Events on Pender

Calling pumpkin carvers of all ages! Pick up your free pumpkin starting October 23 at Hope Bay or the Dockside Realty office at Driftwood Centre. Create your masterpiece. Write your name, phone number and age group (under 12 or 12+) on the back in waterproof ink. Deliver your Jack O'Lantern to Hope Bay by October 28. Prizes will be awarded for the Scariest and Most Creative in each age group, as well as a grand prize People's Choice Award. Come to Hope Bay Hollow after October 28 to view the Jack O'Lanterns and vote for your favourite. Enjoy the Hope Bay merchants while you're here!

Dress up! Cash prize for best costumes. Get a free drink for singing a Hallowe'en song. 7pm til late.

New Moon Lodge is sponsoring a Hallowe'en Colouring Contest. Find entries and contest details in the October Pender Post. Enter by Oct 31 at noon. Prizes!

Dinner and Hallowe'en Karaoke Night @ The Legion on October 31. Dinner at 5PM. Karaoke starts at 7PM and runs until 11PM. 1344 MacKinnon Road, Pender Island. Wear your favourite costume! By donation to the Food Bank (cash or canned food). Prizes, treats, tricks, 19+ only.

Join DJ Marc for the Halloween Howl Family Dance at the Community Hall on Friday, October 31 from 6:30PM to 8:10PM. Head out for a bonfire and grab a hot dog from the Fire Hall then back to the dance. The film Beetlejuice Beetlejuice follows.

The Pender Island Concert Society presents classical guitarist Alec Pearson from Vancouver for a solo recital featuring Spanish, Italian and Latin American composers of the last 200 years, along with some of his own music. November 5 starting at 7PM at the Community Hall. Tickets avaialble at Talisman Books and online on the Ptarmigan Arts website.

Join the South Pender Historical Society for an evening of music with Lydia Hol and guests at the Church of the Good Shepherd on November 14. Doors open at 7PM. Tickets available at Talisman Books.

Presented by Ptarmigan Arts

Solstice Theatre presents the 2025 Pantomime "Alice in Wonderland" by Ben Crocker on November 27, 28, 29 at 7PM and November 30 at 2PM. With a cash of thousands - lots of kids, a love story, wrong rabbits, chases and right rabbits. Tickets available at Talisman Books or on Ticket Tailer.

Annual Sunday Holiday Market hosted by Kraken Underground in the Bistro at Browning from 11-3, Sunday November 30th.

July 31 to August 2, 2026
www.themosaicfestival.com

The 8th annual Fall Crawl Studio Tour is happening September 26 and 27, 2026! This is your annual opportunity to enjoy touring the studios of local artists and getting up close and personal with their work and processes (the tour is completely free!).

Celebrate The 6th Annual Crisp festival runs October 2-3, 2026 at Pender Island Community Hall. This vibrant fall festival features music, art, storytelling, workshops, and apple-themed fun, all focused on sustainability and community connection.

Mondays at the Community Hall. Engaging seniors and friends in our community. Various weekly activities with lunch at 12PM. Check the Pender Post for more details.

A Food-Only Cooperative Food Hub is held Wednesdays from 3-5 pm seasonally.

Join in for lunch and live music each Friday at the Community Hall. Lunch served at 12 noon.

Every Saturday from 9:30AM - 1PM. Everything is made, baked and grown on Pender Island. Organized by the Pender Island Farmers' Institute.

Saturdays @ 4PM, Legion open from 3PM - 7PM

From 10AM to 1PM, come out to browse local food, craft and produce at the Saturday Harvest Markets at the Community Hall. Local handmade goods, farm fresh produce and a cafe led by the Youth Leadership Program are available. Support your local artisans, artists and cuisiniers.

The Yuletide Market will run on six Saturdays this year: November 15, 22, 29, December 6, 13, 20 from 10AM - 2PM.