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| Time | Poster | Event | Venue | Cat. | Size | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:30am8:30Until 6:00. |  | 2026 KWF Festival Pass We are delighted to welcome you to Kingston WritersFest 2026, taking place from October 1-4, 2026! At this year's festival you'll find familiar events featuring literary favourites, and new authors…
| Kingston MarriottKingston Marriott285 King St E, Kingston | FestivalFestivalFestival programmes and multi-day events. | SmallSmall | Not listed |
| 10:30am10:30Until 12:00. |  | Beyond the Veil of Things Mercutio is Kate Heartfield's fifth novel. She has won the Aurora Award three times, and been shortlisted for the World Fantasy, Sunburst, Crawford, Locus, and Ottawa Book awards. She lives in Ottawa.…
| Kingston Marriott - Limestone City Ballroom CKingston Marriott - Limestone City Ballroom C285 King St E, Kingston | FestivalFestivalFestival programmes and multi-day events. | BigBig | Not listed |
| 10:30am10:30Until 12:00. |  | Crafting Bridges to the Past Glide into historical fiction by exploring rich literary, archival, and cultural landscapes that bring the past to life on the page. You'll read excerpts from various works, discuss the major thematic…
| Kingston Marriott - Rideau RoomKingston Marriott - Rideau Room285 King St E, Kingston | FestivalFestivalFestival programmes and multi-day events. | RegularRegular | Not listed |
| 10:30am10:30Until 12:00. |  | Writing Workshop in Arabic Jamal is a Syrian-Canadian writer, artist, editor, and human rights advocate. His memoir My Road from Damascus recounted his imprisonment in Syria and was shortlisted for the Hilary Weston Writers'…
| Kingston Marriott - Easton RoomKingston Marriott - Easton Room285 King St E, Kingston | FestivalFestivalFestival programmes and multi-day events. | RegularRegular | Not listed |
| 1:30pm1:30Until 3:00. |  | Odds, Ends, and Exile: Essays in Focus The personal essay possesses an incredible, elastic range, serving as a vital tool to inform, delight, and profoundly change minds. Award-winning writers Richard Kelly Kemick and Jamaluddin Aram…
| Kingston Marriott - Limestone City Ballroom CKingston Marriott - Limestone City Ballroom C285 King St E, Kingston | FestivalFestivalFestival programmes and multi-day events. | BigBig | Not listed |
| 3:30pm3:30Until 5:00. |  | Into (and Out of) the Wild Delve into our complicated relationship with the natural world with acclaimed authors Robert Moor and Andrew Westoll. Moor introduces In Trees, a witty excursion exploring how trees teach us to live…
| Kingston Marriott - Limestone City Ballroom CKingston Marriott - Limestone City Ballroom C285 King St E, Kingston | FestivalFestivalFestival programmes and multi-day events. | BigBig | Not listed |
| 3:30pm3:30Until 5:00. |  | Close Encounters with Poetry Poetry is a medium in which form and meaning are in close encounter-so how do we write poems that make organic connections between structure and subject? Concoct homemade verse forms during a workshop…
| Kingston Marriott - Easton RoomKingston Marriott - Easton Room285 King St E, Kingston | FestivalFestivalFestival programmes and multi-day events. | RegularRegular | Not listed |
| 7:00 pm7:00Until 8:30. |  | Short Story Showcase Three masterful storytellers take the festival stage to show exactly how much narrative power, depth, and precision can be packed into the short story form. This marquee event brings together distinct…
| Kingston Marriott - Limestone City Ballroom CKingston Marriott - Limestone City Ballroom C285 King St E, Kingston | FestivalFestivalFestival programmes and multi-day events. | BigBig | Not listed |
| 7:30 pm7:30 |  | Lyle Lovett and his Small Large Band A singer, composer and actor, Lyle Lovett has broadened the definition of American music in a career that spans 14 albums. Coupled with his gift for storytelling, the Texas-based musician fuses…
| Slush Puppie PlaceSlush Puppie Place1 The Tragically Hip Way, Kingston | MusicMusicLive music: gigs, concerts, open mics. | MajorMajor | Not listed |
| 8:00 pm8:00Until 2:00. |  | Johnson St Live at The Ale House
| The Ale HouseThe Ale House393 Princess St, Kingston | MusicMusicLive music: gigs, concerts, open mics. | SmallSmall | Not listed |
| 8:00 pm8:00 |  | The White Buffalo: Canada 2026 w/ Emmett Jerome All AgesMODO-LIVE x KPP Concerts & Programme PresentThe White Buffalow/ Emmett Jerome October 1, 2026The SpireKingston, ON
| The SpireThe Spire82 Sydenham St., Kingston | MusicMusicLive music: gigs, concerts, open mics. | SmallSmall | Not listed |
| 11:00 pm11:00Until 2:00. | QPA x BRASA Baile Funk Night QPA x BRASA are bringing Baile Funk Night to Kingston! Get ready for a night full of Brazilian funk, dancing, and unreal energy.
| Daft BrewingDaft Brewing768 Princess Street, Kingston, ON K7L 1G3 | MusicMusicLive music: gigs, concerts, open mics. | SmallSmall | Not listed |
Nights run to 5 AM. A 1 AM show is listed under the evening it started.