Kids

The Purple Pirate “Message in a Bottle” show

The Purple Pirate “Message in a Bottle” show is a family-oriented dance production of Dustin Anderson at Key City Theatre, Cranbrook. Two performances to choose from..

October Apple Pick and Press

The annual October Apple Pick and Press weekend is your opportunity to help remove attractants for the bears, take home delicious fresh-pressed juice and share with others.

Sue Wells Art Day for Kids

Art Day for Kids is an annual FREE event that lets children aged 5 years and up explore their creative sides. Pre-register your child for a session.

Baby Rhyme Time

Baby Rhyme Time is a FREE on-going weekly program for parents & their babies 0-24 months at the Invermere Public Library. Call for information & to register.

New STEAM programs for kids at the library

Two new STEAM programs at the Invermere Library make learning fun for school-aged kids. We explore Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, & Math.Fun activities & games. Pre-registration required!

Windermere Elementary School Carnival

The Windermere Elementary School carnival is planned to be a fundraiser for academic enrichment. There’s going to be fun games, magic, obstacle courses and more! Everyone’s welcome!

KSCU Movie in the Park – ‘Sing’

The Radium Hot Springs branch of the Kootenay Savings Credit Union is hosting a Movie in the Park night. It’s great family entertainment and it’s FREE!

Kids! Help solve the Deer Island Mystery

The Deer Island mystery needs solving and kids from gr. 3-8 are invited to help author Don Kelly crack the case at Invermere Library. Parents welcome too.

Columbia Valley Recreation Sign Up Night

Columbia Valley Recreation Sign Up Night is your opportunity to register yourself or your child to participate in or volunteer for a sport or leisure activity.

Kids Fashion Camp

Kids Fashion Camp (10-15 yrs) teaches young fashionists and fashionistas how to up-style their wardrobes and accessories while learning basic sewing skills. Class size limited. Register now.

FREE Moonlight Movie: ‘Boss Baby’

The FREE Moonlight Movie, ‘Boss Baby’ will be outdoors at Mountainside Golf Course! Suitable for all ages. Free popcorn and cotton candy. Lots of laughs. Come early!

August Beach Parties

The August Beach Parties at Invermere’s Kinsmen Beach take place every Thursday from 5-8 pm. FREE fun for all ages. Everyone’s welcome. Mark the dates. Join us.

Kids Theatre Camp

Kids Theatre Camp with Michelle Lemay at Centre 64 is for kids aged 7-15 years.
Theatre games, voice work, creation and performance of their own stage play

Leif David, Summer Reading Club entertainment

Leif David returns to present his Children’s Magic Show, ‘Walk on the Wild Side’ at Columbia Garden Village. FREE for all ages. Presented by the Invermere Library.

Wild Ideas kids club at the Invermere Library

Wild Ideas kids club at the Invermere Public Library is a FREE weekly program for kids grades 5-8. Explore life in the wilderness through fun challenges and activities

Windermere Valley Museum summer children’s program 2017

The summer children’s program at the Windermere Valley Museum is a fun weekly kid’s program for ages 6 to 10 years. Space is limited so please register early!

Creative Kids Summer Art Camp

The Creative Kids Summer Art Camp at Centre 64, Kimberley, lets kids 7-14 encourages creativity while they learn new artistic techniques. Tuesdays to Fridays. Register now!

Celebrate National Fishing Week!

Celebrate National Fishing Week by taking the family fishing! On July 1st, 2nd, 8th & 9th, you don’t need a fishing license go fishing in the Columbia Valley.

Fathers Day Weekend marks season opening at Fort Steele

Tell your Dad or a very special man in your life how much you appreciate him. Take him to Fort Steele for a weekend of special ‘Dad’ events.

Canada 150 Celebration

It’s a Canada 150 Celebration on the lawns at the Windermere Valley Museum, an ‘early- bird special’ – a FREE family-friendly afternoon party for everyone. Please come!

“Bee” Creative Young Artist Workshop

Hey kids 5 and over! Let’s ‘Bee Creative’ together at a Wildsight Invermere workshop. Learn all about bees and how to make a beehive at the Upper Ranch.

