What's On in Gardiners Road

Sat Sep 12 · 10:00 AM · Downtown Kingston BIA

Coming this September RoadTrip Music Festival invites festival-goers to experience an unforgettable one-day celebration

Thu Sep 24 · 11:00 AM · Poutine Feast Ontario

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Fri Sep 25 · 11:00 AM · Poutine Feast Ontario

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Sat Sep 26 · 11:00 AM · Poutine Feast Ontario

Poutine Feast VIP Experience Take your festival day to the next level with our VIP Packages. Enjoy exclusive swag, your

Sun Sep 27 · 11:00 AM · Poutine Feast Ontario

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Thu Oct 1 · 8:30 AM · Kingston WritersFest

Meet two premier voices in Canadian dark fantasy fiction. Three-time Aurora Award-winner Kate Heartfield brings her 13th

Thu Oct 1 · 8:30 AM · Kingston WritersFest

Writing doesn’t have to be a solitary act. In this interactive workshop, writers – fiction, non-fiction, memoir –– will

Thu Oct 1 · 10:30 AM · Kingston WritersFest

Jamal is a Syrian-Canadian writer, artist, editor, and human rights advocate. His memoir My Road from Damascus recounted

Thu Oct 1 · 10:30 AM · Kingston WritersFest

Sophia Hannan and Rebecca Hirsch Garcia take to the stage with two remarkable fantasy novels. Hannan’s We Were Never Her

Thu Oct 1 · 10:30 AM · Kingston WritersFest

Glide into historical fiction by exploring rich literary, archival, and cultural landscapes that bring the past to life

Thu Oct 1 · 1:30 PM · Kingston WritersFest

The personal essay possesses an incredible, elastic range, serving as a vital tool to inform, delight, and profoundly ch

Thu Oct 1 · 1:30 PM · Kingston WritersFest

No matter the genre, every writer can benefit from incorporating humor. Whether to relieve tension, refine a character,

Thu Oct 1 · 3:30 PM · Kingston WritersFest

Poetry is a medium in which form and meaning are in close encounter—so how do we write poems that make organic connectio

Thu Oct 1 · 3:30 PM · Kingston WritersFest

Delve into our complicated relationship with the natural world with acclaimed authors Robert Moor and Andrew Westoll. Mo

Thu Oct 1 · 7:00 PM · Kingston WritersFest

Three masterful storytellers take the festival stage to show exactly how much narrative power, depth, and precision can

Fri Oct 2 · 8:30 AM · Kingston WritersFest

For aspiring Canadian screen or TV writers, Hollywood is the north star. Getting there is a combination of hard work, ta

Fri Oct 2 · 8:30 AM · Kingston WritersFest

New to the festival for 2026, this Advanced Fiction Workshop is a limited-enrollment, full-day intensive session for ser

Fri Oct 2 · 10:30 AM · Kingston WritersFest

Physical objects can hold great emotional power. Each participant in this workshop will bring an item of emotional signi

Fri Oct 2 · 10:30 AM · Kingston WritersFest

What happened to the sports we used to love? And the way we used to love them? Giller Prize-nominee David Macfarlane exp

Fri Oct 2 · 1:30 PM · Kingston WritersFest

Each of the three countries that occupy the place we call North America are uniquely different cultures with their own i

Fri Oct 2 · 1:30 PM · Kingston WritersFest

Writing yourself in a memoir or personal essay is a daunting challenge. Through a mixture of lecture, discussion, and ge

Fri Oct 2 · 1:30 PM · Kingston WritersFest

Join acclaimed author Camilla Gibb and former Kingston Poet Laureate Jason Heroux as they discuss their new collections.

Fri Oct 2 · 3:30 PM · Kingston WritersFest

Whether a half-hour comedy, one-hour drama, or a two-hour feature film, all narratives adhere to the rules of dramatic s

Fri Oct 2 · 3:30 PM · Kingston WritersFest

Experience a powerful evening of storytelling with award-winning authors Tara Gereaux and Wayne Johnston, author of The

Fri Oct 2 · 7:00 PM · Kingston WritersFest

How do the stories we inherit shape who we become? Kingston WritersFest is thrilled to present, a special evening with l

Sat Oct 3 · 8:30 AM · Kingston WritersFest

Plotting a novel is an art which can be mastered. From a compelling beginning to a satisfying conclusion, the goal is al

Sat Oct 3 · 8:30 AM · Kingston WritersFest

Authors Dan Werb and Nadja Lubiw-Hazard explore the complex connections between humans and the animal kingdom. Werb, a H

Sat Oct 3 · 10:30 AM · Kingston WritersFest

A hands-on 90-minute workshop on creating collage-incorporating text. Participants will experiment with found poetry, bl

Sat Oct 3 · 10:30 AM · Kingston WritersFest

Glenn Dixon and Mark Medley take to the stage to explore profound human connections in, The Infinite Sadness of Small Ap

Sat Oct 3 · 1:30 PM · Kingston WritersFest

How can we rebuild trust in an era of record-low media credibility? Award-winning journalist and author Tara Henley addr