#vernonartsandculture
Writers Group
Okanagan Regional Library 2800 30th AveV1T 8S3, Vernon, British Columbia, CanadaWrite here, write now. Come work on your short story, poetry, non-fiction piece, or future bestselling novel! Unleash your creativity in a supportive group setting, where you can write and discuss your work in progress. Everyone is welcome and no experience is necessary to participate.
Writers Group
Okanagan Regional Library 2800 30th AveV1T 8S3, Vernon, British Columbia, CanadaWrite here, write now. Come work on your short story, poetry, non-fiction piece, or future bestselling novel! Unleash your creativity in a supportive group setting, where you can write and discuss your work in progress. Everyone is welcome and no experience is necessary to participate.
New Discoveries
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre 3800 - 33rd Street, Vernon, British Columbia, CanadaMelodies abound in our season opener. Virtuoso violinist Timothy Chooi shares the lyricism of Samuel Barber’s beautiful violin concerto. Dvořák’s musical postcard from the Old World to the New is brimming with wonder, joy, and grandeur, filled with restless energy, melodic invention, soulful pleasure, and limitless promise.
New Discoveries
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre 3800 - 33rd Street, Vernon, British Columbia, CanadaMelodies abound in our season opener. Virtuoso violinist Timothy Chooi shares the lyricism of Samuel Barber’s beautiful violin concerto. Dvořák’s musical postcard from the Old World to the New is brimming with wonder, joy, and grandeur, filled with restless energy, melodic invention, soulful pleasure, and limitless promise.
Bear Grease
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre 3800 - 33rd Street, Vernon, British Columbia, CanadaBear Grease is a fresh and fun Indigenous take on the classic 1978 musical. The all-Indigenous cast includes Crystle Lightning (2021 Canadian Screen Award Winner for Best Actress, Trickster, and Three Pines) as Sandy and MC RedCloud (Yellowstone) as Danny. Get your tickets early - this smash hit has sold out festivals across Canada and the US!
Bear Grease
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre 3800 - 33rd Street, Vernon, British Columbia, CanadaBear Grease is a fresh and fun Indigenous take on the classic 1978 musical. The all-Indigenous cast includes Crystle Lightning (2021 Canadian Screen Award Winner for Best Actress, Trickster, and Three Pines) as Sandy and MC RedCloud (Yellowstone) as Danny. Get your tickets early - this smash hit has sold out festivals across Canada and the US!
Haunted Halloween Tours
Caetani Centre 3401 Pleasant Valley Road, Vernon, British Columbia, CanadaThe Caetani Centre is once again opening the gates to all trick or treaters for our notorious Haunted Halloween.
Meet our hosts Leone, Ofelia, Sveva and Miss Jüül to find out why neighbourhood kids were only welcomed to the normally closed-off mansion on Halloween.
Learn about family secrets while exploring the nooks and crannies of this 125-plus-year-old Vernon home.
Hear why the women of the house secluded themselves for 25 years and about some of the haunted happenings that have occurred since.
Haunted Halloween Tours
Caetani Centre 3401 Pleasant Valley Road, Vernon, British Columbia, CanadaThe Caetani Centre is once again opening the gates to all trick or treaters for our notorious Haunted Halloween.
Meet our hosts Leone, Ofelia, Sveva and Miss Jüül to find out why neighbourhood kids were only welcomed to the normally closed-off mansion on Halloween.
Learn about family secrets while exploring the nooks and crannies of this 125-plus-year-old Vernon home.
Hear why the women of the house secluded themselves for 25 years and about some of the haunted happenings that have occurred since.
Our Living Languages: First People’s Voices in BC
Vernon Museum & Archives 3009 32nd Avenue, Vernon, British Columbia, CanadaLearn what First Nations communities throughout the province are doing to help 34 different languages survive and flourish, in Our Living Languages: First Peoples’ Voices in BC, a beautifully designed exhibition from the Royal BC Museum and First Peoples’ Cultural Council that celebrates the resilience and diversity of Indigenous languages in the face of change.
Through interactive stations, video and audio, the exhibit provides visitors with the opportunity to learn more about the history of disrupted languages in BC, the complexity of these languages, and the people–and entire communities–that are working tirelessly to document and revitalize them.
Our Living Languages: First People’s Voices in BC
Vernon Museum & Archives 3009 32nd Avenue, Vernon, British Columbia, CanadaLearn what First Nations communities throughout the province are doing to help 34 different languages survive and flourish, in Our Living Languages: First Peoples’ Voices in BC, a beautifully designed exhibition from the Royal BC Museum and First Peoples’ Cultural Council that celebrates the resilience and diversity of Indigenous languages in the face of change.
Through interactive stations, video and audio, the exhibit provides visitors with the opportunity to learn more about the history of disrupted languages in BC, the complexity of these languages, and the people–and entire communities–that are working tirelessly to document and revitalize them.
Mike Rud Trio
Vernon Jazz Club 3000 31st Street, Vernon, BC, CanadaLive Jazz in Vernon BC. Don't miss this great group.
The Mike Rud Trio is a celebration of some of the finest musicians living right next door in Nelson, BC!
Mike Rud is a Juno award-winning jazz guitarist and songwriter. As an instrumentalist, Mike has played alongside some of the greatest jazz musicians of the era like Peter Bernstein, Kenny Wheeler, Herb Ellis and Joey De Francesco. As a songwriter and arranger, Mike won the 2014 Juno Award for his album Notes on Montreal.
Rob Fahie has been performing professionally since he was 16 years old. During his career, he has performed at prestigious jazz clubs and premiere concert halls throughout the world including The Blue Note and Carnegie Hall.
Doug Stephenson is no stranger to the VJC. He is in demand to play bass with some of our most entertaining acts from the last several years. Doug has been at the heart of Western Canada’s jazz community for more than 30 years.
Mike Rud Trio
Vernon Jazz Club 3000 31st Street, Vernon, BC, CanadaLive Jazz in Vernon BC. Don't miss this great group.
The Mike Rud Trio is a celebration of some of the finest musicians living right next door in Nelson, BC!
Mike Rud is a Juno award-winning jazz guitarist and songwriter. As an instrumentalist, Mike has played alongside some of the greatest jazz musicians of the era like Peter Bernstein, Kenny Wheeler, Herb Ellis and Joey De Francesco. As a songwriter and arranger, Mike won the 2014 Juno Award for his album Notes on Montreal.
Rob Fahie has been performing professionally since he was 16 years old. During his career, he has performed at prestigious jazz clubs and premiere concert halls throughout the world including The Blue Note and Carnegie Hall.
Doug Stephenson is no stranger to the VJC. He is in demand to play bass with some of our most entertaining acts from the last several years. Doug has been at the heart of Western Canada’s jazz community for more than 30 years.