TLWRtoberfest is here! (and other pretzel-less events too.)

It's a festival if you're eating a pretzel.

Oct 05, 2020

What to do.

Tuesday, October 6

The Culinary Studio has a virtual cooking class featuring traditional vegan Indian cuisine starting at 5pm.

OK2BeMe has their virtual youth group on from 6 to 7:30pm for youth aged 12-18.

ProductTank Waterloo has a Fireside Chat with Ben Foster: Vision-Led Product Management from 7 to 8:30pm.

The Malt & Barley Public House has pub trivia night starting at 7pm.

Waterloo has been chosen as a featured community for Ontario Culture Day’s Day in the Life Series - and Pat the Dog is hosting! It all begins Tuesday, October 6. Check out @ONCultureDays for all the goings-on this Tuesday. Special highlight will be their Meet The Women’s Room livestream at 7pm. Meet the fierce femmes of the 2020 cohort and participate in a spark and ignite prompt led by award-winning playwright Deanna Kruger. Contact rebecca@patthedog.org for an invite to this special event.

Art$Pay has Act of Care by Johanna Thompson running until Sunday, October 25.

Wayward farms has their George Street Pop-up Market at 56 George St in Waterloo. There’s a different selection each week - check their site to pre-order.

Wednesday, October 7

What do data science and the foundations of quantum theory have to do with one another? Find out with the Perimeter Institute’s The Quantum Physicist as Causal Detective at 7pm.

Princess Cinemas has Monty Python and the Holy Grail on at 7pm.

There’s beer & yoga at Tapestry Hall with Jen Germann Wright starting at 7pm. Mat and masks required.

Thursday, October 8

Head over to Descendants Beer & Beverage for some classic rock Musical Bingo at 8pm.

Friday, October 9

🥨🍻 The 2020 Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest live stream starts tonight at 5pm with a Keg Tapping featuring the master of the accordion, Walter Ostanek. Order your free tickets - and make a donation to the Food Bank of Waterloo - here.

Descendants Beer & Beverage has live music with Jessie T on starting at 8pm.

Kentucky in Uptown Waterloo has their Oktoberfest opening night with drink and food specials. Reservations required.

🥨🍻 Waterloo Brewing has the Black Forest Band playing all your favourite Oktoberfest music from 4 to 7pm.

🥨🍻 Schwaben Club has the Accordion Prince, Marko Kecskemeti on from 6 to 8pm and 8 to 10pm.

🥨🍻 Over at Concordia Club, there’s no tent - but the Twin City Alpine Echo are playing!

Rusty Nail Comedy presents Comedy Comeback at the Crazy Canuck DTK starting at 8pm.

The Apollo and the Crazy Canuck DTK present OktoberFeast: Strange Brew w/The Canucks. Your ticket includes food from the Crazy Canuck DTK and two beers (or wine, cider, pop) from The Apollo. Friday, October 9 starting at 6:15pm.

Saturday, October 10

Queue the Jurassic Park music….Bingemans has Dinosaur Drive-Thru starting today. Physical distancing from the dinosaurs is in place.

Lana’s Lounge has Stacey Lee & Shane Guse playing live from 6 to 9pm.

Churchill Arms has VANYAH live from 8 to 10pm.

🥨🍻 Down in Belmont Village, the Golden Keys play from 4 to 6pm and Peter Bauman is live 7 to 9pm.

🥨🍻 More live music at Waterloo Brewing with the Twin City Alpine Echo on from 4 to 6pm.

🥨🍻 The Heidelberg Tavern has Rick Guzik on from 2 to 4pm.

🥨🍻 If you follow Twin City Alpine like they’re the Grateful Dead of Oktoberfest, then head over to The Duke of Wellington for another show from 8 to 10pm.

Sunday, October 11

Uptown Waterloo’s Uptown Fall Open Air Market is back on from 9 to 1 pm behind city hall.

Rhythm & Brews in Cambridge has Pilot Project playing live from 2 to 5pm.

Monday, October 12

🥧 Happy Thanksgiving! Watch classic floats and banks from past Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest Thanksgiving Day Parades on CTV from 12 to 1pm.

Ways to support local.

Ethel’s Lounge has pre-orders for their Thanksgiving to-go packages on Monday, October 5 and Tuesday, October 6.

Are you looking for pumpkin patches and corn mazes? Waterloo Region Tourism has you covered with this blog post.

In the before times, your Kitchener Rangers had a food drive during the Thanksgiving Weekend home game. This year the need for help is even bigger than normal, so they’re inviting you to help fill their bus with donations for the Food Bank of Waterloo. For times and needed items, check out this page.

Lumen at Home has an awesome playlist of local Waterloo Region musicians put to some awesome visuals. Their suggestion - “Maybe turn the lights down, wave a flashlight or your phone around, try to talk to your partner/roommate/pet/self over the loud music and pretend you're in a loud club. It's been quite a year so let's take note from Kevin Bacon, and dance our frustrations out.” Here’s the full playlist.

Good Co. Productions’ Concert In A Box Vol III tickets and boxes are up for sale for the November 15 show.

🎃 Waterloo Public Library has Halloween Surprise Bags every Saturday. Just stop by in costume or as yourself (and hopefully you know this is for children, right) to pick up your bag.