Tri-City News Canada Day 2023

GOLDEN SPIKE DAYS FESTIVAL

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Rocky Point Park PORT MOODY

Friday June 30: 6 pm – 10 pm

Featuring Barracuda

Saturday July 1: 11 am – 10 pm

Featuring Honeymoon Suite

Presented by the City of Port Moody

Sunday July 2: 11 am – 10 pm

Featuring The Famous Players

Monday July 3: 11 am – 6 pm

Featuring The Fab Fourever

Daytime entertainment includes TriCities Got Talent, Inlet Jazz Band, and Golden Spike Days Can-Can Dancers. Evening entertainment from acts such as Barracuda, The Famous Players Band, The Fab Fourever, and A Night of Bowie. Start your mornings at 11am with a group workout provided by F45 Port Moody.

Consider using public transit options to arrive at the festival

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MARIO BARTEL TRICITY NEWS

Canada Day in Port Moody is really two celebrations in one

Not only is it a celebration at Rocky Point Park of Canada’s 156th birthday, it’s also the second day of the city’s long-running Golden Spike Days festival that commemorates the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway line in Port Moody in 1885

The fun kicks off at 10 a m with the Tri-Cities Got Talent competition on the main stage where young performers can show off the artistic skills they’ve attained through hours of practise and training with trophies, cash and

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prizes awarded to the top three winners in three age categories from pre-teen to adult Acts can be musical, dancing, spoken word, acting, reading, mime or even juggling, as long as they’re “within the bounds of good taste, law abiding” and “in the spirit of general-public all-ages audience entertainment,” according to the organizers Entertainment on the main stage continues throughout the day and includes performances by the Golden Spike can can dancers, students from the Lindbjerg Academy, opening ceremonies and a David Bowie tribute act

The day culminates at 8:30 – 10 p.m. with

Lydia Podobnik

Port Moody celebrates Canada Day with two parties

headliners, Honeymoon Suite, who will play some of their biggest hits from the 1980s, including ‘New Girl Now’,’What Does it Take’ and ‘Feel it Again’

Away from the main stage, there will be logging show, spike driving and gold panning in the family area

Even city hall

drops by for a pop-up appearance between 1 and 5 p.m. where families can learn about what the city does, meet city employees and councillors along with playing games and doing crafts while munching on complementary cookies

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Coquitlam is going beyond the maple leaf

KYLE BALZER TRICITY NEWS

Canada is acknowledging 156 years of Confederation next month

However, Wondy Chan, Coquitlam’s cultural and community event supervisor, said staff are hoping residents and visitors this year can take time to reflect on Canada’s history.

This includes its colonial past with Indigenous communities “as the country strives collectively to learn from the past and improve for the future ”

“Coquitlam recognizes that Canada Day can mean different things for different members of our community,” she said in a news release

“As a result, the city aims

to provide an experience that is sensitive to the diverse range of community perspectives ”

According to Chan, Coquitlam’s free Canada

Day events are the largest in the Tri-Cities, focusing on community and multiculturalism

In fact, it saw a 13 per cent increase in patrons

with more than 85,000 people from across Metro Vancouver in 2022 compared to 75,000 from its last full in-person celebration in 2019

A similar crowd could be back for 2023, and Chan believes this will give community groups and performers prime opportunity to showcase their various talents and backgrounds

Coquitlam’s equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) committee has also been involved in the planning process to ensure everyone can enjoy the festivities

This includes people of all abilities and Coquitlam has taken steps to ensure Town Centre Park is accessible for all

The city is assigning designated accessible pickup and drop-off stations, as well as parking areas and entrances There’ll also be specific stage and

fireworks viewing areas

EVENTS

After the opening ceremony at 12:30 p m , visitors are free to roam the activities and stations throughout Town Centre Park.

Chan said the 86,000 sq ft festival lawn will be home to a series of adventure games, minigolf, a rock-climbing wall, face painting, a photo booth and displays from various community groups

As well, “Eat Street” is set to feature 16 food trucks:

• Crème Brulee To Go

• Gary’s Kettle

• Japadog

Kampong - Taste Of Malaysia

The Suits will headline the music performances before the massive fireworks display over Lafarge Lake in Town Centre Park (1299 Pinetree Way), where all the displays, activity booths and food trucks will be situated on July 1. Events are slated to take place that day between noon and 9 p.m., with fireworks starting at 10 p.m.

