Things to do in Kelowna

All day Thesis Defence: Representations of The Internet Scam in Will Ferguson’s 419 and Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani’s I Do Not Come to You by Chance → All day 7th International Work Disability Prevention and Integration Conference: Reflecting on the Past, Learning from the Present, Adapting to the Future AMS Nest, 6133 University Boulevard, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T1Z1, Canada → All day Genesis Kelowna Exclusive Night | 2026 Genesis GV60 Magma Reveal Genesis Kelowna → All day ABRA Cadabra – A Tribute to ABBA in Kelowna! Kelowna Community Theatre → 9:00 am Tuesday Weekly Writing Community Online virtual event → 10:00 am Thesis Defence: Representations of The Internet Scam in Will Ferguson’s 419 and Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani’s I Do Not Come to You by Chance Creative and Critical Studies Building (CCS), 1148 Research Road, Kelowna, BC, V1V 1V7, Canada → 11:00 am Get your Moose Hide Pin and Show your Support The Commons (COM) – Sawchuk Family Theatre (Engagement Theatre), 3297 University Way, Kelowna, BC, V1V 1V7, Canada → 12:00 pm Jobs Meetup Online virtual event → 12:00 pm UBC CPD: Midwifery Documentation Workshop (Online) See Description → 12:00 pm ES Indigenous Student Support: Virtual Drop-In Advising Online/Virtual Event → 1:00 pm Bench-to-Industry: Hiring Manager Insights Science Building (SCI), 1177 Research Road, Kelowna, BC, V1V 1V7, Canada →

All day Live n’ Learn Seminar: Mastering Your Retirement 2020 Springfield Rd, Kelowna, BC, Canada, British Columbia → All day Thompson Okanagan Teaching & Learning Conference Okanagan College - Kelowna Campus → 8:00 am Thompson Okanagan Teaching & Learning Conference → 10:00 am Designing Your Course with Accessibility in Mind Online/Virtual Event → 10:00 am Student Housing and Community Services Pit Stop Residence – Purcell → 11:00 am Get your Moose Hide Pin and Show your Support The Commons (COM) – Sawchuk Family Theatre (Engagement Theatre), 3297 University Way, Kelowna, BC, V1V 1V7, Canada → 1:00 pm Thesis Defence: Time course for ferritin decay at 3800m Engineering, Management, and Education Building (EME), 1137 Alumni Ave, Kelowna, BC, V1V 1V7, Canada → 1:00 pm Introduction to Podcasting Hybrid Online/Virtual and In-Person – See Description, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada → 1:30 pm Chung | Lind Gallery Weekly Drop-In Tour Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, 1961 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T1Z1, Canada →

All day City LOVE Scavenger Hunt Date Night For Couples – Vernon Area **Recommended starting point or another city spot of your choice! (MUST USE PDF TICKETS-NO QR CODES) → All day KWIB’s 6th Annual RISE Awards Four Points by Sheraton Kelowna Airport (Kelowna, BC, Canada) → 7:45 am UBC CPD: Rural Rounds: Facial Trauma in a Rural Context See Description → 8:30 am Moose Hide Campaign Day Arts Building (ART), 1147 Research Road, Kelowna, BC, V1V 1V7, Canada → 9:00 am Thesis Defence: The Black Door University Centre (UNC), 3272 University Way, Kelowna, BC, V1V 1V7, Canada → 10:00 am Thesis Defence: 16S rRNA-Based Profiling of Bacterial and Cyanobacterial Communities in Kelowna Stormwater Ponds Online virtual event → 1:00 pm Looking after one another with Dr. Alanaise Ferguson University Centre (UNC), 3272 University Way, Kelowna, BC, V1V 1V7, Canada → 1:00 pm WordPress & Wiki Clinic Online/Virtual Event → 1:00 pm WordPress & Wiki Clinic Online/Virtual Event → 6:00 pm UBC Farm Community Workshops UBC Farm, 3461 Ross Drive, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T1W5, Canada → 6:00 pm Growing Edibles In A Vertical Garden UBC Farm, 3461 Ross Drive, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T1W5, Canada → 8:00 pm WordPress & Wiki Clinic Online/Virtual Event →

