Chase Festival Society

11/18/2025

Volunteers are the backbone of every community. We appreciate any time, input, skills & hands on you can provide. We are all better together ♡

11/03/2025

🎶 Performer Applications Now Open for 2026! 🎶

Are you ready to take the stage in Chase? We’re now accepting performer applications for our 2026 season, including Music on the Lake, CornStock, Halloweek, and other live community events!

Whether you’re a solo artist or part of a full band, we want to hear your sound. From rock and roots to jazz, folk, and everything in between — all genres are welcome!

Apply by November 30, 2025 at ChaseFestival.ca

Let’s make 2026 another unforgettable year of live music in Chase!

10/31/2025

🎃 Ready, aim… SPLAT! 💥

One of the final thrills of Halloweek in Chase is here — the Pumpkin Catapult!

Join us on Saturday, November 1, from 1–2pm at the lot next to the RCMP station, and watch as jack-o’-lanterns go flying through the air in spectacular, pumpkin-smashing style. 🎯💀

Bring a non-perishable food item or cash donation for the Chase Hamper Society and help support local families while saying goodbye to your gourd with a grin.

Then, keep the fun going that night at the Halloweek Dance at the Chase Community Hall - tickets are still available at:

Wrap up Halloweek with live music, a cash bar, and prizes for best costumes! Join the fun Nov 1 at Chase Community Hall with the Jay Vaughan Band.

10/29/2025

Another great event part of Chase's inaugural Halloweek!

🧸✨ Make a FrankenTeddy! 🕷️
Bring your old stuffies back from the dead and create something wonderfully weird and one-of-a-kind!

October 30, 6–7:30 PM
Riverstone Family Resource Centre, 642B Shuswap Ave
All ages welcome
By donation

Basic sewing skills are beneficial. Children in attendance will be assisted by their caregivers.

More info: [email protected]

10/20/2025

🎃👻 Halloweek Starts This FRIDAY! 👻🎃

Get ready Chase, Halloweek is creeping closer, and the full lineup of frightfully fun events. From the Monster March and Homemade Horror Short Film Fest, to the Cupcake Decorating, Cosmic Bowling, and the Halloweek Dance, there’s something for every ghoul and goblin to enjoy. 🕷️🧁💃

🗓️ Mark your calendars and plan your week of spooky fun!
You can find the full schedule below or at ChaseFestival.ca/Halloweek
— where you’ll also find details on how to:
👻 Enter the Monster March parade
🎥 Submit your Homemade Horror short film
🎨 Join the colouring contest
🏚️ Register your decorated house for the community map (and chance to win a great prize!)
💀 And more!

Let’s make Chase the Shuswap’s Halloween Town — together! 🧡🖤

10/20/2025

🎃 Show Off Your Haunt! 👻

Do you have the spookiest house on the block? The funniest? The most creative? We want to see it!

As part of Halloweek in Chase, we’re creating a community map of decorated homes and businesses so everyone can tour the town and enjoy all the Halloween magic. 🕸️✨

If you’re decorating this year, register your address by October 28 to be included in the October 31 edition of the Chase Sunflower and on ChaseFestival.ca.

🧙‍♀️ Only your address will be shared — no names or contact info.
💀 Fill out the quick form here ➡️ https://forms.gle/72Z4QWJtAYoDjKYY6

Let’s make Chase the Shuswap’s Halloween Town — one haunted house at a time! 🏚️🎃

09/03/2025

A massive THANK YOU to the 130+ incredible volunteers, sponsors, artists, venues, and production crews who made 2025 our most amazing summer yet!

