Event: Organic Okanagan Festival

Date: 
Sunday, September 28, 2014 - 11:00 to 16:00
Event Description: 

The 9th Annual Organic Okanagan Festival (OOF) is on Sunday September 28, 2014 from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm at the Rotary Centre for the Arts, 421 Cawston Ave., Kelowna.  Enjoy, sample, shop and learn at the Okanagan’s Finest Green Living Expo!

 

The theme for the 2014 Organic Okanagan Festival is Think Organic!

 

Enjoy, Sample, Shop and Learn with over 28 exhibitors including: Rancho Vignola, Ethical Bean, Summerhill Winery and many more!  FREE Choices Market gift bags for all attendees. Shop in the Certified Organic Farmer’s Market and Green Living Marketplace; for a complete list of all exhibitors go to:  www.okanagangreens.ca

 

General admission is $10 at the door plus a food donation for the Kelowna Community Food Bank - help us raise 1000 lbs. of food in one day! Students & seniors $8 at the door. Children under 12, FREE admission! 

Go to www.okanagangreens.ca/admission purchase Advance Admission Tickets & receive a BONUS food ticket!

 

9th Annual Organic Okanagan Festival Entertainment Schedule:

 

11:00 AM – RCA Atrium Stage - Honourable Norm Letnick, B.C. Minister of Agriculture and Kelowna-Lake Country MLA.  Hon. Norm Letnick will officially open the 9th Annual Organic Okanagan Festival.

 

ALL DAY - RCA Atrium Stage - COTA minutes!  Listen to current organic industry updates from Stephanie Wells of the Canadian Organic Trade Association.

 

1:00 PM - HARMONY HONDA STUDIO - Nature’s Path Organic Soil Workshop

Hands on learning about organic soil ecology and leave with your own organic seeds planted and ready to sprout!  First to come, first to plant!

 

2:00 PM - RCA ATRIUM STAGE - Raging Grannies

Raging Grannies are caring older women who use song to protest and raise awareness of the issues of Peace, the environment and social justice. Satirical and serious, they are politically conscious but non-partisan.

 

2:45 PM - RCA ATRIUM STAGE - Niki Martinus

Niki is a Kelowna based singer/songwriter; she looks forward to bringing her acoustic originals and covers to this year's festival.

 

3:30 PM - RCA ATRIUM STAGE - Ginger & Rose

Comprised of singer songwriters Jayme Mc Killop and Lowell Friesen, Ginger & Rose contrast and complement each other like any great pairing, bringing their diverse styles into the musical kitchen and cooking up a unique and soulful musical banquet.