange and produce it.

Joining Justin on stage will be a stellar line-up of some of the valley’s finest. Stefan Bienz on bass, Michael Treadway on drums, Michael Perkins on trumpet, Yanti on vocals, and Stan Sabourin on sax.

$40

Valentines Prom

Vernon Public Art Gallery 3228 31st Avenue, Vernon, British Columbia, Canada

Join us for an unforgettable evening at the Vernon Public Art Gallery! Our Valentines Prom is the perfect way to celebrate love, art, and good vibes. Get ready for an Art After Dark experience like no other! Bring your partner, friends, or come solo and meet new people who share your passion for art and music.

The event is sponsored by Woolley & Co, and the VPAG is excited to be partnering with Becky’s Back Door Beans to bring you some incredible local Musical talents, Norsu, and DJ BG. Enjoy a specialty free welcome drink inspired by a classic spiked punch upon entry, and get entered to win some of our fabulous door prizes.

​Brennan from Pranic Forest will be on location doing specialty prom inspired caricatures. Take a classic prom photo in the photo booth, or design your very own valentine’s cards while experiencing Beautiful Parasites, the Exhibition by Tammy Salzl, an immersive installation transporting you to magical fairytale place.

Prizes for the King, Queen and everything in between will be announced during the end of the evening.

$25

Balladextrous

Vernon Jazz Club 3000 31st Street, Vernon, BC, Canada

Juno-award winning vocalist, Sienna Dahlen will take the stage at the Vernon Jazz Club with Juno-award nominated guitarist, Bill Coon as the duo Baladextous.

Sienna has toured her music extensively across Canada, Europe, and parts of the US in addition to having given numerous performances in Mexico and South America. She has released six albums of original jazz and folk music. Sienna has also lead and collaborated on several national and international projects. She has also been a guest vocalist on several recordings.

In addition to performing, Sienna has taught jazz voice and directed small ensembles at the post-secondary level for over 10 years. For the past three years, Sienna has taught at McGill and Concordia University in Montreal . She has given voice clinics and songwriting masterclasses around the world. Some of the highlights have included Moscow, RU at the Konsort Music Academy, the Kiev National University in Ukraine and the Performance House Jazz Camp in Silkeborg, Denmark to name only a few.

Bill Coon is one of Canada’s most highly respected musicians and is the winner of the 2009 National Jazz Awards,’Guitarist of the Year.’ Bill has performed professionally for over thirty years and has played with many significant jazz artists. Bill has over 50 recordings to his credit. He is an in-demand composer and arranger with several commissions with highly rated orchestras around the globe. Bill is on the faculty of Capilano University, teaching composition, arranging, jazz history and of course, jazz guitar.

$40

Monday Night at the Arts: Fallen Leaves film screening

The Vernon Towne Theatre 2910 30th Avenue, Vernon, BC, Canada

Screening of the film Fallen Leaves by award-winning filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki (Le Havre, The Other Side of Hope) is being presented by Okanagan Screen Arts Society's Monday Night at the Arts at the Vernon Towne Theatre on Feb. 19. Fallen Leaves is a timeless, hopeful and ultimately satisfying love story about two lonely souls’ path […]

$8 – $10

Blizzard by Flip Fabrique

Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre 3800 - 33rd Street, Vernon, British Columbia, Canada

Cirque troupe FLIP Fabrique pays homage to Québec winters in an acrobatic, poetic and humorous way with its show Blizzard, taking the stage at the Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre on Feb. 24. Created in Québec City in the middle of winter in 2019, Blizzard features joyous vignettes that show the beauty of winter, […]

$45 – $50

RJ Leblanc’s Heyday with Erika Angell

Vernon Jazz Club 3000 31st Street, Vernon, BC, Canada

Montreal-based bassist Rémi-Jean LeBlanc’s latest project, HEYDAY, is a group consisting of 5 of Montreal’s most versatile and prolific musicians; Erika Angell on voice, Jérôme Beaulieu on keyboards, Kevin Warren on drums and Nicolas Ferron on guitar, and RJ LeBlanc on bass. The group has a wide range of influences hailing from post-rock to RnB and beyond while tastefully keeping the spirit of jazz as a common thread. It is an eclectic and highly energetic band that mixes finesse and feel-good in a beautiful way.

RJ has been on the Canadian music scene since the mid-2000s performing with jazz artists as diverse as Jean-Michel Pilc and Carol Welsman as well as with iconic rock bands like The Dears. He is on the faculty at McGill University. HEYDAY is his 4th album and most ambitious thus far.

$40

Monday Night at the Arts: American Fiction

The Vernon Towne Theatre 2910 30th Avenue, Vernon, BC, Canada

Presented by the Okanagan Screen Arts Society at the Vernon Towne Theatre, the Monday Night at the Arts screening of American Fiction takes place on Feb. 26. Starring Oscar-nominated actor Jeffrey Wright, Cord Jefferson's hilarious directorial debut confronts our culture’s obsession with reducing people to outrageous stereotypes. Jeffrey Wright stars as Monk, a frustrated novelist […]

$8 – $10

VDPAC presents Wonderheads’ The Wilds

Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre 3800 - 33rd Street, Vernon, British Columbia, Canada

The Vernon & District Performing Arts Centre presents the grand finale of its 2023-24 SPOTLIGHT Season’s Theatre Series with Wonderheads' The Wilds. Described as a “Pixar-meets-Miyazaki-meets-Jim Henson, The Wilds is a fantastical love story set to take audiences on a heart-filled quest into the mysterious wilds. When Wendell discovers that his wife Tilda and their […]

$25 – $30

OACS Members Show

Coldstream Community Hall 9909 Kalamalka Road, Coldstream, British Columbia, Canada

The Okanagan Artists of Canada Society presents A Trio's Spring Expressions, featuring the art of North Okanagan Federation of Canadian Artists Linda K. Sellers, Nina Westaway and Judy Templeton. The exhibition is located in the open, accessible and naturally lit Coldstream Community Hall gallery and is open for viewing Monday to Friday, 1:30 to 4 […]