Cloverdale Fairgrounds
A multi-purpose entertainment and event facility. Rent unique spaces to host your next event and create memorable experiences for visitors.
The Cloverdale Fairgrounds, located in Surrey's Cloverdale town centre, offer plenty of space for your next big event in Surrey BC. Since 1938, the Cloverdale Fairgrounds have been the host site of Canada's second largest rodeo, the Cloverdale Rodeo and Country Fair.
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Contact
For more information, please contact cloverdalefairgrounds@surrey.ca.
Space for events of all kinds
Cloverdale Fairgrounds, with its diverse range of buildings, venues, and outdoor spaces, is the perfect destination for a wide variety of events:
- Consumer and trade shows
- Corporate, community and public functions
- Celebrations like weddings, reception, awards ceremonies and dances
- Music concerts, stage shows and festivals (especially Bill Reid Millennium Amphitheatre which can accommodate thousands)
- Agricultural shows like equestrian events, animal shows, and livestock auctions
- Recreational events like yoga classes, runs or walks, or motocross races
- Our large parking lots provide open areas for demonstration/training displays or they can be used for fleet storage
Film productions
Our unique facility is the perfect backdrop and has been used in numerous film and television productions. Contact our film office to see if the fairgrounds work for your production.
Event spaces
Agriplex
The prized Agriplex venue, home to the famous Longhorn Saloon, can host a variety of larger events including trade shows, concerts and corporate Christmas parties.
- 30,000 sq. ft. of clear span space with no beams or posts and a ceiling height of 28’ to 51’
- Concrete, firetruck-rated floor with ample power and large roll-up bay doors
Alice McKay Building
Alice McKay is a large gymnasium facility ideally suited for sporting events, smaller trade shows, dances and parties.
- 7,000 sq. ft
- Large roll-up bay doors and a driveable floor
Bill Reid Millennium Amphitheatre
This stage, with its large outdoor audience space, is perfect for a variety of concerts and festivals. It hosts Surrey’s annual Canada Day celebrations.
- 60’x40’ stage
- Capacity: 20,000
Shannon Hall
Complete with beautiful hardwood floors, bar and kitchen areas, the famous Shannon Hall is perfect for upscale events such as receptions, banquets or corporate retreats.
- 7,000 sq. ft
Coming Soon: Stetson Bowl Stadium
With its covered seating, the Stetson Bowl Stadium offers the best event experience from the open-air seating, easy access to great sight lines. The venue can host a variety of performance events including concerts, rodeos and festivals.
- 100,000 sq. ft
- Bleachers for 4000
History of Cloverdale Fairgrounds
For many years, the Cloverdale Fairgrounds has been a site of community gathering, playing host to competitions, fairs, and celebrations.
The Cloverdale Fairgrounds, like all of Surrey, are located on the unceded traditional territory of the Salish peoples, including the q̓ic̓əy̓ (Katzie), q̓ʷɑ:n̓ƛ̓ən̓ (Kwantlen), and se’mya’me (Semiahmoo) Nations.
These deep ancestral ties continue to this day. Newcomers to the region arrived in the late 19th century and began building homes, businesses and farms in the area.
In 1888, an annual Fall Fair began operating about one mile southwest of the Fairgrounds. Fifty years later in 1938, the fair moved to the current site, providing a new venue for the community to gather and showcase the accomplishments of Surrey’s growing agricultural community.
In 1946, the first Cloverdale Rodeo was held at this location. Over time, additional amenities were added to the Fairgrounds to support community gatherings year-round, including the:
- Cloverdale Community Centre/Shannon Hall (1956);
- Cloverdale Arena (1972);
- Bill Reid Millennium Amphitheatre (1999); and
- Cloverdale Recreation Centre (2011).
The Cloverdale Community Centre was renamed Shannon Hall in 1987 in honour of the Shannon family. The Shannons were among the first newcomers to arrive in what is now Cloverdale. Members of the family have played a pivotal role in the growth of the community, including leading Surrey’s first municipal council, establishing Surrey’s first school, and forming the Surrey Agricultural Society. Notably, Jack Shannon was co-founder of the Cloverdale Rodeo.
In 1996, the products building at the Cloverdale Fairgrounds was renamed McKay Hall. This was done to honour Alice McKay for her decades of dedicated volunteering for the Cloverdale Rodeo & Exhibition.
The Cloverdale Milling Company operations shown here were located at the present site of the Cloverdale Fairgrounds. [Cloverdale Milling Company], 1905. Courtesy of Surrey Archives, 121.124.
Surrey Fair, ca. 1940. Courtesy of Surrey Archives, 40.2.35A.
Surrey Fair, 1947. Stan McKinnon Collection. Courtesy of Surrey Archives, SM.09H.
Cloverdale Rodeo, 1951. Neville Curtis Photograph Collection. Courtesy of Surrey Archives, NC223K.
Chuckwagon Race at Cloverdale Rodeo, ca. 1960s. Courtesy of Surrey Archives, 40.2.75.
Fair rides in the 1980s. Terence William Lyster Collection. Courtesy of Surrey Archives, 2015.0009.148.
Children fair rides, 2013. Boaz Joseph photo, Surrey Leader Photograph Collection. Courtesy of Surrey Archives, 2017.0022.815.13-375.1-2.
A crowd awaits a performance by Platinum Blonde at Cloverdale Amphitheatre in 2013. Boaz Joseph photo, Surrey Leader Photograph Collection. Courtesy of Surrey Archives, 2017.0022.815.13-375.1-2.