🎉 Ardrossan Parade - This Saturday! 🎉
ARAS is excited to welcome everyone to an unforgettable Parade day this Saturday (June 14th)!
Unfortunately we are not offering the Picnic this year as more volunteer leadership is needed.
Can you help lead in 2026?
If you're interested in taking a leadership role in next year’s Parade, reach out to: aras.president@gmail.com
It’s a cherished Ardrossan tradition that’s up to the community to keep alive!
Parade Registration
The 78th Annual ARAS Parade (June 14, 2025)
78th ARAS Parade | Saturday June 14th, 2025
Ardrossan Recreation & Agricultural Society is hosting the 78th Ardrossan Parade -- all registrations for this year's event will be managed via our eventbrite page.
REGISTER HERE —> 2025 ARAS PARADE REGISTRATION
THEME:
In honor of Alberta Open Farm Days theme, "Water, the Lifeblood of Every Farm" -- we have selected "Water" as this year's parade theme. So, please help us embrace it with your own interpretation!
SCHEDULE:
9:00 AM | Floats start checking in
10:00 - 10:40 AM | Councilors Judge Floats
10:30 AM (approx) | Roads Begin Closing
10:40 - 11:00 AM | ARAS Volunteers Tally Scores
11:00 AM | ARAS Volunteers hand out ribbons (as floats leave parking lot)
12:15-12:30 PM (approx) | Floats can tear down in AJSH Parking Lot
GUIDELINES (discretion will be applied):
Firetruck/emergency vehicles at start of parade
Street sweeper at end of parade
Animal Entries will be placed ahead of the street sweeper (they will stage near the elementary)
Following check-in, volunteers will place entries into 3 rows in the parking lot (the order in which you are placed is not guaranteed)
Children must be supervised
Please help to maintain the pace (we recommend a maximum of 2 car lengths between floats/entries)
Utility vehicles/water haulers - Be aware that weight restriction on Main Street bridge, Point-Aux-Pins Creek bridge has been reduced to 10 tonnes
Candy is encouraged; however, it must be lobbed gently towards the audience
FEES:
Local Businesses, Companies, & Political / Government Entries = $100
Youth Non-Profits & Community Organizations = $0
On behalf of ARAS, and the Organizing Committee, thank you for participating in this year's event!
Note: There is a weight restriction on Main Street bridge, Point-Aux-Pins Creek bridge. It has been reduced to 10 tonnes which will affect vehicles such as emergency and utility vehicles and water haulers. Annual Bridge Replacement program | Strathcona County
Events
Upcoming Events
“Ardrossan was always very community minded and its first community hall was Orange Hall, built in 1913. By the 1940s, it was worse for wear and in 1947 the Memorial Hall was built.”
(Article in the Sherwood Park News, August 23, 2013) Read more about the history of Auld Ardrossan!
Discover the Community Possibilities!
Hall Rentals
Meetings | Community Events | Private Functions
Membership Matters!
Help support ARAS' programs, events and facilities through your Membership!
Volunteer Opportunities
Many hands make light work. All levels of experience (even no experience) are welcome! Choose your position, Choose your shift!
“Ardrossan had its beginnings in 1909 as a GTPR stop. The post office opened the same year. Miss Edmiston, a local resident, named it for a holiday resort town in Strathclyde, Scotland. The name is from the Gaelic, meaning “height of the little cape.”
(Article from Heritage Community Foundation.) | Source: University of Alberta Libraries.
