singer-songwriter – Kolby Clunas

Okanagan Tour 2026

My second tour of the Okanagan – hitting a few different towns this time: Kelowna, Salmon Arm, and Sicamous.

KELOWNA

This was my first time being in Kelowna, I have some family in the city, and I got to meet them. We toured around the orchids, ate at a gorgeous lakeside winery, and visited a canyon.

The canyon (we didn’t hike it) but it was pretty to see

I played at the Mission Creamery in Kelowna – a cute ice cream shop tucked into a huge building that is a big boat vending machine.

All of the ice cream was hand made at a different location, but it was perfect, not to sugary. I also loved the garage door that was open. Some folks set up across the street in lawn chair to listen, it was super sweet.

We did more driving the next day and hit the apple orchids. My family was sweet enough to send us on our way with a trunk full of fresh picked fruit.

Dad and I hit a local coffee shop downtown, The Black Rabbit, and I tried an orchid coffee for the first time (I loved it).

SALMON ARM

To start the day Dad and I headed up the mountain top – we were looking for a viewpoint to get some good photos, and we ended up meeting Kasar. He was playing a Pershin drum called a Daf. He played us a song, and I gave him the information for the Salmon Arm show and invited him to come down and play.

Afterwards we headed to a little dairy farm that had open walking tours – we tried different cheeses and walked around the barns. There was a section where you could watch the cheese being made.

I love Salmon Arm, last year I played at a little cafe, and this year I played at a Night Cafe. This place was filled with painting, and they had such good ceasers and cocktails. The Night Cafe was right close to the big trouble clef downtown. Which I didn’t get a picture with last year!

The decor in this place was amazing – bear rugs, hydrangeas, everything was perfect here. I was set up right between a piano and an in the works painting with my drink and set list rested on a painter’s stool. Kasar ended up showing to play with me – check the video out below!

The next morning, we started hitting the markets – I can’t recall which one this was called but they had a petting zoo, so we had to go check out all the animals.

SICAMOUS

The houseboat capital of Canada (we didn’t go on one), we didn’t have much time to spend in Sicamous, but we spent the time right. We started the day setting up at Anvil Collective Coffee – which was a cozy cafe.

My dad’s getting to be quite the good photo taker.

This cafe was filled with cool maps – a lot of old train routes. I found the happiest looking yellow coffee mug that that to come one with me.

Afterwards we spent the day driving up an active logging road to this sketchy viewpoint although it was too foggy to see much. The platform was a direct drop off to the edge of the mountain and all the reviews online said it was seriously unstable. I don’t think I had ever been that far up in the clouds on a mountain so that was pretty cool to see.

We headed to Enderby to eat at the Small Axe Bar that we discovered on our last trip out here – then called it a night.

KELOWNA

We had a day before we had to fly out and I had one thing in mind – the Kangaroo enclosure and coffee. We hit a cafe called Pulp Fiction Coffee House, it was filled with vintage books and little antiques.

Then onto the Kangaroo farm – there was lots to see here.

The emus were giving out hugs and nestling into our necks

Capybaras – these guys felt like straw almost and were super relaxed.

An up-close shot

Despite the number of animals here the porcupine was the coolest to me – pokey and friendly and I got to feed her some celery right out of my hand.

A snake!

An albino kangaroo – these guys were smaller than I thought they would be, and a lot more relaxed

Heading Home

This weekend tour was a lot more relaxed than any other I’ve been on so far, which made it a lot better. This was my guitar case before we left and to keep the tradition, I got a few more stickers to add.

Truckin’ Around Toba Tour

Carberry ~ Brandon ~ Killarney ~ Winnipeg

This tour came together perfectly, originally three shows in three days, then a lucky forth added on.

Day one: Carberry & Sprucewoods

Carberry is a smaller town, with an old timey feel, right off the highway of the number one, east of Brandon. I learnt a few things from the folks who came to watch my show about Carberry.

Carberry is right near the Manitoba desert (we did not get to drive through, but it’s on the list to do).
Manitoba has mudpuppies, a type of salamanders. Although they are rare to see.
Carberry is filled with potato farmers.

The show was set to be at the Gingerbread House. The house was built by James White in the early 1900’s. The last brick gingerbread looking house in Western Canada. Which is now a part of the Carberry Plains Museum.

There were only three houses designed and built this way, and Carberry’s is the last standing.

