Free rides on the C.W. Parker Carousel, built in 1912, are expected to be a big draw at the Labour Day Fair at Burnaby Village Museum, but the event also includes a wide variety of entertainment, demonstrations and market vendors.
The heritage site at Deer Lake Park will be open to the public from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for its last day of the summer season on Sept. 3.
Throughout the day, the Fall Photo Stop will be set up in the orchard, there will be midway carnival games behind the school and kids can make a craft in the meadow. The gardener-in-residence will be giving gardening advice from noon to 4:30 p.m. in the orchard.
Several entertainment numbers are scheduled, including a bubble show at 11 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Celtic Lasses perform at 1:15 p.m. and 3 p.m. and a magic show by Ray Wong is scheduled for noon.
Several displays and educational events will be set up throughout the village. The Traingang is in the Carousel Activity Room and the Pacific Spirit Quilters have a display in the Real Estate Office. The platen press will be in action at the Burnaby Post and, at the school, the teacher will be in attendance and, behind the school, kids can try out games of skill. A documentary will be shown at the Central Park Theatre called Working People.
Visitors to the Burnaby Village Museum can also take part in a scavenger hunt – the clue sheet can be picked up at the entrance.
The Labour Day Fair falls on a Market Monday, a series of markets held in the village. This Market Monday will include Slavic Rolls, a food truck that offers pastry desserts, Iron Dog Books, a mobile bookstore, Mabee Baby that sells clothes for young children, and TeaCup and Macarons, selling soaps and antique teacups.
For more information about the Labour Day Fair, go to www.burnabyvillagemuseum.ca.
