📅 Kingston Events Calendar

Dated events from today forward, in order. We add more with every issue, and we make no claim to catching them all. For the exhaustive listing, our friends at KingstonLive do that job better than anyone.

🎵 FEATURED: One Ground One Sound, a Benefit for Venezuela | The Spire, 82 Sydenham St | July 27

🏊 Loyalist Township Barr Homes Aquatic Centre Opening | W.J. Henderson Community Centre, Amherstview | July 20

🤿 Meet a Scuba Diver, TD Summer Reading Club | Gananoque Public Library, 100 Park St | July 22

🎡 Delta Fair 2026 | Delta Fairgrounds, Delta | July 23 to 26

🏰 Kids Take Over the Museum | Murney Tower Museum | July 23

🩰 OFF SEASON Dance Festival | Hotel Wolfe Island | July 24 to 25

🎨 Kingston Craft & Collectable Show | The Kingston Shrine Club, 3260 Princess St | July 25

🏝️ Howe Island Rockin' the Rock | Howe Island | July 25

🏛️ Historic Places Days 2026 | Kingston area historic sites | to July 25

🌶️ Hobo Steve's Hot Sauce Charity for Almost Home | Mike's Pizza and More, 4423 William St, Sydenham | July 26

🛍️ Princess Street Promenade | Princess Street, Downtown Kingston | August 1

💥 Rad Kids Comic and Art Con | Nexus, Kingston | August 1

🐑 Kingston Sheep Dog Trials Festival | Grass Creek Park | August 7 to 9

🖼️ Women's Art Festival | City Park | August 8

🐐 LIVESTOCK Music & Craft Festival | Second Chance Ranch, Odessa | August 8

🛣 Rideau Canal Lock & Paddle | Rideau Canal | August 15

⚔️ Ironwood Fantasy Fair | The Spire, Kingston | August 15

🎸 Forever Hip | Springer Market Square | August 20 to 22

🍶 Music Festival in Compton Park | Compton Park | August 23

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

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

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

💃 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

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

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

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

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

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

🍳 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

🚤 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

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