Sidewalk Serenades

Community Events

Bringing joy to our community.

Sidewalk Serenades are back for summer 2025! Sidewalk Serenades are short concerts provided outdoors, at safe distances, at communal seniors’ residences, long term care facilities and public spaces!

Anyone can request a Serenade and we will schedule if we are able.

What’s a Sidewalk Serenade?

These are free, community oriented pop-up performances performed by Opera Kelowna’s fabulous chorus members, who volunteer their time and talent to uplift the community through song. We started this program in 2020 to bring music and solace to Older Adults who were, at the time, often unable to leave their rooms for health and safety concerns. Today we continue this program by popular demand, and with the generous support of our funders to keep this program accessible.

Opera Kelowna is pleased to offer this program free of charge. We welcome support from the community to help us sustain this program by donation, and for years to come.

Thank you to our singers who volunteer their time and talents to make Sidewalk Serenades possible.

“When our audiences needed solace and comfort the most, Opera Kelowna raised up to the challenge. They presented wonderful programs of vocal music which were accepted with gratitude by our local audience both in 2020 and 2021, when most other Canadian classical music organizations were silent.”

Natalia Polchenko

Artistic Director, Okanagan Associate of Classical Music Enthusiasts