Downtown St. John's

Canada Day Festivities
2026-07-01 06:00 - 22:00 (America/St_Johns) | Canada
Annually the City of St. John’s celebrates Canada Day on July 1. All Canada Day events are accessible, and all activities are free of charge.
From sunrise to sunset, on Canada Day there’s something for everyone! With support from the Government of Canada, the City of St. John’s and event partners will highlight many of the reasons we are proud to call Canada Home.
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Sunrise celebration from 6 to 7 a.m.; Free family fun and entertainment from 1 to 5 p.m.; Live music and fireworks from 8 to 10 p.m.

Music @ Concerts
2026-07-03 12:30 - 13:30 | Harbourside Park, Water Street East, St. John';s, NL, Canada
Music @ is an annual concert series running from July to September. All shows are free to attend and feature a wide variety of musical genres, including folk, rock, pop, traditional, and country. Each concert will open with a performance by a young emerging artist, thanks to our partnership with the Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Arts Society.
The 2026 series kicks off on July 3 and runs until September 18. This year’s line-up includes:

Friday, July 3, 2026 | 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Harbourside Park: Sherry Ryan
Friday, July 10, 2026 | 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Harbourside Park: Rachel Cousins
Friday, July 17, 2026 | 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Harbourside Park: Sonic Playgrounds
Friday, July 24, 2026 | 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Harbourside Park: Jim Payne & Fergus O’Byrne
Friday, July 31, 2026 | 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Harbourside Park: High & Lonesome
Friday, August 7, 2026 | 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Harbourside Park: Salt Beef Junkies
Friday, August 14, 2026 | 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Harbourside Park: Rev. Dave Trio
Friday, August 21, 2026 | 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Harbourside Park: De La Paz Latin Quintet
Friday, August 28, 2026 | 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Harbourside Park: Hannah Green
Friday, September 4, 2026 | 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Harbourside Park: Justin Fancy
Friday, September 11, 2026 | 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Harbourside Park: Big Space
Friday, September 18, 2026 | 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Harbourside Park: Zaynab Wilson MoZayic

The Tea Party
2026-07-03 20:00 - 23:30 | JAG Sound House, George Street West, St. John's, NL, Canada
Multi-Platinum Canadian trio, The Tea Party are coming to JAG Soundhouse this July! They’re bringing along their biggest hits like Heaven Coming Down, Temptation, The River and so many more.
Joining them are alt-rock band Alien Ant Farm, the ones behind the iconic Smooth Criminal cover (you know the one)
Tickets on Sale Tuesday, April 21 @12:00PM
Event Date: Friday, July 3, 2026
Doors: 7:00PM | Show Start: 8:00PM

Markets on Water - Downtown Pedestrian Mall
2026-07-09 14:00 - 20:00 | Downtown Pedestrian Mall, Water Street, St. John's, Canada
Every Thursday from 2 to 8 p.m., starting July 9, Water Street comes alive with Markets on Water — a weekly celebration of local creativity, culture, and community.
Spanning from Ayres Cove to Prescott Street, the market will feature vendors hosted by The Mom Market. Each week, you’ll discover a rotating lineup of carefully curated small businesses — from handcrafted goods and artisan products to one-of-a-kind art, fashion, jewelry, home décor, sweet treats, and so much more.
Don’t miss the two special Saturday markets on August 8 and 22!
For more information visit https://www.stjohns.ca/recreation-culture/events/city-hosted-events/downtown-pedestrian-mall/#CommunityEventSpace

Craft Club - Make a plant that will never die!
2026-07-12 14:00 - 17:00 | RG Industries, 452 Water Street, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, A1E 1B1, Canada
Join us at RG Industries, 452 Water Street, for the next Craft Club where we’re making embroidered plants – no previous skills necessary!
Craft Club is curated gatherings that happen quietly once a month or sometimes every other month, in different spaces, with different energy and always something new to create.
Each Craft Club event features different artists, unique crafts and artistic experiences.
Sometimes you will know what it is ahead of time. Sometimes you will not.
That is part of the fun!
Some nights include food and drinks.
Some, keep it simple.
Every time, the vibe is intentional, relaxed, and just the right amount of elevated.

