Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre

The Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre is the premier entertainment venue in the charming city of Vernon, British Columbia. Situated conveniently between Vancouver, British Columbia and Calgary Alberta, Vernon is the largest city in the North end of the picturesque Okanagan Valley.
Built in 2001, this facility boasts well-appointed backstage areas, a superb support staff and one of the most comfortable auditoriums in the province. Enjoy superior sound coverage and quality with less reliance on rental gear with the Centre's exceptional Meyer Mina digital sound system installed in 2013.
Performers, presenters and audiences alike regularly comment that this is one of the best facilities they have ever experienced. We encourage you to come and see for yourself!
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Upcoming Events


Tom Cochrane
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Wed, Jul 16, 2025 At 7:30pmSIGNATURE Concert Series
Vernon & District Performing Arts Society Presents Tom Cochrane.


PWR/UP ~ CANADA'S PREMIER AC/DC TRIBUTE
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Sat, Sep 6, 2025 At 7:30pmPWR/UP. The Best AC/DC You'll See Without a Time Machine! Young Lads with a Devilish passion for AC/DC, Bringing it to you with all the attitude and power of 1980 when AC/DC was Young and Hungry!


IKONS OF ROCK
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Tue, Sep 9, 2025 At 7:30pmThe Crazy Train of IKONS OF ROCK in the 70s & 80s.


Louisiana Hayride Show: Farewell Tour
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Wed, Sep 10, 2025 At 7:30pmLouisiana Hayride Show Farewell Tour
After 15 years of touring across western Canada, the time has come for the Louisiana Hayride Show to say goodbye.
Celebrate one last time with Patsy Cline, Willie Nelson, Roy Orbison, Loretta & Conway, Crystal Gayle, Shania Twain and Lefty Frizzell. All these artists and more, in one magical night!


Creedence Clearwater Relived
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Sat, Sep 13, 2025 At 7:30pmCreedence Clearwater Relived Returns to the VDPAC !! Saturday, September 13th, 2025 at 7:30 PM for a night of incredible music and nostalgia as Bad Moon Riders pay tribute to the legendary band, Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR).The electrifying Talent of Bad Moon Riders comprised of Members from BTO and Headpins, Deliver ALL the hits, ALL night long.! And it's All ages! Bring out the Kids!


DZVINKA: Ukraine's Robinhood Story
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Sat, Sep 20, 2025 At 7:00pmDon't miss your last chance to see DZVINKA. Sold out across Western Canada, Tryzub's 50th Anniversary Tour returns to where it all started - the Okanagan Valley.
"Spectacular, emotionally gripping display of Ukrainian artistry." Susan McIver. Penticton Herald
"The choreography was so fast moving, I was almost literally gasping for breath", Barb Pettifer, Penticton


Shane Koyczan
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Wed, Sep 24, 2025 At 7:30pmIt feels safe to say that there seems no territory beyond the reach of Koyczan’s pen or of his heart. An artist whose work has transgressed genres and given breath to a new generation of voices, Shane Koyczan wears the mantle of human and dares others to discover what that means.


Chilliwack Farewell to Friends Tour
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Thu, Sep 25, 2025 At 7:30pmSIGNATURE Concert Series
Vernon & District Performing Arts Society Presents Chilliwack.


ORCHESTRAL ROCK ODYSSEY
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Fri, Sep 26, 2025 At 7:30pmBack by popular demand, the Gary Cable Project returns to rock the Okanagan with ORCHESTRAL ROCK ODYSSEY. Join us as we pump up the volume on a retro tribute to legendary artists and some of the most iconic music of all time, including the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Procol Harum, Lionel Ritchie, Toto, Whitney Houston, The Hollies, and more!


Heart Strings: A Love Story
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Fri, Oct 3, 2025 At 7:30pmJoin the Heart Strings Ensemble and violinist Sophie Armstrong for an unforgettable evening of timeless classics and original compositions that blend classical precision with global influences, featuring tributes to legends and iconic pieces from Hollywood, and works by John Williams, Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Vivaldi, and more.


Sweet Reggae
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Sat, Oct 4, 2025 At 7:30pmGet ready to experience just how SWEET REGGAE can be.


Rose Cousins: “Conditions of Love Tour”
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Wed, Oct 8, 2025 At 7:30pmRose’s work as garnered her two JUNO Awards (2013’s We Have Made a Spark & 2021’s Bravado), two Canadian Folk Music Awards, eleven East Coast Music Awards and one Grammy nomination (2018’s Natural Conclusion), along with praise from the likes of the CBC, No Depression, LA Times, Billboard, Folk Alley, and NPR, who raved “Cousins’ disarmingly fluid vocal tone has the ability to convey the most internalized feelings without an ounce of fuss.”


