Festival of Small Halls: Pokey LaFarge
The same Pokey LaFarge run that plays Norwood on the Sunday stops first at Wesley Hall in the New Canadians Centre on Romaine Street — American roots and ragtime in a hall the festival has folded into its eastern Ontario circuit.
This one has passed. It was on Sat, Oct 17. Everything still coming up in Peterborough is on its town page, and the whole corridor is on the calendar.
Also coming up in Peterborough
- Wed, Oct 21 – Fri, Oct 23 · 7pm Eerie Ashburnham Ghost Walk: East Side Stories
Trent Valley Archives walks the east side after dark, from the haunted history of the Lift Lock to the Peterborough Theatre Guild's resident ghost and the sightings at the old St. Joseph's Hospital. Meet in the museum parking lot 5 to 10 minutes early. The route climbs Armour Hill and runs rain or shine. $20 on Eventbrite.
- Sat, Oct 24 · Trick-or-treating 4–6pm; Goosebumps screening 6:30pm Halloween in the Booro
The downtown business association's Halloween afternoon. Kids trick-or-treat at shops downtown and in East City, with a costume contest and photo booth at Peterborough Square, then a free outdoor screening of Goosebumps in the square. Bring a lawn chair; the film is off if it rains.
- Wed, Oct 28 – Thu, Oct 29 · 7pm Downtown Ghost Walk
A Halloween tradition since 2003. Costumed Trent Valley Archives guides lead a lantern-lit tour of downtown Peterborough's most haunted buildings, starting in front of the cenotaph (come 5 to 10 minutes early). Some of the stories are hard going. Rain or shine, $20 on Eventbrite.
- Sat, Nov 7 · 7pm–10pm (doors 6pm) Paddling Film Festival at the Canadian Canoe Museum
An evening of paddling films picked by museum staff from the touring festival's selection, now in its twentieth year. Tickets are $27.50 and include a raffle ticket; beer and wine are on sale.