Rendezvous
Rendezvous is the British Columbia Lapidary Society's annual gathering and features field trips, displays, auctions, and our annual general meeting.
2024 Rendezvous
Armstrong, BC, May 17 — 19, 2024
IPE Grounds
3371 Pleasant Valley Road
Armstrong, BC
Rendezvous returns to the Interior in 2024 and will be hosted by the Vernon Lapidary & Mineral Club.
It will be headquartered at the Interior Provincial Exhibition (IPE) Grounds in Armstrong, BC.
2024 Rendezvous Supporting Materials
Register for Rendezvous 2024 by completing the fillable PDF form, scanning, and emailing it as per the instructions or submit the web based form. Both are linked below.
- Rendezvous Schedule (Posted April 20, 2024)
- Rendezvous 2024 Website (Posted April 3, 2024)
- Rendezvous Important Information (Posted April 2, 2024)
- Rendezvous Registration Form [PDF for Printing and Mailing] (Posted April 2, 2024)
- Rendezvous Registration Form [Online Form - Alternative to PDF] (Posted April 3, 2024)
Location Map
View Rendezvous 2024 HQ.
Past Rendezvous
The British Columbia Lapidary Society and its chartered clubs have been hosting Rendezvous since 1958. Throughout this time we have explored a great deal of British Columbia and collected a wide variety of interesting rocks and minerals.
| Year | Location | Host Club |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Quesnel |
 Quesnel Tumbling Rivers Rock Club Prince George Two Rivers Rock Club
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| 2022 | Coombs | Vancouver Island Zone |
| 2021 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 | |
| 2020 | Quesnel (Cancelled due to COVID-19) | Quesnel Tumbling Rivers Rock Club |
| 2019 | Rock Creek |  Penticton Geology & Lapidary Club |
| 2018 | Rock Creek (Cancelled due to flooding) | Penticton Geology & Lapidary Club |
| 2017 | Winfield |  1120 Rock Club |
| 2016 | Hope |  Abbotsford Rock & Gem Club |
| 2015 | Chase |  Shuswap Rock Club |
| 2014 | Armstrong |  Vernon Lapidary & Mineral Club |
| 2013 | Ashcroft |  Thompson Valley Rock Club |
| 2012 | Clearwater | Raft River Rockhounds |
| 2011 | Princeton | Princeton Rock and Fossil Club |
| 2010 | Lillooet |  Hastings Centre Rockhounds |
| 2009 | Winfield | 1120 Rock Club |
| 2008 | Chase | Shuswap Rock Club |
| 2007 | Roe Lake | Interlakes Rockhounders |
| 2006 | Heffley Creek | Thompson Valley Rock Club |
| 2005 | Logan Lake | High Country Rockhound Club |
| 2004 | Penticton | Penticton Geology & Lapidary Club |
| 2003 | Lumby | |
| 2002 | Chase | |
| 2001 | Princeton | |
| 2000 | Kelowna | |
| 1999 | Kamloops | |
| 1998 | Cache Creek | |
| 1997 | Nelson | |
| 1996 | Logan Lake | |
| 1995 | Nelson | |
| 1994 | Princeton | |
| 1993 | Greenwood | |
| 1992 | Lumby | |
| 1991 | Lillooet | |
| 1990 | Penticton | |
| 1989 | Enderby | |
| 1988 | Barriere | |
| 1987 | Princeton | |
| 1986 | Hope | |
| 1985 | Lillooet | |
| 1984 | Vernon | |
| 1983 | Kamloops | |
| 1982 | Penticton | |
| 1981 | Lillooet | |
| 1980 | Kelowna | |
| 1979 | Vernon | |
| 1978 | Princeton | |
| 1977 | Merritt | |
| 1976 | Lillooet | |
| 1975 | Cache Creek | |
| 1974 | Lillooet | |
| 1973 | Hedley | |
| 1972 | Knutsford | |
| 1971 | Cache Creek | |
| 1970 | Princeton | |
| 1969 | Cache Creek | |
| 1968 | Penticton | |
| 1967 | Kamloops | |
| 1966 | Princeton | |
| 1965 | Penticton | |
| 1964 | Kamloops | |
| 1963 | Nanaimo | |
| 1962 | Oliver | |
| 1961 | Vernon | |
| 1960 | Shaw Springs | |
| 1959 | Princeton | |
| 1958 | Kamloops |
