Culture Days

Newmarket Culture Days – 'Transcending Cultural Boundaries through Family Connections.' 

Connect. Animate. Celebrate Family Cultural Connections! 

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. 

Call for Activations

Entries Open as of: Wednesday, May 28, 2025, 7:59 am EST

Completed applications must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. on Friday June 30, 2025, EST. for an activation to be considered. Participants are encouraged to apply early as available spots may fill before the deadline closes.

Activities must meet the Culture Days eligibility criteria, including being unique, and free or accepting pay-what-you-can donations. Activities must also increase awareness of the arts and offer the community the opportunity to engage in an art / activation / engagement form. The selection committee will review the proposals and weigh them against these criteria. 

Artists, makers, and professionals/organizations in the cultural industries are invited to submit a proposal for community engaged activations that will take place during the 14th Anniversary 2025 Newmarket Culture Days celebration with the intention of animating the downtown cultural core district – creating a hub for residents to experience culturally curated FREE or pay what you can experiences.

Submissions must focus on the theme of 'Transcending Cultural Boundaries through Family Connections.' 

Explore the meaning of family, transcending boundaries, enhancing cultural identities, and share in a deeper cultural understanding of belonging through arts and culture with a journey to family as the connective medium. 

Culture Days 2025 - September 19 to 21, 2025

Celebrate Culture Days with us, with activities at:

• Old Town Hall (460 Botsford Street)
  
• NewRoads Performing Arts Centre (505 Pickering Crescent)
  
• Newmarket Seniors' Meeting Place (474 Davis Drive)
  
• Elman W. Campbell Museum (134 Main Street South)
  
• Newmarket Public Library (438 Park Avenue)
  

Activities will include workshops, self-guided activities and live presentations. 

Check back here for more news about Newmarket Culture Days 2025 and learn more about Ontario Culture Days

Past Events

Culture Days 2023

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

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

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.