Picton Gazette Express: Vol. 2 No. 43

October 30, 2025

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County faces suits totalling $5 million in damages for MarinaGate fiasco

In London, legendary for its live theatre, Cabaret is on at The Playhouse, which has been transformed into the Kit Kat Club of 1930s Berlin.

Tickets are about £100.

But if you can’t get across the pond just now, don’t fret. The legendary nightclub can be found downstairs in Picton’s grandest manor, The CAPE, where Shatterbox, with a cast of 18 and a 14-piece orchestra is restaging the sleeper hit of last season.

Local Publisher Assembly Press joins forces with poetry legend Brick Books

It was a Dark and Stormy Night  

Hallowell Howler Edition — with sound effects and Count Christopher

Halloween weekend features five houses ready for guests.

The Weekend Ticket

Base31 presents MasqueRave October 31 from 8pm-1am in the Drill Hall. Start the evening with a bite at the Commissary. A halloween dance party unfolds where mystery and music collide.

Stuff’d. Base 31 presents Stuff’d, Roll’d, and Wrapp’d. Saturday 1 November 11-6 in the Commissary. Get there early — last year all the supplies ran out! A tasting festival celebrating food folded and filled. Tasting passport $49 plus tax.

Sean McCann of Great Big Sea presents the Great Canadian Road Trip. Picton United, Saturday November 1 at 7pm. Get your East Coast on! Brought back for a second year following rave reviews. An initmate and interactive evening with song, stories and laughter and of course – The Voice! Cash advance tickets $40 from church office or at Josefina's, 221 Main St. Picton, or online. $50 at the door, cash only.

Countylicious Continues! All the details at Visit the County.

Samhain Tales by Candlelight. Idyll Books and studio free folk invite you to celebrate Samhain, a liminal space where the veil thins, by lighting candlesticks, reading books and brewing tea. Friday, October 31st 1pm to 4pm at 3 Downes Avenue in Picton. A studio pop-up. Purchase books on wild magic, witchcraft and women along with black beeswax tapers.

Prince Edward Community Theatre presents Wining and Dying. Opens November 1 and runs through November 9 at Mount Tabor. A vintner’s husband is found dead in the cellar. Turns out everyone hated him.

Postcard album launch concert at The Regent Theatre Saturday 1 November 7:30pm. All proceeds to benefit the Regent. Come out and support this fantastic local band!

Department of Illumination Lantern-Making Workshops continue this weekend November 1 and 2 from 10-5pm downstairs at the Armoury in Picton. $15 per lantern. Get all ready for the Firelight Lantern Festival next weekend!

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