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Events Description
Each year on July 1, Strathcona County hosts a family-friendly Canada Day celebration at Broadmoor Lake Park. Events vary each year, but activities often include fireworks, live entertainment, scavenger hunts, food courts, canoeing and more.
Highlights include:
- Spectacular daytime entertainment by local performers
- Interactive stage performances with Seeka Sings
- Lap and rec swims at Kinsmen Leisure Centre
- Golf specials at Broadmoor Public Golf Course
- Back-to-basics fun with Just Play activities
HOW MUCH
Tickets :
Most activities are free, but some require tickets or an Unlimited Access Wristband – $5
Wristbands will not be sold on July 1.
On July 1, activity tickets can be purchased on-site for $1 per activity.
Voyageur Canoe Rides require two tickets: an activity ticket purchased or $1 (or a pre-purchased activity wristband) and a timed ticket which you can get at the information/ticket booth on the Broadmoor Lake Plaza.
How to get tickets?
Individual activity tickets will be available for purchase for $1 on July 1 at:
- Festival Place (100 Festival Way)
- Kinsmen Leisure Centre (2001 Oak Street | Vic Bidzinski Way)
- Plaza Information Booth
- Broadmoor Lake Park Field Information Booth
- Pancake Breakfast Info Booth (Community Centre)
Please remember that activities on the Broadmoor Lake Park fields close at 4 p.m.
The $5 unlimited activity wristbands are available BEFORE Canada Day at the following locations:
- Recreation Administration Office (Open Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., closed from 12 noon -1 p.m. – 2025 Oak Street | Vic Bidzinski Way)
- Millennium Place (2000 Premier Way)
- Kinsmen Leisure Centre (2001 Oak Street | Vic Bidzinski Way)
- Emerald Hills Leisure Centre (3555 Emerald Drive)
- Festival Place (100 Festival Way)
- Glen Allan Recreation Complex (199 Georgian Way)
- Ardrossan Recreation Complex (80-1 Ave, Ardrossan)
- Sherwood Park Mall – guest services desk *cash only
The wristbands give you unlimited access to ticketed activities. There are a limited number available, get yours before they sell out!
WHEN & WHERE
Schedule
Saturday, July 1, 2023 | 9am – 11pm – Schedule
- Re/Max Elite Pancake Breakfast supported by Canadian Progress Club, 9 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
- Current Swell on the Imperial Stage at 9:45 p.m.
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- 8 p.m. — Fire Dancing
- 8:30 p.m. — Paul Woida
- 9:45 p.m. — Current Swell
- 10 p.m. — Fire Dancing
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- Spectacular fireworks show at 11 p.m.
Food vendors will be located in the Kinsmen Leisure Centre parking lot, open from 10 a.m. – 11 p.m. There are a variety of options to satisfy everyone’s cravings.
Venue & Address :
Broadmoor Lake Park and other locations, Strathcona County
Limited Parking: Available Parking Options:
• Community Centre underground parkade; Limited accessible parking available (401 Festival Lane)
• Centre in the Park Parkade (Festival Lane & Festival Way)
• Sherwood Park Arena parking lot; Limited accessible parking available; Valid permit required (2015 Oak Street | Vic Bidzinski Way)
• St. Theresa Catholic School parking lot (2021 Brentwood Blvd)
• East side of Salisbury Composite High School (20 Festival Way)
Free Transit:
Take the FREE Park N Ride from the Bethel Transit Terminal (650 Bethel Drive) off Baseline Road.
Departures start at 8:30 a.m. from Bethel Transit Terminal (650 Bethel Drive) to Broadmoor Lake Park operating every 15 minutes. Last departure will be at 11:30 p.m.
Returns start at 8:45 a.m. from in front of Festival Place operating every 15 minutes. Last departure will be at 11:45 p.m.
Road Closure:
- Festival Lane will be closed from 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. noon (Festival Avenue will be open)
Festival Way will be closed from 8 a.m. – 12 a.m. midnight (Local traffic only)
Festival Lane and Festival Avenue will be closed from 10:30 p.m. – 12 a.m. midnight
Oak Street will be closed from the Broadmoor Public Golf Course to Sherwood Drive from 8 p.m. – 12 a.m. midnight (Local traffic only)
Sherwood Drive will be closed during the fireworks show from 11 p.m. – 11:15 p.m.
