Let's play at Kitchener's first ever Downtown Pop-Up Park!

Join us on King Street right outside Kitchener City Hall from October 14-16!

We have heard what you want from parks spaces in the City of Kitchener and are testing those ideas out in front of Carl Zehr Square. During the pop-up, we will also collect stories about what parks mean to you. This will inform the Places and Spaces strategy that guides future activities, advocacy, planning, and investment in Kitchener parks.

Friday

9 AM - 3 PM - Indigenous EarlyON open for family play

9:45 AM - Opening Ceremony

10 AM - 5 PM - Family Fire with Elder and Knowledge Keeper Gerard

12 PM - 1 PM - Yoga

1:30 PM - 2 PM - Jummah with Sheikh Usman

6:30 PM - 8 PM - Movie Night: Stories from Land Back Camp & Recollections and Reimaginings

Saturday

9 AM - 3 PM - Indigenous EarlyON open for family play

10 AM - 3 PM - Community Living Room Conversation on Homelessness in Parks

10 AM - 5 PM - Family Fire with Elder and Knowledge Keeper Gerard

1 PM - 3 PM - Community Picnic (BYO, Buy Local)

2 PM - 4 PM - Art in the Park

2:30 PM & 3:30 PM - Story Time with Kitchener Public Library

6 PM - 8 PM - Are You Afraid of the Dark? A Safe Space to Connect After Dark Installation with Tennesha Joseph

6:30 PM - 8 PM - Movie Night with the Apollo Theatre - Hocus Pocus

Sunday

9 AM - 3 PM - Indigenous EarlyON open for family play

10 AM - 5 PM - Family Fire with Elder and Knowledge Keeper Gerard & Closing Ceremony

12 PM - 1 PM - Mindful Movements with Joscelyn Guindon & Spectrum Community Space

1 - 2 PM - Erick Traplin Concert

2 PM - 3 PM – Gold Leaf Botanical’s Plant Propagation Workshop

6:30 PM - 8 PM - Movie Night with the Apollo Theatre - Hocus Pocus 2