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Kingston City Hall under a clear blue sky

Kingston City Hall. Photo: Mark (Flickr), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Oct. 22–28, 2026

Sunny, Spooky & Civic: Your Kingston Week

Morning, Kingston! Clear skies all week, Halloween fun is popping up all over town, and on Monday we pick our next council. Grab a coffee, here's your week.

The forecast

Dry all week. Crisp mornings near zero Thursday and Friday, highs of 10 to 13°C through the weekend, and a mild 15°C on Voting Day before Tuesday cools to 8°C.

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Monday is Voting Day

Polls are open Monday, Oct. 26, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Online voting closes at 8 p.m. the same day. Kingston Transit and Access Bus are free for voters: just show your Voter Information Letter. Find your voting place

Weekend picks

Poster for Innocence Lost: A Play About Steven Truscott

Theatre

Innocence Lost: A Play About Steven Truscott

Thu & Fri 7:30 p.m. · Sat 2 & 7:30 p.m. · Domino Theatre · $10–20

A gripping true story on the Domino Theatre stage.

Details
Lock & Kee: A Halloween Event at the Great Lakes Museum

Halloween

Lock & Kee: A Halloween Event

Saturday, 5 p.m. · Great Lakes Museum · $32

Spooky season at the Great Lakes Museum.

Details
Poster for The Great Vampire Escape at the Museum of Health Care

Museums

The Great Vampire Escape

Sunday, 3 p.m. · Museum of Health Care · $8

Sink your teeth into this one.

Details
Costumed performers at Fort Fright, Fort Henry

After dark

Fort Fright

Through Oct. 31 · Fort Henry

Fort Henry after dark.

Dates and tickets
An artist-designed guitar sculpture on a downtown Kingston street

Public art

Play Me Kingston

Downtown · until Nov. 1

Last chance to find all 11 artist-designed guitar sculptures before they come down.

Map

The full week

Thursday, Oct. 22

Paint with Wool: needle-felted landscape workshop, Tett Centre, 6 p.m. Eventbrite

It's a Good Life If You Don't Weaken opens at the Grand's Rosen Auditorium, on until Nov. 8. Tickets

Boiler Room at Trinity Social, 10 p.m. Eventbrite

Friday, Oct. 23

Quick & Cute Scrapbook and Card Class, Tett Centre, 6 p.m. $36. Details

Fallout Cabaret Show (19+), Legion Branch 560, 7 p.m. Eventbrite

Saturday, Oct. 24

Holiday Craft & Bake Sale, 9 a.m. Free. Details

Kingston and Eastern Ontario Stamp Festival, Crossroads United Church, 10 a.m. Free. Details

Halloween Skate Date, Mitchell Hall, 7 p.m. Eventbrite

Next Stop Comedy at LaVida Bistrobar, 8 p.m. Eventbrite

Sunday, Oct. 25

Last day for The Year of Magical Thinking at the Grand's Baby Grand. Tickets

Wednesday, Oct. 28

Nerd Night, Legion, 560 Montreal St., 6 p.m. Free. Details

Kingston news in 60 seconds

Candidates speak out about "dirty politics" in the municipal campaign. Kingstonist

The Police Board chair is pushing for body-worn cameras. Kingstonist

United Way KFL&A needs coats for its winter coat drive. Kingstonist

Crate diggers, rejoice: the Kingston Symphony Volunteers' fall vinyl sale is coming. Kingstonist

Stone Mills won't learn the Alto high-speed rail route until 2027. Kingstonist

Coming up

Downtown Kingston Halloween Hunt

Saturday, Oct. 31, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Spot hidden Halloween objects in local shops and win prizes.

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See you next Thursday, Kingston.

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