The city of Coquitlam is wrapping up its 125th year of celebration with a grand finale this weekend featuring music, crafts and the opening of the annual Christmas light display.
Running 2 to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, the festivities will take place at the Evergreen Cultural Centre, the Innovation Centre next door and Town Centre Park Plaza as well as the Lafarge Lake path.
Highlights of the free indoor/outdoor event include choral music, sing-alongs, craftmaking, unveiling of the Coquitlam 125 tree, heritage characters, photos with Santa and the finale: a fire show and lighting of the seasonal display featuring more than 100,000 bulbs around Lafarge Lake.
Here's where to find the performances and events:
• Evergreen Cultural Centre (ECC) theatre: choral music, sing-alongs and a screening of the Coquitlam 125 wrap-up video;
• ECC lobby: concession with hot chocolate and gingerbread, photos with Santa and a 3D photo exhibit;
• ECC Studio A: hands-on crafts (Park Spark lights and Place des Arts lanterns);
• Innovation Centre (upstairs): heritage Christmas hands-on crafts (beeswax candles and popcorn stringing) and marionette show;
• Innovation Centre (downstairs): Line to the Future, facepainting, LED dance floor and fluorescent chalk mural-making;
• Lafarge Lake path: choral music, roving entertainers and a photo booth;
• Town Centre Park plaza: fire show at 5 p.m. immediately followed by the official lighting of the seasonal display.
TransLink will be providing free shuttle service to and from the Lights at Lafarge event with pickups and drop-offs at Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex and Glen Pine Pavilion.
Coquitlam’s light display will be open until Jan. 22.
