{"id":686807,"date":"2026-05-22T17:41:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T17:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/686807\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T17:41:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T17:41:16","slug":"watch-party-soccer-activities-and-live-music-part-of-cross-canada-world-cup-stop-in-kamloops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/686807\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch party, soccer activities and live music part of cross-Canada World Cup stop in Kamloops"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The FIFA World Cup trophy on display in Zurich, Switzerland on Nov. 20, 2025. (Image Credit: The Canadian Press\/AP-Keystone, Claudio Thoma)<\/p>\n

By Aaron Schulze<\/p>\n

Canada Celebrates<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\tMay 22, 2026 | 9:30 AM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n

KAMLOOPS \u2014 Details have been unveiled about the festivities taking place in Kamloops when a cross-country FIFA Men\u2019s World Cup celebration tour makes its stop.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In April, FIFA released the schedule for Canada Celebrates<\/a>, a tour that will make 39 stops in 35 communities during the men\u2019s world soccer championship. Kamloops will host a free community event on June 18 as part of the cross-country celebration tour, with additional stops scheduled in Salmon Arm on June 20 and Revelstoke on June 22.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In a news release issued Friday (May 22), the City of Kamloops says there will be a large LED screen broadcasting Canada\u2019s second match of the FIFA World Cup. The Canadians will take on Qatar on June 18 at 3:00 p.m. from BC Place.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The city says there will be interactive soccer activities for all ages, including mini soccer pitches and life-sized, arcade-style soccer challenges. There will also be cultural and music performances reflecting the Kamloops area\u2019s diversity, along with local food and community programming highlighting Kamloops\u2019 businesses and local soccer scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The FIFA World Cup trophy on display in Zurich, Switzerland on Nov. 20, 2025. (Image Credit: The Canadian…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":686808,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-686807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=686807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/686808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=686807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=686807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=686807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}