Events & Attractions

Canadian Fast Draw Championships

Prime Sponsor: The Township of Langley

Shooters from all over Canada and the U.S.A. will be coming to test their skills. Two Aldergrove residents are current world champions, so this really will be an opportunity to cheer on the home team.

The host of the Canadian Fast Draw Championships this year is the Thunderbird Fast Draw Club, which is based at the Langley Rod and Gun Club on 208 Street in Langley, BC. The Thunderbirds are the oldest continually operating Fast Draw Club in the sport today, having performed shows and contests since they formed in the winter of 1958.

The Thunderbird club has been host to almost half of all the Canadian Championsip contests ever held in the country and look forward to bringing the contest to Aldergrove this year. The last 8 Canadian Chamionships have been held in Alberta. The World Fast Draw Association, based in the US, has been sanctioning these events since the merging of the Mid-Western Fast Draw Associtation and the Western Fast Draw Association into WFDA, the main governing body for FAst Draw, which takes place in such countries as Scotland, Germany and Japan to name a few.

Fast Draw is a 'nervous' sport, requiring great concentration, good reactions, and a love for the 'old west' style of dress and shooting. Fast Draw is billed as 'The Fastest Sport In The World' with some times taking much less than 1/2 of one second! We trust you will enjoy attending this latest event as well as our 'Celebrity Shootout' which will involve several local VIP's.

The event will be located in the Fast Draw Range from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm for both Saturday and Sunday. This is the first chance to see, in action, World Class Fast Draw competitors such as Aldergrove's own Nicole Franks, who has been the Women's WFDA All-Around Champ for the last 7 years. Shoot starts Saturday at 10 a.m."

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Saturday & Sunday
Fast Draw Range
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM [Top]

Penny Whistle Ensemble - Guinness Record Book Attempt

Prime Sponsor Super 8 Hotel at Gloucester

The first penny whistle was made in the 1840’s –shortly before BC was formed. It is easy to imagine early settler children treasuring and playing them. Aldergrove Fair Days has commissioned Bruce Coghlan from Tiller’s Folly to compose a song specifically for BC’s 150th Birthday, that the children will learn on a penny whistle.

As Tiller’s Folly travels and performs at local schools throughout B.C., they will be playing the BC150 commissioned song and handing out the penny whistles and spreading the word of our event.

We are expecting 300 participants and an audience of many thousands. 3.00 pm Sunday, July 27th is when we set the “Guinness” record for the most penny whistles played at one time.

This performance is scheduled to be a highlight of Sesqui Sunday, a day at the Aldergrove Fair dedicated to celebrating BC’s sesquicentennial

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Sunday
Main Stage
3:00 pm [Top]

Parade Downtown

Prime Sponsor: Aldergrove Rotary

10am Saturday, watch the parade on the main street of Aldergrove and follow it all the way to the Fairgrounds. This year we are expecting more participants than ever before to thrill the entire family.

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Saturday
Downtown Aldergrove
10:00am [Top]

Aldergrove's 96th Annual Agricultural Fair and Exhibits

Building up to a century of service, this is the place to really find out what the 100 mile diet means in the lower mainland.

Enjoy the 4H petting zoo, and learn about their animals from these very enthusiastic future farmers.

Saturday and Sunday
Fair Grounds
Throughout the day Top]

Antique Tractor Pull

Prime sponsor: Aldergrove Credit Union

How many horsepower is a horse? The tractor pull is a perennial favourite. This year we are teaming it up with a Draft Horse Pull.

Saturday & Sunday
Tractor Pull Area
12:00pm-3:00 pm [Top]

Draft Horse Pull

Prime sponsor: Aldergrove Credit Union


How many horsepower is a horse? This year we are teaming it up with a Draft Horse Pull.

Sunday, July 27th
Tractor Pull Area
3:00 pm [Top]

Musical Fireworks

Prime sponsor: Aldergrove Kinsmen

Last year’s fireworks were a major highlight. It was our first year to have music as well as the grassy banks to lie back on and watch the fireworks silhouetted against the countryside like rifts in the fabric of heaven (well that’s what one of the enthusiastic watchers said last year!)

Saturday
Aldergrove Fairgrounds
9:00 pm [Top]

Artisans Showcase

Prime Sponsor: Heritage Canada

We are gathering an awe-inspiring collection of artisans to demonstrate hand skills from 1,000 years ago to 100 years ago. Watch these super specialists make armor, rope, glass, furniture, clothing, pottery, cheese, decorative objects, barrels, chains and so much more.

Saturday & Sunday
Vendor's Market Area
All Day [Top]

Horse Features: Large and Small

Prime Sponsor: Otter Coop

Showing how horses have been man’s true best friend through the ages – from early Europe to the Wild West to modern day Langley – “The Horse Capital of B.C.”

Saturday and Sunday
Fair Grounds
Throughout the day Top]

Main Stage Entertainment

Entertainment this year will have something for (nearly!) everyone. Magicians and Music, Contests and Comedy, Dancers and Down Home Country, Rock ‘n Roll and Gospel, plus some Olde Time specials. Featuring entertainers from the Lower Mainland

Saturday & Sunday
Main Stage
All Day [Top]

Talent Contest
Have you got a hidden talent that the world should see? Do you have what it takes to sing / dance or entertain a crowd? Sign up now in our FORMS page. The stage is set and the door is wide open.

Register by 10:00 am Saturday morning and the show starts @ 11:00 am to complete by 1:00 pm.

Saturday, July 27th
Main Stage
11:00 am - 1:00 pm [Top]

Historical Displays

In this collaborative display, members of the Alder Grove Heritage Society plus local First Nation groups are working together to show what Aldergrove was like 150 years ago.

Saturday and Sunday
Fairgrounds
All day[Top]

Chili Cookoff

This event is designed for Chili lovers of all ages with a hearty appreciation of the heady aromas that arise from the pot of a finely seasoned chili. Whether you like it hot, spicy or just plain delicious, There is bound to be a chili for you.

The Chili will be stewing all day Saturday until the Judges arrive at 3:30 pm to begin tasting. At 4:00 pm, the regular crowd can shuffle in to finish off the crucibles.

ENJOY!

Saturday
Fairgrounds
3:30 onward [Top]

Kidzone Entertainment

Hosted by Aldergrove Neighbourhood Services

Saturday and Sunday
Fairgrounds
All Day [Top]