CCNL Clay Studio Seconds Sale
2026-07-14 11:00 - 16:00 | Outside the CCNL Shop & Pantry, 155 Water Street, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, A1C 1B3, Canada
Join the CCNL Clay Studio for our summer SECONDS SALE!🏺
The summer Seconds Sale will feature a wide variety of pottery! These items, known as “seconds,” may have minor aesthetic flaws that prevent them from being sold at full retail price, but do not impact their charm or utility.
Sale happening from 11:00am-4:00pm on July 14th! Find us at 155 Water Street, in front of the Craft Council of NL Shop and Pantry!
All proceeds will be donated to the CCNL Clay studio to support studio programming and improvements!
Come shop unique NL pottery and support local arts!😊

CCNL Clay Studio Grand Reopening!
2026-07-28 13:00 - 19:00 | Craft Council Clay Studio, 50 Harbour Drive, St. Johns, Newfoundland, A1C 1A5, Canada
Join the CCNL Clay Studio as we celebrate the implementation of our Membership Program with fun activities, live demos, door-prizes, refreshments, and much more! Drop-ins are free for the day so bring your friends and family to join in on the fun!
The CCNL Clay Studio is transitioning to a Membership Program to better support our users, give you more access to the studio, new materials and tools available to purchase, better support systems, and more benefits to come! The Membership program was designed with all of you, our wonderful users in mind, and we hope you can join us in celebrating the launch of this program. There will be refreshments and snacks available, demonstrations, fun hands-on activities, door prizes, a Seconds Sale, and more!

41st Annual George Street Festival
2026-07-30 18:00 - 2026-08-05 23:30 | George Street, George Street, St. John's, NL, A1C5K8, Canada
THE 41ST
ANNUAL GEORGE
STREET FESTIVAL.

Thursday, July 30 – Wednesday, August 5, 2026
Located in the center of historic downtown St. John’s, George Street is one of the premier entertainment districts in North America.

Annual Downtown St. John's Busker Festival
2026-07-31 12:00 - 2026-08-02 21:00 | Downtown Pedestrian Mall, Water Street, St. John's, Canada
July 31 to August 2, 2026!
The Annual Downtown St. John’s Busker Festival is all about bringing performance entertainment to the streets! From July 31 to August 2, 2026, our streets will be alive with national, international, and local talent—including jugglers, magicians, acrobats, comedians, visual artists, and more.
The festival is FREE and runs 12 pm – 9 pm daily. Plus, it’s open to all ages, and we’ll have face painting, balloon twisters, and living art statues for everyone to enjoy.
For more details on the 2026 Busker Festival lineup visit: https://downtownstjohns.com/signature-events/busker-festival/

Reel Downtown - Downtown St. John's FREE Outdoor Movies Every Monday Night in July - Now Extended to Aug 3!
2026-08-03 21:00 - 2026-08-31 23:30 | Downtown Pedestrian Mall, Water Street, St. John's, Canada
Join us downtown and watch the stars under the stars at the Reel Downtown FREE Outdoor Movie series held every Monday night in July (weather permitting). Stay tuned for more details!
July 13 – Skeet
July 20 – Michael Jackson
July 27 – Austin Powers Goldmember Sponsored by MINI St. John’s – POSTPONED TO AUG 3!

Hold Fast 2026
2026-08-12 08:00 - 2026-08-15 17:00 | Eastern Edge Artist-Run Centre, 72 Harbour Drive, St John's, NL, A1C 1B1, Canada
HOLD FAST Festival is a celebration of contemporary performance, interdisciplinary art, and community engagement in St. John’s, Ktaqmkuk/NL.
This year’s festival takes place August 12-15, 2026.
Our core values are:

Facilitating community engagement and meaningful exchange
Increasing public arts literacy
Creating opportunities for artists
Critiquing and subverting structural oppressions & systems of power, with emphasis on:

queer, feminist, and anti-racist perspectives
Newfoundland & Labrador regional identity
and Indigenous resistance to colonialism

HOLD FAST culminates in a Saturday afternoon Art Crawl, a series of performances, installations, and interactive pop-ups staged outdoors and in non-gallery venues across downtown St. John’s. Past programming has included performances, interactive installations, artist talks, workshops, dance, drag, burlesque, film screenings, and free community events for people of all ages.

HOLD FAST respectfully acknowledges that the land we are occupying is the unceded and ancestral homelands of the Beothuk and that Ktaqmkuk, known as the island of Newfoundland, is home to the Mi’kmaq peoples. We would also like to recognize the Inuit of Nunatsiavut and NunatuKavut, and the Innu of Nitassinan as the original peoples of Labrador. We strive to move beyond acknowledgment to active solidarity, by building meaningful relationships in our communities, dismantling structures of white supremacy, and opposing ongoing colonization. We invite our communities to consider their own responsibilities to Indigenous peoples and to the stolen lands where we make our homes.

St. John's Craft Beer Festival August 29 @The Lot on Harbour Drive
2026-08-29 19:00 - 22:00 | The Lot on Harbour Drive
A downtown St. John’s tasting event that gathers breweries from around Newfoundland and Labrador and beyond for an evening of all-inclusive sampling on the harbourfront. Live music and food vendors round out the night, and admission includes a take-home cup. Run by local food-and-drink promoter WAM! Events at The Lot on Harbour, a stone’s throw from Water Street.
