Burlington's Annual Summer parade - New Route

By Gazette Staff

June 19th, 2026

BURLINGTON, ON

The Annual Summer Parade.

The summer parade couldn’t be much further away from the music event taking place at Spencer Smith Park.

For the longest time, it was the event that heralded what was then the Sound of Music.

City Council was determined that there be a parade but MRGLive wasn’t all that keen on the idea and they weren’t prepared to pick up any of the costs.

Nevertheless, there will be a parade that takes place on Saturday June 20th – starts at 9:30 way up at Teen Tour Band Way.

Mayor Meed Ward was committed to the parade, Councillor Sharman wanted to see it march along the Naval Promenade – that would have conflicted with what Lakeshore Music & Arts Festival plans.  Expect to see that route lined with Food Trucks.

MRGLive is the organization that is presenting the Festival.  They operate a number of events across Canada, most of which are in BC.