What is Fireweed Eco-Fest?
Fireweed Eco-Fest is an annual eco-arts festival welcoming writers, comedians, visual artists, musicians, and performers from the Okanagan Valley and across Canada for three days of high-calibre performance alongside socially conscious artistic creation in local, public parks.
Taking fireweed as a symbol of (re)growth in the wake of climate crisis, how might art act as a conduit through which communities come together to connect, learn, and create change locally? Channeling the energy and abundance of the fireweed in scorched regions, we hope that this generative art exchange at the end of fire season will create new ways of relating and caring for ourselves, our communities, and our environment.
The 2022 Festival
This year, Fireweed Eco-Fest is taking place Friday, Set. 23rd to Sunday, Sept. 24th, at the Black Box Theatre in Downtown Kelowna, the Woodhaven Eco Culture Centre, and Kopje Regional Park. See below for a full schedule of events!
Inspired Word Café acknowledges that this festival is being held on the unceded ancestral lands of the Syilx Okanagan People. For more information, please visit https://www.syilx.org.
Accessibility
Black Box Theatre (1375 Water Street)
The Black Box Theatre is wheelchair accessible, with two single user washrooms. Parking is available through surrounding street parking only.
Woodhaven Eco Culture Centre (969 Raymer Road)
The Woodhaven Eco Culture Centre is wheelchair accessible (over uneven terrain), with one single user washroom available up a set of stairs and a single portapottie available on the ground level.
Parking is limited and carpooling or bussing is strongly encouraging. The parking lot is located at 4711 Raymer Road, a short walk from the performance site, and shuttling will be available for attendees if they so choose.
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Kopje Regional Park (15480 Carrs Landing Road)
Kopje Regional Park is wheelchair accessible (over grass), with gendered public washrooms available a short walk from the performance site. Parking is readily available and very close to the performance site.
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The 2022 Fireweed Eco-Fest is sponsored by:
