The SOEC "Story Pole"

What is a Story Pole? The South Okanagan Events Centre is proud to have two sets of four Story (Greeting) Poles permanently installed and displayed in the building. Each pole relates to the culture and beliefs connected to particular family components of Okanagn First Nations: The male, the female, the children, and the elders. The artists of the poles are all Penticton Indian Band members representing the four components themselves. The poles also represent a place where people gather and celebrate.

Recent SOEC News Stories:

SOEC to Host 2012 BC High School Wrestling Provincial Championships
The Championships will be a competition of freestyle wrestling with male and female divisions competing in a double elimination tournament.

Simple Plan Offers "Once-In-A-Lifetime" Opportunity to Local Students
Twenty choral students from Penticton have been invited to join Simple Plan up on stage to sing!

Paul Brandt Coming to the SOEC!
100.7 Giant FM presents the most awarded male Canadian country artist in history to Penticton Thursday, March 1, 2012!

K96 Presents George Thorogood & The Destroyers!
The SOEC is going to be Bad to the Bone on May 20th

Fifteen-time Gammy Award Winner B.B. King to play the SOEC!
The legend comes to Penticton May 12! B.B King is arguably the most imitated of living blues guitarists.

Penticton Awarded 2013 World Financial Group Continental Cup
The four-day international curling competition is coming to the SOEC January 10-13, 2013!

Simple Plan Get Your Heart On Tour coming to the SOEC Feb 9, 2012
Tickets on sale Sat Nov 12 at 10am! With Marianas Trench, All Time Low & These Kids Wear Crowns!

SOEC Walking Track Information
Climate controlled, healthy choice for our wonderful walkers!