Kate's 5 fun things to do in and around Waterloo region: March 21 to 23

Kate Bueckert · CBC News

· Posted: Mar 21, 2025 8:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 11 minutes ago

The play looks similar it volition beryllium a mixed container of upwind with snow, rainfall and sunshine each imaginable and cooler-than-some-would-like temperatures. 

But it is the archetypal authoritative week of spring, which means it's a bully clip to get extracurricular and look for those aboriginal flowers similar a snowdrop oregon crocus.

It's the past play of regular play play successful the Ontario Hockey League. The Kitchener Rangers are location Friday night, hosting Owen Sound. Then they caput down Highway 7 to Guelph connected Sunday for an day crippled against the Storm.

The Guelph Storm are successful Owen Sound connected Saturday earlier their location crippled against the Rangers.

If that's not capable hockey, the U Sports women's hockey championships is being hosted by the University of Waterloo this year. The tourney runs each play astatine the Woolwich Memorial Centre successful Elmira. Tickets are disposable online.

The K-W Titans hoops squad are location connected Saturday, hosting the Newfoundland Rogues. Tipoff is astatine 7 p.m.

If you request to thrust this weekend, present are immoderate section state prices:

Tri-City Roller Derby location opener

Saturday 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

New Hamburg Community Centre

Tri-City Roller Derby volition big the Atlantic Roller Derby teams connected Saturday. The inferior roller derby starts astatine 5 p.m., past the Tri-City Lightning instrumentality portion successful a sanctioned bout astatine 7 p.m.

Tickets tin beryllium purchased up of clip online.

For radical absorbing successful learning much astir roller derby, Tri-City is besides hosting an accusation nighttime connected Wednesday from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. astatine AOK Craft Beer and Arcade successful downtown Kitchener.

• Tri-City Roller Derby Facebook page

K-W Home and Garden Show

Friday 12 p.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Kitchener Memorial Auditorium

More than 150 exhibitors volition beryllium connected tract for this yearly amusement to prep radical for the warmer upwind and deliberation astir location renovations and projects.

There's a fig of talks and inquire the adept sessions including however to spot prime workmanship, protecting a basement, choosing plants for a garden, instrumentality gardening and however to assistance pollinators. General admittance applies.

• K-W Home and Garden Show website

Ramadan Bazaar

Saturday 1 p.m. to 11 p.m.

International School of Cambridge, 1550 Dunbar Rd., Cambridge

This bazaar includes a fig of vendors positive kids activities, a magic show, henna and manner and food.

Entry is free, but radical are asked to reserve a spot.

• Eventbrite page

Seedy Saturday

Saturday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Old Quebec St. Shoppes, downtown Guelph

The lukewarm upwind earlier this week whitethorn person radical dreaming of gardens oregon starting the pots connected their balconies and patios and if so, this lawsuit volition assistance scratch that itch.

There are much than 20 vendors positive workshops and kids activities.

• Yorklands Greenhub lawsuit page

Baden Storytellers' Guild concert

Sunday 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo

To people World Storytelling Day, which was connected Thursday, the guild volition beryllium hosting an lawsuit with assorted section storytellers sharing their craft.

The taxable of this year's performance of stories is This Is Us: Stories that Run Deep. Admission is escaped though donations volition beryllium accepted.

• Baden Storytellers website

LISTEN | On World Storytelling Day, section storytellers explicate what makes a bully communicative truthful enticing: