Join us for the 3rd year of the exciting Ashland Mystery Fest! From innovative author panels, a mystery to solve around town and author meet and greets to a sleuth dinner with the authors and murder mystery dinners, join us for a fully immersive celebration.
Schedule:
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM: Haunted Ashland Walking Tour
Join your guide Peter Finkle, creator of dozens of Ashland walking tours, and founder of the premier website about Ashland: WalkAshland.com as you learn about haunted Ashland houses, hotels and restaurants, plus ghost encounters at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. New stories added since last year's tour. These are not just old stories from books. Most are first-hand experiences learned from the people who encountered the spirits. Many historic photos are included.
Location: Around Ashland
Get Tickets: Ticketing through Walk Ashland
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM: Torte Meets Paddington
The first of Paddington Test Kitchen events featuring Ellie Alexander and a recipe from her newest book, The Whisking Hour with an exclusive sneak peek into her upcoming book Laying Down the Latte.
Location: Paddington Station, 125 E. Main St.
Get Tickets: Free - first come first serve
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM: Haunted Ashland Walking Tour
Join your guide Peter Finkle, creator of dozens of Ashland walking tours, and founder of the premier website about Ashland: WalkAshland.com as you learn about haunted Ashland houses, hotels and restaurants, plus ghost encounters at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. New stories added since last year's tour. These are not just old stories from books. Most are first-hand experiences learned from the people who encountered the spirits. Many historic photos are included.
Location: Around Ashland
Get Tickets: Ticketing through Walk Ashland
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM: Afternoon Tea with Shakespeare's Ghosts
Begin a play with a phantom wandering the castle ramparts? How about have the ghosts of all the people you put to death visit you on the eve of battle? Shakespeare loved to thrill his audience with the appearance of apparitions – some friendly, some not! Cosey up in Carpenter Hall with some tea and treats from Lovejoy’s Tea room and share a hauntingly good time. This fun and interactive experience will have you exploring some of Shakespeare’s spirits and creating some ghost stories of your own!
Location: OSF Campus, Carpenter Hall, 44 S. Pioneer St
Get Tickets: Ticketing through OSF
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM: Craft a Mystery Cozy at The Websters
Join Emmeline Duncan and debut author Tish Bouvier and grab your Mystery Cozy Kits. Websters is creating a special cozy kit for you to knit or crochet throughout the festival weekend. Stop by drop-in sessions on Friday and Saturday, for support or just for informal social knitting and crocheting with other readers.
Stop by with your finished project (or tag us in a photo) by Sunday evening to be entered to win a raffle.
Location: The Websters, 11 N. Main St. on the Plaza
Get Tickets: Free - first come first serve Cozy Mystery Kit
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM: Single reader meet up with Angela Sanders
Attending the Festival solo? Or just want to meet and connect with other readers? Join Angela Sanders for an informal meet-up. Make new friends and get insider tips on how to make the most of your weekend in Ashland.
Location: Hummingbird Heart, 88 N. Main St.
Get Tickets: Free - first come first serve
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM: Opening Reception Festival Kick off
Join us for the kick off welcome with libations and delicious appetizers. Meet and mingle with all the authors while jumping into this bookishly fun weekend! Includes one drink ticket and festival welcome.
Included in Event Registration Package
Location: Historic Ashland Armory, 208 Oak Street
Get Tickets: Official Registration Package Tickets
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM: Murder Mystery Dinner
Be in the center of the action as a mystery unfolds around you at the Winchester Inn.
Location: Alchemy, 35 S. Second Street
8:00 PM: Oregon Shakespeare Festival performances
Celebrate OSF's 90th season with their performances of Importance of Being Ernest, As you Like It, Quixote Nuevo, Shane and Julius Caesar and more!
Location: OSF, 15 S. Pioneer St.
Get Tickets: Ticketing through OSF
8:00 PM - 11:00 PM: Murder for Two
Everyone is a suspect in this hilarious musical murder mystery with a twist; one actor investigates, the other plays all of the suspects, and they BOTH play the piano! One fateful night, shots ring out at the surprise birthday party of Great American Novelist Arthur Whitney and the writer is killed… fatally. With the nearest detective an hour away, Officer Marcus Moscowicz jumps at the chance to prove his sleuthing skills-But whodunit?
Location: Oregon Cabaret Theatre, 241 Hargardine Street
Get Tickets: Ticketing through Cabaret
