Saskatoon
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Celebrate Canada’s 15oth birthday with plenty of entertainment, and spectacular fireworks that light up the sky! And on Canada Day weekend, there is plenty to do – from devour the sounds of jazz, blues, funk, pop, and world music at Saskatel Jazz Festival and delight the kids with tickets to Royal Canadian Family Circus!
FYI: Entry to all provincial parks will be free on Canada Day, July 1 and Canada’s Parks Day, July 15.
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1. Canada Day Fireworks in Saskatoon
Canada Day Fireworks in and around Saskatoon
- Diefenbaker Park @ July 1, 2017 | ~ 10:40 PM
- Dundonald Park @ July 1, 2017 | ~ 10:00 PM
- Martensville @ July 1, 2017 | Dusk
- Lion’s Park, Warman @ July 1, 2017 | 10:30 PM
2. Optimist Canada Day Celebrations
Celebrate your citizenship at Optimist Canada Day. Buffet breakfast, official ceremonies with Celebration cake. Entertainment with displays, food vendors, marketplace, beverage gardens, pins, flags, and fireworks! Details
Saturday, July 1, 2017 | 10:00 AM – dusk
Buffet Breakfast | 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Official Ceremonies | 10:00 AM
Entertainment on main stage | 11:00 AM – dusk
Fireworks | 10:40 PM
Diefenbaker Park
3. Dundonald Community Association Canada Day Firework Show
Saturday, July 1, 2017
Firework Show | ~ 10:00 PM
Dundonald Park, Saskatoon
Free
4. Canada Day Celebrations in Warman
An annual event to celebrate our country Canada. Join for some fun, and family entertainment! Details
Saturday, July 1, 2017 | 08:30 AM – 10:30 PM
Pancake Breakfast | 08:30 AM – 10:30 AM
Opening Cermonies & Cake Cutting | 11:00 AM
Children’s Activity | 11:30 AM – 06:00 PM
Move in the Park | 08:30 PM
Fireworks | 10:30 PM
Lion’s Park, Warman
If case of inclement weather @ Legends Centre
Free
5. Canada Day Celebrations in Martensville
Come celebrate our nations birthday here in Martensville!! It’s a fun-filled event with morning coffee, all-day art show and community history showcase, crafts, games, scavenger hunt, live entertainment, dance party, movie under the stars and fireworks. Details
Saturday, July 1, 2017 | 12:00 AM – 06:00 PM
Cake and ice cream | 3:30 PM for the first 200
Live entertainment | 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Indoor dance party | 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM
Fireworks at Dusk
North Ridge Centennial Community Centre and Kinsmen Park
Cinema Under the [email protected] lot of the Community Centre
Free
6. Canada Day Fireworks Cruise
Canada Day is a special celebration! We leave the dock at 9:00 and head off for a pleasant cruise. Enjoy the appetizers and the views on the upper deck. Our crew quietly winds us up to the perfect viewing location just north of Diefenbaker park and drops anchor. Now we’re ready – and waiting for the show. About 10:40, the sky lights up! Once the show is wrapped up, our crew pull the anchor and we night steam back to the dock. Details
Saturday, July 1, 2017 | 8:45 PM
Prairie Lily, Saskatoon
Check availability (Sold out)
7. Canada Day @ Prince Albert National Park
Start your day off with a hearty pancake breakfast, followed by a lively parade, a flag raising ceremony, and delicious birthday cake. You can even be part of the celebrations by decorating your bike and joining in the parade! Stay for the day and explore some of Canada’s natural wonders out on the trails or on the lake! Details
Saturday, July 1, 2017
Pancake breakfast @ Community Hall
Noon-hour parade @ Waskesiu Lake town site
Prince Albert National Park
Free
8. Canada [email protected] National Historic Site
Happy birthday Canada! Come for cake and a bit of family fun! Details
Saturday, July 1, 2017
Batoche National Historic Site
Free
Canada Day Long Weekend Events & Activities
1. Sasktel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival
June 23 – July 2, 2017
June 30:
- [email protected] Cantina
- Tami Neilson; Way Down Wanderers; Karpinka [email protected] Free Stage
- Reuben and the Dark @ Amigos Cantina & TD Mainstage, Bessborough Gardens
- Crestwood @ The James Hotel
- Flamenco Dance; Wilma Groenen; Dr. Don and the Black [email protected] Music Club
- Feist @ TD Mainstage, Bessborough Gardens
- Jazz Intensive Faculty Ensemble; Ms. Lisa Fischer and Grand Baton [email protected] Theatre
July 1:
- Big Stuff; Oral Fuentes Reggae Band; Flying Colours; Gillian Sings Joni; Shelley Ewing with the Skip Kutz Quintet @ PotashCorp Free Stage
- Parab Poet and the hip hop Hippies with Kay the Aquanaut and Factor Chandelier; Arrested Development co-headliner Talib Kweli @ TD Mainstage, Bessborough Gardens
- Kay the Aquanaut and Factor Chandelier; Parab Poet and the Hip Hop Hippies @ Amigos Cantina
- Munro, McFarlane and the Laird Trio @ The James Hotel
July 2:
- Blue Mules; Mo’Love; Randy Woods Band; Rua MacMillian & Angus Lyon; Saskatoon Youth Jazz Orchestra & U of S Summer Jazz Orchestra [email protected] Club Jazz Free Stage.
