Qualicum Beach’s annual Beach Day returns to the waterfront on Sunday, July 15.
Celebrations and events will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. beginning with a Shriner pancake brunch. Main events are free and begin at noon along the esplanade and the long stretch of open beach near the boat ramp.
There will be tents hosting activities, a main stage for live music plus a variety of games and entertainment on the beach.
This annual event offers plenty of hands-on activities for both children and adults. Activities include skydiving, seine netting for sea creatures, VIU shellfish Research Centre touchtank, Ucluelet Aquarium ocean microplastics display, kite building, model boats, beach soccer, giant bubbles, sandcastle building, face painting and tattoos.
Also included will be a variety of displays such as shore birds, seaweed, shark dissection, fossils, QB Pipe Band, clowns and the Rainbow Stew Cloggers. Food options will be available.
Shuttles will be provided to the waterfront event picking up at the salmon mural across from Pharmasave.
— NEWS Staff