Spring Into Summer Uptown
Start your Saturday in Uptown Saint John & check out all the activities happening all day during our Spring into Summer Uptown kickoff! Uptown businesses will have a variety of fun featured products, a few patios are open, and some great activities (start times and some qualities are limited. Check our events calendar for details). King Square will be activities, picture-perfect tulips are all along King Street, & so many other things are happening. Find the schedule below.
Spring Into Summer Uptown Kick off happened on May 27th 2023
CHECK OUT WHAT OUR UPTOWN BUSINESSES ARE DOING!
Many Uptown boutiques, shops, restaurants, cafés, businesses, and galleries are celebrating Spring into Summer. Click the link below to see what they are doing!
Spring Into Summer Uptown Kickoff Activities
Uptown Businesses (hours vary)
- Click here to check out our events calendar on our website to see what all the businesses are doing for Spring into Summer Uptown Kick-Off!
- Hours of operation vary. Please check their Facebook pages or website for up-to-date hours. Some qualities & activities are limited depending on the business. Find all submitted events by businesses on our events calendar for May 27th.
King Street Tulips all day long
- Tulips on King Street provide a perfect photo opportunity with vibrant tulips and historic King Street in the background.
Stonehammer Corner of Water and Duke Street, 1pm, 2pm, & 3pm
- Join one of Stonehammer Geopark’s three free tours starting at Water and Duke Street at 1pm, 2pm, and 3pm.
- The Stonehammer Uptown SJ Geo-Heritage Walk is a 45-minute to 1-hour stroll through historic Uptown Saint John. Learn about our city’s history, dating back 13,000 years, and the billion-year-old geology that shaped the first Geopark in North America.
Uptown Box Art Celebration King’s Square 2pm to 4pm
- Live painting, live music, live chalk art throughout King’s Square from 2pm to 4pm
- 2:10pm – 2:20pm – Elijah Arbeau, Piano Performance
- 2:20pm – 2:30pm – Angelina Sparks, Highland Dance Performance
- 2:30pm – 2:50pm – Rothesay Ballet, Ballet Dance Performance
- 3:00pm – 3:30pm – InterAction School, Music Performance
- 3:30pm – 4:00pm – Rothesay High School, Music Performance
Picture Perfect Tulip Photo Opportunity
Tulips on King – Uptown Saint John has brought 11,000+ tulips to King Street each year for over a decade in partnership with the City of Saint John. You can see them in bloom from late May to early June.
Uptown Box Art – Celebration
Join us on May 27 at King Square to celebrate the unveiling of four traffic boxes transformed with customized designs by local artists. Enjoy music, dancing, chalk art, and live painting. An Uptown Saint John Place-Making initiative.
