Events

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Bizarre Bazaar

Arts & Culture
July 1, 2008 - August 28, 2008
Thursdays from 4 pm to 8pm at Riverside Park

More information, please contact 250-578-0242

Provincial Cowboy Action Shooting Championship

Riding / Rodeo / Western
July 4, 2008 - July 7, 2008
Location: Hefley Creek Gun Club, 15 minutes North of Kamloops on Hwy #5

Presented by The Western Canadian Frontier Shootist Society and Kamloops Target Sports Assn. The biggest event of its kind in Canada.

For more information contact Mark Shiorarondo at (250) 578-7826 or visit www.wcfss.com or www.ktsa.ca E: info@ktsa.ca

2008 Select Horse Sale

Riding / Rodeo / Western
July 5, 2008
Registered Quarter Horses, Paints and Thoroughbreds.

Catalogue Consignments Close May 1, 2008

Location: KXA Grounds, Kamloops

Contact: 250-314-9645, fax 250-828-0836, www.kxaselecthorsesale.weebly.com

Model Airplane Event

Sport / Tournament
July 5, 2008 - July 6, 2008
The High Country Flyers invite you to attend:

BIG BIRD 2008! Featuring 80 inch wing span or 1/2 inch Scale plus 60-inch Bi-planes!

July 5th and 6th, 9am to 3pm, Location: Morrison Ranch field. Take Coquihalla highway exit 336, 6knm towards Logan Lake. Field is on the left. Concession adn dry camping available. Potluck Supper Saturday evening.

More information, please contact Norm at (250) 573-4989, email nhbryson@telus.net. Website: www.highcountryflyers.homestead.com

2008 Kamloops Highland Games

Sport / Tournament
July 12, 2008
Location: Albert McGowan Park

More information please contact 250-374-7078

Downtown Merchant's Market

Local Market Shows
July 16, 2008 - July 19, 2008

"BC's Biggest Sidewalk Sale" and Buskers Showdown.

July 16-19, 2008

Downtown Kamloops

More information and forms available at www.kcbia.com, or call Peggy Shelley at 372-3242.

X Fest 2008

Arts & Culture
July 24, 2008 - August 9, 2008
In the hottest 2 weeks of Summer, enjoy A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare and The Compleat Weeks of William Shakespeare (Abridged) performed by Projet X theatre at a fantastic outdoor venue!

Tickets and more information available at www.projectxtheatre.ca, phone 250-377-8818 or email info@projectxtheatre.ca

Horse Racing

Riding / Rodeo / Western
August 2, 2008
Location: Sagebrush Downs

More information please contact 250-314-9645

Open House at Highland Valley Copper Mines

Special Event
August 4, 2008
Highland Valley Copper will be hosting an “Open House” for the public on August 4th.

Complimentary hot dogs, refreshments, ice cream and popcorn will be served throughout the day, 8:30am to 3:30pm. This is an exciting opportunity for everyone as extensive tours will be held around the mine and picture opportunities will be abundant.

In addition to the tours there will be a “Mini Olympics” gaming booth as Teck Cominco is one of the official sponsors for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics and Paralympics Games.

For more information: jamon@teckcominco.com or call 250-523-3307

Pritchard Rodeo

Riding / Rodeo / Western
August 16, 2008 - August 17, 2008
Pritchard Rodeo, August 8 & 9 2008

Location: The Pritchard Rodeo Grounds, 1/2 Hour East Of Kamloops on Trans Canada Highway. Turn South at the Pritchard Store. Rodeo grounds is 1 mile off the highway behind the community hall.

www.rodeoBC.com - contact Don Swift (250) 577-3461 Direct Website: http://www.pritchardcommunityassociation.ca/Rodeo2008/Rodeo2008.htm

Horse Racing

Riding / Rodeo / Western
August 16, 2008
Location: Sagebrush Downs

More information please contact: 250-314-9645

Intermontane Challenge Preview Event 2008

Sport / Tournament
September 6, 2008 - September 7, 2008
This is a weekend preview race to the big Challenge which will be on in the summer of 2009.

Location: Kamloops BC

Contact: 1-877-377-8665 for more information

Fest O' Fall by Western Canada Theatre

Arts & Culture
September 17, 2008 - October 4, 2008
Performances include: Counterpart, Kicked, Be Prepared to Fall in Love, The Seduction, and Jake's Gift

Location: Pavilion Theatre

More information and tickets please call 250-374-5483 or visit www.westerncanadatheatre.bc.ca

Learn Equine Massage Therapy

Riding / Rodeo / Western
September 21, 2008 - September 24, 2008
This four day intensive course includes: anatomy, skeletal system, massage theory and techniques, acute, sub-acute and chromic care, scar tissue therapy, hydrotherapy, gait assessment, confirmation and lots of stretches!

To register and more information, contact Sidonia at 1-888-378-4632 or visit www.equinerehab.ca

70th Annual Provincial Winter Fair

Riding / Rodeo / Western
September 25, 2008 - September 29, 2008
Join us at the 70th Annual Provincial Winter Fair at Sagebrush Downs in Kamloops. Located at 485 Mount Paul Center Way.

For more information go to www.provincialwinterfair.com or email info@provincialwinterfair.com

Salmon Run

General
October 1, 2008 - October 31, 2008
Adams River Salmon Run

More information please contact 250-374-3377 or visit www.salmonsociety.com

Candain Resort Investment Conference

Business
October 14, 2008 - October 15, 2008

Candain Resort Investment Conference
October 14 - 15, 2008
The Grand Okanagan Lakefront Resort and Conference Centre
Kelowna, BC


visit www.resortinvest.ca for information and to register

CIS Soccer Nationals

Sport / Tournament
November 4, 2008 - November 8, 2008
Location: Hillside Stadium

Contact: 250-828-5000

Remembrance Day

Holiday
November 11, 2008

Santa Claus Parade

Special Event
November 29, 2008
Downtown Kamloops

More information, please contact 250-372-3241