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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:
- Live entertainment from talented local performers
- Interactive stage shows with the always-energetic Beppie
- Lap and recreation swims at Kinsmen Leisure Centre
- 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: Canoe Rides sponsored by Cameron Corporation 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 to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., closed from 12 noon to 1 p.m. – 2025 Oak Street | Vic Bidzinski Way)
Millennium Place (2000 Premier Way)
Kinsmen Leisure Centre (2001 Oak Street | Vic Bidzinski Way)
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
The wristbands give you unlimited access to ticketed activities. There are a limited number available, get yours before they sell out!
WHEN & WHERE
Schedule
Tuesday, July 1, 2025 | 9am – 11pm – Schedule
- Re/Max Elite Pancake Breakfast supported by Canadian Progress Club, 9 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
- 8 p.m.: Fire Dancing
- 8:30 p.m.: Drew Gregory
- 9:45 p.m.: Dan Davidson
- 10 p.m.: Fire Dancing
- 11 p.m. Northern Lights Fiber Fireworks Show
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.
Tune in to 106.7 FM for music.
Venue & Address :
Broadmoor Lake Park and other locations, Strathcona County
Limited Parking: Available Parking Options:
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- Park & Ride:
- To the festival: Buses depart every 15 minutes starting at 8:30 a.m. from Bethel Transit Terminal (650 Bethel Drive) to Broadmoor Lake Park. The last shuttle to the festival leaves at 11:30 p.m.
- Return trips: Return buses run every 15 minutes beginning at 8:45 a.m. from the entrance of Festival Place (100 Festival Way). The final return shuttle departs at 11:45 p.m.
Road Closure:
- Festival Lane will be closed from 8 a.m. – 12 noon (Festival Avenue will be open)
- Festival Way will be closed from 8 p.m. – 12 midnight (local traffic only)
- Festial Lane and Festival Avenue will be closed from 10:30 p.m. – 12 midnight
- Oak Street will be closed from the south of the Broadmoor Public Golf Course to Sherwood Drive from 8 p.m. – 12 midnight (local traffic only)
- Sherwood Drive will be closed during the fireworks show from 11 p.m. – 11:15 p.m.
