Lumby Days is back!
Photo: Lumby Days
Lumby Days is back this weekend.
The biggest event of the year in the North Okanagan village returns Friday through Sunday after a pandemic absence.
It will include a midway, rides, food, live entertainment and more.
Thrash Wrestling will put on a show in the park oval Friday and Saturday evenings, and there will be a fire dance performance Friday 8p.m. on the fair stage, by WolfKin.
Cool cars, trucks and motorcycles will be on display for the show and shine, Saturday and Sunday in the park.
Buy a duck in the Lumby & District Health Society duck race. Rubber duckies will race down the creek at the Lumby Lions Campground – first across the finish line wins $1,000.
Tyler Welfing of Carvewel Creations will put on chainsaw carving demonstrations, and Patrick McIvor of Dancing Scot Forge will demonstrate his blacksmith skills.
There will also be helicopter rides by Valhalla Helicopters, a petting zoo, kids zone activities – and if you look up, you’ll see the Lumby Air Races hang gliders and paragliders.
Pilots from all over Western Canada will launch from Coopers Launch or Saddle Launch, both visible from Lumby Days site, and use GPS to race 10km and 25km courses.
The Lumby Days parade takes place at 11 a.m. on Saturday.
The Monashee Arts Council Festival of the Arts will have local works on display at Whitevalley Community Hall, and of course, there will be food trucks and vendors on the festival site.
