Canada Day at Port Coquitlam

Celebrate Canada Day at Castle Park with us on July 1, 2023! The free all-day event includes live music, family-friendly entertainment, a local beverage garden, food vendors, a marketplace, fireworks, and more. Bring your family and friends, grab your beach chairs and blankets and enjoy all the festivities.

Live Entertainment

Chad Brownlee is a critically-acclaimed, multiple award-winning Canadian country music artist. Hailing from British Columbia, his love of the outdoors is very much reflected in the singer-songwriter’s chart-topping songs and infectious melodies. Brownlee’s 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

Big Sugar is a Canadian blues rock and reggae band, with multiple gold and platinum-selling records and several Juno award nominations over the years. Their expansive musical reach encompasses blues-rock, reggae, funk, and Latin sounds and has attracted a longstanding, loyal following on concert stages across North America and the globe, earning them a Road Gold Award.

Food & Drinks

• Camion Cafe
• Little Ooties
• Praguery
• Reel Mac & Cheese
• Salty’s Lobster Express
• Sweet Tooth Creamery
• PoCo Scouts BBQ
• Assumption Youth Community Group (Cotton candy & popcorn)

Beverage Garden

• Boardwalk Brewing
• Nice Life Co
• Taylight Brewing
• Tinhouse Brewing

Kids, Youth & Family Zones
Art Zone led by Art Focus (12-8pm)
Painting, a craft station and face painting!

Games Area (12-10pm)
Giant Jenga, Mini Golf, Bubble Hockey, Foosball and more!

Sensory-Friendly Quiet Zone led by Canucks Autism Network

Who is it for?

All ages – Family

Date & Time: Saturday, July 1, 2023

Fishing Derby & Pancake Breakfast at Lions Park: 8-11am
Celebration at Castle Park: 12-10pm

Additional Performances
• Miss Shauna: O’Canada Anthem — 12:20pm
• Leadway — 1:00pm
• Side One — 1:40pm & 4pm
• Ache Brasil — 3:20pm
• Royal Oak — 5:50pm

Big Sugar — Performance time: 7:05pm

Chad Brownlee — Performance time: 8:40pm

Fireworks time: After dark

Venue & Address : Castle Park & Lions Park, Port Coquitlam

Free Shuttle Service
Leave your car behind — walk, ride, take transit, or enjoy our free roundtrip shuttle service to the event! Five shuttles will run every 30 minutes from 12:00 – 11 p.m. (times may be delayed due to traffic) from the north, downtown and south side of Port Coquitlam:

North

• Minnekhada Middle School
• Terry Fox Secondary School

Downtown

• Westcoast Express Port Coquitlam Station (Marked wheelchair-accessible shuttle available)

South

• Mary Hill Elementary School
• Kilmer Elementary School

Shuttle busses will drop off event-goers at Castle Park. Strollers are allowed on the shuttle bus and should be folded and placed in the luggage area of the bus.