📅 Kingston Events Calendar

🎞️ To Labour, with Love Film Screening and Mixer | Broom Factory, 305 Rideau St | August 27 🔦 Read our story

🔭 Curious Minds Kingston: See the Universe like a Scientist | Fine Balance Brewing | August 27 🔦 Read our story

🎬 Movies in the Square Returns for Season 19 | Springer Market Square | through August 27

🎨 Tett Centre Adult Arts Retreat | Tett Centre for Creativity & Learning | August 24 to 28

📜 Kingston Heritage Fund Seeks Grant Jurors | Expression of interest closes August 28

💚 Kingston Canal Pursuit for Mental Health | Confederation Park | August 29 🔦 Read our story

🍋 Mending Hearts with Declyn Lemonade Stand | 1018 Old Colony Rd | August 29 🔦 Read our story

🗑️ Second Household Hazardous Waste Drop-Off Event | Public Works Sand and Salt Dome, 1307 Innovation Dr | August 29 🔦 Read our story

🏊 PA Day Recreation Programming | City community centres | September 1

🎟️ Raffle in Support of SFCSC, prizes from Revell Ford | Southern Frontenac Community Services, 4295 Stagecoach Road, Sydenham | September 1 🔦 Read our story

🚗 12th Annual Limestone City Car Classic | Kingston Memorial Centre Fairgrounds, 303 York St | September 5

🐱 Groovy Cats Art Colouring Book Fundraiser for Napanee Kitten Rescue | Napanee | through September 8

⛳ Almost Home Annual Charity Golf Tournament | Rivendell Golf Club, Verona | September 11

🛝 Jumpstart Inclusive Playground Grand Opening | Shannon Park | September 12

🚗 RoadTrip Music Festival | Princess Street & Springer Market Square | September 12

🐾 Big Paws in the Basin | Confederation Park | September 12

🎭 Boodle Theatre Company presents Cymbeline | St. Mark's Lutheran Church, 263 Victoria St, Kingston | September 10 to 12

🎉 Party on the Pier | Great Lakes Museum, Kingston | September 13

🎓 University District Safety Initiative | University District | August 28 to September 13

🗣️ The Reemergence of Lifespan Care Values: A Public Talk by Kerry Smith | Portsmouth Olympic Harbour | September 15

💼 Celebrating Women in Business, Greater Kingston Chamber of Commerce | September 17

🎻 The Celtic Kitchen Party: Halfway to St. Patrick's Day | The Spire, 82 Sydenham St, Kingston | September 17

🛡️ Fraud Awareness Presentation | North Crosby Hall, Westport | September 18

⛳ Norm's Golf & Social charity tournament | Norm's Golf & Social, 616 Gardiners Rd, Kingston | September 18

🎗️ Walk for Awareness, Breast Cancer Action Kingston's 32nd Annual | Lake Ontario Park, Kingston | September 19

🌍 Intercultural Arts Festival | Confederation Park, Kingston | September 20

🎶 ensemble132 opens The Isabel's season | Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, Kingston | September 20

✏️ Sketch Canada, First National Urban Sketchers Event | Kingston, venue TBD | September 18 to 20

🎪 Europa Super Circus | RioCan Centre | September 18 to 21

🍂 Fall Forest School at Cataraqui Conservation | Cataraqui Conservation | September 22

🎤 Hannibal Buress | The Spire, 82 Sydenham St, Kingston | September 23

🎨 Art After Dark | Downtown Kingston | September 25

🎷 The Jazz Room: A Journey to the Heart of New Orleans | The Spire, 82 Sydenham St, Kingston | September 25

✈️ Wheels on the Runway | YGK Airport, 1114 Len Birchall Way | September 26

🎸 Guitars 'n Cars returns to downtown Napanee | Downtown Napanee | September 26

🚗 QMC Kingston Car Show presented by Wraptors Kingston | Springer Market Square, Kingston | September 27

🏃 Fitness Frenzy | Various City recreation facilities | September 21 to 27

🎭 Missing, an opera in English and Gitksan | Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, Kingston | September 29

🧡 National Day for Truth and Reconciliation | Confederation Park, Kingston | September 30

📖 Sculpted by Storms: Michelle Good in conversation with Shelagh Rogers | The Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, Kingston | September 30

📚 Kingston Writersfest | Downtown Kingston | October

🎸 Lyle Lovett and His Large Band | Slush Puppie Place | October 1

🎸 MODO-LIVE, KPP and Programme present The White Buffalo | The Spire, 82 Sydenham St, Kingston | October 1

🎻 The Festival of Small Halls: Ashley MacIsaac | The Spire, 82 Sydenham St, Kingston | October 2

🌕 Harvest Moon Celebration with David R. Maracle | The Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, Kingston | October 2

🚶 Willem Sagriff's 100-Kilometre Challenge for the NICU | Point Municipal Park, Sydenham | October 3

🎃 Forman Farms Pumpkin Smashing and Corn Maze | Forman Farms, 4040 Brewer's Mills Rd, Seeley's Bay | September 26 to October 4

🎸 Bahamas: Industrial Sport and Sound Tour | The Spire, 82 Sydenham St, Kingston | October 6

🏃 9RUNRUN: Run the Pen | Lake Ontario Park | October 10

🎭 Peter Pan by DuffleBag Theatre | The Spire, 82 Sydenham St, Kingston | October 10

🎶 The Weather Station | The Spire, 82 Sydenham St, Kingston | October 24

🕯️ Candlelight: The Best of Hans Zimmer | The Spire, 82 Sydenham St, Kingston | October 30

