Culture Days in Vernon

BC Culture Days come to Vernon for a month of arts, music, cinema, and cultural experiences.


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Location: Vernon, British Columbia
Updated: Tue. Sep. 8, 2026

The Arts Council of the North Okanagan returns as Vernon's hub for BC Culture Days. The free family-friendly events offer a multi-week celebration of colour, creativity, and community.

Culture Days is Canada's largest public participation campaign for the arts! Celebrate arts, culture, and heritage in your community through free interactive events. From live music, dance and theatre performances to hands-on workshops, artisan markets, visual art exhibits and Indigenous and cultural programming.

For more Culture Days information and complete event listings, visit the BC Culture Days website or sundogfest.ca.

Culture Days in Vernon

Culture days is a national event that can be broken down to provincial and municipal levels to help you find the events happening wherever you are this fall. Find the events happening near you on the Culture Days Website.

You can expect to find dozens of artists displays from music to painting to cinema and plenty in-between and with all this happening for free, you will be sure to find something fun to do this fall.

Experience culture days in Vernon surrounded by the beauty of the Thompson Okanagan

Vernon Culture Days events

Everything kicks off September 18 with the free two-day Sundog Festival of Arts and Culture in Polson Park — the official launch event for Culture Days in Vernon — followed by a host of events running through to October 4.

Sundog Festival of Arts and Culture

Enjoy a full weekend of family activities, live music, dance, visual arts, culture, heritage, and more!

The Polson Artisan Market will be set up during the day, along with children's activity tents, information and display booths, and some of Vernon's best Food Trucks.

The evening will close with several hours of live music on the band stage with local performers that you won't want to miss.

More Vernon Culture Days events

Following the kick-off weekend, dozens of free arts, culture, and heritage events take place at venues across Greater Vernon through October 4. For a full and up-to-date list of events, visit the BC Culture Days website or sundogfest.ca.