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The Life & Arts Festival is a multi-discipline arts festival that invites visitors to experience all that life and the arts have to offer. Initiated by the City of Kelowna as a multi-day festival that would be a signature event for the city to recognise and showcase the arts and the City's burgeoning Cultural District to the community and the region and in the long range to grow to be a destination draw for the cultural visitor.
Download Here the 2008 Program
 The Festival presents a diverse set of experiences and opportunities through partnerships with other artists, arts groups, businesses and stakeholders in the community. Music, live theatre, street performances, dance, visual arts, a lantern festival, the spoken word and multiculturalism are all part of the inclusive programming and experiences showcased at the Festival annually on the Mothers Day weekend in May. The Festival is family friendly with most programming suitable for multi-generations of a family to attend together. The Festival is strong on experiential programming that allows the Festival goer to experience, get close-to, and learn about a variety of art forms from the artists themselves and by doing and participating.
The Life & Arts Festival was launched in 2004 and has experienced fantastic growth in the first four years. In 2007 over 250 arts groups, artists and performers participated in the Festival and attendance numbers were estimated at over 18,000 people.
* Festival Village
Hours:
Friday, May 9
Safeway Kids' Day events:
9:00am-2:00pm
Festival Village:
5:00pm-10:00pm
POSH (ticketed fundraising event):
7:00pm-10:00pm
Saturday, May 10
Festival Village:
11:00am-8:00pm
illuminArts Festival: 5:00pm-10:30pm
Sunday, May 11
Festival Village:
11:00am-5:00pm
*FortisBC illuminArts Lantern Celebration
Join us for two fun and energetic processions involving drumming and lanterns to the illuminArts Lantern Celebration Grounds! The first procession begins on Cawston Ave in the BMO Bank of Montreal Festival Village at 6:00pm; the second procession begins at 8:00pm by the Dolphins statue in Waterfront Park and will head directly into the FortisBC illuminArts Lantern Celebration grounds.
Bring your own percussion instruments, lanterns and costumes from home or purchase a lantern made by festival volunteers, and follow procession leader Angela Roy as she dances and drums her way to Waterfront Park. Some drums will be available for participant use. Lanterns will be available for sale at the information booth at the entrance to Waterfront Park.
Please note children under the age of 16 are not permitted to carry candles, please visit our lantern booth and purchase an battery powered light instead!
* Design For Life Pavillion
Design for Life explores design and its ubiquitous impact in our lives. Sustainable Design is the focus in 2008 as we explore the “greening” of all kinds of design – from cities to buildings to landscapes to products. Design For Life 2008 offers an amazing array of talent and experience; including presentations by 5 sustainability and design experts, a green building 101 workshop, a fun, fast paced designers showcase, and the 2007 Design Exchange Awards exhibit from Toronto. There is something for everyone interested in exploring the importance of sustainability and design in our lives. Admission is free!
To learn more about Design for life click on the logo below:
  
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