The Kamloops Festival of the Performing Arts (KFPA) is a non-profit registered under the British Columbia Society Act.
The goal of the KFPA is to encourage the development of the performing arts within Kamloops and surrounding areas. By means of a three-week long Festival in February/March, the KFPA promotes education and artistic growth in Dance - ballet, modern dance, stage dance; Music - choral, harp, guitar, instrumental, piano, strings, voice; and Speech and Dramatic Arts.
Participants receive adjudication and instruction from highly qualified adjudicators from around BC and Alberta. Eligible entrants are recommended to advance to the annual provincial festival held in a different BC community each year.
In the words of Sir H. Walford Davis, "In Music Festivals, the object is not to gain a prize or defeat a rival, but to pace one another on the road to excellence."