Description
Join us for Labour Day and explore labour history through displays, activities, and entertainment.
Admission is free.
Schedule of activities:
Happening all day:
Labour Scavenger Hunt
Throughout the site
Match the village exhibit with a union logo and receive a prize at the CUPE local 23 INFO tent beside the Bandstand. Pick up your Scavenger Hunt at one of the gates.
Working People Documentary
Central Park Theatre
Watch a movie in the theatre about British Columbia’s working people of the past.
Truths Not Often Told: Being South Asian in Burnaby
Stride Studio
Learn the history and legacy of Burnaby’s South Asian Canadian community in this interactive exhibit. New exhibit content focuses on why social justice matters to Burnaby’s South Asian youth.
OVERCASTE
Multi-Purpose Room
Produced by Poetic Justice Foundation, co-curated by Anita Lal and Dr. Sharanjit Kaur Sandhra. The exhibit sheds light on caste discrimination and caste oppressed communities in British Columbia. OVERCASTE stands as a call to action, urging support for initiatives dedicated to eradicating caste discrimination and fostering a society where equality is genuinely embraced by all.
New! Cookhouse Exhibit
Visit the museum’s newest permanent exhibit featuring the lives of South Asian sawmill workers in Burnaby.
Specific times:
Explore the Carousel Pavilion
Free Carousel Rides
Last ride at 4:15 pm
Go for a complimentary spin on our Carousel. Co-sponsored by CUPE 23 Burnaby Civic Employees Union and Burnaby City Council.
Labour History Community Mural Project
Love Orchard lawn
11 am-4 pm
Pacific Spirit Quilters’ display
Bell’s Dry Goods
11 am-4 pm
BAG on a Bike: Printmaking with Burnaby Art Gallery
Meadow
11 am-3 pm
City of Burnaby Water Wagon
Vorce Plaza
Mobile water refill station
11 am-4 pm
Many Voices Project
Stride Plaza
11 am-4 pm
Burnaby Fire Department’s antique fire truck
Seaforth School
11 am-4 pm
Carnival Games
Covered Carousel Plaza
11 am-3:30 pm
Live entertainment:
The Nylon Zoo
Elworth Lawn
Interactive and immersive story telling with costumes
11:15-11:45 am, 1-1:30 pm, 2:15-2:45 pm, 3:30-4 pm
The Squares Barber Shop Quartet
Bandstand
1:30-2 pm, 3-3:30 pm
Colombian Canadian Association of BC
Vorce Station Plaza
Dance Performance
2 pm
Schedules are subject to change.