All day Caspa || Kelowna Revelry Food+Music Hub → All day Go Batty in Peachland! – Meadowlark Nature Festival 5684 Beach Ave, Peachland, BC, Canada, British Columbia V0H1X6 → All day May Long Weekend 1370 Water Street, Kelowna, BC, Canada, British Columbia V1Y 1J1 → All day Gig at Whiski-Jacks Pub West Kelowna, BC, Canada, British Columbia → 10:00 am EDI Summer Learning Series: UBC Relationship with the Host Nation Campus Walk Fipke Centre (FIP), 3247 University Way, Kelowna, BC, V1V 1V7, Canada → 10:00 am UBCO Map the System Competition Showcase University Centre (UNC) – Ballroom, 3272 University Way, Kelowna, BC, V1V 1V7, Canada →

All day Vaulted Gems Presents: Okanagan Collectors Fest Coast Capri Hotel → All day theBLOC Party Kelowna Event Centre → All day 2026-05-16: Milsim OP: NORTHBOUND LITE – May 16 – 17 2026 BMAP Airsoft → All day Peterborough Speedway Peterborough Speedway → All day Pete the Cat – The Musical! 604 Cawston Ave, Kelowna, BC V1Y 6Z4, Canada → 3:00 am Lake Country Museum & Archives’ Book and Vintage Sale Lake Country Museum & Archives → 7:00 am Mapping the Changing Landscape of Lake Country Lake Country Museum & Archives →

All day Woodstock Auto Expo And Show & Shine Woodstock Fairgrounds & Agricultural Society →

All day Dynamic Duo – Live Show at ELLIPSIS 51 el·lip·sis · 51 → All day WOODEN SURFBOARD PAINT NIGHT ~ KELLY O’BRYAN’S WEST KELOWNA Kelly O'Bryan's West Kelowna → 9:00 am Tuesday Weekly Writing Community Online virtual event → 9:00 am Thesis Defence: Motivation-based Subtypes of Psilocybin Microdosers Upper Campus Health Building (UCH), 1238 Discovery Avenue, Kelowna, BC, V1V 1V7, Canada → 11:00 am AI for Job Application Writing See Description → 11:00 am Designing sustainable work & courageous cultures (Faculty/Staff) Online/Virtual Event → 11:00 am GenAI and Open Educational Resources (OER) in Teaching and Learning Online/Virtual Event → 11:00 am Designing sustainable work & courageous cultures (Faculty/Staff) Online/Virtual Event → 12:00 pm UBC CPD: Midwifery Documentation Workshop (Online) See Description → 12:00 pm ES Indigenous Student Support: Virtual Drop-In Advising Online/Virtual Event → 6:00 pm Designing sustainable work & courageous cultures (Faculty/Staff) Online/Virtual Event → 7:00 pm How to Weather Together Book Launch BC →

All day Whimsical Wednesdays Weekly Art Class – Paint Party Art Night Studio On Water → All day Breathwork Session with Jane Howell MotherLove Ferments → All day Movie Night: Cars 238 King St. W., Chatham, ON, Canada, Ontario N7M 1E7 → 10:00 am Copyright and Fair Dealing Online virtual event → 10:00 am Student Voices in Course Design Online/Virtual Event → 11:00 am Who is Heard? Age, Gender, Belonging, and ‘Genius’ Music Green College, 6201 Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T1Z1, Canada → 11:00 am Introduction to Digital Storytelling with Twine Hybrid Online/Virtual and In-Person – See Description, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada → 12:00 pm IBPOC Community Care Beading Space for faculty and staff University Commons Field, 3333 University Way, Kelowna, BC, V1V 1V7, Canada → 12:00 pm Writing a Literature Review: Mapping the Scholarly Conversation Hybrid Online/Virtual and In-Person – See Description, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada → 1:30 pm Chung | Lind Gallery Weekly Drop-In Tour Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, 1961 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T1Z1, Canada → 4:30 pm Portraits from A Fire: Film Screening Gateway Health Building, 5955 University Blvd, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z3, Canada → 5:00 pm Doctor of Education Information Session Online virtual event → 5:00 pm UBC CPD: The Menopause Essentials: After Hours Online/Virtual Event →

