Lynn Valley Day is a great community festival in North Vancouver. It includes a parade, entertainment, bouncy castles and family-friendly activities in June.

There also used to be a Gala, but not in 2024. The parade and festival activities, however, are still going! They happen on Saturday, June 22nd. The parade and access to the festival are free for everyone to enjoy. Lynn Valley Day is a great event!

For full details about the festival, see the Lynn Valley Lions Club‘s website.

This article contains the following information about Lynn Valley Days:

Lynn Valley Days in North Vancouver

North Vancouver has been celebrating Lynn Valley Days for over a century. The Parade features decorated vehicles, marching bands and entries by local businesses. The Fair, meanwhile, is like a carnival with face painting, dance performances, community organization information booths and various family-friendly activities.

Lynn Valley Days is hosted by the Lynn Valley Lions Club which is an awesome service organization that does lots to support the local community.

Mountain Highway in Lynn Valley — Lynn Valley in North Vancouver

Event Location

Lynn Valley Days takes place in the Lynn Valley neighbourhood in North Vancouver. The parade runs along Lynn Valley Road before turning up Mountain Highway. The park’s address is 3590 Mountain Highway.

Lynn Valley Days Activities

At Lynn Valley Days the majority of activities take place at Lynn Valley Park. The venue is just a short walk from where Lynn Valley Road meets Mountain Highway.

The Saturday starts with a pancake breakfast and the parade. The festivities then continue with a day full of family-friendly activities. There are dance and live music performances, plus games to play at various community booths. There are also a number of bouncy castles for kids to play on (for which you do have to buy tickets).

Lynn Valley Day Market Stalls — Lynn Valley Park

Lynn Valley Days Schedule

On the Saturday, Lynn Valley Days features a pancake breakfast, parade, community festival and beer garden.

Below is the schedule of activities for 2024.

Pancake Breakfast – the day begins with a pancake breakfast starting at 7:30 am.
Lynn Valley Day Parade – the parade starts at around 9:30 am.
Community Festival – at Lynn Valley Park there are typically games, bouncy castles and live entertainment running from 10:00 am until around 5:00 pm. Activities typically include face painting, bouncy castles and other family-friendly activities. Community organizations and local businesses also set up informational booths.
Beer Garden – the beer garden is for adults ages 19+. It’s open from 10:00 am to 10:00 pm (which is five hours longer than last year). Admission cost $5 in 2023 and will probably be similar this year. Last call is at 9:00 pm.

The entertainment schedule for 2024 is below.

11:00 am – O’Connor School of Irish Dance
11:50 am – Dance With Christie
12:40 pm – Doug Medley (on violin)
1:00 pm – Dancing Divas
2:20 pm – Harbourside Band
3:30 pm – D:MAC
5:15 pm – Rufus Muse
7:30 pm – Jetlag

For full details about the festival, see the Lynn Valley Lions Club‘s website.

Lynn Valley Day Parade — Lynn Valley Days Parade

Lynn Valley Days Parade

The parade starts at around 9:15 am at the corner of Lynn Valley Road and Mollie Nye Way near the Karen Magnussen Recreation Centre. It goes along Lynn Valley Road and then turns up Mountain Highway, finishing at Lynn Valley Park by Frederick Road.

The Lynn Valley Days parade isn’t the Lower Mainland’s largest parade, and far from the longest, but it is a good one for locals. Like other community parades throughout the region, it’s popular with young families and children. Folks from the neighbourhood get to see people they know riding bikes and marching along.

In the parade there are typically decorated vehicles from local businesses, community groups and youth organizations, and lots of people walking along. From start to finish it’s about 30 minutes long. As soon as the parade finishes the festival activities begin in the park.

Lynn Valley Parade Band — Lynn Valley Days Parade

Lynn Valley Days Fair

After the parade, Lynn Valley Days activities continue with small-town, carnival-like activities until about 4:00 or 5:00 pm most years. Throughout the day there is a variety of entertainment including, in past years, dance performances, magician shows, jugglers, puppet shows and choir performances. Every year the entertainment lineup is slightly different.

At Lynn Valley Days there is also face painting and craft activities for children, plus games, bouncy castles and inflatable slides. Dozens of community organizations also have display booths with information about their services.

In 2022 Lynn Valley Days had one of the largest collections of bouncy castles we’ve ever seen! You had to buy tickets for them and each structure cost between about three and five tickets. This will likely be the case again in 2024.

If you plan to visit the North Shore in mid-July, and you have young children, then definitely check out the Lynn Valley Days activities. And while you’re in the area, consider visiting some of North Vancouver’s top attractions, including Lynn Canyon Park with its free suspension bridge right close by.

For full details about the festival, see the Lynn Valley Lions Club‘s website.

Lynn Valley Days Parade Video

To give you a good idea of what the parade looks like, check out the video below. It shows scenes of the parade from 2022.

As you’ll see in the video, the parade includes a small number of floats and entries from local community groups. There are also fire trucks, including antique ones. A couple of smaller marching bands also participate. Young families and other locals line the sidewalks to watch. What you’ll see in the video is about 20% of the entries (plus or minus) from the event in 2022.