Burnaby Pride Picnic!

Please join us for an afternoon of food, entertainment and community fun for all ages! 🌈

Our community BBQ will be held at Maywood Park, July 6th 1-4pm. All community members are welcome! We encourage folks to carpool or take transit.

We’re delighted to announce that the Burnaby Neighbourhood House will be cooking up a storm for us. There’ll be a selection of hot dogs (meat/veggie/Halal), and pop and chips will be available by suggested donation of $3-5 (further donations are welcome!)

We’ve planned a fun program of music and games! There will also be a range of kid-friendly lawn activities taking place throughout the afternoon.

You can sign up on Eventbrite or just walk in!

See you there!

What to bring:

- Lawn chairs

- Picnic Blankets

- Water

- Dress for the weather – jackets, hats, sunscreen and sunglasses

Accessibility Information

** Location:

Maywood Park is a Burnaby public park. The address is: 6480 McKay Ave, Burnaby, BC V5H 2J6 BC.

The park features a playground and small shaded area, we will also be providing some small tents for more shade! 

Enter on McKay Ave for easiest access to the BBQ site.

** ASL Interpretation:

If you need ASL interpretation services please let us know by June 30, 2024. Please email: [email protected]

** Transit:

Metrotown Skytrain station (6 minute walk)

Bus 130 Willingdon/to Metrotown (5 minute walk)

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** Parking:

Parking is extremely limited so we encourage you to carpool or take transit if possible. 

There is limited parking available on McKay Avenue and Silver Avenue on either side of the park

** Washrooms:

There will be two portable washrooms on site one of which will be an accessible washroom. These washrooms will not be gendered. 

** Event/Area:

Outdoor RAIN/SHINE with some shade/cover under some of the trees. There will be few popup tents for shade.

** Seating Options:

Seating is limited (a few picnic tables and benches are available in the park), please bring your own chairs/picnic blankets, or cushions.

** Speakers/Performers:

Microphones and amplification will be used.

** Terrain:

The terrain is mostly level but can be uneven with a mixture of grass and sand. The field is split into two sections: a gravel/sand section and a grass section. There is also a skatepark that runs along the south end of the park.

** Fragrance-Reduced:

Burnaby Pride acknowledges community members experiencing chemical sensitivities.

For the health and safety of volunteers, performers, and guests it is important that everyone come fragrance-free or reduced to this event. For information on how and why to be fragrance-free, see https://csw.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Fragrance-Free-Toolkit_FINAL.pdf If you have questions, or if you are not sure you can be fragrance-free, please contact Athena at [email protected].

** EMF-REDUCED:

Burnaby Pride acknowledges a growing number of individuals affected by electrical hypersensitivity (EHS) and would like to help support a safer event for everyone. We ask that picnic attendees power off their cell 

phones fully or place them on airplane mode for the duration of the event.

** COVID 19 Aware:

The safety and well-being of our community is important for us. Burnaby Pride follows the recommendations of the Fraser Health Authority. Our pride celebration is outdoors in a park. Mask wearing is optional, but encouraged in group settings.As always if you feel at all like you may be sick or are showing symptoms of any possibly contagious illness please stay home. We also encourage our attendees to take the necessary precautions for their safety and we'll have sanitation stations and masks onsite available for those that need them.

If you would like to use a mask or hand sanitizer, please visit the Burnaby Pride Table at the event.

If you have questions please contact [email protected].

** Burnaby Pride holds our meetings and events on the unceded and traditional territories of the sḵwx̱wú7mesh and Hul’q’umi’num’ / Halq’eméylem / hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ speaking people. We recognize that this acknowledgement is a tiny piece in the larger context of the ongoing work that must be done to challenge the legacies of colonialism and create palpable disruptive change and true reconciliation.

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