The members of the Carberry museum were all super sweet, and it was a warm and welcoming show.

Originally, I was supposed to be singing on this little porch part, but since our sound system required power, we had to switch locations.

Of course, leaving the gingerbread house, the members of the museum board had sent dad and I home with homemade cookies.

After I had finished the show, we packed up and hit the road to the town we we’re going to sleep in, halfway between Brandon and Carberry, off of the highway a bit, Sprucewoods. We arrived late at night and woke up early in the morning to leave so there wasn’t that much time to sight see, but we did find a few cool things.

Sprucewoods is a little town just north of the military base in Manitoba, Shilo. It also is located just on the edge of the Spruce Woods Provincial Park, and we didn’t get to see much, but we got to see some good Scots Pines.

Day two: Douglas, Brandon & Ninette

We started the day at the Reptile Garden, right outside of Douglas, MB. I hadn’t been here since I was a kid, and dad had never been here at all. When I was kid, I had boughten a stuffed snake toy that was super long, and that’s all I really remembered. There was such a variety of creatures. The crocodiles and alligators were my favorite to see.

Feeding the turtles was fun too. The food looked like smaller cat food, and the turtles loved it. These were Western Painted Turtles, which are actually wild in Manitoba, but these guys were all rescues.

The owner was super excited about her new iguana chair, so we of course had to take a picture with it. The owner also shared how this wildlife sanctuary started as a few pet reptiles in her house as her husband’s hobby, and it’s grown from there.

Afterwards we headed into Brandon, had a quick bite, then headed to Lady of the Lake. I played here last year, and it was a great little show. The stage set up (whether inside or outside) is always gorgeous and the best for photos.

There wasn’t a lot of time to do much shopping in the storefront, but there were some seriously cute things there.

My set list was nestled into the plants as I sang.

The merch trunk filled for the weekend.

We packed up the sound system and hit the road again. We wanted to be in Killarney that night. On the two-hour drive towards Killarney we stopped in the little town of Ninette – there was a huge boat perched with a for sale sign on the main street. The boat wasn’t typical for these Manitoba lakes; it looked more like a boat you’d see out west. We took the right turn and ended up at the Pelican Yacht Club.

Sailboats in Manitoba, I never would have thought. Some folks from the club came and chatted with us as we were driving through. A very welcoming community.

I also tried out these cute cat clips that I found online (I LOVE them)

Day three: Killarney

Killarney reminded me a lot of Eastern Sask – everyone had opened arms, and you could chat with anyone off the street, it was so nice. This town had a lot of shamrocks scattered – from imprints in the cement to the lights hanging on main street. We happened to be in town of the town wide garage sale, so we took our time stopping at the sales and meeting the locals.

The poster that I made for this show at the Owl & Oak Cafe – I was super proud of. My graphic design skills are getting better by every poster.

This cafe, I have amazing things to say about. It’s connected to an art gallery (ran by the same owners) which had such a variety of broad styles. We even found a print of a photo from Inglis, MB.

This style of art reminds me of Montreal – there was so many art galleries which were filled with this bright style – I love it.

The plant wall was my favorite part of the cafe, besides the coffee.

The little merch set up for this gig.

As Killarney is a shamrock filled town, there was this fella near the door in the cafe. Now he didn’t exactly fit the rest of the owl-and-oak theme, so I had to ask about him.

The owner told me that there is a woman in town that leaves this leprechaun at local businesses she likes – she doesn’t announce she’s leaving it, and she doesn’t say when she’s going to collect him. I love the idea of this.

I never asked if he had a name.

Day four: Winnipeg

The morning was filled with driving – we had to stop in Portage for a few errands, then continued as we went. We stopped in a town (I want to say it was named Holland) to take this picture:

I always see the huge windmill fan blades being hauled on trains through my little village – so it was cool to see an older much smaller one.

We then headed straight for the Assiniboia Downs – the horsetrack. This was my first time at a racetrack, and my first time playing at the Manitoba Night Market (which I was so honored the Purple Room picked my application to play here). The market was three floors, indoor and outdoor – the top floor was filled with tattoo artists, and the rest with little crafts and small businesses.

I don’t have very many pictures / videos of this gig – but I did end up buying a few things (a bracelet for me, and a new hot sauce for my boyfriend), but there were a lot of vendors that I could have easier bought from.

