Category: Entertainment
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Photo by Allen Douglas / Courtesy of the KSO + KSO Music SchoolKamloops Symphony: 50 years of music
As the Kamloops Symphony Orchestra celebrates its 50th anniversary season, it does so as the largest regional orchestra this side of Regina. Putting together upwards of 10 to 11 programs a year while also operating a thriving music school and community programs. But what truly makes the KSO a step above the rest is the…
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Performers take to the stage this spring break
Kamloops Music Collective expands its popular performing arts camp with two full musical productions This spring break, young performers in Kamloops will once again take centre stage. The Kamloops Music Collective’s Set the Stage! Spring Break Performing Arts Camp returns after another sold-out year, offering students the opportunity to rehearse and perform a full musical…
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Kamloops Film Festival Programmer Sam Theriault and Kamloops Film Society Executive Director Colette Abbott stand under the Paramount sign. Photo by Juli HarlandKamloops Film Festival brings community together
From March 5 to 14, the historic Paramount Theatre in downtown Kamloops will be kicking off its 30th annual Kamloops Film Festival. Presented by the Kamloops Film Society, this festival offers up ten days packed with more than two dozen feature films, a short film showcase, special events, a two-day Learn About Film workshop, and…
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Women in Canadian theatre: Playwriting and Beyond
Four-week Kamloops course explores the evolving role of women on and off the Canadian stage A new four-week course in Kamloops this March will take a closer look at the women who have influenced, and challenged, the evolution of Canadian theatre. Running Fridays from March 6 to 27, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.…
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Mar 2026 Events Round-Up
NIGHTLIFE Weekly Thurs to Sun @ Kamloops Legion: Free Membership in 2026 marking 100 Years of Service. Thursdays are Open Mic Nights, Saturdays and Sundays are Meant Draw Nights. Come down in person, or check them out online to find out more. March 14 @ 9:00 pm at Commodore Grand Cafe & Lounge: DreamHaus Sessions…
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Dancers perform at the Kamloops Festival of the Performing Arts 2025 Honours Concert. Photos submitted by Annette GloverKamloops Festival of the Performing Arts close to a century of celebration
For generations of Kamloops families, the Festival of Performing Arts has been a part of their creative lives. Performers of all genres and abilities come and meet with encouraging adjudicators while parents sit nervously on the sidelines. Young artists learn, grow, and realize that their voices matter. Year after year, through changing times, changing faces,…
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Participants at a recent Urban Sketching Club meeting at Red Beard. Photo submitted by Clement YehKamloops Urban Sketching Club is building community
Since August, local artist and TRU instructor, Arts Council board member, and mentor, Clement Yeh, has been running the Urban Sketching Club in Kamloops. And if you’ve ever wanted to embrace your inner (or outer) artist, you are invited to join in on the good times. What it looks like is a group of people…
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Feb 2026 Events Round-Up
NIGHTLIFE February 13 @ 7:00 pm at the Effie Arts Collective: Haus of Misfit presents Valentine’s is a DRAG! An evening of local drag starring Autumn Horizon, Miss Mousse, and Stevie Nips; featuring spotlight performances by Gene Debender, Goosey Loosey, and Harry Ash Long. A little heartache never keeps a good queer down! Advance tickets…
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Kamloops Arts Council Courthouse Gallery Storefront. Photo by Juli HarlandGetting the year going with arts and culture
Kamloops is absolutely overflowing with ways to bring more arts and culture into your life this year, whether you’re arts-curious, a dabbler, or already are neck-deep into paint splatter and rehearsal schedules. The Kamloops Arts Council is a fantastic hub of all things artistic and has great ways to start the year off to a…
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The More the Merrier celebrates community talent
The Kamloops arts community will once again come together this winter for The More the Merrier fundraiser concert, an annual event supporting the Kamloops Festival of the Performing Arts (KFPA). The concert takes place Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at 2:30 p.m. at Southwest Community Church. Now a familiar and well-loved event on the local arts…