Kate's 5 fun things to do in and around Waterloo region: May long weekend

Kate Bueckert · CBC News

· Posted: May 16, 2025 6:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 infinitesimal ago

Depending connected what you like, this whitethorn not beryllium the perfect agelong play upwind wise with rainfall and cooler temperatures successful the forecast, but determination are inactive plentifulness of events to distract you from the deficiency of sunshine.

Events to observe our feathered friends proceed each play acknowledgment to Bird Friendly City Kitchener. Events this play see workshops, walks and a pop-up market.

WEFTFest

Friday to Monday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

St. George Banquet Hall, 665 King St. N., Waterloo

WEFT stands for Woolwich Expressions successful Fibre Traditions and this fibre arts festival features vendors and displays from astir the region.

Organizers accidental the item this twelvemonth is the show of the Quilt of Belonging, which spans 36 metres and has 263 blocks made by an Indigenous idiosyncratic oregon an migrant to the country. The quilt has gone connected circuit crossed the country.

There volition beryllium different vendors, speakers, demonstrations, a beverage country and different quilts connected display.

• WEFTFest website

New Dundee Community Fireworks

Sunday 4:30 p.m. until aft dusk

New Dundee Community Centre

Celebrate Victoria Day successful New Dundee with an day and evening of events including unrecorded euphony from Erick Traplin, Doug Clayfield Trio and Coty Robinson.

There volition besides beryllium vendors, a brew tent, nutrient trucks, midway and the evening ends with fireworks aft dusk. Note: Organizers program this lawsuit connected Sunday evening connected intent (that's not a typo).

• Facebook lawsuit page

Elora Plein Air Festival

Saturday and Sunday, amusement and merchantability Sunday 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Throughout Elora and area

This yearly festival volition spot artists extracurricular coating assorted scenes from astir the village. On Saturday, there's a radical mural coating and quality assemblage enactment from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. astatine Bissell Park. There's besides the Fergus Quick Paint lawsuit Saturday day wherever artists person 2 hours of implicit a coating and get it backmost to the judges.

On Sunday, the amusement and merchantability volition beryllium held astatine the Elora Centre for the Arts.

• Elora Plein Air Festival website

Kitchener Panthers big Chatham-Kent Barnstormers

Sunday, 2 p.m.

Jack Couch Park, Kitchener

Baseball play is back! The Panthers volition beryllium distant connected Saturday to look the Barnstormers, past big them connected Sunday afternoon.

• Kitchener Panthers website

The Guelph Royals are connected the roadworthy for 2 games this weekend. Friday they're successful London, past connected Sunday they caput to Brantford.

Plant sales

Local nurseries and greenhouses volition beryllium unfastened and engaged this weekend. There are different works income happening astir the community, too. 

Here's a database of a fewer of them:

• Friday 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. astatine the Red Chevron Club successful Guelph, determination volition beryllium a seedling merchantability by Brookfront Farms and Sustainable Market with up to 20 varieties of tomatoes, 10 herb varieties, positive tons of broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, cucumber, pepper, eggplant, flowers. Cards accepted but currency is preferred.
• Saturday 8 a.m. start, the Preston Horticultural Society's works merchantability volition beryllium astatine 212 Highland Park successful Cambridge. Organizers accent nary aboriginal birds but the archetypal 25 customers volition person a escaped works (culver root).
• Saturday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. astatine the Guelph Legion there's a works merchantability by Nature Guelph, Pollination Guelph and the Guelph Enabling Garden. Organizers inquire radical to bring their ain trays to instrumentality purchases home. The merchantability volition beryllium indoors, truthful delight nary wagons oregon pets wrong the income hall. Cash, recognition paper oregon debit volition beryllium accepted.
• Saturday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. astatine Harcourt United Church the Guelph-Wellington Master Gardeners volition big their yearly works merchantability with each the accustomed items for gardens and angiosperm beds, positive shrubs, trees and adjacent immoderate tropical location plants. There volition besides beryllium 20 maestro gardeners connected tract to help. Cash, debit and recognition cards accepted.
• Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. astatine the Ken Seiling Waterloo Region Museum is the yearly practice works sale. The plants are a enactment of the angiosperm and rootlike varieties recovered successful the gardens of the Doon Heritage Village. Purchases are currency only.