Crowfest 2023
Crowfest is a fun event for everyone! a celebration of all things “crow” in Chatham-Kent. There will be daily activities taking place in downtown Chatham starting on Wednesday the 11th leading up to the main events on the 13th and 14th of October.
The range of fun activities are listed below. Some of the highlights are dueling pianos on Wednesday October 11th, the Gala in the 12th, the night market and buskers on the 13th, as well as the main celebration on Saturday the 14th.
Become a volunteer or vendor, enter the art or costume contest, or attend the gala and all the exciting events.
Wednesday, October 11th
11:30am
The Olde Crows Tea
Derby Room (Retro Suites Hotel)
5pm
Pyro Performers
The Garden on King and River Rock
6pm
Dueling Pianos
The Garden on King and River Rock
Thursday, October 12th
5:30pm
Crowfest Gala
Portugese Club
Dinner
Murder Myster
Friday, October 13th
1pm
King Street Closes
3pm – 8pm
Vendors & Activities
King St. West
Art Classes and Contests
5pm – 7pm
Crow Themed Paint Party
Street at ARTspace – Registration Required
7pm – 9pm
Art Exhibit – Cawcawphonous!
ARTspace
Ongoing
Musical Entertainment
On King St.
5pm – 8pm
Buskers
3pm – 9pm
Night Market
Vendors
Live Entertainment
Activities
Saturday, October 14th
9am – 11am
Art Classes
10am – 8pm
Vendors & Activities
King St. West
11am – 8pm
Buskers
Ongoing
Musical Entertainment
1pm – 4pm
Costume Contest
Downtown King St (TBD)
12pm – 2pm
Art Classes
1pm – 4:30pm
ARTspace Streetside Stamping Party
ARTspace
5pm – 7pm
50 / 50
TBD
8pm – 11pm
Busk After Dusk at The Crowbar
Sons of Kent
Catch all things Crow this October 11th – 14th
11th – Dueling Pianos
12th – Gala
13th & 14th – Night Market / World Class Buskers / Vendors
Thanks to our awesome sponsors!
Our Sponsors
Land Acknowledgement for Chatham-Kent
We acknowledge that the land on which we gather for Crowfest is the traditional territory of the Three Fires Confederacy: the Odawa, Potawatami and Ojibwe. These Indigenous Nations, known as the Anishinaabeg and Lūnaapéewak, agreed to the mutual sharing of the land, with obligations and responsibilities to the environment. Chatham-Kent neighbours the Lūnaapéewak at Delaware Nation which is part of the McKee Purchase Treaty, as well as the unceded territory of the Bkejwanong Walpole Island First Nation.