Aaliyah Christon · Abel & Willing · Adams Lake Indian Band · Amanda Kozak · Angie McIntosh · Ann Steenhuysen · Art Holding Memorial Arena · Ashton Sweetnam · Barn Catz · Beem Credit Union · Bill MacPherson · Birch St Flowers · Brad Clements · Brock Endean · Burkholder Bros Corn Farm · Cat Wells · Cat Wels Blues Band · Century 21 Lakeside Realty · Chase & Area Family Services · Chase Chamber & Visitor Centre · Chase County Inn & Restaurant · Chase Curling Club · Chase Emergency Support Services · Chase Evangelical Free Church · Chase Fire Rescue · Chase Firesmart Program · Chase Legion · Chase Lions Club · Chase Minor Ball · Chase Museum · Chase Optometric Centre · Chase Rotary Club · Chase Sunflower · Chasing Art Studio · Christina Lutterman · Corey Gauthier · Cornado · Councilor Jane Herman · Dani Lee · Dawson Gray · Daytime Highs · Deb Skillen · Debbie Davies · Dez Loring · Diane Tarry · Donna Richardson · Donna Smith-Bradley *PREC · Foret Studio Society · FreqHandy Audio Production Services · Gulshat Howard · Heather Strack · Heritage Canada · Inside Out Cafe · Integra Tire · Jack Berger · Jay Vaughan Band · Jazzy Corner Cafe · Jennie Dawson · Joey Nash · Joshua Tutty · Judy Mackenzie · Kailey Stewart · Kelly Steele · Kim Carlin · Kukpi7 Irvin Wai · Lakeside Concession & Mini Donuts · Leanne Endean · Leigh Nelsen · Lemonade Stand · Little Shu Paddlesports · Loon on the Lake Bakery & Cafe · Lori's Bannock · Magpie Studio · Mayor Lepsoe · Merelee Panych · Michael Henderson · Mississippi Bends · MLA Ward Stamer · Morgan Lapointe · MP Mel Arnold · Nakia Hill · Neskonlith Indian Band · New Heights Coaching · North Shuswap Art Group · North Shuswap Kicker · One Trick Pony Barbershop · Owen Christon · Patrick Herba · Penny Nielsen · Pete Murray's Farm Market · Pete's Pizza · Railside Restaurant · RedPier Consulting · Ricardo Rodriguez · Rock'n Horse Band · Rosaleigh Archer · Safety Mart Foods · Sharlene Reid · Shattered Blue · Shu Shaved Ice · Shuswap Community Church · Shuswap Prairie Harvest · Silver Fox Pub · South Shuswap Scoop · SpinTrix · SpunLogic · Sue Bepple · Summer Oakes · Sunny Scoops · Sunny Shuswap B&B · Sunshine Club (Dalton Gagne, Nathan Pal, Richard Bax, Talia Nielsen, Tyler Pal) · Sunshore Golf Course · Susan Bearance · Taco Libre · Tammy Gauthier · Tanner Dawson · Tantalizing Takeaways · Te-Toe · The Bepple Family (in memory of Jim Bepple) · The Liz Blair Project · The Lobster Pot · The Willows Natural Foods · Tyler Harper · Tyler LaCroix · Village of Chase · Wild Scoopz · W***y Moore · Work BC & Open Door Group

Want to be part of the action? We throw the best parties in Chase, and there’s always room for more hands, ideas, and smiles! Reach out to get involved with any of the Festival Society’s events and activities.

Please note the list in last week's Sunflower mistakenly used our 2024 list, and a revised version will be published this week.

08/22/2025

🎸 Final Music on the Lake – Aug 26 with Shattered Blue! 🎸
Let’s close out the 2025 season with a bang! Join us for an electrifying night of live rock music with Shattered Blue, one of Kamloops’ most celebrated bands.

🕖 Tuesday, Aug 26 | 7:00–8:30pm
📍 Chase Memorial Park
🎟️ Free Admission
💙 Presented by the Bepple Family in memory of Jim Bepple

Led by powerhouse vocalists Renea Denis and Nicole Clay, with a talented lineup of musicians on bass, keys, drums, and guitar, Shattered Blue delivers high-energy covers of everything from Queen to The Killers — a perfect mix of classic and contemporary rock!

They’ve lit up stages across B.C. including Sun Peaks, Ribfest, and the Memorial Cup — and now they’re bringing that same fire to Chase to help us celebrate the end of another unforgettable summer by the lake.

🌟 Let’s pack the park one last time!

08/17/2025

🎶CornStock Wrap-Up with Barn Catz – Aug 19!

Join us at Chase Memorial Park for a toe-tappin’ night of music as Barn Catz takes the stage to help us wind down a spectacular CornStock 2025! 🌽

🕖 Tuesday, Aug 19 | 7:00–8:30pm
🎟️ Free Admission
🎤 Presented by Mayor David Lepsoe

This seasoned four-piece delivers a lively mix of roots, country, and classic rock, featuring Jim Jamison (bass, vocals), Norm Sargent (drums, vocals), Ron Boruta (accordion, piano, vocals), and Charles Holley (guitar, vocals). It’s the perfect way to keep the CornStock vibes going and enjoy one of our final Music on the Lake nights of the summer!