Photo Courtesy The City of Grande Prairie

By Tanner Smith

Community Events

‘Experience Grande Prairie’ making debut on Friday

Aug 21, 2022 | 8:00 AM

A new event has been created by the City of Grande.

‘Experience Grande Prairie’ is another way celebrate different projects and places throughout the City.

This year’s focus is on the Downtown City Centre, which will allow residents to hang out and explore new shops they wouldn’t before with things like the Experience Downtown Passport.

The event will take place over two days and at different spots and times in the City Centre.

Friday, August 26 events will be at 101 Avenue and 101 Street and will carry a more adult theme featuring:

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• Live entertainment featuring Trooper (from 8:15 p.m. to 10 p.m.) and Who Made Who (from 6:15 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.)
• Top 40’s hits playing from 5 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.
• Beer gardens
• Art walk showcasing historical photos of downtown
• Experience Downtown Passport
• Scavenger Hunt

Saturday, August 28 events will be at 100 Avenue and 101 Street, and will be more family-friendly with:

• Live entertainment featuring the Confusionaires (3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.), Travis Fowler Band (1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.), and Mandee Rae (12:45 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.)
• Experience Downtown Passport
• Art walk showcasing historical photos of downtown
• Wagon rides
• Kids zone with bouncy castles
• Scavenger hunt
• Roaming entertainment
• Municipal showcase

All events on the weekend will be free to attend and have the Art Walk and Experience Downtown Passport, which can be brought to different downtown businesses to receive a stamp. Once you get five stamps, you can bring your passport back to the City Booth and be entered to win a prize.

Live entertainment will be appropriate for all ages, and the beer gardens includes free entry with all being served on a first-come, first-serve basis.