EVENTS IN WATERLOO REGION SEP 10 - SEP 16

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MULTI-DAY EVENTS

Festival: Cambridge Fall Fair, midway rides, livestock barns, a demolition derby and four nights of grandstand entertainment at Dickson Park (all ages) Thu, Sep 10 to Sun, Sep 13, Cambridge tix

Festival: Belmont Village Bestival, the village strip closes down for a vendor marketplace, food court and beer garden, with an urban sketchers workshop Saturday morning and a Van Morrison tribute closing it out at 9pm (all ages) Fri, Sep 11 and Sat, Sep 12, Kitchener info

Family: Monarch Tagging Weekend, staff tag monarchs before they leave for Mexico and visitors watch the numbered stickers go on up close (all ages) Sat, Sep 12 and Sun, Sep 13, Cambridge info

Technology: Waterloo Tech Week, a 7pm kickoff at Communitech then 40-plus community-run talks, demos and meetups across Communitech, Builders Club, the Accelerator Centre and UW, most needing registration, running past the week to Sep 17 (all ages) Fri, Sep 11 to Wed, Sep 16, Kitchener and Waterloo info

Market: Thursday market day with the produce stalls, butchers and bakers all open (all ages) 8am, St. Jacobs info

Workshop: A drop-in on canning, freezing, fermenting and seed saving, with tips on stretching a food budget (all ages) 7pm, Woolwich Memorial Centre, Elmira info

Concert: Summerset play out the end of the season at Maxwell's, doors at 7pm (all ages) 7pm, Waterloo info

Comedy: Rusty Nail's pop-up Thursday headlined by Matt Wright, doors at 7:30pm (19+) 8pm, TWH Social, Kitchener tix

Concert: 94Fatso bring the club tour to a small room, doors at 7pm (19+) 8pm, Room 47, Waterloo tix

Film: Lorraine Ziegler walks through her trip to Namibia with photos and light refreshments, $2.50 at the door (all ages) 1:30pm, WMRC Community Pavilion, Waterloo info

Market: Vendors set up along Queen Street East with the village shops and patios open alongside (all ages) 3pm, Hespeler Village, Cambridge info

Concert: Naro & Layton on the Stone Stage, moving inside Foundry Tavern if it rains (all ages) 6pm, The District Square, Cambridge info

Community: A cafe full of local artists showing and selling work for the night (all ages) 6pm, KWFamous Creative Cafe, Kitchener tix

Concert: Back to School Party, an indie night at Maxwell's with doors at 7pm (all ages) 7pm, Waterloo info

Comedy: Rusty Nail's Friday show with Hershawn Arora, doors at 7:30pm (19+) 8pm, TWH Social, Kitchener tix

Sports: Basstoberfest, a bass fishing tournament fundraiser at $200 a boat (all ages) 9am, The Alpine Club, Kitchener info

Fitness: A free outdoor barre class downtown, with swag bags for anyone there by 8:30am and registration required in advance (all ages) 9am, Carl Zehr Square, Kitchener info

Community: The K-W Knitters' Fair fills two arenas at The Aud with yarn, fibre and tools, $6 in (all ages) 9:30am, Kitchener info

Workshop: Bob Wildfong on saving seed from the garden, $25 plus fees and registration required (all ages) 10am to 12pm, Ken Seiling Waterloo Region Museum, Kitchener info

Community: Moore Farms marks 110 years at the farm store (all ages) 10am, Ayr info

Community: Volunteers put native wildflowers into the park's natural areas for pollinators (all ages) 10am, RIM Park, Waterloo info

Family: The Grandparents Day Heritage Hopper runs a 1 hour 45 minute round trip out of Farmers Market Station, leaving 10:10am, 12:10pm and 2:10pm (all ages) 10:10am, St. Jacobs tix

Community: The Queen-Margaret Community Fair takes over the block, with a pay-what-you-can BBQ (all ages) 11am to 3pm, 116 Queen St N, Kitchener info

Festival: CreekFest, an art and environment party where Schneider Creek meets the Grand, with music, a mural reveal and poetry on the Old Mill Rd bridge (all ages) 11am, Willow Lake Park, Kitchener info

Community: The 6th Annual Art Fair spreads acrylics, photography, sculpture and textiles across the Homer Watson House lawn until 5pm, free with donations (all ages) 11am, Homer Watson House & Gallery, Kitchener info

Community: Pizza for Parkinson's, a village fundraiser built around the pizza ovens (all ages) 11am, Hespeler Village, Cambridge info

Sports: Sassuolo against Juventus on the big outdoor screen, free with free parking and wifi (all ages) 12pm, The District Square, Cambridge info

Family: A teddy bear picnic built for grandparents and grandkids, $10 adults and $5 kids (all ages) 12pm, Ted Wake Centre, Cambridge info

Community: A Welcoming Week afternoon in the City Hall rotunda for newcomers and neighbours (all ages) 1pm to 4pm, Kitchener info