Blue Suede & Rhinestones: Dolly Meets Elvis
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Thu, Oct 9, 2025 At 7:30pmStep into a world of musical imagination with Blue Suede and Rhinestones: Dolly Meets Elvis.


A Perfectly Reasonable Night of Comedy
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Wed, Oct 15, 2025 At 7:30pmStep out of the house for an unforgettable evening with Peter Oldring and Pat Kelly (CBC Radio’s This is That) as they reunite with Carolyn Taylor (Baroness von Sketch Show). These comedy powerhouses come together for the first time since their early days at The Second City to deliver a delightfully absurd and wildly entertaining variety show.


Five Alarm Funk
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Fri, Oct 17, 2025 At 7:30pmFive Alarm Funk is Canada's premiere sonic and visual assault. With 20 years’ experience, in high voltage Funk infusion, FAF has carved a new path of live entertainment.


Hungry For Laughs Comedy Tour
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Sat, Oct 18, 2025 At 7:30pmHungry For Laughs Comedy Tour


David Fung
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Tue, Oct 21, 2025 At 7:00pmWith over seventy years of incredible live concert presentations, your North Okanagan Community Concert Association continues with its history of excellence.


The True Selena & Shakira Experience
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Wed, Oct 22, 2025 At 7:30pmTwo iconic Latin superstars brought together on stage.


The Comic Strippers (19+ Only)
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Sat, Oct 25, 2025 At 7:30pmThe award-winning improv comedians are back with a new show, more moves and even quicker wits.
A SHOW FOR ALL GENDERS… 19+ ONLY
WARNING! No extreme nudity, just extreme hilarity.


Sweet & Sour
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Mon, Nov 3, 2025 At 7:30pmGet ready for an electrifying night of pop anthems, heartbreak hits, and fierce rival vibes at Sweet and Sour – the ultimate Olivia Rodrigo vs. Sabrina Carpenter tribute show.


Funny, You Don’t Look Autistic
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Tue, Nov 4, 2025 At 7:30pmHumor & Heart Combine to Make this a Memorable, One-Man Show!


PISUWIN
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Sat, Nov 8, 2025 At 7:30pmFrom award-winning director and choreographer Igor Dobrovolskiy, and multi-disciplinary artist Nipahtuwet Naka Wespahtuwet (Possesom) Paul (Wolastoqiyik, Sitansisk First Nation), Pisuwin is an epic first ever Wolastoq story-ballet set to the soaring music of Polaris Prize and JUNO Award-winning composer Jeremy Dutcher (Wolastoqiyik, Neqotkuk First Nation).


CHOIR! CHOIR! CHOIR!
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Tue, Nov 11, 2025 At 7:30pmCHOIR! CHOIR! CHOIR! Presents: We Will CHOIR! You!: An EPIC QUEEN Sing-Along!
When it comes to EPIC anthems, it doesn’t get BIGGER than Queen! And nothing feels better than belting out their biggest hits with a room full of Queen fans! So unleash your inner Freddie Mercury, grab your best friends and frenemies, and create harmonies that will blow the roof off the place!


Jeremy Dutcher in Concert
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Wed, Nov 12, 2025 At 7:30pmJeremy Dutcher, is a classically-trained Canadian Indigenous tenor, composer, musicologist, performer and activist, who currently lives in Montréal, Québec. He became widely known for his ground breaking first album Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa, which won the 2018 Polaris Music Prize and the JUNO Award for “Indigenous Music Album of the Year” at the 2019 JUNO Awards.


Gryphon Trio
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Thu, Nov 13, 2025 At 7:00pmWith over seventy years of incredible live concert presentations, your North Okanagan Community Concert Association continues with its history of excellence.


GoGo Penguin
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Fri, Nov 14, 2025 At 8:00pmGoGo Penguin, the Manchester trio who inspirationally blend jazz, classical and electronic influences, return with a powerful new album, Necessary Fictions.


SLOAN: A Tour de Force 2025 Tour
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Mon, Nov 17, 2025 At 7:30pmOver their 30-years, Canadian indie-rock heroes, SLOAN has amassed an outstanding 250+ songs, over 30 Singles on Canadian Rock Radio airplay, 9 JUNO nominations, (won Best Alternative Album in 1997), five East Coast Music Awards, and was named one of Canada's Top 5 All-Time Bands in CBC critics poll.


A Rocky Mountain High Christmas
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Sun, Nov 30, 2025 At 2:00pmRocky Mountain High Christmas Returns!
Join us for a magical holiday matinee as A Rocky Mountain High Christmas returns to Vernon celebrating the music of John Denver with festive favourites and timeless classics. With special guests Melina Schein, Chad Abrahamson, a Youth Choir, all-star Canadian band, and symphony ensemble.


