Our Neck of the Woods brings all-day fun to downtown Maple Ridge Sept. 5

Maple Ridge’s third annual Our Neck of the Woods festival will take over Memorial Peace Park and downtown on Saturday, Sept. 5. The free event will run rain or shine from 2 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

The festival will feature nine performances across three stages, including Juno Award-winning artists Dear Rouge, Bedouin Soundclash and Tim & The Glory Boys, along with local food, shopping, family activities and cultural programming.

Launched for Maple Ridge’s 150th anniversary, attendance grew from 15,000 in 2024 to 20,000 in 2025. In a post-event survey, 97.8 per cent of 403 respondents said they wanted it to return. Restaurants and cafés surveyed after the 2025 event reported daily sales increases of 30 to 85 per cent, while 11.4 per cent of 558 surveyed guests were from outside Maple Ridge.

The program includes the Golden Ears Mainstage and Alouette Stage, a car-free pedestrian zone on 224 Street, Shop Local Market, food trucks, a licensed beverage area, Katzie First Nation storytelling and art unveiling, a sing-along, a 19-plus viewing area and a family fun zone.

Visitors are encouraged to use transit, ride share, carpool, walk or cycle. Schedules, maps, parking, transit and accessibility information are available at MapleRidge.ca/ONOTW.