Festivals & Events
January
Jan 7 Prince George – The PGSO Presents: Ben Heppner in Recital
Jan 7 Prince George – World Championship Ice Racing
Jan 19-20 Prince George – The PGSO Presents: Winter Dreams
Jan 31-Feb 18 Prince George – The Glass Menagerie
February
Feb 2-4 Burns Lake – Lakes Winterfest
Feb 2-4 Smithers – 7th Annual Smithers Winter Carnival
Feb 3 Kitimat – Maple Syrup Festival
Feb 3-9 Prince George – Cercle des Canadiens Francais Winter Festival
Feb 4 Prince George – Black History Month
Feb 9-24 Prince George – Snow Daze Winter Festival
Feb 10 Prince George – The PGSO Presents: Here Comes The Sun
Feb 10 Walloper Lake, Kamloops – 6th Annual Ice Fishing Day
Feb 10-11 Burns Lake – Cold Smoke Snowmobile Races
Feb 17 Kitimat – Dragon Boat Fundraiser
Feb 19-Mar 11 Kamloops – Festival of the Performing Arts
Feb 23 Kamloops – Wine Festival
Feb 24 Terrace – Maple Syrup Sugar Shack Festival
Feb 24-25 Fort St. James – Thunder on Ice Snowmobile Races
Feb 24 Kitimat – Women’s Wellness Conference
Feb 25 Prince George – Community Torch Celebration
Feb 28-4 Kamloops – Film Festival
March
Mar 2-4 Kitimat – Old Timers Hockey League Tournament
Mar 2-4 Fort St. James – Caledonia Classic Sled Dog Races
Mar 3 Fort St. James – Skating Carnival
Mar 3 Prince Rupert – 16th Annual Children’s Festival
Mar 3 Smithers – Bulkley Valley Cross Country Ski Marathon
Mar 9-10 Kamloops – 11th Annual Kamloops Cowboy Festival
Mar 10 Terrace – George Littlehouse Founder’s Day
Mar 11-24 Burns Lake – 50th Annual Lakes District Festival of the Arts
Mar 17-18 Fort St. James – Murray Ridge Ski Area – Slush Cup, Bathtub Race
Mar 17-18 Prince George – The PGSO Presents: Heroic Grandeur
Mar 17 Terrace – Shames Mountain Rail Rodeo
April
Apr 4 Prince George – Prince George Dance Festival
Apr 7 Merritt – Baisakhi Day Celebration
Apr 11-29 Prince George – The Love List
Apr 13-15 Terrace – Annual Terrace Trade Show
Apr 14-15 Prince George – The PGSO Presents: Spring is in the Air
May
May 5-6 Burns Lake – Lakes District Kennel Club Championship Dog Show
May 5-6 Kamloops – Crazy for Quilts Show
May 5-13 Prince George – RBC Royal Bank Cup
May 6 Prince George – The PGSO Presents: Saints and Sinners – A Choral Extravaganza
May 12 Merritt – Mother's Day High Tea
May 12-13 Merritt – Walk of Stars Gala
May 13 Fort St. James – Mother’s Day Breakfast
May 18-20 Houston – Pleasant Valley Days
May 19 Merritt – Lilac Festival
May 19-20 Masset – Harbour Days
May 24-27 Prince George – The PGSO Presents: HMS Pinafore
May 26 Fort St. James – Agricultural Day
June
Jun 1-3 Hazelton – Kispiox Valley Rodeo
Jun 2-3 Burns Lake – Eagle Creek Stampede
Jun 3 Fort St. James – Antique Car Show “200 Cars”
Jun 3-4 Merritt – High School Rodeo
Jun 7-10 Prince Rupert – 29th Annual Seafest
Jun 8-10 Valemount – Valemountain Days
Jun 9-10 Hope – 6th Annual Hope FlightFest
Jun 9-10 Stewart – International Rodeo
Jun 10 Fort St. James – Father’s Day Shoot
Jun 15-16 Merritt – Pacific Forest Rally
Jun 20 Burns Lake – 11th Annual Aboriginal Days
Jun 21 Merritt – Aboriginal Day Celebrations
Jun 23-24 Burns Lake – Burns Lake Flying Club “Fly In”