All day Sublime Schubert Tantalus Vineyards → All day People Management for Leaders® 1 Day Interactive Training in Kelowna Regus Landmark → All day Weekend All-Access Pass! Victoria High School → All day Credits 2 Competencies: Rethinking Articulation for the Future of Education Okanagan College - Kelowna Campus → 8:00 am UBC CPD: FPON Webinar: Early Onset Cancer Online/Virtual Event → 8:30 am Dissertation Defence: Integrating Circular Economy and One Water Approach Online virtual event → 11:00 am Thesis Defence: Switching-Function-Based Detailed Equivalent Model for Numerically Efficient Electromagnetic Transient Simulation of Multilevel Power Converter Systems Online virtual event → 1:00 pm WordPress & Wiki Clinic Online/Virtual Event → 1:00 pm WordPress & Wiki Clinic Online/Virtual Event → 4:00 pm Memorial Cup 2026 – Round Robin Game 1 → 6:00 pm alumNIGHTS: Kelowna—Bocce and Bites at Britannia Brewing Britannia Brewing Co, 8999 Jim Bailey Rd, Kelowna, BC, V4V 1S1, Canada → 8:00 pm WordPress & Wiki Clinic Online/Virtual Event →

All day SUPER TASTE KELOWNA PRESENTS DANCE PARTY 2000 [Vol. 2] Revelry Food+Music Hub → All day Okanagan Sax – Live Show at Casa de Frida Casa de Frida → All day Memorial Cup 2026 – Round Robin Game 2 Prospera Place → All day Crisis Leadership® 1 Day Expert-Led Program in Kelowna | Wisdom Hub Regus Landmark → All day Colin James Blues Trio at Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre → All day KEL – JAM 2026… Back ON-FIRE!! The University of British Columbia - Okanagan Campus → 12:00 pm UBC CPD: Rural POCUS Rounds: Intro to Nerve Blocks Online/Virtual Event → 7:30 pm Professor Brian Cox at Prospera Place →

All day Kelowna Urban Adventure Race Kelowna BC Canada → All day Okanagan Sax – Live Show at HABIBI TAPAS GRILL Habibi Tapas Grill → All day Fuego Tap Latin Dance Party Lakesider Brewing → All day DRIVEN Halifax Halifax Exhibition Centre → All day Classic Vic High – Car show Victoria High School → All day 2026 Boogie in the Badlands Downtown Drumheller → All day Night Bloom presented by VOX Collective 436 Bernard Ave, Kelowna, BC V1Y 6N7, Canada → All day Boogie in the Badlands Car Show Drumheller, Alberta → All day Bob Fortin Memorial Show and Shine The Shaughnessy Community Hall → All day Show & Shine Car Show – Lethbridge Volkswagen Lethbridge Volkswagen → All day 3 Club Car Show 2110 Sparrow Drive, Nisku, AB, Canada, Alberta T9E 8A2 → All day OKANAGAN VINTAGE FAIR – KELOWNA Parkinson Recreation Centre → 1:00 am 2026 Memorial Cup – All Sessions → 11:59 pm 2026 Memorial Cup – WHL vs QMJHL at Prospera Place →

All day 2026 Memorial Cup – WHL vs QMJHL Prospera Place → All day 2026 Memorial Cup – Kelowna Rockets vs QMJHL at Prospera Place Prospera Place → All day Corvettes of Western Ontario Crown Vettes car show Lambeth Legion → All day Advocis Pacific School 2026 Four Points by Sheraton Kelowna Airport → 9:30 am UBC Farm Community Workshops UBC Farm, 3461 Ross Drive, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T1W5, Canada → 4:00 pm Memorial Cup 2026 – Round Robin Game 4 →

All day 2026 Memorial Cup – WHL vs OHL at Prospera Place Prospera Place → All day Rides@Ryans-Driven by Odd Wheel C.C. No Frills (Ryan's, Aylmer) → 9:00 am Dissertation Defence: South Asian Digital Art Archive (SADA) Online virtual event → 1:00 pm Thesis Defence: Numerically Efficient and Accurate Modeling of a Multi-Active-Bridge Solid-State Transformer for Accelerated Electromagnetic Transient Simulation Online virtual event → 3:00 pm Open UBC Working Group Online/Virtual Event → 5:00 pm 2026/27 Winter Pre-Registration Session: Bachelor of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Media Studies Online virtual event →

