Getting to know the Gaslight District and Grand Opening Weekend Info

As mentioned in an earlier post, Friday night I was at the opening of A Few Good Men at the Hamilton Family Theatre in Cambridge.  I went early to get a parking spot at the theatre.  When I got out of my car I could hear music playing so I headed toward Foundry Tavern in The Gaslight District and as I got closer I knew the voice singing right away.  It was my friend Juynet singing with The Turk and the Hobbits. They were playing outdoors in the Big Screen area of The Gaslight District.  Watch the video below to see the view

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Next thing you know the Toronto Blue Jays were on the screen.

It is really a fun place to be!

The Gaslight District is a new kind of 'Infrastructure for the human spirit' that helps people freely play in public in ways that start to define an inclusive community identity. 

It was a great preview of what is to come this month for The Gaslight District's Grand Opening.

Grand Opening Weekend at The Gaslight District

I have been including Big Screen Thursdays at The Gaslight District as part of the ongoing Thursday events in my monthly list, but I felt the Grand Opening Weekend deserved a post too!

The Grand Opening Weekend is running July 28-30, 2023 with FREE CONCERTS on Friday and Saturday.

Each concert is headlined by a well-known band,  Friday night BIG WRECK is the headliner and Saturday WALK OFF THE EARTH headlines the show.

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There are other events throughout the weekend as well you can find all the info at https://www.gaslightdistrict.ca

Drayton Entertainment Presents the CANADIAN PREMIERE of Holiday Inn

Start the Summer Off Right with Holiday Inn

The first long weekend of the summer seemed fitting to premiere Holiday Inn – The Musical at the Drayton Festival Theatre.  While the Victoria Day holiday is not celebrated in this show, many memorable holidays of the year are highlighted in this delightful musical production of Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn. While at the Media Night festivities we felt as though we were transported back to a simpler time where people chose to stay on the farm or long for the bright lights of the big city.  The theme of making choices runs throughout Holiday Inn from beginning to end.  It begins with Jim and his best friend Ted performing a song in which their leading lady Lila must choose between a singer or a dancer, and the person she chooses in the number almost foreshadows what is to come.  After the show Jim announces he is moving to a farm in Connecticut and that is when the story begins to unfold.  Each choice these characters make brings people into their lives while sometimes leaving others behind.  Will the choices they make bring them true happiness? That is the question on all of our minds.

 

Popular nightclub trio Jim Hardy, Ted Hanover, and Lila Dixon suddenly part ways when Jim decides he's had enough of show business.  He leaves the bright lights behind to settle down on a farm in Connecticut, but quickly discovers life isn’t quite the same without a little song and dance.  After meeting Linda Mason, a spirited schoolteacher with talent to spare, the pair turn the farmhouse into a fabulous inn with dazzling performances to celebrate each holiday. When Jim’s best friend Ted tries to lure Linda away to be his new dance partner in Hollywood, Jim finds himself competing for her affections. Can he win her heart?

Get Your Tickets to Holiday Inn

Celebrate summer by grabbing your tickets to Drayton Entertainment’s Holiday Inn before they are gone!

Tickets are $46 for Adults and $27 for youth under 20 years of age.  Tickets for groups of 20 or more and select Discount Dates are $37.  HST is applicable to all ticket prices.  Tickets can be purchased online instantly at www.draytonentertainment.com, in person at the Box Office or by calling 519-638-5555 or toll free at 1-855-DRAYTON (372-9866).

KW Titans Season Finale Game Promo - Enter To Win

We had such a fun time cheering on the KW Titans this season. We feel that almost every game was a nail biter right to the very end.  Everyone we spoke to after the games let us know how much fun they had and that they would be back to see them again and again.  The KW Titans fan base is growing week by week and now that the final game of the season is THIS SATURDAY MARCH 31, 2018 at 7PM we want to help build their cheering section with the 2 FOR 1 TICKET DEAL!

Spotted at the @kw_titans game, it's @those2girls! #Defence #WeAreTitans pic.twitter.com/kKxXEtpNyx

— dancongdon (@dancongdon) March 19, 2018

Season Finale Game Ticket Deal

Looking for a fun way to spend Saturday night of this Long Weekend? Grab you family and friends and get your 2 FOR 1 Tickets!

For 2 For 1 KW Titans tickets Go to https://ev9.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/SEGetEventList?groupCode=TITANS&linkID=cits&shopperContext=&caller=&appCode=

on the left side of the screen, under the image, where it asks for the Promo Code type in MARCH and click the GO button. The price will now be decreased to $12.50 per ticket but you need to buy them in quantities of 2 or you will get an error message (basically buy them in even numbers 2, 4, 6 etc)

Enter To Win

Just enter the contest listed below (might take a minute to load the rafflecopter contest form. If the contest does not pop up, clear your cache and refresh). Remember the blog comment with why you want to win!a Rafflecopter giveaway

Gettng ready for Halloween Fun!

