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▪️ Help make a difference in the fight against blood cancers by attending by Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada. There’s entertainment indoors and a walk outside with lanterns.
▪️ For a distinctly non-Halloween activity, check out the Vernissage of Dominique Normand: EXODUS at Wall Space Gallery.
▪️ Road Trips: Perth’s Pumpkin Spice & Everything Nice Vendor Market and Craft Sale is so big it requires two venues
▪️ Find the candy of your dreams at Downtown Brockville’s King Street Trick or Treat Halloween Town @ The Prescott Pop-Ups, which promises a haunted house, a costume parade, and games.
▪️ The long-running Samhain Halloween Psychic & Craft Fair returns to Bronson Centre with ‘earth-based spiritual, Pagan, and Indigenous Ottawa Psychic & Craft Artisan Community vendors’. The show is raising funds for Marshall’s dog Rescue and No Surrender Ottawa.
▪️ Ottawa Writers Festival continues.
▪️Dogs are welcome at the Halloween Howl Market at Shenkman Centre for the Arts.
▪️ Visit more than 30 bean-to-bar makers from across the country at The Ottawa Chocolate Show.
▪️ Bring a non-perishable food donation for Ottawa Food Bank’s Baby Basics Program to Trick or Treat with the Mayor.
▪️ Dominion City Brewing’s annual Monster Bash is fun for the entire family.
▪️ It’s your final chance to visit Westboro Farmers’ Market and Main Street Farmers’ Market until next Spring.
▪️ There’s a Halloween Heist happening at Boilings Estate. Will your kids find the candy?
▪️ Road Trip (to the outskirts of Ottawa): The Herb Garden Fall Market takes over the gorgeous venue for a day of shopping and all things pumpkin.
▪️ Kids 10 and under will enjoy the maze, skeleton craft, and of course candy at Cumberland Heritage Village Museum’s Halloween Hijinks.
▪️ Ottawa Mystic Market brings the Halloween vibe with psychics, Tarot Card readers, taxidermy, and some terrific vintage shopping.
🆓 Visit 21 active artists at the 32nd annual Enriched Bread Artist Open Studio. Today and tomorrow.
🆓 Road Trip: The streets of Arnprior will be crowded with costumed people of all ages at the 3rd annual Witch Walk. It’s a town-wide scavenger hunt among the town’s businesses, and there will be lots of candy. Donations for the Arnprior Food Bank gratefully accepted and it’s best to register in advance.
🆓 Have a blast with Sing a Sea Shanty at the Beyond the Pale Halloween Party.
▪️ Check out the Under Construction by Kate Cole book signing at the Spaniel’s Tale.
▪️ The Urban Art Collective Halloween Night Market from 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm promises vendors, a Tarot Card reader, and a costume photo booth - so dress up!
▪️ Explore the technique of lacto-fermentation at the Ottawa Farm Fresh workshop from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm. You can choose to create your own ferment or just observe.
▪️ Have a spooky good time at Spaniel’s Tale Halloween Party.
▪️ ByTowne Cinema: Spooky Afternoon Classics: The Invisible Man (1933) Conclave, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre - 50th Anniversary 4K Restoration
▪️ Mayfair Theatre: The Apprentice, The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Gigs
▪️ The Barrow Gang. The Carleton Tavern
▪️ Alex Thomkins Trio. Montgomery Scotch Lounge
▪️ The Electric Company. Rainbow Bistro
▪️ DJ Phuzz and DJ Miami. House of TARG
▪️ Disco Inferno. Overflow Brewing
▪️ Atlantis Jazz Ensemble. Irene’s Pub
▪️ Jeff Merlas. Red Bird