Voting for events that are in Waterloo Region.
TL;WR for February 25 through March 3 2025
What to do.
Tuesday, February 25
Good Co. Productions and the KW Symphony are doing an intimate show at Arabella Park Beer Bar on Tuesday, February 25. Doors open at 7pm and tickets are $40. This feels like a once-in-a-lifetime show.
Wednesday, February 26
UW Music presents the Kestrel String Quartet with "Musical Bounty", a program that highlights the versatility and expressive range of the String Quartet. Noon at Conrad Grebel University.
The WCA Astronomy Series presents “A Standard Ruler to Measure the Universe: From the Big Bang to Present Day” with Dr. Will Percival, a UW faculty member and director of the Waterloo Centre for Astrophysics. Talk starts at 7 pm at the KPL Central Branch.
Thursday, February 27
It’s ELECTION DAY!
The Boathouse x Good Co. Productions present Mia Kelly with special guest Blair Dunlop. Doors at 7 pm.
Lectures in Catholic Experience Presents Gary J. Adler Jr. with “How Catholics Govern: Examining the Religiosity and Policy Preferences of Local Government Officials". In-person or live stream.
Check out Folky Fellers Flock Together! at Midnight Run starting at 7 pm.
The Rabbid Fox has Top 40s music bingo from 8 to 10 pm.
Friday, February 28
Play it Loud! tells the little known story of how Jamaican music became a critical and unlikely part of Canadian culture. Check out the premiere event at the Princess Cinema with Vintage Black Canada at 6:45 pm.
Short Finger Brewing has Live in a Dive with Joel M from 6-8pm.
Clarissa Diokno plays the Boathouse live starting at 8 pm.
Midnight Run has Punk vs. Funk Night! starting at 7 pm.
Adrienne Fish headlines Rusty Nail Comedy at TWH Social at 7:30 pm.
Catch some exciting OWHA U13B hockey action as the Ayr Rockets take on the Kitchener Lady Rangers at Sportsworld. Puck drops at 7 pm.
Saturday, March 1
Little Mushroom Dining Lounge has its Meet the Maker Dinner at 6 pm. This four-course dinner features Chef Malcolm Henry of MH Fine Foods. $70 per person. Book your reservation at lounge@littlemushroomcatering.com.
Warm up on a cold night with an exciting concert from the KW Symphony at St. Matthews Lutheran Church in Kitchener. Conductor Andrei Feher returns to the KW Symphony with a program of Haydn, De Falla, and Mendelssohn, along with a new work from renowned cellist and composer Cris Derksen.
AOK Craft Beer + Arcade is turning FIVE on March 1! Celebrate their birthday with a new beer release x Farm League Brewing, tunes from DJ Danasonic and five days of giveaways from Feb 25 to March 1.
Sunday, March 2
Explore the sounds, sights, tastes, and aromas of our African and Caribbean connections without having to pack your bags at the DTK BIA’s DTK Travellers Tour at Kitchener Public Library from 1 to 4 pm.
Your KW Titans take on the Windsor Express at 2 pm.
Watch the 2025 Oscars live at the Princess Twin starting at 6:30 pm. Free event, but you need to register.
Monday, March 3
Celebrate love and wedding planning at the 3rd annual Cambridge Wedding Week in the heart of Downtown Cambridge.
Textile and Laurier Wellbeing in Film Forum are excited to invite you to a free screening of DAHOMEY directed by Mati Diop, followed by a community discussion. This collaboration seeks to open a discussion about local monuments, objects in museums, structures of oppression, and collective memory. 7 pm at the Princess Twin.
Election Day is February 27, 2025.
CivicTechW, a volunteer group of tech enthusiast and designers working together to solve local challenges, has launched the latest version of Waterloo Region Votes just in time for the provincial election on February 27, 2025.
Waterloo Region Votes is a nonpartisan initiative to increase voter engagement during elections by supporting Waterloo Region residents with a "one-stop-shop" of information. Users can type in their postal code to:
find out who is running in their geographic area.
learn more about voting and the election by linking to election-related resources
and, unique to waterlooregionvotes.org, links to candidate websites and local news items
Election day is Feb 27 — get out there and vote!
What to read.
Studio 27 Creates New Space for Artists (me, The Community Edition)
Golden, flaky, delicious - the iconic Jamaican patty (Jasmine Mangalaseril, CBC)