Become an essential Culture Tour stop!
Each year, the public is invited to explore and enjoy studios, galleries, museums, events and more through the free, self-directed Columbia Basin Culture Tour. We invite you to become one of the essential stops!
This year, the tour takes place:
- August 8 and 9, 2026
- 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day.
Register now if you’re an artist, or an organization or venue focused on arts, culture and heritage, anywhere in the Columbia Basin. Your venue will receive a listing in the 2026 Culture Tour brochure, a profile on our website and a social media spotlight; our tour promotions help you extend the reach of your cultural practice!
Ensure your spot now. Register by March 31, 2026.
- Culture Tour registration fee for WKRAC members: $40
- Culture Tour registration fee for WKRAC non-members: $65.
View venue terms and conditions here.
NEW THIS YEAR!
- To thank folks for supporting the West Kootenay Regional Arts Council and helping us deliver programming that benefits the cultural sector throughout the Columbia Basin, we’re offering a Culture Tour registration discount for our members.
- It’s easy to become a member, and only costs $10/year for individuals and $55/year for organizations! Members can also be included in our new member directory if desired. Become a member at any time here, or sign up when you complete your Culture Tour registration form.
Think about these questions before you register
- In small towns or rural areas, it may be hard to draw the public to your more isolated location. Should you collaborate with other artists to create one venue in a central hub?
- Note: If each artist registers separately, you each get your own listing—simply make sure the venue location information remains the same for everyone. If you register as one collective venue, you get one listing in the Culture Tour brochure and website.
- Alternately, do you want to be a venue of your own?
- Where will your venue (individual or collective) take place?
- It can be on your own property, such as your workshop or studio.
- Or you can hold your event at a location like a community hall, gallery, library or café (with its permission, of course).
- Which choice is best for you and would interest the public the most?
- If your location is open regularly to the public, how can you make the weekend special so that people have a reason to check it out during the Culture Tour?
To prepare the best venue, read the following before you register
For more information, contact [email protected] or 250-352-2421.