FREE Kid’s Movie at the Fernie Heritage Library

Kids are going to love the FREE movie ‘Peter Pan’ at the Fernie Heritage Library. It’s the season wind-up of the Kids Read it First series program.

Baby Rhyme Time

Baby Rhyme Time is a FREE 6-week program at the Invermere Library for babies 0-24 months and their parents. We have a great time singing songs and rhymes.

‘The Caravan’ – movie fundraiser event

The Caravan, a movie about a 2,500 mile journey using only horses, featuring Gerard Paagmam and his Friesians. Family entertainment. The horses will be there too!

Kitchen Sink Experiment Club

The kitchen Sink Experiment Club at the Invermere Public Library is for kids from Kindergarten to grade 4 who love learning how things work. FREE. Pre-registration is required.

The Easter Bunny Always Comes to Strands!

Hey kids! Bring your Easter baskets to Strands Restaurant and fill them with scrumptious treats the Easter Bunny has left behind for you on the Chocolate Trail.

Canal Flats Annual Easter Egg Hunt

Calling all kids 12 and under! Bring your basket and come on down to gather the eggs the Easter Bunny left behind. Free hot dogs and cake.

Easter Egg Hunt at Kinsmen Park

Hey kids! Bring your baskets to Kinsmen Park for the annual Easter Egg hunt! See if you’ll be the one to collect the most Easter eggs.

Easter extravaganza, Fairmont Hot Springs Resort

Easter Eggstravaganza

The Easter Eggstravaganza at Fairmont Hot Springs Resort is a FREE family Easter weekend-long event with crafts, games, movie nights, S’mores, Easter egg hunt and lots more!

Harry Potter Book Night

Harry Potter Book Night at the Invermere Library is a celebration of the Professors of Hogwarte who taught Harry many magical skills. FREE drop-in event.

4-Week Pre-registered Lego Club

Pre registered Lego Club at Invermere Library is a 4-week program, teaching kids age K-4 to use imagination and logic while learning teamwork and communication skills.

Fairmont Community Skating Party

Everyone’s invited to come to the FREE Community Skating Party at the Fairmont Hot Springs Resort skating rink. Bring your own skates. Rentals are not available.

Swim FREE Christmas Day!

Swim FREE all Christmas Day at Fairmont Resort’s public natural mineral hot springs pool. Just bring a Food Bank donation of a non-perishable food item.

Free Public Skate

There’s a FREE public skate at the Canal Flats Arena and everyone’s invited! Hot chocolate and cookies too. Grab your skates and bring the whole family.

Winter Break Movies

FREE Winter Break Movies at the Invermere Community Hall are favorite seasonal films for all ages. Bring a blanket and a pillow and enjoy the show!

Blue Christmas Service in Invermere

Blue Christmas Service is for remembering loved ones and pets who have gone. Going through a rough time just now? Please join us. Light a candle.

Photos With Santa Claus

Photos with Santa Claus at Fairmont Hot Springs Resort make great gifts for loving grandmas and grandpas, irreplaceable mementos of your child’s growing years.

Summit Youth Fundraiser at Sobey’s

The Summit Youth Centre is asking for your support at this fundraiser in order to help us continue to provide free programs and activities for Columbia Valley youth.

Children’s Christmas Party

The annual Radium Volunteer Fire Department Children’s Christmas Party is for kids 10 years and under. There will be cookie decorating, music and a visit from Santa!

Annual Tree of Lights

Hospice Society hosts the annual Tree of Lights ceremony in 5 Columbia Valley locations this year to commemorate loved ones who will not be with us this season.

Valley Forged Old-fashioned Christmas sing-along party

It’s a SIng-along party at Smoking Waters Coffee Company in Fairmont. Enjoy hot chocolate with Santa and Mrs. Claus. Sing all your favorite Christmas songs with Valley Forged.

Snow tubing & tobogganing in the Columbia Valley

Adventure & Recreation Things to do

Let’s go Tobogganing!

