New West celebrates Canada Day with activities and live entertainment at Westminster Pier Park. There are also other events at places like Queen’s Park.

FREE EVENTS IN NEW WEST IN JULY

There are lots of fun things in New Westminster on July 1st for Canada Day. Great free events take place in New West later in July too.

The On Your Block Festival is a multicultural event featuring live music, food trucks, artisan vendors and family-friendly things to do. It typically takes place on a Saturday at Tipperary Park, although 2024 details are TBC as of late June. Uptown Live, meanwhile, is a major music festival and street party which takes place on July 27th, 2024.

New Westminster Canada Day Events

There are Canada Day celebrations all over Metro Vancouver on July 1st, including at multiple venues in New Westminster.

Canada Day Festivities

Below are details about New Westminster’s Canada Day activities in 2024.

This year’s July 1st celebrations run from 12:30 pm until 6:00 pm at Westminster Pier Park. The outdoor location is at 16th Street in New Westminster.

There are all sorts of things to see and do at the event. There’s live music, activities for children, a circus zone, and multiple food trucks and vendors. Visit the City of New Westminster website for additional information about this year’s celebrations.

Westminster Pier Park Stage Schedule

The entertainment schedule for the main stage in 2024 is as follows.

12:30 pm – Welcoming Remarks
1:00 pm – Robin Layne and the Rhythm Makers
2:00 pm – Kung Jaadee
3:00 pm – Francis Baptiste
4:00 pm – Krystle Dos Santos
5:00 pm – Cakewalk

Queens Park Canada Day Concert — Live Music on Canada Day

New Westminster Multicultural Festival

In previous years, the Multicultural Festival took place along the waterfront at Westminster Pier Park from around 2:00 pm until 10:00 pm, with the fireworks blasting off at the end. It was a free event with multicultural entertainment, ethnic foods, market vendors, dancing and community organization information booths.

Sadly, this event hasn’t taken place since 2019. That being said, a new multicultural festival took place in New Westminster in each of the last two years. The On Your Block Festival is a free event that features music and family-friendly activities. The festival happened at Tipperary Park on July 8th in 2023. Hopefully it will return again this year!

Canada Day at Queen’s Park

Canada Day celebrations also take place at Queen’s Park (at around 100 3rd Avenue), although they’re more muted now than they were before the pandemic. The place is a beautiful park with walking trails, a flower garden, large playground, kids’ water play area and a petting zoo.

This year there are two events at Queen’s Park in the days leading up to Canada Day. On June 29th there is the Welcome to My Renaissance event from 2:00 to 5:00 pm. It features a series of live performances from Indigenous artists along with arts and crafts and traditional food. On June 30th from 2:00 to 4:00 pm there is a Summer Concerts in the Park event featuring local musicians.