Live music

Hot Sax, an Okanagan band, will play at the Vernon Public Art Gallery’s Art After Dark event this Friday, March 24. (Image/ VPAG)

Get interactive after dark with music and drinks at Vernon Public Art Gallery

Art After Dark will take place March 24

 

Michael Charles, an inductee of the Chicago Blues Hall of Fame, is coming to Penticton’s Dream Cafe on April 22. (Submitted)

Chicago Blues Hall of Fame inductee ready to rock Penticton

Australia’s Michael Charles will be at the Dream Cafe on Saturday, April 22

 

Vernon’s own Redfish play The Bulldog at SilverStar Mountain Resort Friday, March 17. (Redfish image)

Old school rock band pumped to play back in Vernon

Redfish back on track with St. Patrick’s Day show

 

Singer Anna Alessandra will be performing in Sicamous on Friday, March 24. (Contributed)

Texas-based singer to serenade Kelowna, Lillooet and Sicamous on B.C. tour

Anna Alessandra makes a stop at Owlhead Creek B&B on March 24

Singer Anna Alessandra will be performing in Sicamous on Friday, March 24. (Contributed)
Juno award-winner George Leach will be performing at the Pellsquepts Spring Winds Music Festival at Pierre’s Point on Saturday, March 18, 2023. (File photo)

Artists jump at chance to celebrate Indigenous culture at music festival near Salmon Arm

Pellsquepts Spring Winds Music Festival takes place at Pierre’s Point on March 18

Juno award-winner George Leach will be performing at the Pellsquepts Spring Winds Music Festival at Pierre’s Point on Saturday, March 18, 2023. (File photo)
Dave Gunning (left) and J.P. Cormier perform at the Vernon Jazz Club March 21. (Contributed)

Lush guitars and tight harmonies gunning for Vernon show

Folk Roots Music Society presents Dave Gunning and J.P. Cormier at Jazz Club

Dave Gunning (left) and J.P. Cormier perform at the Vernon Jazz Club March 21. (Contributed)
Jonathan Williams will be performing in his first show in decades this week, at the Longhorn Pub for the St. Paddy’s Day Party. (Lianne Viau Photography)

Vernon musician breaks free from PTSD chains

Williams will be performing live at the Longhorn Pub for St. Paddy’s Day

Jonathan Williams will be performing in his first show in decades this week, at the Longhorn Pub for the St. Paddy’s Day Party. (Lianne Viau Photography)
Red Bird Brewing on Richter Street in Kelowna. (Contributed)

Kelowna’s Red Bird Brewing looks to up special events game

The brewery has applied for changes to host up to 24 events a year and to open earlier

Red Bird Brewing on Richter Street in Kelowna. (Contributed)
(Rock the Lake/Submitted)

First set of artists announced for Rock the Lake in Kelowna

Burton Cummings among those coming to Prospera Place

(Rock the Lake/Submitted)
Members of the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra play alongside the Okanagan Symphony Youth Orchestra in Kelowna Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. (Photo: Maja Pannes: OSO)

REVIEW: Okanagan Symphony Orchestra gives the gift of music

Retired musician Karen Krout captures the sounds from a March 3 Kelowna concert

  • Mar 9, 2023
Members of the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra play alongside the Okanagan Symphony Youth Orchestra in Kelowna Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. (Photo: Maja Pannes: OSO)
Hillcrest students and staff teach Sloan’s Chris Murphy the moves they used in the school’s CBC Music Class Challenge video entry that featured the Sloan song The Rest of My Life. (Photo contributed)

Sloan singer strikes a chord with Salmon Arm elementary school students

Band’s Chris Murphy spends afternoon at Hillcrest Elementary

Hillcrest students and staff teach Sloan’s Chris Murphy the moves they used in the school’s CBC Music Class Challenge video entry that featured the Sloan song The Rest of My Life. (Photo contributed)
Rapper Afroman is coming to Kelowna’s Gotham Nightclub on Tuesday, Apr. 18. (R-Evolution Media Studio/Facebook)

Smoke show coming to Kelowna: Get high on life with Afroman

Afroman is performing at Gotham Nightclub on Tuesday, Apr. 18

Rapper Afroman is coming to Kelowna’s Gotham Nightclub on Tuesday, Apr. 18. (R-Evolution Media Studio/Facebook)
Dancers in front of the stage at the 2017 FVDED in the Park music festival at Holland Park in Surrey. (File photo: Gord Goble)

Cancelled: Another popular B.C. music festival ‘on pause as we plan what’s next’

Refunds for FVDED in the Park’s 2023 dates in Surrey ‘automatically processed,’ fest organizers say

Dancers in front of the stage at the 2017 FVDED in the Park music festival at Holland Park in Surrey. (File photo: Gord Goble)
Ken Martin

UPDATE: Bands crank out tunes in memory of Vernon musician claimed by cancer

Ken Martin died Sunday, days before fundraiser March 4, which will now benefit family

Ken Martin
(Photo: Maja Pannes: OSO)

REVIEW: A very big gift from the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra

Gayle Lunn reviews an OSO performance in Kelowna Friday, Feb. 10

  • Feb 16, 2023
(Photo: Maja Pannes: OSO)
Zach McPhee is a former major junior and university hockey player. He recently released his debut single, called Bring On. (Contributed)

Former Vernon Viper Zach McPhee ready to Bring On the music

The 29 year old swapped skates for strings leaving major junior and university hockey behind

Zach McPhee is a former major junior and university hockey player. He recently released his debut single, called Bring On. (Contributed)
The Small Glories return to the Vernon Jazz Club for the Vernon Folk-Roots Music Society Feb. 22. (Contributed)

Show celebrates Small Glories with Vernon Folk-Roots

Ex-Vernonite back in town for live music at Jazz Club

  • Feb 13, 2023
The Small Glories return to the Vernon Jazz Club for the Vernon Folk-Roots Music Society Feb. 22. (Contributed)
A fireworks display kicked off the final weekend of the 63rd Vernon Winter Carnival Friday, Feb. 10, at Kin Race Track. (Roger Knox - Morning Star)

PHOTOS: Vernon Winter Carnival final weekend starts with bang and burn(er)

Fireworks display, country concert brings thousands to Kal Tire Place to kick off last weekend

A fireworks display kicked off the final weekend of the 63rd Vernon Winter Carnival Friday, Feb. 10, at Kin Race Track. (Roger Knox - Morning Star)
Stuart and Jenna Walker of The Reklaws are excited to bring their hits to Vernon for the Barn Burner concert at Kal Tire Place Friday, Feb. 10. (Reklaws photo)

Reklaws ready to have a blast in Vernon

Country Barn Burner kicks off at Kal Tire Place Friday

Stuart and Jenna Walker of The Reklaws are excited to bring their hits to Vernon for the Barn Burner concert at Kal Tire Place Friday, Feb. 10. (Reklaws photo)
Danny Davis Guitars are displayed in Huntsville, Ala. A groundswell of support for the Vancouver Folk Music Festival has its board of directors rethinking plans to cancel this year’s event and dissolve the society.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, The Huntsville Times, Matt Wake

Chorus of support has Vancouver folk fest board reviewing cancellation, letter says

Board has paused a motion to dissolve the society and looking at options to continue

Danny Davis Guitars are displayed in Huntsville, Ala. A groundswell of support for the Vancouver Folk Music Festival has its board of directors rethinking plans to cancel this year’s event and dissolve the society.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, The Huntsville Times, Matt Wake
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