Waterloo, Web & Whimsy
Waterloo Region is a great place to live, but it pains me to say that we have very fragmented communities of interest. Common complaints that I hear from people in Tech, Entrepreneurial and Student communities are "there isn't enough going on" or "organizations don't advertise their events well enough". Well, here is a non-comprehensive list of websites that you can get hook into that will help you stay informed about arts and cultural events going on in town.
Aggregators
- Artifice (soon to be www.cultureblast.ca)
- The Loop
- Local Vibe
- Echo Weekly
- Explore Waterloo Region
- Grand River Folk Art Community
- City of Waterloo Events
- City of Kitchener Events
- City of Cambridge Events
- Communitech Community Calendar
- Downtown Kitchener Events
- Uptown Waterloo Events
- Ready Qatalyst
Individual Venues or Organizations
- KW Art Gallery
- Waterloo Regional Children's Museum Events
- CAFK+A Facebook Group (Contemporary Art Forum of Kitchener + Area)
- Maxwell's Music House
- MT Space Facebook Group
- Lost + Found Theatre Facebook Group
- Revue Royale Burlesque Facebook Group
- KW Little Theatre
- Perimeter Institute Outreach Events
- Center in the Square
- Kitchener Public Library Programs
- Cambridge Library Programs and Events
- Galt Little Theatre
- Globe Studios
- KW Art Camp
- KW Culture Camp
- Waterloo Region Web Design & Tech Meetup
- BarCamp Waterloo
- CIGI Events
- UW General Public Events
- Cambridge Now
- KW Now
Festivals or Events
- Ice Dogs Festival - February
- Waterloo Arts Festival - June
- Spotlight: discover the arts - June
- UpTown Country Festival - June
- K-W Multicultural Festival - June
- Canada Day at Columbia Lake - July
- UpTown Waterloo Jazz Festival - July
- Kitchener Rib & Craft Beer Show - July
- Kitchener Blues Festival - August
- Busker Festival - August
- Heart and Hand Festival - August
- Royal Medieval Faire - September
- UpTown Dining - September
- Word on the Street - September
- Doors Open Waterloo Region - September
- Country Musicians Rock & Read for Kids - October
- Oktoberfest - October
- Q2C Festival - October
- Wonders of Winter - December
- KWKids.com
If you have any others that you know of that focus on Waterloo Region and Area, please let me know and I'll add them to the list above.
CIGI also has some great public lectures.
There's also a crazy little new website called "local vibe"
http://localvibe.ca/
Joseph Fung - Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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