A celebratory, watershed-focused bridge party at the mouth of Schneider Creek
CreekFest is an art and environment festival that brings people of all ages to Lower Doon, where Schneider Creek meets the Grand River.
Date: Saturday, September 12, 2026
11am–4pm, alongside Homer Watson House & Gallery’s Art Fair
1815 Old Mill Rd. (Lower Doon, along Old Mill Rd. Bridge and in Willow Lake Park) — see the map below or this Google map
Note: If you’re coming for the full day, bring a picnic lunch or pack some snacks. Food vendors proved hard to secure.
Performance Program & Workshop Schedule :
- Two Row on the Grand
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Pat the Dog Youth
- Nancy’s Creations and Seeds
- Region of Waterloo Museums & Archives
- Media Ecologies Collaborative (UW)
- Little Magical Studio (Elfie Kalfakis)
- City of Kitchener Sanitary and Stormwater Utilities
- CAFKA (Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener and Area)
- Adventures with Nature
- IRL Festival
- Jude Munro (local author)
- Waterloo Region Nature
- KW Library of Things
- Local History & Heritage (Doon Presbyterian Church)
- Loose Threads Press
- Water Watchers
- Bird Friendly KW
- Clayton Longboat and family
- Reep Green Solutions
- The Creek Collective
CreekFest Community Mural (Now finished! The murals will be installed on the Pump House fencing beside the bridge and will be revealed at CreekFest ‘26)
Select photos from CreekFest 2025:
Map —Road Closure, Parking and Transit Info (to come)
CreekFest is run in partnership with:
Funding from: