Oof! A rider falls at the Merritt BC Highschool Rodeo in May.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Matthias Wiegand
May 16, 2025 - 4:00 AM
It has been a busy spring in Kamloops and the Okanagan with so many sports events, festivals and concerts to check out, and some amazing photographers captured bits of the action.
Big bold punches of colour and energy illuminate from these snapshots taken in the region in April and May, including at a motocross event in Kamloops, a rodeo in Merritt, a festival in Kelowna and a concert in Penticton.
There are so many more colourful, upbeat events to choose from as summer is approaching, including some happening over the May long weekend like Kelowna's iconic Knox Mountain Hill Race.
If you get some awesome photos at a local event, send them to news@infonews.ca.
Youth tear up the motocross track at the Mini Kahuna race in Kamloops in April.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Andrea Heath Photography
The colours of the West Coast Amusements travelling circus pops against a blue sky in Kamloops in May.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Christopher James
A couple rides the Octopus at the West Coast Amusements carnival in Kamloops in May.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Sarvesh Khosla/ Team WRD Media
The band Hollywood Undead lights up the stage at the South Okanagan Events Centre in April.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Veronica Snair
Altitunes Music Festival at Big White Ski Resort is lit up in April.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Adri Prakoso
Crowds party at the Altitunes Music Festival at Big White Ski Resort in April.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Adri Prakoso
A rider falls off a bull at the Merritt BC Highschool Rodeo in May.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Matthias Wiegand
A carnival rider lifts her hands in the breeze at a carnival in Kamloops in May.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Christopher James
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