All day COFFEE MEET Waterscapes → All day 2026 Memorial Cup – WHL vs OHL Prospera Place → All day Top In-Demand Tableau Certification Bootcamp in Kelowna, BC Regus Center → 8:00 am When Temperature Matters: Extreme Heat and Maternal-Fetal Health Online/Virtual Event → 9:00 am Tuesday Weekly Writing Community Online virtual event → 9:00 am Travelling Health Fair (Faculty/Staff) → 12:00 pm UBC CPD: Midwifery Documentation Workshop (Online) See Description → 12:00 pm ES Indigenous Student Support: Virtual Drop-In Advising → 12:00 pm Climate Conversations: Relational Approaches to Climate Research Engagement Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory (AERL) → 4:00 pm How Do We Manage in a World of Mis/Disinformation? UBC Innovation Precinct Annexation 1 → 5:00 pm 2026/27 Winter Pre-Registration Session: Bachelor of Arts Online virtual event → 5:00 pm 2026/27 Winter Pre-Registration Session: Bachelor of Commerce Online virtual event → 5:30 pm Patients as Teachers: Who’s teaching whom? Hybrid Online/Virtual and In-Person – See Description → 7:00 pm MEDTalks: Diet and exercise in the management of blood sugar Reichwald Health Sciences Centre (RHS) →

All day Okanagan Sax – Live Show at Frind Winery Frind Estate Winery → All day 2026 Memorial Cup – Kelowna vs WHL at Prospera Place Prospera Place → All day Whimsical Wednesdays Weekly Art Class – Aurora Borealis Paint Night Studio On Water → All day Combating anti-Asian Racism and Xenophobia: Toward a Model of Pandemic Anti-racism Education in Post-Covid-19 Canada Civil and Mechanical Engineering Building (CEME) → All day Henry’s Ottawa – Photographing the World in Motion Henry's Ottawa - Bank Street → All day SHOW UP & SHOW OFF | LAST WEDNESDAY | May to September | SHOW CARS + Bikes | Sponsored By:McLeod Law Big Rock Brewery → All day Warehouse Scrubs Sale – Kelowna, BC – 1 Day Only Sandman Hotel Group (Sandman Hotel & Suites Kelowna) → 10:00 am Travelling Health Fair (Faculty/Staff) → 1:00 pm Thesis Defence: Pathways Through Poverty Arts and Sciences Centre (ASC) → 1:30 pm Chung | Lind Gallery Weekly Drop-In Tour Irving K. Barber Learning Centre → 2:00 pm The Practice of Realignment, or, Getting Unstuck – Staying on Track in Grad School Series Online/Virtual Event → 4:00 pm Memorial Cup 2026 – Tie-Breaker (If Necessary) → 5:00 pm 2026/27 Winter Pre-Registration Session: Bachelor of Health and Exercise Sciences Online virtual event → 6:00 pm UBC CPD: Clinically Speaking: NP Webinar Series See Description →

All day Davenport Falcon’s Spring Fling 2026 80 Rutherford Ave, Aylmer, ON, Canada, Ontario N5H 2N8 → 8:30 am UBC CPD: Nawh Whu’nus’en – We See in Two Worlds: Trauma sensitive practices for collectively healing in relationship See Description → 9:00 am Travelling Health Fair (Faculty/Staff) → 9:00 am UBC CPD: Rural POCUS Congress 2026 See Description → 10:30 am 2026 Memorial Cup Tie-Breaker – TBD vs TBD (If Necessary) → 11:00 am 2026 Immersive Research Symposium Engineering, Management, and Education Building (EME) → 12:00 pm UBC MD Admissions Info Session Online virtual event → 1:00 pm WordPress & Wiki Clinic Online/Virtual Event → 4:00 pm Memorial Cup 2026 – Semi Final → 5:00 pm 2026/27 Winter Pre-Registration Session: Bachelor of Applied Science Online virtual event →

All day UBC CPD: BC Rural Health Conference RHC 2026 See Description → All day The Michael Jackson HIStory Show Kelowna Community Theatre → All day Kelowna – Spring Breakfast Education Session Kelowna Events Centre → All day After Dark -Off With Their Heads 101-460 Doyle Ave, V1Y 0C2 → All day CPI Retreat 2026 – Kelowna Sandman Hotel & Suites Kelowna → 8:00 am Branch for Global Surgical Care Global Surgery Symposium Day Hybrid Online/Virtual and In-Person – See Description → 8:30 am Dissertation Defence: Integrating User Centred Design with Andersen’s Model Online virtual event → 10:00 am Dissertation Defence: Characterizing Intimate Partner Violence-Caused Brain Injury in 2S/LGBTQIA+ Communities Engineering, Management, and Education Building (EME) → 11:00 am Creating Digital Exhibits: A Survey of Tools Hybrid Online/Virtual and In-Person – See Description → 1:00 pm Job Search Strategies See Description → 5:00 pm 2026/27 Winter Pre-Registration Session: Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Sustainability Online virtual event → 6:30 pm Bellingham Bells vs Kelowna Falcons → 8:00 pm The Comic Strippers at Mary Irwin Theatre at Rotary Centre for the Arts →

All day Memorial Cup 2026 – Final Prospera Place → All day Drag Storytime with Freida Whales at Kelowna Art Gallery Kelowna Art Gallery → All day Lobsterfest 2026 SASCU Recreation Centre → All day DRIVEN Toronto CF Sherway Gardens → All day SMP Cup Shannonville Motorsport Park 7047 Old Highway 2 → All day 2nd Annual Classic Car Show & BBQ 25 Keil Dr N, Chatham, ON, Canada, Ontario N7L 5J9 → All day Cars And Dreams Thompson Rivers University → 1:00 am 2026 Memorial Cup – Semifinal → 9:00 am UBC CPD: Implants and IUDs: Comparing and Inserting Long Acting Reversible Contraceptives (LARC) See Description → 6:30 pm Bellingham Bells vs Kelowna Falcons Elk’s Stadium → 7:30 pm Che Aimee Dorval at Mary Irwin Theatre at Rotary Centre for the Arts →

All day TUNERBASH Winnipeg Season Opener Red River Exhibition Park → All day Brookswood Community Car Show Brookswood Secondary → All day Paws For A Cause Rose Valley, West Kelowna → 1:00 pm Capital News Carrier Appreciation Elk’s Stadium → 8:00 pm Bellingham Bells vs. Kelowna Falcons Elk’s Stadium → 11:59 pm 2026 Memorial Cup Championship – TBD vs TBD at Prospera Place →

9:00 am Thesis Defence: On some deterministic properties of stochastic gradient descent and random projection sequences Online virtual event →

All day Connections Over Coffee: a drop-in event for seniors Guisachan Heritage Park, 1060 Cameron Avenue → 9:00 am Tuesday Weekly Writing Community Online virtual event → 11:00 am Dissertation Defence: Modulation and Equalization Schemes for Reconfigurable Surface-assisted Wireless Communication Engineering, Management, and Education Building (EME) → 1:00 pm Dissertation Defence: Honouring Their Story University Centre (UNC) →

9:00 am Dissertation Defence: Unraveling Degradation Pathways in Perovskite Solar Cells via Impedance Spectroscopy → 9:00 am Dissertation Defence: Predicting Depression and Anxiety Among Couples After Stroke Based on Survivor Neuropsychological Function and Spousal Caregiver Moral Responses Arts and Sciences Centre (ASC) → 3:00 pm UBC Pride Connect reception Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre →

All day THE SUMMIT 2026: CANADA’S FIRST BUSINESS + LEADERSHIP FESTIVAL ARRIVES IN KELOWNA Sandhill Wines → All day Pam’s Ladies Happy Hour ~ Bonus Event Sandhill Wines → All day The Summit – Business + Leadership Conference Sandhill Estate Winery → 5:00 pm Queer Zine Fair Laurel Packinghouse →

12:00 pm Dissertation Defence: Identifying Biological Predictors of Radiation-Induced Lung Injury for Personalized Radiation Therapy →