In 1967, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Church of the Annunciation, the community hosted a "Greek night."

Local enthusiasm for baseball was such that the community hosted championship games of the National Amateur Baseball Federation throughout the 1930s and 1940s.

These communities hosted most of the events for the 1992 Albertville winter Olympics.

The community has hosted Horton High School in two different locations since 1959.

The school and the surrounding community traditionally host an annual Tharwa Bush Fair.

Since 1993 the community has hosted an annual Testicle Festival featuring cooked Testicles from various animals and birds.

The community hosted the first establishment of an ACE school.

Since 1997, the community of Salmo has hosted the Shambhala Music Festival every August.

Once completed, the community will host 1400 villas, 40 residential and commercial buildings, 6 hotels and 2 resorts.

In 1963 the British community hosted the first Bahá'í World Congress.