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October 23rd, 2023: What’s Happening in Your Neighbourhood?

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Fruit eyeball martini? Poisoned apple cocktail? Crispy critter salad? Be deliciously haunted by a devilish dinner with chef Terry Salmond at The Yeti this Friday!  This will be a spook-tacular dinner in a cozy café that will be all decked out for Halloween.  Click the link below for tickets!

Dinner for People Tickets, Fri, 27 Oct 2023 at 6:00 PM | Eventbrite

 

Get ready to groove to the sickest beats, flaunt your coolest costumes and relive the 90’s in style at a Halloween bash like no other.  This Friday at the Ken Seiling Museum, bring out the nostalgia over live music, food, drinks, photo booth, candy buffet and costume contest!

To Hell with the 90’s Tickets, Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 8:00 PM | Eventbrite

 

It’s that time of year where everyone loves hearing scary stories. Take a trip through the real history of the House of Industry and Refuge and explore some of the more unsettling stories of inmates and staff that called the place home. Click below to find out more about the scary cemetery tours happening this weekend.

Cemetery Tours | Wellington County Museum and Archives, 0536 Wellington County Rd 18, Fergus | To Do Canada

 

Tis the season for a little hocus pocus! Sip and shop witchy cocktails/mocktails at this 2-night magical spooky market featuring over 40 mystical vendors.  Admission is free! Check out the link below for more details.

Wicked Witches Halloween Weekend Market | Victoria Park East Golf, 1096 Victoria Rd South, Guelph | To Do Canada

 

Click here – Activity search | Active Kitchener (activecommunities.com) –  to see what’s happening at Stanley Park Community Centre

Click here – Activity search | Active Kitchener (activecommunities.com) – to see what’s happening at Victoria Hills Community Centre

Click here – Williamsburg Community Centre – City of Kitchener – to see what’s happening at Williamsburg Community Centre

 

There are plenty of ways to get out and about in Waterloo Region outside your neighbourhood association including:

 

Pumpkin Spice & Everything Nice Speed Dating (Ages 25 to 38)

Wednesday October 25, 2023
7:00PM – 9:00PM
$35.00
Counterpoint Brewing Company – 935 Frederick Street, Kitchener, Ontario
Pumpkin spice & everything nice Speed Dating 25-38 (Happy Hours) Tickets, Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 7:00 PM | Eventbrite

 

Halloween Honkey Tonk

Thursday October 26, 2023
7:00PM – 10:00PM
$15.00
The Lancaster Smokehouse – 574 Lancaster Street West, Kitchener, Ontario
Halloween Honky Tonk Tickets, Thu, 26 Oct 2023 at 7:00 PM | Eventbrite

 

Princess Original Cinemas Presents: The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Thursday October 26, 2023
9:00PM – 11:00PM
$20.50
The Original Princess Cinema – 6 Princess Street West, Waterloo, Ontario
Princess Original Cinemas presents: The Rocky Horror Picture Show Tickets, Multiple Dates | Eventbrite

 

Spooky Local Social (Ages 14 to 24)

Friday October 27, 2023
3:00PM – 6:00PM
FREE
The AIDS Committee of Cambridge – 1770 King Street East, Kitchener, Ontario
Spooky Local Social Tickets, Fri, 27 Oct 2023 at 3:00 PM | Eventbrite

 

Halloween Drag Bingo

Friday October 27, 2023
7:00PM – 10:00PM
$19.44
Farm League Brewing – 295 Ainslie Street South, Cambridge, Ontario
DRAG BINGO WITH CRYSTAL QUARTZ OCTOBER 27TH Tickets, Fri, 27 Oct 2023 at 7:00 PM | Eventbrite

 

Murder Mystery

Friday October 27, 2023
7:00PM – 10:00PM
$50.00
Wellington County Museum and Archives – 0536 Wellington County Road, Fergus, Ontario
Murder Mystery | Wellington County Museum and Archives, 0536 Wellington County Rd 18, Fergus | To Do Canada

 

Pop-Up Hip-Hop Dance Class

Friday October 27, 2023
8:00PM – 9:00PM
$22.63
TenC Dance Co. – 329 King Street East, Kitchener, Ontario
Pop-Up Hip-Hop Dance Class Tickets, Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 8:00 PM | Eventbrite

 

Create Your Mosaic Lamp

Saturday October 28, 2023
10:00AM – 5:00PM
$117.42
Forest Heights Community Centre – 1700 Queen’s Boulevard, Kitchener, Ontario
Create Your Mosaic Lamp Tickets, Sat, 28 Oct 2023 at 10:00 AM | Eventbrite

 

Gem and Mineral Show

Saturday October 28, 2023
10:00AM – 5:00PM
FREE
University of Waterloo – 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario
Gem and Mineral Show 2023 (waterloo.ca)

 

Maverick the Dinosaur LIVE!

Saturday October 28, 2023
12:00PM
$19.99
The MUSEUM – 10 King Street West, Kitchener, Ontario
Maverick the Dinosaur LIVE! – THEMUSEUM

 

St. Jacobs Pumpkin Parade

Saturday October 28, 2023
4:00PM – 8:00PM
FREE
King Street, St. Jacobs, Ontario
St. Jacobs Pumpkin Parade | King Street, St. Jacobs | To Do Canada

 

A Nightmare on King Street

Saturday October 28, 2023
7:30PM – 11:30PM
$31.59
Brass Butterflies – 60 Bathurst Drive, Waterloo, Ontario
A Nightmare on King Street 8: Brass Butterflies Halloween Party & Showcase Tickets, Sat, 28 Oct 2023 at 7:30 PM | Eventbrite

 

Pinch Cabaret

Saturday October 28, 2023
8:00PM – 11:00PM
$6.66
Button Factory Arts – 25 Regina Street South, Waterloo, Ontario
Pinch Cabaret #23 Tickets, Sat, 28 Oct 2023 at 8:00 PM | Eventbrite

 

HOWL-WEEN Party

Saturday October 28, 2023
8:00PM – 1:00PM
$20.00
Waterloo Knights of Columbus Council – 145 Dearborn Place, Waterloo, Ontario
HOWL-WEEN Party Tickets, Sat, 28 Oct 2023 at 8:00 PM | Eventbrite

 

Halloween Tea by the Grand

Sunday October 29, 2023
11:00AM – 12:30PM
$31.59
McDougall Cottage – 89 Grand Avenue South, Cambridge, Ontario
Halloween Tea by the Grand | McDougall Cottage, 89 Grand Ave. S. Cambridge | To Do Canada

 

Halloween Pooch Party

Sunday October 29, 2023
12:00PM – 5:00PM
FREE
Gaukel Street, Kitchener, Ontario
Howloween Pooch Party | Gaukel St, Kitchener | To Do Canada

 

Halloween Drag Brunch

Sunday October 29, 2023
1:00PM – 3:00PM
$22.63
Arabella Park Beer Bar – 740 Belmont Avenue West, Kitchener, Ontario
HalloQueen Drag Brunch Tickets, Sun, 29 Oct 2023 at 1:00 PM | Eventbrite

 

Halloween Drag Night

Sunday October 29, 2023
8:00PM
$13.54
The Pub On King – 77 King Street North, Waterloo, Ontario
HALLOWEEN Drag Night at Pub on King in Waterloo! Hosted by Anne and Violet! Tickets, Sun, 29 Oct 2023 at 8:00 PM | Eventbrite