- Markets: Three weekly markets Wattrelos punctuate the week:
- The market Beaulieu, Beaulieu esplanade: Wednesday afternoon.
- The Market Centre, car park Basanos: Thursday morning.
- The market Mousserie Street Chopin: Friday morning.
- The market Ploughman, Republic Square: Sunday morning (one of the largest markets of Lille).
- Carnival in April.
- Carnival and its giants, Wattrelos Jeanne, Thomas Ferrand of Portugal and Savoy. This is one of the most important carnival processions of the region. Many associations wattrelosiennes participate and many folk groups from the twin cities and elsewhere.
- Information: service animation and community life (SAVA) - 3rd floor of City Hall - March 20 81 64 84.
- The Children's Festival of Art: in May-June
- A large festival shows for children (storytelling, dance, theater, concerts, etc..) Not held in connection with the City Education is held every year since 1995 in May-June: The Childhood of Art .
- A month of performances for school children, but also for families, because of all public sessions of the shows are proposed in the early evening to voluntarily lower prices (free for children under 18, 2 euros for adults) .
- Berlouffes: every second Sunday of September.
- Berlouffes's Day is perhaps the largest antique fair in France, in a category quite different from the sell of Lille, professionals are prohibited from sidewalk. 16 km of sidewalks and are occupied by individuals who have emptied their attics. Each year, hundreds of thousands of bargain hunters, sometimes from far away, wandering the streets in search of rare objects, useful, decorative, fun ... The party is complemented by animations such as spray foam dolls from the balcony of the church in late afternoon, followed by burning the dummy Berlouffe in public.
- Information: service animation and community life (SAVA) - 3rd floor of City Hall - March 20 81 64 84.
- The Feast of lighters: The first Saturday in October.
- The children wait impatiently in neighborhoods that appointment. In the darkness of nightfall, they parade with their lanterns, for joy and receive treats.
- Information: service animation and community life (SAVA) - 3rd floor of City Hall - March 20 81 64 84.
- Trade Show: The weekend of All Saints.
- Traders and artisans Wattrelos and elsewhere find themselves in the room Salengro each year to expose their products and especially their expertise. This is a time for professionals who go to meet the public always to establish many good contacts.
- Information: Service of economic action - 4th Floor of City Hall - March 20 81 66 48.
- Christmas Market: From mid-December.
- Fairy lights, colors, scents and music, the Christmas market settles with its wooden chalets and entertainment in the heat of the room Salengro (downtown). The Christmas market is indicative of the commercial dynamism of trade and commercial wattrelosiens.
- Information: service animation and community life (SAVA) - 3rd floor of City Hall - March 20 81 64 84.