New Year's Eve Festival
Thanks to all our volunteers and sponsors for an amazing event!
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An evening of safari themed fun on Monday, December 31 from 4 p.m - 8 p.m.
Broadmoor Lake Park, Community Centre and Festival Place will be transformed into a fabulous family fun evening New Year's Eve! Ring in 2013 with a night of FREE family fun and entertainment for the whole family.
Check out all the details here as seen on GlobalTVEdmonton.com.
Activity Map (print me off) / Madagascar show / Iceland Playground / Sherwood Park Arena / Sherwood Park Sports Centre / Broadmoor Lake Park / Festival Place / Prairie Walk / Volunteer Place / Community Centre / Food Court / Sponsors / January 1 fun continues /
Sherwood Park Mall Fireworks
Broadmoor Lake at 8 p.m.
Listen on FM Frequency 88.1 MHz
Free Park 'N Ride
- Sherwood Park Transit Centre to Broadmoor Lake starts at 4 p.m. and runs every half hour.
- Broadmoor Lake to Sherwood Park Transit Centre starts at 4:15 p.m. Departs in front of Festival Place and runs every half hour. Last shuttle is at 8:45 p.m.
Madagascar
Performances with Alex the Lion from Dreamworks' "Madagascar 3"
Festival Place ![]()
5 p.m., 6:15 p.m., 7 p.m.
Tickets are $10 and will be available for purchase starting December 4 at the following facilities:
- Festival Place
- Recreation Administration Office (Until December 31 at 4 p.m.)
- Glen Allan Recreation Complex (uutil December 30 at 6 p.m.)
- Millennium Place (until December 30 at 6 p.m.)
** If a family purchase 4 tickets each additional family member, in the same household, will get additional tickets for $5 each.
Safari Iceland Playground presented by the Sherwood Park Elks
Check out a unique, unforgettable experience for the entire family on a playground made of ice. Make sure you check out the jungle ice slide by the picnic shelter at Broadmoor Lake Park.
- Information booth
- Concession
Sherwood Park Arena- Arena ice
- Human life-size bowling on ice, tic-tac-toe on ice
- We strongly recommend all participants wear helmets for on-ice activities.
- Enjoy the Sherwood Park Figure Skaters performance 7 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.
Sherwood Park Arena - Sports Centre ice
- Family fun skating from 4 p.m. - 7:50 p.m.
- Warming station
- Free hot chocolate at the picnic shelter
- Fire performance at 7:30 p.m.
- Ice slide
Festival Place- inside
- Madagascar show
- Information booth/first aid/lost child
- Face painting
- Petting zoo
- Blacklight zone (painting bubbles & hula hoops)
- Contact juggling
- Aerial artists handing out glowsticks (4:15 p.m., 5:15 p.m, 6:15 p.m., 7:15 p.m.) TBD
- Concession
- Safari games and crafts
Festival Place - outside
- Warming station
- Horse-drawn sleigh rides** ($1 per ticket) Get your tickets in advance at the Recreation Administration Office (2025 Oak Street) until December 31 at 3 p.m. After 3 p.m. they will be available at
- Snowshoeing**
- Fire performer at 5:15 p.m. and 6:15 p.m.
G & J Parking Lot Maintenance Winter Walk (Prairie Walk located between Festival Place and Community Centre)
- Snow sculptures and interactive zone
- Warming stations
- Campfire cooking**
- Snow painting**
- Roving stilt walkers
Volunteer Plaza(located directly outside the Community Centre)
- Warming station
- Free Hot Chocolate
- Fire dancers performing on the plaza at 6 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Community Centre- hallway
- Information booth/first aid/lost child
- Photobooth
- Strathcona County Library
- Pizza concession
- Mascots, face painting, and more
- Puppet shows at 6 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Enbridge Energy Zone
(Located in the Community Centre - Agora)
- Salto Gymnastics interactive family fun zone
- Everybody Gets to Play building zone
- Safari crafts
- Safari inflatables
- Drummers
- Education Station
**Some activities are weather dependant.
What to bring for the events
- a helmet and skates for on-ice activities
- warm clothes
The Sherwood Park Arena and Sports Centre, Festival Place and Community Centre all have concessions. Open from 4 p.m. – 7:50 p.m.
On January 1 the FUN continues. Check out the events happening in your community.
Presenting sponsors
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Official sponsors
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Education Station |
Sherwood Park Figure Skating Club |
Supporting sponsors
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Broadmoor Auto Body Ltd. |
Festival partners
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Citizens on Patrol |
Additional information
780-467-2211
recreation@strathcona.ca
Last updated: Wednesday, January 02, 2013
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