{"id":480550,"date":"2026-02-17T11:19:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T11:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/480550\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T11:19:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T11:19:18","slug":"600000-people-expected-at-worlds-biggest-vaisakhi-parade-in-surrey-this-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/480550\/","title":{"rendered":"600,000 people expected at world&#8217;s biggest Vaisakhi parade in Surrey this spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The largest Vaisakhi parade in the world is taking place in Surrey this spring, and organizers are expecting to draw another huge turnout for the festivities.<\/p>\n<p>Surrey Khalsa Day Vaisakhi Parade, organized by Gurdwara Sahib Dasmesh Darbar, will take place on Saturday, April 18.<\/p>\n<p>Over 600,000 people are expected to attend the parade that is full of colourful floats, live music and dancers, as well as community groups.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Surrey Vaisakhi parade\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"671\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2130579\" style=\"color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Surrey-Vaisakhi-parade-1024x671.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2130579\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ProPics Canada Media Ltd\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p>For Sikhs in B.C. and around the world, Vaisakhi is a religious celebration. The holy day commemorates the birth or establishment of the Khalsa by Guru Gobind Singh Ji, the 10th Sikh Guru, in 1699.<\/p>\n<p>The Vaisakhi parade will begin at the Gurdwara Sahib Dasmesh Darbar Temple in Surrey.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Vaiskhi Parade\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2243952\" style=\"color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Vaiskhi-Parade-1024x576.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2243952\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Discover Surrey<\/p>\n<p>The procession with over 2,500 participants will travel along 124th Street and then turn left onto 75th Avenue. It continues on 76th Avenue and onto 128th Street before winding its way back to the Temple.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of booths along the parade route, sponsored by local businesses and families, will provide <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/vancouver\/vaisakhi-parade-food\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">free food and treats to the gathered crowds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDue to the anticipated size of this year\u2019s event, organizers of the parade are reminding those wishing to participate in the parade by giving out food must submit an application to Fraser Health as soon as possible (application forms are located on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.surreyvaisakhiparade.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SurreyVaisakhiParade.com<\/a> website) in order to allow processing time,\u201d said organizers.<\/p>\n<p>Those without a permit will not be allowed to distribute food on the event day.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/17934362_119591051921463_5992111098889764864_n-1024x530.jpg\" alt=\"Where to eat at Vaisakhi\" title=\"\" class=\"size-large wp-image-695150\" width=\"1024\" height=\"530\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-695150\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">@852at604\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p>In Sikhism, only vegetarian meals are served at temples and faith-based events such as Vaisakhi.<\/p>\n<p>Serving free meals to the community is an act of seva and langar \u2014 two significant aspects of the Sikh religion.<\/p>\n<p>Seva translates to selfless service, and langar\u00a0is the\u00a0term used to describe the common kitchen where food is served at a gurdwara (Sikh temple).<\/p>\n<p>Most gurdwaras have a larger langar hall where people of all backgrounds, races, and religions are welcome to enjoy a free communal vegetarian meal.<\/p>\n<p>Surrey Khalsa Day Vaisakhi Parade 2026 will also feature live music and community performers throughout the event.<\/p>\n<p>When: Saturday, April 18, 2026<br \/>Time:\u00a09:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.<br \/>Where:\u00a0Starts at the Gurdwara Dasmesh Darbar \u2013 12885 85th Ave., Surrey<br \/>Cost:\u00a0Free<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The largest Vaisakhi parade in the world is taking place in Surrey this spring, and organizers are expecting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":480551,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674],"class_list":{"0":"post-480550","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-surrey","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-surrey"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/480551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}