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:
9:00AM - 10:00AM: 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: Bloomsbury Books, 290 E. Main Street
Get Tickets: Free - first come first serve
10:00AM - 11:30AM: 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
10:00AM - 11:00AM: Author Speed Dating Panel
Ready to discover your next favorite read? Join us for a literary speed date! Bring your best questions and put these authors in the hot seat for a whirlwind of quick chats, surprises, and a whole lot of fun. Don’t miss your chance to make a new bookish love match with authors Ellie Alexander, Gretchen Rue, Mia Manansala and Esme Addison.
Included in Event Registration Package
Location: Historic Ashland Armory, 208 Oak St.
Get Tickets: Official Registration Package Tickets
11:00AM: Meet and Greet with Emmeline Duncan
Meet Emmeline and sample recipes from her Ground Rules series.
Location: Paddington Station, 125 E. Main Street
Get Tickets:: Free - first come first serve
11:30AM - 12:30PM: Flash Fiction - Write a 150 word Mystery
Can you create a spine-tingling mini mystery with just 3 prompts and less than 100 words? Time to break out your quill pen and your cleverist plot twists with authors Hannah Dennison, Eryn Scott, and our debut authors Kara Loo, Jennifer Young, Tish Bouvier, and Adrian Andover . Stories will be displayed all weekend and prizes for crowd favorites.
Included in Event Registration Package
Location: Historic Ashland Armory, 208 Oak St.
Get Tickets: Official Registration Package Tickets
11:30AM - 1:30PM: Lovejoy’s Tea Session One
Join Gigi Pandian and Ellen Byron for a decadent, multi-course Royal Tea Service while they share selected readings from their works.
Location: Lovejoy's, 96 N. Main St. Ste 201
Get Tickets: Ticketing through Lovejoy's
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM: Murder Mystery Hour Panel (Build a story live!)
Put on your deerstalker cap and grab your magnifying glass-it's time to craft a mystery with some of your favorite authors, Tamara Berry, Lee Hollis, Korina Moss and Hannah Dennison! No idea is too wild as we build a murder mystery live, and the final tale will be unveiled at Saturday’s sleuthing dinner. Come join the fun and help shape the mystery!
Included in Event Registration Package
Location: Historic Ashland Armory, 208 Oak St.
Get Tickets: Official Registration Package Tickets
2:00PM - 3:30PM: 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 Town
Get Tickets: Ticketing through Walk Ashland
2:00PM - 3:00PM: Book Influencer Chat
Curious about what makes a cozy mystery a must-read? Join three top cozy book influencers, Courtny, Tiffany and Spencer as they share their favorite picks, what draws them to the genre, and how they’ve built their communities around cozy mysteries.
Location: Columbia Hotel, 262 E. Main Street
Get Tickets: Free - first come first serve
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM: Meet and Greet with Gigi Pandian
Meet Gigi and sample a recipe from her book “Alchemist of Riddle and Ruin”.
Location: Paddington Station, 125 E. Main Street
Get Tickets: Free - first come first serve
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM: Lovejoy's Tea Session Two
Join Esme Addison and Gretchen Rue for a delightful, afternoon tea service while they share selected readings from their works.
Location: Lovejoy's, 96 N. Main St. Ste 201
Get Tickets: Ticketing through Lovejoy's
3:30PM - 4:30PM: So You Want to Be An Author Panel?
Writing a mystery isn't for the faint of heart. Join our panel of seasoned mystery writers, Emmeline Duncan, Angela Sanders, Eryn Scott and Ellen Byron as they share unexpected lessons from their journeys and reveal tips and tricks they’ve learned along the way to navigate the ups and downs of the writing life.
Included in Event Registration Package
Location: Historic Ashland Armory, 208 Oak St.
Get Tickets: Official Registration Package Tickets
4:00PM: Meet and Greet with Lee Hollis
Meet Lee and sample a cocktail and recipe from his Hayley Powell mystery series.
Location: Paddington Station, 125 E. Main Street
Get Tickets: Free - first come first serve
4:00PM - 6:00PM: Cheese, Wine, Love, and Murder - Pairings and Peril
What pairs better with love and murder than wine and cheese? Join us for a delectable tasting event where romance and mystery swirl together. Savor artisanal cheeses and local Rogue Valley wines as authors Korina Moss, Jennifer Young, and Kara Loo dish on the fine line between passion and peril. Guiding you through this mouthwatering experience is your host, Allison Victoria-Wolfe - winner of Worst Cooks in America and foodie extraordinaire.
Location: Ashland Springs Hotel, 212 E. Main Street
4:00PM - 5:00PM: Choose Your Own Adventure style event
Calling all young sleuths! This panel is just for you. You will help guide the plot, making decisions that lead to different clues and unexpected twists as you work together to crack a case.
Location: Ashland Public Library, 410 Siskiyou Blvd
Get Tickets: Free - first come first serve
4:30PM - 6:00PM: Group Author Pop Up
Join your favorite authors Tamara Berry, Eryn Scott. Gigi Pandian, Gretchen Rue, Mia Manansala and Esme Addison for a fun meet and greet.
Location: Resistance Wine Company, 322 N. Pioneer St.
Get Tickets: Free - first come first serve
6:00PM - 9:00PM: 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
8:00PM: Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Celebrate OSF's 90th season with their performances of Importance of Being Ernest, As you LIke It, Quixote Nuevo, Shane and Julius Caeser and more!
Location: OSF, 15 S. Pioneer St.
Get Tickets: Ticketing through OSF
8:00 PM - 10:00 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 Hargadine Street
Get Tickets: Ticketing through Cabaret
