It's an easy, breezy pop-up music festival in one of Waterloo's best loved 'hoods. If you can stroll a sidewalk, you can join the fun!
Winner of the 2012 Waterloo Region Arts Award for Best New Festival. Volunteers make it. Local businesses support it. We hope you love it.
The City of Waterloo Community Cash Grant has made the 2015 Grand Porch Party possible. The generous support of $1000 helps cover the practical and legal costs involved in making today's event. Thanks to the City staff who also help in numerous ways. Waterloo rocks!
Words Worth Books is the heart of literary KW. Not only do they sell great reads, they also host (and support) countless community events. Including the GPP: They've been on board since the start! As a musician-sponsor, their financial contribution goes directly to the GPP performers. You can find them at 96 King Street South, Waterloo, or online at wordsworthbooks.com.
On the run? Don’t have much time to eat? Downtown Kitchener’s GoGo Mart can help! Serving up fresh, healthy, and tasty meals to those on the go, is exactly what GoGo Mart does best.
This year, we’re happy to have GoGo Mart on board as our food sponsor!
Starting out with a pop up shop selling tote bags, GoGo Mart co-owners Catherine Bischoff and Tom Zehetmeier, decided to make the transition to takeaways in 2013. GoGo Mart is equally as passionate about community as it is fresh food. By providing those working in the core with great healthy food options, GoGo Mart is helping create a community in downtown.
Tamarack Institute for Engagement is a charity that supports communities learn, collaborate, and work on complex community issues. Based in Waterloo, Tamarack deepens community here by supporting efforts like the Grand Porch Party. Tamarack's financial donation goes directly to the GPP performers. Find out more at tamarackcommunity.ca.
Insight Eye Care is Waterloo's premier destination for awesome frames that make you stand out from the crowd. Long-time supporters of the GPP, their donation goes directly to the GPP performers! Visit them at 239 Weber Street North, Waterloo, or online at www.insight-eyecare.ca.
This year, the Grand Porch Party is celebrating Canadian Rivers Day alongside the Grand River Conservation Foundation!<
Founded in 1965, the Grand River Conservation Foundation (GRCF) channels donations from individuals, foundations, groups and businesses to Grand River Conservation Authority projects. More than $8 million has been raised to educate kids about the outdoors, restore vital wetlands that cleanse our water, provide habitat that promotes wildlife diversity and offer opportunities for people to simply enjoy their natural world.