Science Open House
University of Waterloo
Saturday, October 24
10 am - 4 pm
Great family fun - Free attendance
www.openhouse.uwaterloo.ca for details and parking instructions.
Physics, chemistry, biology, and geosciences come to life in interactive and hands-on activities
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Thrill the World KW!
Want to take part in setting a world record? Who doesn't want to dress like a zombie and perform Michael Jackson's Thriller dance? Thrill the World KW is a fundraising event for the Working Centre. Workshops will be held to learn the Thriller Dance! A huge group of people from KW will perform the dance simultaneously with thousands of other people Worldwide! Check out Thrill the World KW on facebook or at http://ttw09-kw.livejournal.com/ if you want to make a difference and have a blast!
Date: Saturday, October 24, 2009.
Location: Civic Square, Kitchener City Hall.
Website: http://ttw09-kw.liejournal.com/
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Community Hallowe'en Carnival
The Waterloo Regional Block Parent Program presents: Community Hallowe'en Carnival! Music with Brian (www.musicwithbrian.com)! Carnival games, penny gift table, snacks, drinks, costume juding and parade, loot bags, plus enter for your chance to win a BlackBerry Curve 900.
Date: Sunday, October 25, 2009.
Time: 12:30pm to 3:30pm.
Location: Waterloo Forbes Hall, RIM Park, 2001 University Ave. E. Waterloo. For more information call 519-745-8410. Website: www.blockparents.ca
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Age specific events below
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For those w/Toddlers
Date: Oct. 24, 2009 Saturday
Venue: Waterloo
Cost: -

Busy Bees Playground 1st Anniversary Party!
Join us in celebrating our 1st year anniversary party. Lots of fun things for children including balloon animals, face painting, loot bags and indoor play. Enter to win a birthday party!
Date: Saturday, October 24, 2009.
Location: Busy Bees Playground
Cost: $5 per family.
Website: www.busybeesplay.ca

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For those w/Teens
Date: Oct. 23, 2009 Friday
Venue: Cambridge

Starlight Film Fest
United Way fundraiser where teens (ages 13-18) get the chance to watch movies and consume popcorn, nachos and pop until dawn. This is a safe and supervised event, complete with representatives from St. John Ambulance and Waterloo Regional Police, as well as many trained adult volunteers.
Date: Friday, October 23, 2009.
Time: 11:45pm.
Location: Galaxy Cinemas Cambridge Centre.
Tickets: $20 per ticket. Tickets available at the United Way of Cambridge and North Dumfries office, 150 Main St. Cambridge, Galaxy Cinemas Cambridge Centre on Hespeler Road. Website: www.liveunited.ca

Thanksgiving & Oktoberfest in Kitchener Waterloo

Hi Everyone

1st off THANK-YOU to everyone who came to MeFest!
I'd love to know if you came & what your favorite part was (Just reply to this message)

Next is Oktoberfest
http://www.oktoberfest.ca/fce.php
has a full list of family events

has a list of all events
http://www.oktoberfest.ca/events.php
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http://www.shantzholmpumpkins.ca

Shantzholm Pumpkins
1544 Bleams Rd.,
Mannheim

Free family farm fun!
Farm animals, small straw maze, large corn maze
Produce for purchase - pumpkins, gourds, indian corn, straw bales, corn stalks, squash

As you say on your facebook page, you are looking for things to do with your son that don't cost a fortune. Well, that's why we've set up our farm the way we have. We have 8 children & understand about not wanting every little thing to cost something. So that is why we do not charge admission.

Please get back to me is you want more info, or come out to our farm & see for yourself!
we are open until Nov 1, Mon-Sat 8-8, Sundays 12-6
We are open Thanksgiving Monday for the full day as well.
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• Family Sundays
Interactive activities, drama games, storytelling, for ages 4-12, drop in from 2 to 5 p.m.; free, 519-579-5860, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, 101 Queen St. N., Kitchener
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• Peter Pan
Dufflebag Theatre production, 1:30 p.m.; $2, 519-740-4681, ext. 4376, Centre for the Arts, 60 Dickson St., Cambridge
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Saturday, October 10, 2009
• Family Concert
Thanksgiving! with K-W Symphony, pre-show children's activities, 1:15 p.m.; $10, $15 adult advance, 519-578-1570, 519-745-4711, Centre in the Square, Kitchener
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Happy Thanksgiving everyone!