Seasonal festival · County-wide

Museums after dark

The County's own museums open after closing time through October: a ghost walk at Ameliasburgh, and candlelight tours of the Picton graveyard and gallows.

What it is

Prince Edward County Museums runs a short evening programme each October across its two heritage sites, and unlike most of the County's Halloween offerings the dates are posted well ahead.

Ghost Walk with the Paranormal Seekers, 3 October at 6pm, at Ameliasburgh Heritage Village. Tickets $15, and you register by emailing Janice at the museums directly.

Candlelight Graveyard and Gallows Walking Tours at Macaulay Heritage Park on Picton's Church Street, 23 and 30 October at 6:30pm. $20 for adults, $15 under 16, booked through TicketScene.

Ameliasburgh After Dark, 23 October, 5 to 7pm, by donation. It runs the same evening as the first Picton candlelight tour, at the other end of the County, so you are choosing between them.

Good to know

  • These are evening events in unlit heritage grounds in late October. Boots and a torch.
  • Macaulay Heritage Park is a five-minute walk from the Picton end of Main Street, so a candlelight tour slots on to the end of a tasting day without moving the car.
  • Terror at Macaulay, the haunted walk-through that usually runs in the same park in the last week of October, is a separate event by separate organisers. Its 2026 dates are not out yet.

Fitting it round a tasting day

A 6:30pm start in Picton leaves the whole day for the eastern end of the wine route, and puts you back in town for dinner beforehand.

Build a day around it

Dates, times, venues and prices from the municipality's own museums events page.

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