Kate's 5 fun things to do in and around Waterloo region: April 11 to 13

Kate Bueckert · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 11, 2025 8:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 12 minutes ago

The forecast looks truly bully for this weekend, with prima and warmer temperatures expected.

The archetypal Guelph Beer Bus tally of the play is connected Saturday. The breweries successful the metropolis person teamed up to supply proscription betwixt their sites each month. The taxable for this period is All Out 90s.

It's April Pools Month successful Kitchener. Proceeds from nationalist swims at Forest Heights Pool, Breithaupt Centre and Grand River Recreation Complex volition spell to enactment Water Smart programs. These swims hap connected weekends each this month.

There's a Two Of A Kind Market Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. astatine Kitchener's metropolis hallway to benefit Volunteer Waterloo Region and the MS Society of Canada.

Rihab Azar, virtuoso of the Oud, volition beryllium performing successful Stratford connected Sunday and Monday astatine 2 antithetic locations. These concerts, called From Distant Shores, are being presented by INNERChamber Ensemble.

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)(Revised)(Again) is on stage astatine the Guelph Little Theatre each weekend, too.

Note: The Kitchener Rangers are successful circular 2 of the playoffs, facing the Windsor Spitfires. There are nary location games this weekend. The Rangers volition big the Spitfires Monday and Wednesday adjacent week.

(Another note: We're little than a period from section shot season! Mark your calendars: Kitchener Panthers commencement their play May 11 successful Toronto, portion the Guelph Royals statesman their play successful London connected May 16.)

If you're driving this weekend, present are immoderate section state prices:

K-W Titans vs. Windsor Express

Friday astatine 7 p.m., Sunday astatine 2 p.m.

The Aud, Kitchener

In hoops action, the Titans are successful the semi-finals and taking connected the Windsor Express. Two location games are astatine The Aud this weekend.

Get determination aboriginal for pre-game activities and enactment afterwards to get autographs from the players.

• K-W Titans website

Kidchella

Saturday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

TheMuseum, downtown Kitchener

This kid-sized euphony festival volition diagnostic musicians Randi and Sharon Hampson, The Peanut Butter Jams and Erick Traplin. There volition besides beryllium a impermanent tattoo station, VIP badgets, DIY angiosperm crowns and bracelet making.

• TheMuseum lawsuit page

Easter Egg-stravaganza

Saturday 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Schneider Haus, 466 Queen St. S., Kitchener

Learn however to usage earthy dyes connected your Easter eggs, works a effect to instrumentality location and sojourn with babe chicks astatine the museum. There volition besides beryllium different springtime-themed crafts and radical tin instrumentality portion successful games similar the carrot flip and mini ovum hunt.

Tickets are required.

Can't marque it this weekend? The depository is besides hosting a Hoppy Easter lawsuit with babe chicks implicit the agelong weekend.

• Schneider Haus lawsuit page

Bonus: Hespeler Optimist Children's Easter Party

Saturday 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Hespeler Memorial Arena

Families are invited for look painting, unrecorded entertainment, crafts and, of course, an ovum hunt.

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Preserving attraction for aged achromatic walnut tree

Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Woodlawn Memorial Park, Guelph

The Guelph Tree Trust is organizing an lawsuit wherever radical tin ticker specially trained arborists attraction for an aged achromatic walnut tree. The arborists volition beryllium pruning the tree, 1 of the talest deciduous trees successful the cemetery.

There volition besides beryllium a histrion circuit of the parkland and the histrion spot volition speech much astir the enactment they bash to sphere aged trees successful the city.

• Tree Trust lawsuit page

Soup and Stroll

Sunday astatine 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.

McDougall Cottage, Cambridge

Take a walking circuit of Galt's concern past and past enactment for immoderate Scotch Broth soup. Organizers accidental it's the cleanable blend of history, practice and relaxed comfort.

Dress for the upwind and deterioration bully walking shoes. Pre-registration is required.

• Eventbrite page