🕯️ Candlelight: Queen vs. ABBA | The Spire, 82 Sydenham St, Kingston | October 30

🎭 Innocence Lost: A Play About Steven Truscott | Kingston Grand Theatre, 218 Princess St | October 15 to 31

🎻 Orchestra Kingston opens its 2026/27 season | The Spire, 82 Sydenham St, Kingston | November 1

🎤 Jeff Leeson: Only Gonna Say This Once Comedy Tour | The Spire, 82 Sydenham St, Kingston | November 13

🎸 Dan Mangan | The Spire, 82 Sydenham St, Kingston | November 16

🪶 Miigis: Underwater Panther, a Red Sky Performance production | Kingston Grand Theatre, 218 Princess St | November 17

🎸 Basia Bulat Solo Tour | The Spire, 82 Sydenham St, Kingston | November 19

🎷 The Jazz Room: A Journey to the Heart of New Orleans | The Spire, 82 Sydenham St, Kingston | December 10

🥌 Grand Slam of Curling Players Cup | Slush Puppie Place | December 15 to 20

🎸 Ash Grunwald | The Spire, 82 Sydenham St, Kingston | February 12

🎩 Dogs Do Magic | Kingston Grand Theatre, Rosen Auditorium, 218 Princess St | March 12

Things that repeat, sorted by the day they run, so you can find something for whatever day you have free. Most of it costs nothing.

🗨️ Café Franglish | Sydenham St. Commons | to Aug 28

🎨 Craft and Create | KFPL Central Branch

🗣️ English Conversation Circle | KFPL Calvin Park Branch

🌐 Newcomer English Circle | KFPL Calvin Park Branch

🧓 Older Adults Day with KFPL and KCHC | Kingston Community Health Centres, Homestead Room

💃 Salsa in the Square | Springer Market Square | to Aug 25

🪑 Chair Fitness | Sydenham St. Commons | to Aug 28

🤟 ASL Workshop | Sydenham St. Commons | to Aug 28

🧶 Crochet and Knit Circle with YarnGK | KFPL Central Branch

🎲 Games in the Square | Springer Market Square | to Aug 26

🤫 Silent Reading | Sydenham St. Commons | to Aug 28

📖 Cafe Franglish with ACFOMI | KFPL Calvin Park Branch and Centre culturel Frontenac

🚶 Walking Wednesdays | Kingston Community Health Centres, Weller Site

📖 Stories in the Square with KFPL | Springer Market Square Amphitheatre | to Aug 27

🧶 BYOC (Bring Your Own Craft) | Sydenham St. Commons | to Aug 28

🎥 Movies in the Square | Springer Market Square | Thursdays at dusk, to Aug 27

☕ Talking Cafe | Kingston Community Health Centres, Weller Site

🐧 The Penguins Senior Social Group | Kingston Community Health Centres, Weller Site

🇪🇸 Spanish Conversation Sessions | Sydenham St. Commons | to Aug 28

🏛️ Free Fridays at the Museum of Lennox & Addington | Napanee | Fridays to August 21

😊 Feel Good Fridays | Rideau Heights Community Centre

🍳 Chef Demos | Springer Market Square Amphitheatre | Most Saturdays, to Aug 29

🪁 Screen Free Saturdays | Sydenham St. Commons | to Aug 29

🧘 Yoga in the Park | Battery Park | to Aug 30

🎶 Live 365 Summer Music Series | Springer Market Square & Confederation Park | Wed, Fri & Sat, to Aug 29

🔬 Exploration Days | Babcock Mill (Odessa) & Bath Museum | Thursdays & Fridays, to Aug 21

🌳 Neighbourhood Parks Program | Five Kingston parks | Weekdays, to Aug 28

🧍 Free Otago Exercise Program, Falls Prevention for Older Adults | Six rural sites | various weekdays, starts September

💻 Technology Tutors | KFPL Calvin Park and Isabel Turner branches | Most days, by appointment

⚽ Youth Soccer League | Kingston Community Health Centres, Weller Site | Tuesdays and Thursdays

💃 Free Zumba in the Park | Breakwater Park | Tuesdays and Thursdays, to August 27

🐝 HIVE | Kingston Community Health Centres, Weller Site | Wednesdays and Saturdays

🚤 Rideau Canal Free Lockage | Rideau Canal | Season open, through Sept 7

🚢 S.S. Keewatin Tours | Great Lakes Museum | Season open

🐟 Aquaculture: Farming the Waters | Great Lakes Museum | to October 18

🎵 Music From Miles Around | Market Wing Cultural Space, City Hall | Free, to June 2027

📷 Cataraqui Trail Photo Contest | Cataraqui Trail | to Oct 30

🦥 The Frontenac Challenge (Turtles Theme) | Frontenac Provincial Park | September 1 to October 31

Farmers' markets, makers' markets and the rest, by the day they run.

🥕 Kingston Public Market | Springer Market Square, downtown

🏊 Gananoque Farmers' Market | Town Hall Square, 30 King St E

🛍️ Summer Mini Market Series | Sydenham St. Commons | Select Saturdays, to Sept 12

🥬 Memorial Centre Farmers' Market | 303 York St

🛠️ Makers at the Mill | Babcock Mill, Odessa | through Oct 18

🪪 Katarokwi Indigenous Market | Springer Market Square | Monthly Sundays, June to Sept

🌱 Really Really Free Veggie Market (Mutual Aid Gardens) | rotating locations | Sundays: Aug 9 (Firelane, 106-140 Compton St), Aug 30 (52 Bayswater St), Sept 20 (Coffeeway, Division/Concession), Oct 11 (Firelane, 106-140 Compton St)