Kate’s 5 enjoyable issues to do in and round Waterloo area: Aug. 15 to 17

The weekend is as soon as once more practically upon us and since it is summer season it is a busy one in and round Waterloo area.

Friday evening is Sunset Sessions in Vogelsang Green on the nook of Queen Street N. and Duke Street E. in Kitchener. It’s a free out of doors live performance however you will not know who’s performing till they step as much as the mic.

The Witch and Wellness Harvest Fest will probably be held in Kitchener’s Gaukel Block Friday night. There will probably be greater than 30 distributors plus dwell music, meals and a few exchanges for issues like tarot or oracle decks.

It’s a Stay and Play day in any respect branches of the Cambridge Public Library on Saturday. The free drop-in occasion consists of a number of hands-on actions and runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The band Always on Friday is acting at The Gaslight District in Cambridge, fittingly, on Friday evening. The band performs rock and pop covers. The present begins at 7 p.m.

Carrie The Musical, an adaptation of the Stephen King novel, runs this weekend on the Conrad Centre for the Performing Arts in Kitchener.

Kitchener Public Library has a free family movie day on Saturday at 2 p.m. and will probably be displaying A Minecraft Movie. Be ready for a little bit of chaos.

The Guelph Handmade Group is having an outdoor market on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Royal City Park. There will probably be playing cards, jewlery, do-it-yourself bread mixes, canine treats, cleaning soap, candles, woodworking and extra makers on website.

In native baseball motion, the Kitchener Panthers will probably be in Guelph to face the Royals Saturday at 7:30 a.m. for considered one of their final common season video games, then in Welland on Sunday afternoon.

Moparfest

Saturday and Sunday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

251 Jacob St., New Hamburg

This is a large celebration of all issues Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Plymouth and AMC principally from the Nineteen Thirties to right this moment. Organizers say as much as 15,000 autos might be on the grounds together with dwell leisure, distributors, a flea market, meals vehicles, a beer backyard and youngsters’s actions.

New this yr is a children energy wheels drag race.

Riverfest Elora

Friday 3:30 to 11 p.m., Saturday 1:30 p.m. to 11 p.m., Sunday 1:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Bissell Park, Elora

Marcy Playground, Wheatus, Yukon Blond, Danny Michel, Silversun Pickups, City and Colour — that is the lineup for this yr’s pageant which is jammed pack with a number of musicians hitting three phases.

There are additionally after events beginning at 11 p.m. at Elora Brewing and the Legion. Tickets are nonetheless out there.

WATCH | Big names and native musicians set to hit Riverfest Elora phases:

Big names and native musicians set to hit Riverfest Elora phases subsequent month

Every August, a whole lot of music followers collect within the village of Elora for Riverfest. This yr, the pageant has a mixture of native musicians and massive names like City and Colour and Wheatus on stage. Spencer Shewen, the pageant’s artistic director, and Sonia Cheng, the pageant supervisor, spoke about what they’re most enthusiastic about.

YoungstersPark

Sunday 11 a.m. to five p.m.

Victoria Park, Kitchener

Enjoy a family-friendly day of dwell leisure, inflatable impediment programs, a rock wall, mighty machines, a spots space, the enchanted backyard, market space and a quiet nook to recharge. This is a free occasion .

Downtown Kitchener’s Far East Asian Night Market

Sunday 3 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Kitchener Market space

The Kitchener Market space will get reworked right into a vibrant market with meals, music, performances and a great deal of distributors. 

It’s free to attend and stroll via the market and you do not have to purchase something, however you may little question be tempted.

Indigenous Art Market

Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to three p.m.

Pavilion in Kitchener’s Victoria Park

This market by I AM Kitchener options native Indigenous creators together with print making, beadwork, pottery, work, fibre arts and extra.