There is a lot to celebrate over Thanksgiving weekend in Charlottetown. Gather up your family and friends and go out to experience what Charlottetown has to offer this long weekend. Here are just 15 things to do over Thanksgiving Weekend in Charlottetown.
The PEI Fall Flavours Festival
Craving all your Fall Flavours favourites? Whatever your appetite, the PEI Fall Flavours Festival will feed your foodie desires. Details
September 25 – October 11, 2025
Island Wide
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Beaconsfield by Candlelight
Experience Beaconsfield as the sun goes down and the shadows grow long. Join the Museum and Heritage Foundation’s resident ghostlorist for an intimate visit to the house, focusing on the more macabre side of Victorian life (and death). Hear local ghost stories, meet our most haunted artifact, Wheelie, and enjoy haunting ballads. Details
Thursdays – Saturdays, October 2 – 25, 2025
Beaconsfield Historic House, 2 Kent Street
Oktoberfest
PEI Brewing Company’s Oktoberfest puts a twist on tradition! With incredible beers brewed on-site and the chance to compete for prizes in yard games, keg races, a stein-holding competition, and more. Plus, enjoy live acoustic entertainment. Details
October 11, 2025 | 2:00 PM – 10:00 PM
PEI Brewing Company, 96 Kensington Road, Charlottetown
Wicked Spirits Cocktail Mix-Off
This October, 25 local restaurants are serving up fall-inspired cocktails – all crafted with Deep Roots Distillery spirits. Part of the @charlottetownscarecrowfest, it’s the perfect excuse to grab your friends, explore the city, and taste the flavours of fall. Details
October 3 – 31, 2025
Various locations, Charlottetown
Haunted Hotel Rooms
This October, a limited number of hotels in Charlottetown are transforming their rooms into haunted experiences as part of the Charlottetown Scarecrow Festival. Step inside for a spooky stay filled with eerie surprises… if you dare. Details
October 3 – 31, 2025
Various Locations, Charlottetown
Anne & Gilbert: The Musical
Experience Canada’s greatest love story in the critically acclaimed and widely loved musical Anne & Gilbert. This summer at the Florence Simmons Performance Hall. Details
May 20 to October 15, 2025
Florence Simmons Performance Hall, 140 Weymouth Street, Charlottetown
PD Day Arts Camp
Campers in our Performing Arts PD Day Camp will get a full range of our arts education offerings, receiving a unique opportunity to explore the arts through both hand-on and observational experiences. In the morning, Visual Arts Educators will lead campers through a variety of art activities including (but not limited to) drawing, painting, sculpting, crafts and more. In the afternoon, they will hop over to the dance studio where they will explore drama, music, and dance! Alongside these activities campers may venture on a guided tour of the current gallery exhibitions, meet our Heritage Players, and more!
Details
October 10, 2025 | 9:00 AM
133 Queen Street, Studio, Charlottetown
Charlottetown Scarecrow Festival
Set against the backdrop of Charlottetown’s colourful and historic buildings, hundreds of scarecrow installations will line the streets, gather on street corners, pop up in shop windows, and surprise you in other unexpected ways. You can also look forward to self-guided scarecrow tours, haunted ghost walks, live music, scarecrow making workshops, wine tastings, costumed stiltwalkers, harvest dinners, psychic readings, and so much more! Details
October 1 – 31, 2025
Various Locations, Charlottetown
Chef’s Island
Get ready for an epic food adventure at the Delta Hotels by Marriott Prince Edward! Culinary Federation of PEI Chef’s Island brings together the best of PEI’s culinary scene for a night of flavour-packed fun! Chef’s Island will feature a variety of food stations including custom mocktail pairings located throughout the ballroom
Details
Saturday, October 11, 2025 | 6:30 PM
Delta Hotel by Marriott, 18 Queen St., Charlottetown
$105 / person
Nick Doneff’s 8th Annual Tribute to John Prine Weekend
This is a three-night celebration of the Songs of John Prine hosted by Nick Doneff. Details
October 10 – 12, 2025 | 8:00 PM
Trailside Music Hall, 155 Kent Street, Charlottetown
$40 + fees
5/15 Fermentation Trail
The 5/15 fermentation trail is a chance to visit small scale craftspeople with a passion for creating some of the finest beverages on the island that you can taste and learn about yourself. Whether you like beer, wine, cider, spirits, or mead, there is something for everyone.
Details
June to October
5 craft alcohol producers located 5 minutes from Charlottetown and 15 minutes apart.
Ghost Tour
Led by a mysterious gravedigger, this spooky stroll is full of tales about Charlottetown’s historic downtown and its dark, mysterious, sometimes haunted past. Details
October 10 – 11, 2025 | 6:30 PM
Kent and West Street, Charlottetown
Adult $20; Child $10
Charlottetown Farmers’ Market
The Charlottetown Farmers’ Market is the place to be on Saturday morning, especially if you are looking for fresh produce for your Thanksgiving Feast. Vendors from across the island come to the market to showcase their work and sell their fresh produce that is in season. Details
Tackle a section of Island Walk
The Island Walk route takes you along the ocean, much of the Confederation Trail, red dirt roads, beaches and through quiet secondary roads throughout PEI. The Island Walk has the perfect landscape, both in terrain and scenery, for those who are looking for a long-distance walking adventure. Because the walk is not technically difficult, it has options for everyone. Details
Options for Thanksgiving Dinner/Brunch
- Top of the Park – Red Shores
- Lobster on the Wharf
- Swiss Chalet – Thanksgiving Features
- Water’s Edge – Delta Hotels by Marriott Prince Edward
- Chamber’s Restaurant – Rodd Charlottetown
Get Ahead on Your Christmas List
Here are 84 places to buy PEI-made arts, crafts, clothing, food, wine and everything else. Support small Prince Edward Island businesses this holiday season!
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