Jun 22-24 Smithers – 24th Annual Midsummer Festival
Jun 23 Queen Charlotte City – Hospital Day
Jun 30-Jul 1 Fort St. James – Annual Stuart Lake Fishing Derby
July
Jul 1 Canada Day Celebrations – held in communities across the nation
Jul 1 Fraser Lake – Mouse Mountain Day
Jul 1-4 Stewart – Stewart/Hyder International Days
Jul 5-8 Kamloops – Kamloops International Baseball Tournament
Jul 6-7 McBride – McBride Community Market
Jul 8 Merritt – Lil Britches Rodeo
Jul 12-15 Merritt – Merritt Mountain Music Festival
Jul 13 Fort St. James – Cottonwood Music Festival
Jul 13-15 Prince George – 8th Annual Western Regional H.O.G. Rally
Jul 14 Fort St. James – Quilts in the Park
Jul 17 Terrace – Father’s Day Car Show
Jul 21 Kamloops – Music in the Mountains
Jul 23 Fort St. James – Garden Tour
Jul 23 Merritt – Nicola Valley Cruisers Annual Car Show
Jul 27-29 Hazelton – Kispiox Valley Music Festival
Jul 27-28 Prince George – Prince George Folkfest
Jul 27-29 Hope – Mountain BluesFest
August
Aug 5-7 Kamloops – 26th Annual Kamloopa Powwow Days
Aug 3-11 Terrace – Riverboat Days
Aug 8-12 Prince Rupert – Udder Theatre Festival
Aug 9-12 Prince George – Prince George Exhibition
Aug 10-11 Kamloops – 57th Annual North Thompson Fall Fair and Rodeo
Aug 10-12 Terrace – Riverside Music Festival
Aug 10-12 Queen Charlotte Islands – Edge of the World Music Festival
Aug 11 Hazelton – Pioneer Day
Aug 13-19 Prince George – BCSSA Provincial Championships
Aug 17-18 Hazelton – Gitksan Cultural Days
Aug 17-18 Hazelton – Gospel Mountain Music Festival
Aug 17-19 Terrace – Skeena Valley Fall Fair
Aug 18-19 McBride – Robson Valley Fall Fair
Aug 23-26 Smithers – Bulkley Valley Exhibition
Aug 30-Sep 1 Merritt – Nicola Vallery Fall Fair and Rodeo
September
Sep 1-2 Merritt – Fall Fair Days
Sep 1-2 Merritt – Nicola Valley Pro Rodeo
Sep 1-2 Valemount, Kinsbasket Lake – Annual Fishing Derby
Sep 1-3 North Thompson – North Thompson Fall Fair and Rodeo
Sep 2 Prince George – Labour Day Classic
Sep 7-8 Houston – Discover Houston Trade Show
Sep 7-9 Burns Lake – Lakes District Fall Fair Association Music Festival
Sep 12-15 Prince George – BC Seniors Games
Sep 16-Oct 13 Kamloops – 19th Annual Art Auction Exhibition & Gala
Sep 20-24 Kamloops – Kamloops Provincial Winter Fair
Sep 22 Merritt – Coho Festival
Sep 23 Prince Rupert – Rolling on the River Music Festival
October
Oct 1-31 Kamloops – Salmon Run
Oct 12-14 Kamloops – Fall Home Show
Oct 13-14 Merritt – Pacific Forest Rally
Oct 17-20 Kamloops – Creative Artists Show & Sale
Oct 31 Terrace – 6th Annual Halloween Haunt
Oct 31 Vanderhoof – Annual Great Pumpkin Walk
November
Nov 11 Fort St. James – Remembrance Day Ceremony
Nov 17 Houston – Christmas Light-Up
Nov 17 Valemount – Annual Christmas Craft Fair
Nov 23-25 Merritt – Country Christmas Light-Up and Santa Parade
Nov 24 Kamloops – Santa Claus Parade
Nov 30-Dec 1 Burns Lake – Pioneer Park Light-Up
Nov 30-Dec 1 Prince Rupert – Winterfest
December
Dec 7 Vanderhoof – Parade of Lights
Dec 14-31 Kamloops – Wild Lights
Dec 31 Merritt – First Night
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