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Tobogganing, snow tubing, sledding & flying downhill on your magic carpet or saucer make great winter adventures for the family. Make sure they’re safe for everyone.

Hobnails and Hemp Rope: Film

Hobnails & Hemp Rope is thrilling, true adventure documentary. Four amateur climbers undertook on its 100th anniversary, to repeat Conrad Kain’s historic climb of the Bugaboo Spire.

Hey Kids! Have breakfast with Santa!

Breakfast with Santa at the Invermere BC Legion is a great way for families to get an early start on the holiday season. Reservations should be made early.

Baby Goose Program at the Library

Baby Goose Program at the library, an outreach of the Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy, is designed to encourage early language development in babies to 18 months.

Youth Chef It Up Night

Chef-It-Up at the Invermere Summit Youth Centre on Thursday evenings! You can wow your family and friends with your culinary talents. Delicious budget-friendly cooking.

Syndicate Party this weekend!

The Syndicate Party at the Community Hall will be fun for everyone! A FREE kids carnival and a grown-up party with live music and a movie premiere.

Astronomy on the Go! with the H. R. MacMillan Space Centre

Astronomy on the Go! Explore the heavens over Invermere BC in this FREE presentation for you and your family. Weather permitting, you can see through the telescope.

Pumpkin Carving & Decorating Contest

The Pumpkin Carving and Decorating Contest at Home Hardware is open to everyone from 0 to 99 years. Enter! You could win one of the great prizes.

Booktacular Halloween!

The Booktacular Hallween event at the library is back again! Dress in your costume and come trickin’ and treatin’ on October 26th from 5 to 8 PM

2016/2017 Junior Curling Program

The 2016/17 Junior Curling Program at the Invermere Curling Centre teaches basic curling skills to kids and youth aged 8 to 18 yrs, Wednesdays from 4-5 pm.

Zombie Walk

Put on your scariest Halloween costume and join the Zombie Walk. Everyone’s welcome. Bring a donation to the food bank and get ready to be spooked!

Annual fall Shoreline Clean-up

It’s fall shoreline cleanup time again! Volunteers are wanted to help clean up the public shores around Lake Windermere. Let’s make them safe for winter activities

Toonie Tuesday ‘Bike or Run!’ event

Run, bike or both along the Johnson Trail at Lake Lillian for some great exercise and fun with friends in the great outdoors. Memberships available at the trail.

Mini Golf Fundraiser

Our mini golf fundraiser is a family event to assist the Sonshine Chldrens Centre building insulation project. There’s golf, ice cream, prizes and a gift certificate!

Gateway to Nature Hike

The Gateway to Nature Hike is a 2.5-hour guided hike in Kimberley Nature Park. Enjoy and learn to respect nature as you learn about its diverse bio-systems.

FREE Barbecue

Come to the Edgewater Park at the Community Hall for a yummy FREE barbecue. It will be fun for everyone in the gang. Join the party!

Pop-up Story Time in the Columbia Valley!

Pop Up Story Time will be coming to communities in the Columbia Valley this summer. There will be reading, crafts and activities for all the neighborhood kids.

Theatre Under the Stars is back!

Theatre Under the Stars at Eagle Ranch Resort in Invermere is a FREE family event. Watch current movies outdoors on a 2-storey screen on the resort lawn.

Toonie Tuesday ‘Bike or Run!’ event

Walk, run or bike along the Kloosifier Trail for August’s Toonie Tuesday. It’s a fun event. Go solo or get a team of friends together!

Teddy Bear Picnic

Bring your favorite teddy bears to the Teddy Bear Picnic in the Edgewater Park. It’s a FREE family event with lots of fun activities and healthy snacks.

‘Species at Risk’ traveling exhibition

Visit the ‘Species at Risk’ mobile museum exhibit when it stops in Invermere. It’s fun! and it’s educational! Mark this must-see event on your calendar. Be there!

FREE Family Movie at Mountainside

It’s a great family movie – and it’s FREE! It’s at Mountainside Golf Course in Fairmont. Everyone’s invited to join the fun. Free popcorn and candy floss too.

Movies in the Mountains – Saturday Edition!