O Christmas Tea: A British Comedy
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Thu, Dec 18, 2025 At 7:30pmFans of Monty Python, Mr. Bean, and Dr. Seuss… Grab your teacups!
Combining British propriety with an unabashed love for the unexpected, London’s 3-time Impresario Award-winning duo steep an outrageously funny and brilliantly inventive show reminiscent of classic British pantos.
“Complete and utter fun for all ages.”
★★★★★ CBC


A Coast to Coast Cowboy Christmas: George Canyon and Aaron Prichett
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Fri, Dec 19, 2025 At 7:30pmCanadian Country Music Award-winners George Canyon and Aaron Pritchett unite for “A Coast-to-Coast Cowboy Christmas” cross-Canada tour, delivering their chart-topping hits and your favourite holiday classics!


Elvis Birthday Tour
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Fri, Jan 9, 2026 At 7:30pmFor one night, you get to experience what it would’ve been like to witness The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll live in the flesh.


ABBA Revisited
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Fri, Jan 23, 2026 At 7:30pmVaughnCo Entertainment is proud to present ABBA REVISITED, North America’s #1 tribute to ABBA. Its members have been dazzling audiences across the globe since the year 2001. ABBA REVISITED recreates the magic of ABBA with authentic costumes, spectacular harmonies and note-perfect musicianship taking their audience on a musical journey back in time.


T’əl: The Wild Man of the Woods and Carmina Burana
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Sat, Jan 31, 2026 At 7:30pmChoreography by Vernon’s own dance prodigy Cameron Fraser-Monroe, “T’əl (“Tull”), is a powerful fusion of Indigenous storytelling, contemporary ballet, and classical music—rooted in tradition and elevated for the stage.” -The Globe and Mail.


Constellations
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Tue, Feb 3, 2026 At 7:30pmBritish playwright Payne takes the traditional boy-meet-girl tale and flips it on its head by plunging both characters into the multiverse, where their love story is played out in all its variations.


A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Thu, Feb 5, 2026 At 7:30pmPerennial audience favourite, Ballet Jorgen returns with one of William Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies!


Josephine
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Sat, Feb 7, 2026 At 7:30pm“From ballgown to banana belt, Tymisha Harris is a tour de force!”


An Evening with Sarah Slean (with String Quartet)
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Sat, Feb 14, 2026 At 7:30pmFour-time Juno nominee and modern-day Renaissance woman Sarah Slean is coming to The Vernon & District Performing Arts Centre.
With String Quartet


Tom Allen
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Tue, Feb 24, 2026 At 7:00pmWith over seventy years of incredible live concert presentations, your North Okanagan Community Concert Association continues with its history of excellence.


Eagle Eyes "THE" tribute to the Eagles
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Fri, Mar 13, 2026 At 7:30pmEagle Eyes are "THE" tribute to the Eagles. Eagle Eyes vocals are exacting and their performance leave their audiences spellbound and wanting more!


The Arrogant Worms
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Sat, Mar 14, 2026 At 7:00pmWith over seventy years of incredible live concert presentations, your North Okanagan Community Concert Association continues with its history of excellence.


MACBETH
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Tue, Mar 17, 2026 At 7:30pmBallet Kelowna triumphantly returns with Alysa Pires’ wildly successful theatrical ballet, Macbeth!


A.W.O.L.
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Sat, Mar 21, 2026 At 7:30pmRibbitRePublic Theatre brings the smash Fringe comedy hit AWOL, starring UK comedian, poet (and former nurse!) writer Rob Gee, and 30-year veteran performer Jon Paterson.


The Rocket Man - A Tribute To Elton John
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Sun, Mar 22, 2026 At 7:30pmAttention Elton John fans! Moon Coin Productions (Producers of ABBA Tribute “ABRA Cadabra” and Eagles Tribute “Take It To The Limit”) Presents The Rocket Man – A Tribute to Elton John from Vancouver performing in Vernon for the 1st time on March 22, 2026.


Solidaridad Tango
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Thu, Apr 16, 2026 At 7:00pmWith over seventy years of incredible live concert presentations, your North Okanagan Community Concert Association continues with its history of excellence.


Fleetwood Magic
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Sat, May 23, 2026 At 7:30pmFleetwood Magic, Canada's Authentic Tribute to Fleetwood Mac, transports audiences on a musical journey performing their greatest hits with exacting vocals and vintage costumes. Fleetwood Magic does indeed deliver the magic!