Join us for our opening ceremony at Town Hall on Friday, October 11th. There will be a meet and greet and a good chance to pick up you festival material! From 7PM onwards there will be a Ghost Tour and Pub crawl.

Saturday’s events:

Cacophony on King at 11AM

The parade will consist of a brass band, a display of steampunk inspired sculpture, circus performers and dancers. Most of the parade will be foot traffic, and audience members who are in costume are encouraged to join in!

The Mad Professor’s Playground 12PM – 6PM

The parade will end at Town Hall where there will be vendors, entertainment and workshops available for kids and adults (face painting, costume making, etc). There will also be a scavenger hunt that will take participants throughout the town.

Steam on the River 7PM – 9PM

Sail down the river with Gananoque Boat Line on this dress ball cruise! DJ entertainment on board will be providing some Steampunk inspired electro swing.

Date :
Friday, October 11-12, 2019

Event location :
Gananoque, ON

Fresh locally grown produce, meats, baked goods, cut flowers and more! Meet your farmers and neighbours, enjoy a picnic supper in the park and live music from the bandstand. Our market is proud to offer only locally produced goods, for sale by the hands that made/grew them!

The Gananoque Farmers’ Market operates with the goal of promoting local market growers and providing access to fresh local produce & local goods. The market is run by volunteers and the involvement of members to help contribute to the success of the market. The market is managed by a Market Coordinator and a volunteer board (known as the Board) composed of at least two vendors. Market Schedule The Market operates from the first Thursday in June through until the second Thursday in October, weekly from 4 p.m until 7 p.m. The market location is at the Gananoque Town Hall Park.

Thursdays from 4 to 7 pm

June 7th to October 4th

Date :
Thursday, October 3, 2019

Event location :
Town Hall Park, 30 King Street East

Contact :
Website: http://www.gananoquefarmersmarket.ca/

Sexy Chair Dance is an 8 week progressive chair dance series. Using the chair as a prop, students will learn sexy chair dance choreography as part of a group. Choreography and class training will incorporate various genres of dance music including jazz, hip-hop and Latin inspiration.

Level: No experience required!

Instructor: Cortney Clark

Time: 8 Week Series starting Wednesday October 2ed at 7:30pm

Cost: $160. (Early Bird Rate of $135 up until September 27th)

Registration: Register with credit card directly through the ticket link. Contact us directly if you would like to pay in cash or e-transfer.

Date :
Wednesday, October 2, 2019 from 7:30 to 8:30pm

Event location :
Sensual Serenity,

Gananoque, Canada

Inspired by the local refugee resettlement program, a small town organizes a Learn-to-Curl class to welcome newcomers. But when its organizer slips on the ice and breaks her hip, the rink’s ice maker and former champion curler Stuart MacPhail is forced to step in as head coach.

Trouble is, Stuart has some strong opinions about immigrants… What follows is an inspiring and hilarious story of a group of would-be athletes who face off against local prejudice and claim their identity as “new Canadians”. Both laugh-out-loud funny and quietly moving, “The New Canadian Curling Club” is a new comedy about burning rocks, bonspiel beers, and becoming a team. The New Canadian Curling Club A Hit Comedy That Hurries Hard Written by Mark Crawford In co-production with Western Canada Theatre

Date :
October 1-20, 2019

Event location :
Thousand Islands Playhouse
185 South Street,
Gananoque, Ontario K7G 1A1

Contact :

Website: http://www.1000islandsplayhouse.com/the-new-canadian-curling-club

ART BOMB Festival will transform our community into an open air gallery for one day inviting the community to engage and experience the Arts in all forms. This one day event will take place in all around this community .. from the waterfront to the downtown in participating galleries, restaurants and shops, as well public spaces. September 29th noon – 8 pm

Featured events : 

Wall of Courage – Heather Haynes Gallery Pedestrian Bridge
Arts & Crafts Collective – silkscreen printing & pottery  workshop
Otis Tamasauskas & Cathy Mckennitt – Printmaking
Donald Liardi – Installation of Sculptures
Su Halle & Ray Vincent – Groovy Interactive
Plein Air Group – Around town
Houssam Alloum – Interactive painting
Bring YOUR Art Gallery – Town Park
Ukulele Group, Centre Stage Music , Canjo Workshop
Gananoque Secondary School Band
Thousand Islands Boat Museum paddle painting

Date :
Sunday, September 29, 2019 from 12 to 8pm

Event location :
All around Town and Waterfront

Contact :
E-mail: pam@crackercrumbsstudios.ca

Fun filled day of games for kids, entertainment, vendors and a fabulous display of pumpkins. Annual Celebration for fall. Lots of fun and games for the children of all ages.

Donations to the local Food Bank gratefully accepted.

Date :
Saturday, September 28, 2019 from 9am to 4pm

Event location :
Town Hall Park, Gananoque ON

Contact :
Gananoque Lions Club

From the iconic songbook of Johnny Cash comes a powerful musical about love, success, faith, and redemption. Performed by a multi-talented cast, this foot-stompin’ salute to a music legend features more than two dozen classic hits, including “I Walk the Line” and “Folsom Prison Blues” that paint a stirring portrait of The Man in Black.

RING OF FIRE: THE MUSIC OF JOHNNY CASH
A Musical Celebration of the Man in Black
Written by Richard Maltby Jr & William Meade

Date :
Saturday, September 21, 2019

Event location :
Springer Theatre, Gananoque, ON

Contact :
Website: http://www.1000islandsplayhouse.com/ring-of-fire/

A Candid Look at Consent
Written by Ellie Moon

A searing documentary play that looks at sex, gender, and how consent is understood personally and politically in the wake of the Ghomeshi scandal. Featuring candid interviews with people of all ages and backgrounds, this hard-hitting show took Toronto by storm during its 2017 premiere.

Date :
September 13-29, 2019

Event location :
185 South Street, Gananoque, Ontario K7G 1A1

Contact :
Phone contact: 613-382-7020 E-mail: boxoffice@1000islandsplayhouse.com

Join Wendy’s for a Pig Roast, Music, Vendors and Farm to Table Lunch.

Visit an historic school house built in the late 1800s, now lovingly resurrected as an old-fashioned country market filled with food from a 100 mile radius. ​Wendy’s Country Market is your hub for local food in the Kingston, Brockville, Gananoque, and Rideau Lakes area of eastern Ontario. Locavores stop here. ​

​Open year-round, we offer organic and locally-grown, seasonal produce from over 70 local farmers and artisans: vegetables and fruit; meats, poultry, and fish; dairy, eggs and cheese; a range of prepared foods made with local ingredients; grocery items (including gluten-free); and lots of plants.

Date :
Sunday, September 1, 2019 from 11am to 3pm

Event location :
Wendy’s Country Market –

408 Fortune Line Road, Lyndhurst, ON

Contact :
E-mail: wendy@wendyscountrymarket.com

Website: http://www.wendyscountrymarket.com/

Based on the award-winning memoir by Globe and Mail journalist Ian Brown, The Boy in the Moon illuminates the journey of a couple raising a child with disabilities caused by a rare genetic disorder. A profoundly striking, funny, and deeply moving story for anyone who has been a parent or caregiver.

The Boy in the Moon
A Father’s Search for his Disabled Son
By Emil Sher. Based on the book by Ian Brown.
A Crow’s Theatre Production

Date :
Sunday, September 1, 2019

Event location :
Firehall Theatre, Gananoque, ON

Contact :
Phone contact: 613-382-7020 Email: boxoffice@1000islandsplayhouse.com

Website: http://www.1000islandsplayhouse.com/