Victoria Day long weekend marks the unofficial start to summer for most people, and it’s a great time to get out and celebrate in Waterloo Region! There are lots of events happening indoors and out. Whether you’re looking to be active, or to kick back and relax, here are some suggestions.
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CTV News Kitchener – The City of Waterloo is helping connect the community with local musicians and poets while encouraging people to get their steps in. The initiative, called Trail Mix, pairs playlists with trails.
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Thanks to talented local artists, St. Jacobs has even more reasons for people to visit. Bursts of eye-catching colours have sprouted on the Village’s interior and exterior walls. There are several urban art pieces to keep an eye out for when visiting St. Jacobs.
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The artistic heart of Downtown Kitchener remains steady and is shining brighter than ever thanks to some new additions to Downtown Kitchener’s Art Walk. This self-guided walk is a collaboration between the Downtown Kitchener BIA, and the Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery.
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Over the past few decades, Waterloo Region has fully embraced creative place-making, the act of combining art, culture, and creativity to proudly display an area’s character and unite its community. The Region can now include the Uptown Waterloo Hughes Lane Art Walk in its creative place-making.
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Sandy Pell shares the story behind the #GaltWings mural she and her partner, Steve Pell, created in Cambridge. This interactive mural was designed to both contribute to the community and attract new people to the Galt area of Cambridge.
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La Scena Musicale – The Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony is pleased to announce the details of the new 2020/21 Reimagined: KWS Goes Online season. The first set of concerts features programs from across a range of series, recorded live at Centre In The Square and broadcast online, to enjoy at home.
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KitchenerToday.com – THEMUSEUM and Bingemans have once again joined forces to bring you safe, family-friendly fun. Hosted at Bingemans, this drive-thru event will bring you back to the Mesozoic Era. Complete with animatronic dinosaurs, you don’t have to go far to be up close with these creatures.
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KitchenerToday.com – Stroll Walking Tours features walking tours that look at local history, public art and area architecture. Juanita Metzger is the owner of Stroll and says “there’s a bit of a pent-up demand to do interesting things in the community” when we aren’t able to travel as much.
New Hamburg Independent – After five months, Castle Kilbride is finally reopening to the public. The gradual reopening will include weekends, while all COVID-19 protocols will be in place.
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The Labour Day Weekend is full of fun things to see and do in Waterloo Region, so grab your mask and get ready to have some fun!
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There’s nothing quite like sitting around a table with family and friends and having great conversations over a delicious meal. Now, take that same table, have it painted by a talented local artist, place it on one of our region’s fabulous patios, and you have the recipe for the Art Fresco Project.
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A Journal of Musical Things – Mick, Keith and the rest of the Rolling Stones will be dancing in the streets all the way to THEMUSEUM in Kitchener next fall. THEMUSEUM will be hosting UNZIPPED, a unique immersive experience into the storied history of one of rock’s best and most enduring bands.
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TD Kitchener Blues Festival Aug. 6, 2020 – The KBF True Blue Summer Series will take place August 28-30, 2020 at a number of restaurants throughout Kitchener. All shows will be free to attend, with some shows being live-streamed.
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Waterloo Chronicle July 17, 2020 – ‘Soundings,’ at the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, amplifies voices often pushed to the margins. Indigenous land and territory are at the heart of Tania Willard’s works, which includes musical scores in the form of drawings, beadwork, video and sound.
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July 15, 2020 – The film industry in Ontario is resuming as part of the Province’s reopening plan, and Cambridge residents and business owners can expect to see filming crews within the community starting this summer and into the fall.
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Get ready for Civic Holiday Long Weekend fun with family and friends in Waterloo Region! No need to go far – hit the trails, visit an attraction, or enjoy a patio.
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Posted on KitchenerToday June 26, 2020 – A self-guided bike tour is highlighting important Indigenous sites around Waterloo Region.
It’s been put together by the Kitchener Public Library and ARA Archaeology.
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Wondering what’s happening in Waterloo Region this Family Day? Here are 29 ideas that will have your gang playing together all weekend long (or, all Long Weekend!). Have fun – and here’s to Families!!
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Posted August 27, 2019 on kitchenertoday.com – Despite the seemingly never-ending ION construction in downtown Kitchener, THEMUSEUM saw 89,000 visitors during their fiscal year which ended in June, making 2019 their second busiest year since opening.
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July 22, 2019 – On July 18, 2019, the Location Managers Guild International (LMGI) announced the nominations for the 2019 LMGI Awards. The City of Cambridge has been nominated for an award in the category of “Outstanding Film Commission/Office”, for exemplary service to the film industry.
The 2019 Sun Life Financial UpTown Waterloo Jazz Festival features a program of world class performers that is diverse, not only from a perspective of where they come from, but also from the diversity of jazz styles they bring to the Festival. This 3-day festival is free to attend.
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Canada is set to celebrate its 152nd birthday on July 1st, and you’re invited to the party! There’s a lot happening in Waterloo Region on Canada Day: from live performances and family fun to fireworks, here’s where you’ll find the celebrations happening as you #ExploreWR!
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Posted June 3, 2019 on Cbc.ca The Summer Lights Festival will be the first tenant at a new pop-up space in Carl Zehr Square. The space, which was until recently home to Open Sesame, is at 220 King St. W. in front of Kitchener city hall.
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