Community: Community Green Day at the Eastside branch, free to drop into (all ages) 1pm, Waterloo Public Library info

Outdoor: Latin Music on Main, the monthly outdoor salsa and bachata night on the promenade (all ages) 6pm, Lower Main Street, Cambridge info

Tour: Paranormal tours of the old fire hall with professional investigators at 6:30pm, 8pm, 9:30pm and 11pm, the last one adding an Ouija session, ages 14 and up, $35 plus fees (all ages) 6:30pm, Fire Hall Museum, Cambridge tix

Concert: A Tragically Hip tribute night at Maxwell's, doors at 7:30pm (all ages) 7:30pm, Waterloo info

Comedy: An improv night at the Little Theatre, scenes built from crowd suggestions (all ages) 8pm, Waterloo tix

Comedy: The Together We're Boisterous showcase in the brewery taproom, start time not posted (19+) time tba, TWB Co-operative Brewing, Kitchener tix

Outdoor: Dash and Splash, the Humane Society's end-of-season dog swim, $20 a dog and the pool is theirs (all ages) 10am, Kiwanis Park, Kitchener info

Community: An open air antique fair spilling out around the market buildings (all ages) 10am, St. Jacobs info

Family: Waterloo Maker Faire fills the square with tinkerers, robots and homemade machines you can get your hands on (all ages) 10am, Waterloo Public Square info

Festival: ICA MELA, a day of Indian food, music and family programming outside City Hall (all ages) 11am, Kitchener info

Festival: Kitchener Expo Latino returns for a second edition, Latin businesses, services, food and culture filling the supermarket lot (all ages) 11am, Rincon Latino Supermarket, 70 Westmount Rd W, Kitchener info

Community: The fourth Gaslight charity car show, vehicles parked up with vendors, food and live music, donations going to Cambridge Memorial Hospital Foundation (all ages) 11am, The District Square, Cambridge info

Market: KW Punk Rock Flea Market, five hours of records, vintage and artist-made goods from 40-plus vendors with coffee, beer and a DJ (all ages) 12pm, Kitchener Market info

Festival: Preston Music Festival runs bands through the afternoon and into the evening with food and a Wave Maker beer garden (all ages) 12pm, Central Park, Cambridge info

Community: Hunger No More, a donate-what-you-can community meal (all ages) 1pm, St. Mary Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows, Kitchener info

Festival: Climate Fest, ClimateActionWR's free second annual festival with skill-building workshops, live music and art, last year drawing 500-plus people and 30-plus organizations (all ages) 1pm, Gaukel Block, Kitchener info

Outdoor: A slow guided forest bathing walk through Dumfries Conservation Area (all ages) 1pm, Cambridge info

Porch Fest: LYNC Porch Music Fest, free sets played off porches along Mill Street (all ages) 1:30pm, 183 Mill Street, Wilmot info

Concert: The last Rockway Gardens concert of the season, with Unheard Of back by request (all ages) 2pm, Kitchener info

Family: Public swim in the pool at WG Johnson (all ages) 2pm, Cambridge info

Community: Ward 10 candidates take questions from neighbours until 4pm, entrance on Duke Street (all ages) 2pm, Church of St. John the Evangelist, Kitchener info

Workshop: Wood burning coasters, an evening of making something small to take home (all ages) 7pm, Hespeler Village, Cambridge info

Social: Roller Skating in the Square with Retro Rollers and a live DJ, all skill levels, $12 with rentals (all ages) 7pm, Carl Zehr Square, Kitchener info

Talk: Show Then TELL!, an evening of people showing something and then explaining it (all ages) 7pm, First United Church, Waterloo tix

Workshop: Build a paper lantern with the Preston Arts Collective for the annual outdoor lantern exhibit, materials provided and best for ages 12 and up (all ages) 6pm, Punk Buggy Gallery, Cambridge info

Fitness: An outdoor cardio dance class with KW Movement Studio, easy to follow and no experience needed (all ages) 6:30pm, Carl Zehr Square, Kitchener info

Concert: Teenage Bottlerocket bring fast, loud pop punk to Maxwell's (all ages) 7pm, Waterloo tix

Workshop: Patio paint and sip with Crock A Doodle, pottery painting outside the brewery (19+) 7pm, TWB Co-operative Brewing, Kitchener info

Talk: Coffee House Talks, the Wilmot Fire Department on home fire safety, free and aimed at adults 55 and over (all ages) 10am, Royal Canadian Legion Branch 532, New Hamburg info

Community: The Wilmot Clothing Cupboard hands out free in-season clothing, coats through to boots, for kids, youth and adults (all ages) 3pm, Wilmot & Wellesley Resource Centre, New Hamburg info

Outdoor: Work Bee Wednesdays, hands-on land restoration with Tekanónhkwa, planting, weeding and watering as a group (all ages) 6:30pm, Kitchener info