Various venues throughout Saskatoon
Free and ticketed
2. Royal Canadian Family Circus
All new Royal Canadian Family Circus SPECTAC!2017 touring Canada will showcase an all new Thrill Show, featuring the finest circus performers from around the globe and bringing the highest standards of artistic excellence. High Wire, the Platform Motor Cycle Cyclone, the Acrobatic Aerial Strap & Silk act, Beautiful Liberty Horses, Acrobats, Hula Hoop maze, performing Poodles, Clowns and many more. Details
June 30 – July 3, 2017 | 4:00 PM, 7:30 PM, 12:00 Noon, 1:00 PM
Wyant Group Raceway, North of Saskatoon off Highway #12, on the way to Martensville/Blaine Lake
$25.00 + Tax & Fees
3. Jake & the Kid
We’re celebrating Canada’s 150th birthday by bringing one of Saskatchewan’s most loved authors, W. O. Mitchell, to stage! Details
June 21 – 25 &
June 28 – July 2, 2017
Wednesday – Saturday | Yard opens 5:30 PM ; Show 7:30 PM
Sunday | Yard opens 12:00 PM; Show 2:00 PM
The Barn Playhouse, Saskatoon
Adult $24.00; Children (5-12) $20.00.Infants or children under 5 cannot be accomodated.
4. Monty Python’s Spamalot
Lovingly ripped off from the classic film comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail, this Tony Award-winning show is a highly irreverent parody of the Arthurian legend. Spamalot tells the tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table in their quest for glory. It features a bevy of beautiful show girls, witch burnings (cancelled due to health and safety), not to mention cows, killer rabbits and French people. Details
July 2 – 9, 2017
Monday – Saturday | 8:00 PM
Sunday | 2:00 PM & 8:00 PM
Remai Arts Centre, 100 Spadina Crescent East, Saskatoon
$33.00 and up
5. Eco-Education travel with the Saskatoon Zoo Society
Join Greg Fenty from the Saskatoon Zoo Society for this wilderness educational adventure of a lifetime. The Athabasca Sand Dunes are a series of dune fields stretching for about 100 km along the south shore of Lake Athabasca. It is an ecologically fragile area, characterized by sand dunes, pebble covered surfaces, sand-blasted structures, many rare plant species and archaeological evidence of First Nations dating back over 7000 years. It is the world’s most northerly sand dune formation. Some dunes reach up to 30m high. Details
July 2 – 6, 2017 (Tentative dates)
Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park and Zoo, 1903 Forestry Farm Park Drive,Saskatoon
$3200.00 + GST
6. Biggie Brunch
Come listen to the finest in Biggie beats while eating the finest in breakfast eats. Join us on Canada Day to get your brunch on before heading out to your patriotic festivites. Details
Saturday, July 1, 2017 | 12:00–4:00 PM
Capitol Music Club, Saskatoon
$15.99 gets you Brunch and either a Mimosa or a glass of domestic draught!!!
7. Fort Fest 17’
Celebrate Canada Day at Fort Battleford! Get ready for this fun-filled day of bouncy castles, petting zoo, wagon rides, rifle demonstrations, live music and more. Stay for supper, a field dance and fireworks. Truly the event of the summer! Details
Saturday, July 1, 2017
Fort Battleford National Historic Site, Central ave, Battleford
Free admission