Looking to host a special event in Maple Ridge? You have found the place to guide you through all the steps to help you celebrate and build community.
Hosting a special event in Maple Ridge is an opportunity to celebrate our cultural identity, community spirit, pride and unique sense of place. By creating a new community event or sharing your ideas and creativity to enhance or expand an existing festival or special event, you are building and celebrating our community spirit, pride and culture.
Special Event Application
The following list of Event Planning Resources includes everything from templates to maps of our most popular venues for those looking to host a community event in Maple Ridge. Be sure to check out our updated Special Events Manual!
Event Planning Resources
- Special Event Manual [PDF/3.2MB]
- Template - Safety Plan [PDF/225KB]
- Template - Waste & Recycling Plan [PDF/217KB]
- Template - Communicable Disease Prevention
- Application - Highway Use Permit
- Sample - Event Planning Checklist [PDF/43KB]
- Sample - Event Day Checklist [PDF/185KB]
- Resource - Mobile Food Truck Fact Sheet
- Map - Memorial Peace Park [PDF/1.5MB]
- Map - Albion Fairgrounds [PDF/893KB]
- Map - Maple Ridge Park [PDF/679KB]
Festival Grants
The City of Maple Ridge provides a festival grant program to eligible groups and approved festivals and special events held in Maple Ridge with both in-kind and cash contributions for small, medium, and large festivals that are new or recurring under the City's Festival Support Policy 4.22. The two streams in this grant program are:
- Grassroots Grant
Available for emerging, small, or new festivals that have been publicly presented less than three years. Apply year-round until available funds are allocated. As per the policy, staff review and approve applications pending availability of funds.
Before submitting a Grassroots Grant Application, please review the Guidelines and Festival Support Policy. - Festival Support Grant
For established festivals and special events that have taken place for three or more years. These applications are reviewed by an inter-departmental Committee that makes recommendations within the Council approved budget.
Here is the intake deadline:
- February 28, 2024 for festivals taking place between May 1, 2024 to September 30, 2024
- August 25, 2024 for festivals taking place between October 1, 2024 to April 30, 2025
Before submitting a Festival Support Grant Application, please review the Guidelines and Festival Support Policy.
Contact Our Team
We are happy to discuss your event or answer questions by phone at 604-467-7325 or email. Happy event planning! We look forward to reviewing your application(s).