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July 1st festivities largest

• Mahshiko

• Nami Vietnamese

• Old Country Pierogi

• Roasted Revolution

Rocky Point Ice Cream

Shameless Buns

• Taco Tigre

• Teapressu

• The Little Snowflake Factory

• Tornado Potato

• Veg Out Plantbase

• WakWak Burger

A “Brew Corner” will also be set up for festive drinks courtesy of Mariner Brewing

For more information on Coquitlam’s Canada Day celebrations, including times for all events, parking restrictions and ways to get to Town Centre Park, you can visit the city’s website.

The musical and entertainment acts that’ll grace the TD Community Plaza and Meadow stages include:

PLAZA STAGE

12 p m Ba kan Shmalkan (Eastern European pop and jazz)

1:15 p m Karima Essa (Bollywood dance)

3 p m The Myrtle Family Band (Vaudeville comedy, dance and jazz)

5 p m Bakara Band (Persian pop)

8:30 p m The Suits (pop, hip-hop, R&B, soul and funk)

MEADOW STAGE

1:45 p m Jultagi (Korean tightrope wa king)

4 p m WILLs JAMs (Children’s bilingual rock-pop)

6:45 p m Forro Do Cano (North Eastern Braz l music and dance)

Canada Day 2022 : The North Shore Celtic Ensemble entertain the crowds at Coquitlam Canada Day celebrations.

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Omalima celebrates Canada Day at Coquitlam’s Town Centre Park, 2022

Port Coquitlam has a day full of family fun, Port Coquitlam

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The day kicks off with a Lions Club pancake breakfast and fishing derby at Lions Park from 8 to 11 a m (The fishing derby is free for kids under 10 years of age No registration is required.)

The fun continues at Castle Park where residents, family and friends encouraged to grab beach chairs and blankets and enjoy all the festivities at Castle Park from noon to 10 p.m. with headliners

Chad Brownlee and Big Sugar

The free all-day event includes live music, family-friendly entertainment, beverage garden, mouth-watering eats from local food trucks, market vendors and more

There will be a variety of marketplace and food truck vendors on-site, and of course a spectacular fireworks display

closing out the evening at dusk

ENTERTAINMENT

Chad Brownlee will be the headline act while Big Sugar will be the opening act

Brownlee is a critically acclaimed, multiple awardwinning country music artist from Kelowna

His signature sound blends elements of pop, country and rock, drawing equal inspiration from the classic country sounds of the 80s and the modern pop country sounds of the 2000s

Big Sugar is known for its blues rock and reggae alternative mix, which has racked up multiple gold and platinum albums over the course of the band’s 35-year career

FREE SHUTTLE

Leave your car behind walk,

Canadian band Big Sugar is one of the headliners at Port Coquitlam’s

Port Coquitlam

entertainment and food to honour Canada Day

ride, take transit or enjoy our free roundtrip shuttle service to the event

Five shuttles will run every 30 minutes from noon to 11 p m (times may be delayed due to traffic) from the north, downtown and southern side of Port Coquitlam:

North

• Minnekhada Middle School

Terry Fox Secondary School

Downtown

• Westcoast Express Port Coquitlam

Station (Wheelchair accessible bus will be marked)

South

• Mary Hill Elementary School

• Kilmer Elementary School

Shuttle buses will drop off eventgoers at Castle Park Strollers are allowed on the shuttle bus and should be folded and placed in the

luggage area of the bus

There will be multiple road closures and residents should find out more by visiting portcoquitlam ca/canadaday

FOOD AND DRINK

The following vendors will be available in the food and beverage garden:

• Boardwalk Brewing

• Nice Life Co

Patina Brewing

Taylight Brewing

Tinhouse Brewing

• Camion Café

• Little Ooties

• Praguery

• Reel Mac and Cheese

• Salty’s Lobster Express

Sweet Tooth Creamery

• PoCo Scouts BBQ

• Assumption Youth Community Group (Cotton candy and popcorn)

For more information, including details for those interested in volunteering for the 2023 party, you can visit the city’s website

The Tri-City News is the media sponsor of Port Coquitlam’s Canada Day event

Country star Chad Brownlee. PHOTO SUBMITTED