Okanogan Country is home to a vast array of artist, musicians and writers. You will find galleries with Western Art, Native American artwork, sculpture, woodworking, murals depicting life and history, even painted hydrants and telephone pole art.

If theater is your love, the Omak Performing Arts Center provides a 560-seat venue for local talent as well as drawing a variety of professional performers and events from folk concerts to ballet, cowboy poetry and Broadway musicals.

Performing arts range from a classical orchestra and choral group to colorful Native American dancing and drumming, a highlight of the Omak Stampede and World-Famous Suicide Race. The Merc Playhouse and the Methow Valley Community Theater also provide musicals, dramas, comedies and more.
The Methow Music Festival allows visitors to enjoy wonderful music in the summer meadows near Mazama. Many writers and poets live in this area as well, so make sure to look at the calendar of events to see what's happening when you visit. Local coffee shops, galleries and brewing companies often host reading, live music and the ever-popular open-mike night.