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Pride Society announces 91Ƶnewest, queerest91Ƶ wine festival in Kelowna

New event will be funded through a federal grant intended to increase tourism outside the summer months
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Kelowna saw 12,000 attendees to its Pride festival in March 2019. (91Ƶ file photo)

Kelowna91Ƶs Pride Society is announcing a winter-time event that is expected to bring the 91Ƶnewest and queerest91Ƶ wine festival to the region.

The society announced the new event, called Out in the Valley, on Wednesday morning outside the Kelowna Tourism Centre.

91ƵWe are teaming up with BC Wine, Cider, and Spirits to host that event coming up in November,91Ƶ said society co-president Blake Edwards.

The new event will be funded, in part, through the Canada Experience Fund. Edwards also announced that the society is receiving $100,000 over two years through the federal grant. Cities across the country can apply for the funding, to be used to encourage tourism outside of the summer months.

Some of the funding will also be used to expand the annual Pride Festival which takes place each March.

Mayor Colin Basran said he91Ƶs thrilled for both events to promote Kelowna91Ƶs inclusivity and diversity.

91ƵWhere people can be who they were born to be, and that just thrills me and council to no end,91Ƶ he said.

Edwards told the crowd with a laugh: 91ƵWe will definitely be using Mayor Sugar Plum at some sort of festivities.91Ƶ

The wine festival is scheduled to run Nov. 21 to 23. More details will be released in the near future.



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