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Canada day celebrations in and around Fredericton, long weekend events and festivals.
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Canada Day Weekend
Visit downtown Fredericton to ring in the nation’s birthday with two FREE days of music!
This year we’re welcoming The Beaches to headline the big day and rock us in to the fireworks. They’ll be joined by Partner, Kendra Gale Band, And Pretty In Pink (That80sband).
Come join us the night before to kick off the celebrations with Wintersleep. They’ll be joined by returning Moncton rockers The Motorleague. Details
June 30 – July 1, 2019
Schedule | TBA
Fireworks display | TBA
Officers’ Square, 575 Queen Street, Fredericton
Free
Oromocto Pioneer Days & Canada Day Celebrations
Celebrate Oromocto Pioneer Days and Canada Day during this week-long event that includes community suppers, midway rides and games, live music, bingo, food vendors and more! Details
June 28 – July 1, 2019
Schedule |TBA
Sir Douglas Hazen Park, 13, 15 Wharf Road, Oromocto
Canada Day Family Parade will start on the Huron Street behind Hubbard school & will end on Duplenne (by the Oromocto Mall)
Free and ticketed events
Oromocto Pioneer Days Pubs
Spooktacular Drag Show
Animaritime is excited to present our very own Spooktacular Drag Show featuring special guest: KimChi (performing two numbers) and amazing local drag performers! PG 13+. Details
Saturday, June 29, 2019 | 8:30 PM
Fredericton Playhouse, 686 Queen Street, Fredericton
$53.50 – $63.50
Theatre-in-the-Park
The Calithumpians’ Theatre-in-the-Park performances have become a staple of summer life in downtown Fredericton. Each season the company produces four shows, based on historical themes or social issues, The troupe follows a tradition of adapting material from various sources: folklore, literature, history, pop culture and local humour. Details
Canada Day – Labour Day | Weekdays 12:15 PM; Weekends 2:00 PM
Officers’ Square, 575 Queen Street, Fredericton
Rain Venue: Fredericton Public Library (10 Carleton Street)
Free
Changing of the Guard
With a flash of scarlet and a skirl of pipes, history comes to life! The Canadian Army was born in 1883 with the establishment of the Infantry School Corps, Company ‘A’ in Fredericton. Watch as period-dressed guard re-enact a drill ceremony to the beat of a piper and rummer. Details
Daily, July & August, 2019 | 11:00 AM & 4:00 PM
Officers’ Square, 575 Queen Street, Fredericton, NB
Free
Animaritime 2019
Animaritime is an anime and gaming conference. There will be special guests, discussion panels, workshops, showing and tournaments. The theme this year is Haunted House! Details
June 28 – 30, 2019
Crowne Plaza Fredericton-Lord Beaverbrook and Fredericton Convention Centre, 670 Queen Street, Fredericton
Weekend – $45; Friday or Sunday Only $30; Saturday Only $35; Games-Only (1 Day) $15
Midsummer Night’s Dream
A promenade-style production directed by Len Falkenstein. As four young Athenians take to the woods with romantic designs on (or against) each other, the resident fairies start to mess with their desires and spark a deliriously spirited comedy of confused passions and shifting allegiances. When a group of “rude mechanicals” decides to rehearse a play in the same forest, the opportunities for transformation – and just plain embarrassment – proliferate. There is no play more suited to a night in the woods than this hilarious romp that’s about, well, a night in the woods! Details
June 22 – July 7, 2019 | 7:30 PM
Odell Park, 350 Rockwood Avenue, Fredericton
$12 – $20; Ages 9 and under Free
Measure for Measure
Directed by John Ball. Set in a Vienna whose absentee Duke has been lax at enforcing the laws regulating sex, this tragicomedy puts a strict deputy on a collision course with his own desires when a young nun pleads with him for her brother’s life. As he unexpectedly falls for her and makes a scandalous proposition, she calls him out and precipitates a crisis that the Duke in disguise sets out to resolve. If Shakespeare has a #MeToo play, this is it: sexual coercion, abuse of power, and the limits of justice and mercy are just some of the 21st-century themes explored by this 415-year-old play. Details
June 21 – July 7, 2019 | 7:30 PM
In Barracks Square, Fredericton
$12 – $20; Ages 9 and under Free