Chilliwack Corn Festival at Greendale Acres

Greendale Acres hosts a Chilliwack Corn Festival in the summer. The event features corn-related competitions, live music and other family-friendly activities.

The festival ran on the weekend of August 2nd to 4th in 2025, which was the Saturday, Sunday and Monday of the BC Day long weekend.

(Note: Greendale Acres is where the famous Chilliwack Corn Maze takes place in late summer and the fall, and events like the Chilliwack Plowing Match and Sweet Spring Flower Festival happen in April. It’s also a place where you’ll find all sorts of amazing farm-related games and activities for children.)

See the greendaleacres.ca website for full details about the Chilliwack Corn Festival (and other activities at the farm).

Chilliwack Corn Festival in the Fraser Valley

Greendale Acres is a farm in Chilliwack with a variety of family-friendly attractions and events to check out throughout the year. The property has farm animals, a giant jumping pillow and playground structures. Greendale Acres usually opens around Easter and remains open for the Sweet Spring Flower Festival. Greendale Acres also has a special event celebrating the summer season and the annual opening of its Corn Maze.

The Chilliwack Corn Festival debuted on the BC Day long weekend in 2024 and it was back in 2025. Full of sweet corn and fun at the farm, the festival has a corn eating contest and a corn shucking contest. There’s delicious sweet corn and corn-based dishes to eat. The Chilliwack Corn Festival is also a licensed event, meaning there are alcoholic beverages available too. Live music takes place each day, and there’s also a Cornhole Tournament that participants pay to enter.

Where and When?

Greendale Acres’ address is 41905 Yale Road West in Chilliwack. The farm is located not far from Exit 109 on the Trans-Canada Highway. It’s about an hour’s drive from Vancouver in good traffic.

The second annual Chilliwack Corn Festival at Greendale Acres took place on August 2nd to 4th in 2025. Event hours on the Saturday and Sunday were from 10:00 am to 9:00 pm, whereas Monday hours were from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm.

See the Greendale Acres website for full details about the farm and its events.

2025 Corn Festival Event Schedule

The schedule of activities for each day of the Chilliwack Corn Festival is below. (Note: Exact details were subject to change.)

Saturday, August 2nd

11:00 am – Corn Shucking Competition
12:00 pm – Corn Eating Competition
12:00 pm to 2:00 pm – Face Painting
2:00 pm – Liquor Sales Begin
2:30 pm – Corn Shucking Competition
3:30 pm – Corn Eating Competition
5:00 pm – Cornhole Tournament
5:00 pm to 6:45 pm – Live Music with Larry Edwards
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm – Live Music with Johnny Bootleg (Trio)

Sunday, August 3rd

11:00 am – Corn Shucking Competition
12:00 pm – Corn Eating Competition
12:00 pm to 2:00 pm – Face Painting
2:00 pm – Liquor Sales Begin
2:30 pm – Corn Shucking Competition
3:30 pm – Corn Eating Competition
5:00 pm to 6:45 pm – Live Music with Unbranded
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm – Live Music with Morgan Griffith (Band)

Monday, August 4th

11:00 am – Corn Shucking Competition
12:00 pm – Corn Eating Competition
12:00 pm to 2:00 pm – Face Painting
2:00 pm – Liquor Sales Begin
2:30 pm to 5:30 pm – Live Music with Ryan McAllister
3:30 pm – Corn Shucking Competition

Admission Details

General admission to the Chilliwack Corn Festival costs around $18 online in advance or $21 at the gate. Children under the age of three have free admission. The same applies to seniors ages 75 and above.

Admission includes access to the live music and two of the corn-related competitions. Everyone can also enjoy all of the regular activities at Greendale Acres, including the corn maze, jumping pillow, pedal cart track and more.

Note that there is an additional fee for people wanting to participate in the Cornhole Tournament on the Saturday. Entry into the competition costs about $40 per pair of players. It comes with two drink tickets and a chance to win prizes.

See the greendaleacres.ca website for full details about the Chilliwack Corn Festival (and other activities at the farm).