January
Ice Fishing Tournament
Held in late January
Location: Shumway Lake
Ice fishing tournament at
Shumway Lake, 10 min. south of Merritt on Hwy 5A. $60,000 in total prizes, 1st
prize $10,000 cash for largest fish by length.
March
AA Provincial Basketball
Championships
Held in March
Location: Sport Mart Place
300 Lorne Street
Kamloops, BC Canada V2C 1W1
250-928-3451
Call for additional information
Kamloops Cowboy Festival
Held in mid March
Location: Calvary Temple Church
250-374-3511
Call for additional information
April
International Women’s Show
Held in late April – early May
Location: Sport Mart Place
300 Lorne Street
Kamloops, BC Canada V2C 1W1
250-374-6222
Call for additional information
May
May Meet Boogie
Held in May
Location: Kamloops
250-376-1213
Call for additional information
Billed as the biggest, best,
and longest running skydiving boogie in Canada, this annual meet shows why
Kamloops is a great place for parachuting. The meet focuses on boogies skydiving
for freeflyers, belly flyers, solo flyers, and birdpeople. The Kamloops
Skydivers Sport Parachute Club is affiliated with the Canadian Sport Parachute
Association.
International Women’s Show
Held in late April – early May
Location: Sport Mart Place
300 Lorne Street
Kamloops, BC Canada V2C 1W1
250-374-6222
Call for additional information
July
Merritt Mountain Music Festival
Held in mid July
Location: City of Merritt
604-525-3330
Call for additional information
The Merritt Mountain Music
Festival lives up to the honor of Country Capital of Canada as it wraps up six
days and nights of hot summer festivities, an outstanding line-up of
entertainment and an estimated crowd of over 100,000.
August
Impulse Car Show
Held in mid August
Location: Sport Mart Place
300 Lorne Street
Kamloops, BC Canada V2C 1W1
250-928-3451
Call for additional information
October
HRI Food Show
Held in late October
Location: Sport Mart Place
300 Lorne Street
Kamloops, BC Canada V2C 1W1
250-928-3451
Call for additional information
Autumn Leaves
Held in late October
Location: Sport Mart Place
300 Lorne Street
Kamloops, BC Canada V2C 1W1
250-928-3451
Call for additional information
December
Fulton Cup – Basketball Tournament
Held in mid December
Location: Sport Mart Place
300 Lorne Street
Kamloops, BC Canada V2C 1W1
250-928-3451
Call for additional information
Entertainment:
Akimbo Dance Company
765 Lansdowne St.
Kamloops, BC. V2C 5S2
250- 374-5404
Call for additional information
Akimbo Dance came alive in 1993
as a joint project of Kamloops dancers Kim Harris and Bonnie McLean. Their
vision was to create awareness of and appreciation for modern dance in Kamloops.
This vision has been realized in the form of annual productions; presenting a
lively mixture of traditional and experimental dances, and providing a forum for
local dancers to learn and perform.
Western Canada Theatre
1025 Lorne Street
Kamloops, BC V2C 5K9
250-372-3216
Call for performance schedule
and additional information
The Sagebrush Theatre is a 710
seat Proscenium Theatre, jointly owned by the City of Kamloops and the Kamloops/Thompson
School District.
Sports:
Kamloops Golf
888-232-6603
Call for tee times and
additional information
Visit Kamloops and discover
a golf paradise offering 4 diverse and challenging courses, with more on the
way. The dry climate & long days of sunshine make Kamloops a Fairway to Heaven.
