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  description: "The season at Spencer Smith Park — every festival, ceremony, race and community event on the Burlington waterfront, with the dates that are confirmed and the ones that are not."
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# Spencer Smith Park

Every event in Burlington's waterfront park, on one calendar — with the dates that are confirmed, the ones still to be announced, and the editions that were called off.

## Happening now

- **September 4–7, 2026**

  [**~~Canada's Largest Ribfest.~~**](https://spencersmithpark.ca/events/canadas-largest-ribfest) The park's anchor festival: four days of ribs, live music and charity fundraising over Labour Day weekend.

  **On now **Throughout the parkBurlington Lakeshore Rotary Club

*## The season

Sep 2026 to Nov 2026 · set September 5, 2026*

### **Colour is the kind **

- Food and festivals
- Music, arts and film
- Family and community
- Runs, walks and holidays
- Remembrance

### **Stroke is the edition **

- Confirmed
- Expected
- Cancelled or not running
- Moved

Nothing on this calendar is cancelled or moved right now.

### **The tear **

Runs past the edge

### **The rule **

Listing built September 5, 2026

- September 4–7, 2026
- September 19, 2026
- September 20, 2026
- September 30, 2026 — Expected
- October 3, 2026
- November 7, 2026
- November 11, 2026 — Expected
- Dates to be announced for 2026 — Dates to be announced
- Dates to be announced for 2026 — Dates to be announced
- Dates to be announced for 2026 — Dates to be announced

![An aerial view along the waterfront: the brick promenade curving beside the lake, the compass plaza and a blue-roofed pavilion below, apartment towers and the pier beyond.](https://spencersmithpark.ca/_ipx/f_webp&s_3456x1944/images/park-aerial-compass.jpg)

*Photograph by [~~Dave Lauretti from Burlington, Canada~~](https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=54138567) · [~~CC BY 2.0~~](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)*

## Coming up

- **September 19, 2026**

  [**~~Community Living Burlington Walk'n Roll.~~**](https://spencersmithpark.ca/events/community-living-burlington-walk-n-roll) A long-running September fundraising walk and roll along the waterfront.

  Community Living Burlington
- **September 20, 2026**9 a.m.

  [**~~Burlington Terry Fox Run.~~**](https://spencersmithpark.ca/events/burlington-terry-fox-run) The city's Terry Fox Run, starting and finishing at Spencer Smith Park.

  The Terry Fox Foundation
- **September 30, 2026**

  [**~~Orange Shirt Day — Walk for Reconciliation and Peace.~~**](https://spencersmithpark.ca/events/walk-for-reconciliation-and-peace) A reflective gathering and walk on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

  **Expected**
- **October 3, 2026**

  [**~~Run for Burlington.~~**](https://spencersmithpark.ca/events/run-for-burlington) An autumn charity run supporting the Joseph Brant Hospital Foundation.


- **November 7, 2026**

  [**~~Hope in Every Step.~~**](https://spencersmithpark.ca/events/hope-in-every-step) Halton Women's Place's annual charity walk on the waterfront.

  Halton Women's Place
- **November 11, 2026**9 a.m.

  [**~~Burl-Oak Naval Veterans Remembrance Day Service.~~**](https://spencersmithpark.ca/events/burl-oak-naval-veterans-remembrance-day-service) A 9 a.m. service at the Naval Ships Memorial, ahead of the main downtown ceremony.

  **Expected**Naval Ships MemorialBurl-Oak Naval Veterans Association

[**~~The whole catalogue ~~**](https://spencersmithpark.ca/events)