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Canada Day Celebrations 2024
July 1 @ 12:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Visit Downtown Fredericton on July 1st for a day of family fun and entertainment! From 12-5pm enjoy free family fun on Carleton Street, including bouncy castles, art activities and interactive activations.
Check out the stage in Officers’ Square from 12-10pm for free entertainment, including headliner: James Barker Band.
Officers’ Square Live Entertainment (12-10pm)
- Scotty and the Stars 12:00pm
- Mr. Mark – 1:15 pm
- Opening ceremonies – 2:00pm
- Calithumpians – 2:30pm
- Multicultural Association of Fredericton – 3:30pm
- Katherine Moller – 4:45pm
- Aboiteau – 6:15pm
- Grand Theft Bus – 7:45pm
- James Barker Band – 9:15pm
Carleton Street (12-5pm)
- Go Go bouncy castles
- Recreation New Brunswick/KidsSport New Brunswick pop-up (12-2pm)
- Multicultural Association kids’ art activity
- Highland Games pop-up
- Magic with Jesse Campbell
- Adult Literacy Fredericton story time
- Imprint Youth Association activities station
- Capital Region Mental Health and Addictions Association
- Face painting ($)
- Henna ($)
- Dumfries Maples ($)
Officer’s Square (12-5pm)
- Indigenous activity
- Nashwaaksis Lions Club 50/50 ($)
- Quick drawings with Emily Anne Illustrations ($)
- Free lawn games with Fredericton Recreation & Culture
- Free family art activity with UNB Design Works
- Canada Day opening ceremonies and cake – served by the Nashwaaksis Lions Club (2 pm)
Hungry? Food truck alley can be found in the parking lot behind Officers’ Square (12-10pm) plus all of these downtown restaurants will be open on Canada Day:
- 540 Kitchen (11:30am-10pm)
- The Abbey (9am-9pm)
- The Cap (12pm-10pm)
- Chess Piece Patisserie & Cafe (8am-7pm)
- Delish Gourmet Rolled Ice Cream (11am-10pm)
- Dolan’s Pub
- Gahan House Riverside (11:30am-10pm; kitchen closes at 9pm)
- Graystone Brewing
- Isaac’s Way (11:30am-9:30pm)
- J’s Asian Kitchen (11:30am-9pm)
- Jack’s Pizza (11am-11pm)
- The Joyce (11am-10pm)
- Moco Downtown (opening at 4pm)
- Monks & Jonesie
- Mill Town Roasters (9am-6pm)
- O’Hickeys Irish Pub (11am-11pm with music from 7pm)
- The Palate
- The Pickle Jar (7am-10pm)
- The Provincial (4pm-2am)
- RustiCo
- Smokes Poutinerie
- The Snooty Fox (11am-2am; kitchen closes at 1am)
- Southside Shake (7am-10pm)
- St. Louis Bar & Grill
- The Squeeze
- The Tandoori Adda (12pm-8:30pm)
- The Tipsy Muse
- Unplugged: A Board Games Café
- Viscount Kitchen
The New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame will be open regular hours on Canada Day offering family-friendly programming, and the Fredericton Region Museum will be open 10am-5 pm. offering guided tours. Select shops at the Creative Casemates will be open from 12-4pm.