The Saturday Edition of Movies in the Mountains in Invermere is a pre-screening of Angry Birds. It’s a great family movie. Free admission. Cash Concession. Dress warm.

Columbia Valley Hockey School

NHL guest instructors at the Columbia Valley Hockey School will coach budding young hockey stars from 9 to 19 years of age. Register your child early!

Magician David Leif

Magician David Leif will be casting his spell on kids of all ages as part of the Invermere Public Library annusl Summer Reading program. FREE and fun!

Work Bee Clean-Up Party at the Agri Park

There’s a Clean-up Work Bee to get the Agri Park in shape for the Summer Fair. Bratwurst BBQ with potluck salads and desserts to follow. Everyone’s invited.

Wild Nature Tours: Fairmont Family Walk

The Wild Nature Tours Family Walk in Fairmont is a great opportunity for families with young children to connect with nature together on a playful adventure.

Giant Jenga on the beach!

Everyone’s invited to join the weekly Giant Jenga game on the beach this summer. Come on down! Test your skill. Be the last to collapse the tower!

Creative Kids Summer Arts Program

The Creative Kids Summer Arts Program at Centre 64, Kimherley, encourages children from 7 to 14 years of age to freely express their own unique creativity

KNP Junior Naturalist Program

Kids bored this summer? Sign them up for the Junior Naturalist Program at the Redstreak Campground. It’s a fun summertime experience for kids 6 – 12 years.

Old Fashioned Block Party!

You are invited to a real old-fahioned neighborhood block party with FREE carnival games, cake and live music. Great summer entertainment. Bring the whole family!

Burger BBQ at the Legion!

There’s a Burger BBQ at the Legion following the afternoon golf tournament. Everyone’s invited to enjoy a sizzling hot burger right off the grill. Bring the family!

Play Spur Valley for only $16!

Golf for only $16 every Tuesday and Wednesday all season long at Spur Valley Golf Course! Bring the whole family for some fun adventures on the greens!

Pancakes coming up!

Start your weekend right with a pancake breakfast at the Invermere Legion. It’s a really delicious treat for the whole family. Why not treat a friend?

ICAN Open House

ICAN is having an open house at the animal shelter. You are invited to visit, meet the animals, tour the shelter and find out how you can help

Open House & Garage Sale at the Fire Hall

A joint fundraiser open house/garage sale coming to the Radium Fire Hall, will support both the Radium Fire Department and the Radium Public Library. Everyone is welcome!

Highway Clean Up party

Everyone’s invited to the Fairmont & District Lions Club’s annual Highway Clean Up party. Help spruce up for the summer. Hot dogs afterward at the Lions Den.

Art By Kids silent auction at J A Laird School

Everyone’s invited to J A Laird School for the grade 5 class silent auction of their handmade canvas paintings. It’s a great way to show your support.

Fort Steele Season Opening this weekend!

Fort Steele is opening for the season this weekend! Why not bring the family for a good old-fashioned, fun-filled adventure? Even the family dog is welcome.

Kick Up Your Heels Family Dance

Come Kick Up your Heels at a fun family dance! Everyone’s welcome! Music by The Flatliners and Valley Forged. Silent auction and door prizes too.

Fun Family Fundraiser

The Martin Morigeau Elementary School grade 2/3 class invites everyone to our Fun Family fundraiser to help us go on field trips. Everyone’s gonna have a blast!

Easter Storytime & Crafts

Hey Kids! Come on down to the Radium Hot Springs Public Library and have fun. It’s story and crafts time and it’s all about Easter.

Spring Break Crafternoons

Hey Kids! Let’s get crafty at the library every afternoon during spring break. It’s make-and-take. You make itand you get to take it home with you.

Columbia Valley Little League Baseball Registration

Register your Little Leaguer now for the spring baseball season! There are age categories from 4 to 18 years. Everyone can play! Volunteers and coaches needed.

Junior Mini Fun Bonspiel on the Lake

Junior Mini Bonspiel on the Lake is a fun event for all kids aged 8 to 18 years. Test your curling skills. Warm up with delicious hot chocolate.