Open Streets Festival

Open Streets celebrates the livable cities movement.

Open Streets returns on Saturday, June 14, 2025 from noon to 6 p.m.

Join us in June for a fun-filled day that will take over Waterloo Public Square and Willis Way

Located at Waterloo Public Square

  • Watch live performances and dance battles from KW Breakers
  • Cool down at the Children's LemonAID stand by FACS Foundation 
  • Paint-A-Rock Party with Button Factory Arts
  • Play with giant games and art activities

Located at Willis Way

  • Enjoy music with Radio Waterloo/CKMS 102.7 FM and local DJs 
  • Play Ball Run Factory by local artist, Agnes Makes 
  • Get your caricature drawn by local artist, Aoe Girard
  • Browse through the Art Market with 20 local vendors:
    • Studio 648 Pottery, Trevor Clare Art, Lunar Lids, Five Patch Design, Christopher He Ceramics, Della vanDokkumburg, Papercrafti, Connie's Artistic Pottery, Liminal Record, M&3, Diana Bahr, Mark Sommer, Witch Hazel Art, Forest + Fauna, Maryna Badzym, MissRobin's Artist Collective, SamArtisan, DraInk, and YenYen Design
  • Noon to 5 p.m. - Join the Knitting Circle to celebrate World Wide Knit in Public Day, led by KW Knitters Guild and Flying Squirrel
  • 5 to 6 p.m. - Watch Kung Fu demonstrations, led by Waterloo Kung Fu Academy 

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