Now that school has ended for the year, the summer can really begin. The beauty of being Canadian is that we get to start things off right, with a birthday celebration! Canada Day is July 1st and this year, 2016, marks the big 149th birthday for our home and native land! There are so many things to do all across the country, to mark this wonderful day, but I thought we would check out the local stuff this time around. There are lots of festivals, markets, shows and of course, fireworks, in pretty much every big city, but let’s see what the smaller towns are up to. This year, why not check out Brampton, Ontario?
The city has planned some wonderful events, kicking off on Friday, July 1st at noon in Chinguacousy Park! The plan is to use the over 80 acres in the park and cover them with live performances, fun inflatable amusement park like attractions and of course, fireworks! The City of Brampton expects to host over 100,000 of it’s residents at this year’s festivities. Keep in mind that there is limited parking space available, but all day long party goers can enjoy using Brampton Transit Shuttle Service for free!! Don’t forget to pack hats, sunscreen and wear comfy shoes so you don’t miss out on a thing. Oh, bring your camera too!
Event Highlights include:
- Family fun activities
- Splash pad, inflatables Kids Zone (sponsored by Tim Hortons), mini putt, petting zoo and paddle boats
- Live performances by internationally recognized artists, local community artists, children’s entertainers and local buskers
- Fireworks
- And much more!
Shane Harte will also be performing at 7:30 pm. Shane, a Brampton native, is an actor and performer who appeared in the Hallmark Channel’s original series Good Witch, and starred in the popular Family Channel’s series The Next Step. His debut album is slated for release later this year.
July Talk will headline the Canada Day celebrations at Chinguacousy Park on July 1, 2016, in the evening. As part of an exciting program of entertainment from noon to 10 pm, the Juno award-winning band will hit the Main Stage at 8:30 pm.
The Toronto-based five-piece, known for their sleek yet gritty brand of alt-bluesy garage rock, have toured alongside Billy Talent, Matt Mays, Sam Roberts, Weezer, Matthew Good Band and Tegan and Sara and more. They have spent the past year working hard on their sophomore album, which is to be released this summer.
Keep checking back for more event details and updates!
- Programs and artists subject to change without notice
- This project is supported in part by the Celebrate Canada Program at Canadian Heritage
- There is limited parking available on site. FREE Brampton Transit Shuttle Service all day!
- For schedule and shuttle locations, visit www.bramptontransit.com
- Please note there will be limited accessible parking permits available
- Area road closures will be in effect throughout the day. For complete event details visit www.brampton.ca
Will you be taking in the Canada Day festivities in a local town or city near you? Happy Canada Day!
FT&PD
Suz
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Happy Canada Day! We’re actually going to go out to the mountains tonight, spend the day out there… come back for a late BBQ at friend’s home and watch the fireworks.
Happy Canada Day! That is awesome that transit will be free. It would be CRAZY to try to drive and park there!! Looks like there will be lots of great events. I must admit though, I miss the fireworks being downtown 🙂
I am the same way Brandee; I prefer the fireworks downtown, but this way it allowed for more people to attend. Happy belated Canada day to you!
Happy Canada Day to you and your family!! Enjoy the weekend!! we had some rain this morning but it’s clearing up already!!
I am working part of this weekend but hope to watch the fireworks after work
VERY little happens here on Canada day…its cold today too and looks like rain, no fireworks unless its private ones from kids again . Pike lake usually has something going on if you want to pay the fees to get into the park and the city has something going on too but only the old timers band is free
we’ll be seeing fireworks in Niagara Falls……just minutes away from us!
Happy Canada everyone,we had rain this morning but the sun is shining beautiful now.Hoping everyone has a safe day filled with fun !!!
Hubby and I are fortunate that we can see the fireworks over the lake near our house, our dog gets real scared though
I hope your Canada Day was awesome!!!
You boy is so handsome,love his Tee.Did you get to take the fireworks in last night….here it was foggy
We had a great Canada day, wish it was sunnier here but can’t complain!
We went to the Canada Day celebrations in Chinguacousy Park, and had a blast despite the weather! Thank you for you the great tip.
sounds like you had a fantastic time full of great Canada Day festivities 🙂 we went to Collingwood to spend the weekend with our inlaws. it was so much fun and we even got some relaxing time away at the villages sitting on a patio for a couple hours kid free 🙂
I love the fence and the T-shirt, that is really adorable. Hope that you had a great Canada Day. 🙂
I hope you guys had a great time. We love checking out new Canada Day celebrations each year. We would have love to find to that of we lived in the area.
We went to the see the fireworks on Canada Day! My boys LOVED them. 🙂
I will going to see fireworks on Canada
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We had such a good time celebrating 150 this year!