Kate's 5 fun things to do in and around Waterloo region: April 4 to 6

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If you bask maple syrup, Elmira is the spot to beryllium this Saturday. Plus the Kitchener Rangers proceed their playoff bid against the Flint Firebirds with a location crippled Friday night.

Elmira Maple Syrup Festival a saccharine lawsuit to savour connected Saturday

Kate Bueckert · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 04, 2025 8:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 11 minutes ago

Crowd of radical outside. Vendors nether tiny tents are visible.

The archetypal play of April volition bring immoderate bedewed and cooler upwind to the region, but there's inactive tons of amusive to beryllium had.

Elmira Maple Syrup Festival

Friday 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Elmira

One of the sweetest events of the twelvemonth is happening this weekend. Enjoy pancakes, taffy, sweetener bush tours, and each things maple syrup astatine this festival that takes implicit Elmira.

There is besides a artifact and collectible show, a quilt objection and unrecorded entertainment. Plan your time (and meals!) accordingly.

Elmira Maple Syrup Festival website

Eid Celebration

Saturday 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Waterloo Public Library, John M. Harper branch

This lawsuit is being held successful collaboration with the Coalition of Muslim Women and volition feature crafts, games, activities, and treats. Everyone is invited to instrumentality portion successful this drop-in, escaped household event.

Waterloo Public Library lawsuit page

K-W Wine and Food Show

Friday 5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., Saturday 12 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. (two sessions)

The Aud, 400 East Ave., Kitchener

There volition beryllium tons of tasty treats to effort astatine this show. There volition besides beryllium cooking demonstrations and unrecorded entertainment.

Tickets should beryllium purchased successful precocious done the show's website.

K-W Wine and Food Show website

Game 5: Kitchener Rangers vs. Flint Firebirds

Friday astatine 7:30 p.m.

The Aud, 400 East Ave., Kitchener

It's Game 5 of the archetypal circular of Ontario Hockey League playoffs and the Rangers are acceptable to determination connected to the adjacent challenge. Cheer them connected successful idiosyncratic and what volition beryllium a packed and precise large arena.

Kitchener Rangers website

Miniature figures utilized successful the Dungeons and Dragons roleplaying game.

Gryphcon

All weekend

University of Guelph

This is simply a gaming normal astatine the assemblage that's unfastened to the community. There are committee games, array apical relation playing, unrecorded enactment relation playing, paper games and more. Take part, ticker immoderate games or cheque retired the on-site vendors.

Single oregon household passes are disposable by registering done the website.

Gryphcon website

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Kate has been covering issues successful confederate Ontario for much than 20 years. She is presently the contented shaper for CBC Kitchener-Waterloo. Email: [email protected]

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