Welcome to Downtown Camrose!!!

For more than 100 years Downtown Camrose has been a center of activity for East Central Alberta.

We encourage you to take a few minutes to wander through our website and check out the many exciting things that make Downtown Camrose an interesting place to shop and to visit. Take a look at the business directory to see what our hundreds of businesses have to offer.

We'll be constantly updating our website, so come back soon. If you're a Downtown business owner, resident of Camrose, visitor, or never been here before, please let us know of any information missing from this site that you'd like to see.

Founders Days 2009 August 7, 8, & 9

Shake out your vintage clothes and get ready to celebrate this year's Founders Days. The ceremony at Founders Square at 1:00 pm Friday, August 7th will honour this year's founders, Fred Pratt and Chas Burrows.

Fred Pratt - Early Dairy Entrepreneur

Chas Burrows - Prominent Builder

More details can be found on the Founders Days website, www.CamroseFoundersDays.com.

2009 Jaywalkers Jamboree - Great Fun Downtown

Great entertainment! Great Food! Fun for the kids...and a good time was had by all!

June 5th & 6th marked another successful Jaywalkers Jamboree. Despite the less than perfect weather Friday, Saturday proved to make up for it with a mix of sun and other. Reports have it that Downtown merchants set new sales records during the event. "Bigger and better than ever;" "a good mix of vendors and entertainment - kudos to the Jaywalkers committee;" "a great year, slow on Friday, but Saturday made up for it...fast clean-up by City of Camrose employees" were some comments received by the City Center Camrose office.

The pictures below support this record breaking event.

Music On Main Returns!

After a few year's hiatus, the Music on Main Street program is back once again and will take place throughout the summer on Thursday evenings, 7 to 9 pm.

A variety of musicians will be on stage to sing and play for your listening pleasure. Bring your friends and family for lots of fun and stroll through the lovely shops downtown at your leisure.

July 9th will feature LETHAL DOSE, a well-know band from Millet.

Mark your calendars for Music On Main: July 9, 16, & 23th, August 6, 13 & 20th, 7 - 9 pm. Come join the fun!

Bailey Theatre Fundraiser A Huge Success

The Bailey Theatre Society presented the people of Camrose with a black & white cabaret dinner, dance and fundraiser, featuring a well known band, the Xtatix. The silent auction table was filled with enticing donations to bid on. Bids were generous as well as purchases of seats for the Bailey, raising in the
neighbourhood of $50,000. One can safely say that a good time was had by all. Pictured here are a few shots taken on that fun-filled night.

Photos courtesy of David Roth.

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