QUAYSIDE COMMUNITY BOARD Events

The 5th annual Quayside BOARDWALK festival & sale 2011 was a tremendous success and a whole lot of fun. Again , the crowd toped the 8,000 mark with tens of thousands of dollars being generated for vendors and local charites. Click the image to view photos from that great day.

April 7 - 27th, 2011 | Massey Theatre | New Westminster | Box Office: Click Here

4th Annual Quayside
BOARDWALK festival & sale 2010

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On Saturday, August 21,2010 over 7500 treasure seekers to to the Quay Promenade to scour the hundreds of tables full to over-flowing with household, music, bric-a-brac and a plethora of other unique treasures.

There were also a great many new additions to entertain the shopper this year with the addition of massage station, mini donuts, Lion's Hot dogs, bouncy castles, Firetruck slides, 3 entertainment stages, and a Farmers Market.

Without question this was the largest event of its type in the lower mainland and the Festival & Sale has established itself as one of the largest 'recycling-oriented' events to take place in the 'greenest city in BC' - New Westminster.

Don't miss it next year when it is rumoured that festival organizers are going to go for a Guiness World Record of the longest outdoor sidewalk sale (and festival ) in Canada!.

The QCB wishes to thank VIRGINIA BREMNER of DOWNTOWN New Westminster for her incredible particpation in this years event. Partnering with the Downtown BIA was a great bonus for the event and we are looking forward to next year and more join-ventures together.

...AND THE WINNER IS

The Quayside Community Board (QCB) is pleased to announce that the winner of the 2008 Light Up The Quay event is THE LIDO. The Lido was voted as Best Building Light Display. Congratulations to all the tenants who went out of their way this year to bring the joy and spirit of the holiday season to all of us who live and visit the Quay area.

The time has come to break out the eggnog and host a 'Light up the Quay' social with your neighbours or strata council to discuss how you and your buidling are going to walk away with honours of being the best light-up building on the Quay this year. Traditionally the 17th or 18th of December is the day the judges go for their walk-about to judge the most effective use of lights celebrating the spirit of the holidays. If you have any questions please send us an email.

The second annual BOARDWALK Festival & Sale was a huge success this year for both vendors (over 75) and buyers (up to 1500 was the estimated attendance). This years event featured two live music performers: Palomino(10am - noon) & Bryan Anderson(1pm - 3pm). There was plenty of Hotdogs and Beverages provided by the Lion's Club of New Westminster and a raffle of extraordinary prizes to raise funds for the Royal City Music Theatre Society. Of course, what items were not sold where generously donated to the Burnaby Hospice by the vendors.

We would like to thank the following sponsors for their generous support for this years event:

DOCKSIDE walks away with the prestige of knowing it has been awarded BEST BUIDLING LIGHT DISPLAY for Light Up The Quay 2007. Congratulations to all occupants in Dockside for their beautiful display and incredible holiday spirit.

QCB wishes to thank all the residents who helped bring in the spirit of the season with their contribution of lights to the Quay. Every year it gets big, better and brighter - start thinking about '08!

If you have any questions on this fun and visually stimulating event please contact us at info@quaysideboard.com

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1st Annual
QUAYSIDE BROADWALK FESTIVAL & SALE
Saturday, August 18th, 2007 9am till 3pm

An estimated 1500 people risked possible rain to come down to the floral-lined Quayside Boardwalk in New Westminster to discover treasures that included Condos, Cars and of course Curiousities. Following are some pictures of the many people who enjoyed a day of shopping for unique items not found in your average store.

ARISTATA, winners of the Super Nova Battle of the Band 2007, entertained a diverse crowd of Seniors, Adults and children. Once the band started playing, toes began to tap, heads started to bop and hands to clap.

Members of New Westminster City Council took an opportunity to shop and meet with the multitude of voters that took to the promenade.

Councilor BETTY MACINTOSH is sandwiched between event organizers MATHEW LAIRD (L) and JAMES CROSTY (R).

Sponsor ROYAL CITY MUSICAL THEATRE supplied the ever-popular Face Painting to raise funds by donation. With the donations from the Face Painting and those of the Raffle Draw, the event raised $350.00 for the Royal City Musical Theatre group.

The LIONS CLUB couldn't keep up to the demands for Hot Dogs. Good thing too, because they raised over $600.00 to assist them in doing the great work for the community of New Westminster.

There is a real art to blowing up balloons, and event co-organizer MATHEW LAIRD became a fine artist as he blew up the myriad of ballons that dotted the Boardwalk...all in the hands of happy young attendees.

GORD LEE, of the Royal City Musical Theatre group, did his part to help the Lions raise money through hot dogs sales.

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The 2nd annual Light Up The Quay 2006 event was an overwhelming success and the reward of seeing the Quay adorned with multiple bursts of holiday lights was a great visual to everyones holiday season. This years judges had a tough go of it but managed to compile of list of worthy winners from the many entries they viewed. This year was a marked difference in the number of participants and we are confident that 2007 will see even more....start planning with your buidling (or neighbour)to put on an incredible display for Light Up The Quay 2007!

Winning Strata Complex: Tiffany Shores Court Yard
Honourable Mentions: QuayWest and Dockside
Most Improved: Riverbend Co-op
Special Mention: White Water Crane at the Q

Winning Condo Owners:
1st - David and Joan Lodermier 31 Reliance Court QuayWest
2nd – Pat and Debbie Kirkham 12 Laguna Court Laguna Landing
3rd – Mary and Chuck Klingensmith 1220 Quayside Drive Tiffany Shores

2005: Best Buidling: Tiffiany Shores
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Have an event that your strata, complex or building is hosting? Let us know via email (info@quaysideboard.com) and we will post it for you.

The Quayside Community Board is devoted to: Assisting Strata Corporations, Housing Cooperatives and Community Planning for the Quayside area.