Kamloops New Tourism Product Update for 2008
1. Kamloops Cowboy Festival - March 7th-9th, 2008, Phone 1-888-763-2224. www.bcchs.com/festival
· With a reputations for being the biggest and best of its kind in Canada, the Kamloops Cowboy Festival is a celebration of western heritage in Kamloops and showcases the best in cowboy poetry and western music, as well as cowboy artists and artisans.
2. Agritourism
· Farm Fresh – Agritours, wagon rides and sleigh rides
· Farmers Markets - Mid April to the last Saturday in October (Wed & Sat) ·
3. Wildlife Encounters at the BC Wildlife Park - July 1 – September 3, 2008
· Daily from Saturday, June 30th to Monday, September 3, 2007 is the BC Wildlife Encounters Festival featuring close encounters with mammals and reptiles and free flying Birds of Prey. Wildlife presentations are three times daily at 11:00, 1:00 and 2:30.
4. 2141 Steam Train and Armstrong Explorer with the Kamloops Heritage Railway info@kamrail.com
Armstrong Explorer - June 7, Sep 6, Oct 4
An all day tour capturing you on a journey back in time as a steam locomotive takes you through several communities from Kamloops to Armstrong and back.
2141 Spirit of Kamloops - July 5 - September 1 (Fri, Sat, Mon)
Featuring one hour tours of the City, focusing on the early settlements of Kamloops and the beautiful landscape.
7. Art Gallery Exhibit - June 8 to August 31, 2008 at the Kamloops Art Gallery
Daphne Odjig brings together the pictorial style of the Algonkian painters of Northern Ontario comprising nearly 60 works, including examples of Odjig’s history paintings, murals, legend paintings, erotica, abstractions, and landscapes.
8. Bizarre BAZAAR - May – August 2008
· The Bizarre BAZAAR is a festive weekly art and entertainment fair at the Flag Plaza at Interior Savings Centre in Kamloops. Thursday nights in the summertime come alive with music, food prizes and shopping.
9. Wildlights 2008/2009 - Mid-December – Early January www.bczoo.org
· Over 400,000 lights creating a vibrant festival of sculptures and a Symphony of Lights at the BC Wildlife Park.
10. Rodeo’s and Fall Fairs 2008
Shine up your boots and kick up some dust, and get to see the cowboys, cowgirls and their animals with these western events in Kamloops:
· Kamloopa Pow Wow – August 1-3, 2008 www.kib.ca/powwow.htm (250) 828-9700
· Pritchard Rodeo, BCRA - August 9 & 10, 2008 www.geocities.com/bcrodeoassoc/
· Kamloops Pro Rodeo – August 22 – 23, 2008 www.rodeocanada.com
· North Thompson Fall Fair and Rodeo - Aug 30 - Sept 1, 2008 www.fallfair-rodeo.com/
· Provincial Winter Fair – Late September, 2008 www.bcfairs.ca/Fairschedule/fairschedule.htm
11. Cirque de Soleil – June 11 - 15, 2008 TICKETS: ticketmaster.com
· Kamloops is proud to welcome a fantastic Cirque de Soleil performance of Saltimbanco! Saltimbanco -from the Italian "saltare in banco", which literally means "to jump on a bench"-explores the urban experience in all its myriad forms. Location: Interior Saving’s Centre. www.cirquedusoleil.com