Call for Activations: Culture Days 2026

Newmarket Culture Days 2024 - "Building Bridges" 

Connect. Share. Celebrate.

Dates:

• September 27 to 29
• October 4 to 6

Locations: 

• Old Town Hall (460 Botsford Street)
• NewRoads Performing Arts Centre (505 Pickering Crescent) 
• Municipal Offices (395 Mulock Drive)
• Elman W. Campbell Museum (134 main St. S.)

Culture Days is a national celebration of arts and culture. Newmarket Culture Days programs invite the public to get hands-on and behind-the-scenes to highlight the importance of arts and culture in our communities. Culture Days activities include curated cultural experiences including workshops, self-guided activities and live presentations.

Celebrate and experience this years' theme of 'Building Bridges.' Explore the spirit of connection, collaboration, and understanding with community. Bridge gaps, whether they be cultural, social, or geographical, promoting dialogue and understanding in order to create a more inclusive, harmonious and be part of a more interconnected community and society.

Culture Days at Old Town Hall 

Culure Days at the Newmarket Municipal Offices

• Indigenous Cultural Showcase - Affects of Colonization

Culture Days at NewRoads Performing Arts Centre

• Newmarket Historical Society
   
• Town of Newmarket presents: Sam Polley and the Old Tomorrows
   
• Very Useful Theatre Company
   
• Seagull Cultural Forum (Syrian Mediterranean Cultural Forum)

Culture Days at the Elman W. Campbell Museum

• Cultural Days Open House at the Elman W. Campbell Museum

Culture Days at Main Street Newmarket

• Downtown Newmarket Historical Walk with Wes Playter
   
• Newmarket Artwalk

Culture Days at Pickering College

• Storytime Trail and Regenerative Forest Viewing at Blue & Silver Farm

Create. Share. Celebrate

Culture Days is a national celebration of arts and culture. Culture Days is a national celebration of arts and culture. Each year millions of people attend thousands of free participatory art and culture events across the country. Culture Days programs invite the public to get hands-on and behind-the-scenes to highlight the importance of arts and culture in our communities.

Culture Days activities across Canada can be held indoors, outdoors and online (virtual workshops, self-guided activities and live presentations from September 22 to October 15.

Click here to learn more about Culture Days

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Culture Days Community Collective Art Project – Chalk it Up – Your Favourite Things

Saturday, September 23, 2023 | 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. 
Meet at the Riverwalk Pathway at Water Street | Free Admission

Get inspired by chalk artist, Kim Egan and artists from the Society of York Region Artists as you contribute through your own drawing or add to our chalk walk masterpiece along the blue path. Connect to your health and wellness. Practice mindfulness and experience joy through chalk art.

All ages! All artists budding or seasoned are welcome! Join us indoors at the Newmarket Community Centre and Lions Halls, 200 Doug Duncan Drive - Hall 3 & 4 if it rains – we will bring the fun indoors with a giant mural!

About the Artist

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Kim Egan is a mixed-media artist, muralist, crafter, milliner, jewelry designer and chalk artist. Her chalk murals have been recently featured in the news media. Her works are imaginative and magical. Kim is a firm believer in the power of art as a catalyst for self discovery, personal growth and joyful wellness.   Her journey to wellness has been underscored through her practice of art.