COURTENAY, B.C. –The Comox Valley is marking Canada’s 152nd birthday with a two-day party.
Courtenay Canada Day celebrations are set for Sunday and Monday at Lewis Park and downtown.
This year Courtenay’s Canada Day features performers, YANA Dunk Tank, a three storey inflatable slide, a 19 Wing glider and robot display, and a 4H petting zoo.
New this year is “Comox Valley Arts: Try It” where the public is invited to come explore a variety of art media and test skills at a DJ Booth.
Another highlight is Monday morning’s Canada Day Parade that gets going at 10:00am.
This year’s parade theme is “Canadian Threads: The Colourful Costumes of Canada”.
The parade travels along 5th Street from Menzies Avenue to Lewis Park with a fly-by at the start of the parade by 19 Wing Comox.
Here is a schedule of events:
Sunday, June 30th
- Night Before Concert: Lewis Park, 3:30 – 10:00 pm, with headline performers The Boom Booms at 8:30pm
Monday, July 1st
- Kin Club Pancake Breakfast: Corner of 5th Street and England Avenue, 7:00 – 11:00am
- 5th Street Mile Fun Run: Register at 5th Street & Woods Avenue from 8:00 – 9:00am
- Canada Day Parade: 5th Street, 10:00am
- Mainstage Live Music: Anela Kahimoe & Luke Blu Guthrie, 10:30am
- Kids Zone: Simms Park, 11:00 am – 3:30pm
- Comox Valley Arts, Try It!: 11:00 am – 4:00pm
- Opening Ceremony: Lewis Park, noon
- Cake Cutting: Lewis Park, 1:30pm
- Mainstage Live Music: Time Well Wasted, 1:00pm
- Kids Bike Draw: Lewis Stage, 3:00pm
- Canadian Threads Variety Show: Sid Williams Theatre, 7:00pm
The performer schedule includes:
Sunday, June 30th
- Multi-Cultural Performances, 4:00 – 7:30pm, Lewis Park
- Queue the Music, 7:30 – 8:30 pm, Lewis ParkThe Boom Booms, 8:30 – 10:00pm, Lewis Park
Monday, July 1st
- Comox Valley Concert Band, 9:00 – 10:00am, Civic Square (Cliffe Avenue/5th Street)
- Tyler Bartfai, 9:00 – 10:00am, Corner of 5th Street and England Avenue
- Comox Valley Drum Group, 9:30am, Downtown Courtenay
- Anela Kahimoe & Luke Blu Guthrie, 10:30am – noon, Lewis Park
- DJ Booth, 11:00 am – 3:00pm, Simms Park Stage
- Time Well Wasted, 1:00 pm, Lewis Park
- Georgia Strait Big Band, 2:00 – 4:00pm, Native Sons Hall
- Canadian Threads Variety Show, 7:00pm, Sid Williams Theatre
