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The Week Ahead
Looking for something to do on Bainbridge Island this week? Enjoy live music, connect with fellow readers, or join a community celebration. Here’s what’s happening November 1–7:
🎶 Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto
📚 First-Friday Book Club
🌼 Día de los Muertos Community Celebrations
October 2026 Top 3
October’s picks include a movie that left me unsettled, a book I somehow missed, and a podcast I’ve only just started. Add in a little help from my Facebook friends and there is plenty here to keep me occupied as the days get shorter.
The Week Ahead
Halloween week is here on Bainbridge Island, with community traditions, live music, and one last chance to enjoy a favorite fall activity.
🎃 Hometown Halloween
🎼 Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra: Demons & Destiny
🍂 Annual Squash Hunt
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A festive week is ahead on Bainbridge Island, with seasonal traditions, live music, and one of the island’s most distinctive Halloween gatherings.
🎃 Haunted Hayride
🎷 Within/Earshot Jazz Festival
🧙 6th Annual Witches Paddle
Looking for more to do around the island? Visit the Bainbridge Island Events Calendar to see what else is happening this week.
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Mid-October brings a festive mix of seasonal traditions, local gatherings, and live music to Bainbridge Island.
🎃 Pumpkin Walk at Bainbridge Gardens
🥕 Bainbridge Island Farmers Market
🎶 Grassquatch Collective Live Music
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Early October on Bainbridge Island brings a mix of fall color, live theater, and standout music. Here are three local events worth adding to your calendar this week:
🍂 Fall Harvest Celebration at Bloedel Reserve
🎭 Fun Home at Bainbridge Performing Arts
🎷 METTA QUINTET: Coltrane and Miles at 100
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Looking for things to do on Bainbridge Island the week of September 28? Saturday, October 3 brings a full lineup of local events, from the farmers market to Oktoberfest and an evening fundraiser at BARN.
🥕 Bainbridge Island Farmers Market
🍺 Bainbridge Island Oktoberfest
🎨 Night at BARN
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From the screen to the shoreline, Bainbridge Island has a full week of thoughtful, community-focused events ahead.
🎬 MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival
🌾 History Huddle: Suyematsu Farms Legacy Alliance
🌊 Bainbridge Island Beach Cleanup
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Looking for something to do on Bainbridge Island this weekend? From hands-on repairs and thought-provoking theater to laid-back live music, September 19–20 has a little something for everyone.
🔧 Fix-it Fair
🎭 Matt Butler’s Reckless Son
🍷 The South Seas at Eleven Winery
Three very different ways to spend the weekend — all right here on Bainbridge Island.
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Looking for something to do on Bainbridge Island this weekend? From handmade quilts in the heart of Winslow to indie folk and Hot Club jazz, September 12–13 brings a mix of art, music, and community gatherings worth checking out.
🧵 2026 Annual Bainbridge Quilt Festival
🎸 Luke Francis Live
🎻 Pearl Django
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Looking for something to do on Bainbridge Island? 📚🎶🍷 From a laid-back book club among the vines to an afternoon of Americana and an evening of live rooftop music, these local events offer an easy way to get out, explore the island, and connect with the community.
📚 Monthly Book Club
🎸 Sarah Brunner Live
🎶 Champagne Sunday
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Close out August on Bainbridge Island with theater, an outdoor movie, and a colorful weekend among the dahlias.
🎭 The Countess
🎬 Movies in the Park: Elio
🌸 Art in the Dahlias at Bainbridge Island Farm
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Books, culture, live music, and local wine—Bainbridge Island has something for every kind of outing.
📚 Sip & Swap Book and Puzzle Exchange
🎨 The Abundance of Salalberries pədt’aqa
🎶 Live Music at the Winery: Liquidhorse
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Make the most of summer on Bainbridge Island with live music, local wine, creativity, and community connection. Add these three events to your calendar:
🎶 Terry’s Sounds of Summer Concert Series
🍷 Live Music with Singer/Guitarist Mark Soltys
🧶 Friday Crafternoon
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Bainbridge Island’s August calendar brings together outdoor film, live music, local art, and Shakespeare in one strong lineup. Here are three events worth adding to your schedule:
🎬 Movies in the Park: Spaceballs
🎨 2026 BIMA Block Party
🎭 William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night
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Summer on Bainbridge Island has a little bit of everything: classic cars, outdoor concerts, and laid-back live music at the winery. Here are three local events worth adding to your calendar:
🚗 Bainbridge Island Classic Car Cruise-In
🎸 Terry’s Sounds of Summer: High-Voltage Honey
🎻 Live Music at the Winery: Dumpster Joe
January 2026 Top 3
I spend a lot of time thinking about markets, negotiation, architecture, design, leadership, and the ways people make decisions. One of the things I’ve learned is that the best ideas rarely come from staying in your own lane.
The books we read, the conversations we listen to, and even the shows we watch have a way of sharpening our perspective if we’re paying attention.
Three things have stayed with me recently.
The Week Ahead
Summer on Bainbridge Island is full of smart, lively ways to get out and connect, from trivia and live music to inventive youth theatre. Here are three upcoming events worth adding to your calendar:
🧠 Trivia Night
🎶 Terry’s Sounds of Summer: Nite Wave
🎭 Peter and the Starcatcher
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Looking for something to do on Bainbridge Island this week? From meeting new neighbors over a drink, to enjoying free live music at Battle Point Park, to joining a friendly Saturday morning 5K at Fort Ward, these local events offer easy ways to get out, connect, and enjoy the island.
🍻 New-to-Island Meetup
🎶 Terry’s Sounds of Summer: BowieVision
🏃 Fort Ward parkrun
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