A guide to Canada Day festivities in the Tri-Cities
Whether you’re looking for arena rock, mini-golf, hot food or cold beverages, there’s something for just about everyone on Canada Day.
Coquitlam
Festivities at Town Centre Park are set to kick off at noon with a lineup of performers including Indigenous collective M’Girl, Pitt Meadows country singer Danielle Ryan, Beatles tribute band The Boytles, and Persian pop group Bakara Band.
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Revelers are invited to play mini-golf, scale the climbing wall, tour the food trucks and stop in at the Brew Corner sponsored by Mariner Brewing.
Dance band Dr. Strangelove are set to headline the Coquitlam event. The six-piece party band has a setlist that can range from AC/DC to U2 to Lizzo.
The evening is slated to end with a fireworks display.
Port Coquitlam
Trooper are set to raise a little more hell on Canada Day.
Known for hits “We’re Here for a Good Time (Not a Long Time),” “Raise a Little Hell,” the arena rock band is set to headline the show in Castle Park.
The group is set to share the concert stage with Canadian country singer Aaron Pritchett. Raised in Terrace, Pritchett has gained a following for up-tempo honky-tonk tunes like “Hold My Beer” and “Dirt Road in ‘Em.”
Festivities in Port Coquitlam are also set to include a fishing derby for breakfast, a pancake breakfast at Mabbett Hall, face-painting, arts and crats, and fireworks after dark.
The city is also offering free drop-in basketball and lacrosse at Port Coquitlam Community Centre.
Port Moody
Meanwhile back in Port Moody . . .
Saskatchewan band Streetheart is set to play the city’s Golden Spike Days Festival on June 30, the city announced Wednesday.
Best known for songs like synth-tinged rock songs like “Action,” and “Here Comes the Night,” Streetheart also registered a hit with their disco-infused cover of the Rolling Stones’ “Under My Thumb.”
The four-day, admission by donation festival opens Saturday at 11 a.m.
Besides a host of games and food truck options, the celebration is set to feature Bachman-Turner Overdrive tribute band Blue Collar Overdrive, as well as Coquitlam singer-songwriter Dani Black, the Golden Spike Can-Can Dancers, and the Inlet Jazz Band, and Coquitlam youth rock band The Coyotes, and more.
The festival is set to run from June 28 to July 1. More info here.
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