The outside market.

Dad and I were pretty beat by the end of this trip, so we got out of the city pretty quick.

West Coast Tour (2026)

Mission, BC

I got to spend a few days visiting with my aunt before my weekend of shows started. It was great to be sitting in sunshine for the first time in months. I was trying to beat a snowstorm to the Regina airport before my flight took off – so no snow and everything in bloom was great. Mission was home base for majority of this tour, and my aunt helped out with so many little tasks (and bigger ones like driving in Vancouver) that made my life easier.

One of my aunts’ cats held a strong interest in my guitar case.

We went for coffee on the patio of The Penny.

Our little coffees.

We ended up having the time for a quick tattoo by Nathan, at Heart to Hand, right in Mission. A little fine line pear on my ribs.

Vancouver, BC

After a few days of enjoying the sun, we headed into Vancouver for the first show. We chose a little restaurant for breakfast that happened to be in on Granville Island. We were lucky to find a parking spot and started to explore.

We stopped at a music store that had instruments from all over the world – these singing bowls were my favorite.

I loved the colours of these little tour boats – everywhere I’ve been so far, and I haven’t gotten onto a tour boat – that’s on the list of things to do this year.

A sailboat from the marina.

The first show was at Kolm Kontrast, a Sauna and Cold Plunge Spa. This was an unique venue. The folks at the sauna were so kind, it was a great first show for this tour. This was my first time playing in Vancouver – I was nervous, but the environment was so laid back that the nerves did not last long.

Mission, BC

Back to Mission for a little show at The Penny, a cute cafe that we discovered when my brother and I were out visiting my aunt. There was a photo taken of me about a year ago on the same couch drinking a matcha – so of course we had to retake it again.

We had some time to kill before we headed to the cafe to start getting set up – so we drove around Mission, taking photos.

This was the first time this year too that I got to wear a sundress. There was just a snowstorm going back at home, so I did not take wearing a dress for granted.

The actual little show here was lovely, it was another laid back, open armed environment. Coffee houses are my soft spot for shows – when I had imagined myself being a musician it was in cafes and slow-paced environments. Previously to this tour I felt like it’s been a lot of bars and consistent upbeat fast shows. So, this whole weekend was a nice contrast to that, it is nice to be playing my slow songs.

I loved the old espresso machine – the first time I came to this place, I thought it was so cool. It feels full circle to be playing in front of it.

The bird on The Penny’s logo, I thought was super cute.

Victoria, BC

Aunty dropped me off at the ferry that would take me from Tsawwassen, a little city near Vancouver, to Swartz Bay, the ferry terminal outside of Sydney, BC. I took a cab from the ferry terminal down to Victoria – about an hour drive. This was a very relaxed night for me.

I did go for a little walk after supper and found this cat hanging out in the garden, who was very friendly.

The next morning, I took a cab to Ogden Point to get a nice view of the ocean. It was rainy and cold, and I was not dressed for the weather, but I wanted to walk around Victoria for the day before my show.

The fishermen’s wharf was gorgeous – I was here before everything was open, so I got to walk around the wharf peacefully.

One little shop had these wooden chickens outside of them.

Everything in Victoria was in full bloom.

There were little things like this old man bird house on random trees, in a lot of the streets.

The government building was so pretty too – photos do not do it justice. At this point it was starting to rain harder, so I found a cafe to warm up in.

Then I hit Chinatown, Canada’s oldest. It was smaller than I thought it would be but filled with good little spots.

Finally, it was time for my show. This was a crowd that contained a few good dogs – pictured here is Charlie. Him and his owner were super sweet.

This was my little stage set up – right tucked into the corner surrounded by gorgeous plants at VI Plant Shop.

Syndey, BC

My travel plans included going back to Vancouver from Victoria so I could catch my plane back.

I didn’t get up too much in Sydney – there was a Sea Glass Beach, that I went and picked some sea glass.

This was my first time staying in a waterfront hotel, with an ocean view, so that I was excited for.

The next day I took the ferry back to Vancouver – and only had a few hours in Vancouver before I had to call it a night.

Vancouver, BC

I hadn’t been to the aquarium in years, since I was maybe eleven – so I headed that way. I loved it. The touch tanks were almost closing – but I got to go stick my hand in a tank with some jelly fish.

This was my favorite video of the animals that I took at the aquarium.