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Englishtown Mussel Festival
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The Englishtown Mussel Festival is a day long food and music festival featuring Mussels and lobsters from the local St. Ann's Bays.
Activities include a Celtic music fest all day, children's entertainment and a chef's contest where hopefuls can enter any seafood dish. A European chef will judge entries and award a prize.
Enter the 5 km fun run at noon or take a 45 minute ride on St. Ann's Harbour. A dance follows at the end of the day.
Address: Englishtown Hall, main highway Englishtown N.S.
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Canada Day Celebrations
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A community celebration held at the S & L Railway Station in Louisbourg featuring: opening ceremony, flag-raising ceremony, singing of "O Canada", outdoor concert, clown performance, cutting of cake, face painting, BBQ, and more. Admission is free.
Address: S & L Railway Station Louisbourg
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Jul 18 to Aug 31
Admission is free to this outdoor concert series, which occurs annually in July and August. The concerts occur every Sunday and feature both established and up-and-coming musicians performing a variety of entertaining, world-class shows.
Address: Granville Green, Waterfront Port Hawkesbury NS
Send an Email  1 902 625-2591
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Coal Dust Days
Jul 18 to Jul 20
Created in an effort to pay tribute to the town's deeply rooted heritage, the Coal Dust Days festival carries on this tradition by bringing together families and friends to celebrate their culture and community.
Address: . New Waterford
1 902 862-2468
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Jul 22, Jul 29, Aug 05, Aug 12
10th Annual Gaelic Concert Series
Bu Deònach Leam Tilleadh
The title of our Gaelic Concert Series is derived from a song composed by Christmas Island Bard Hugh F. MacKenzie. While working in the lumber camps, he lamented about leaving his home in Christmas Island. "Christmas of 1927 overtook me in Northern Ontario, eighty miles from civilization. While my associates amused themselves playing cards, I laid in bed to indulge in my melancholy alone. My thoughts of home and Cape Breton I tried to voice in the following verses, vowing,
Bu Deònach Leam Tilleadh
I would willingly return.
Each Tuesday evening some of Cape Breton’s finest musicians gather at the Christmas Island Fire Hall to share the stage with emerging talent and local tradition bearers in bilingual Gaelic-English concerts. A traditional Tea including oatcakes and tea biscuits is served during intermission.
Concerts begin at 8pm;
Admission $10.00, Children 14 and under $5.00
Family Rates Available
July 15th Mòd Nam Fìdhlearan The Fiddler’s Court MC Hector MacNeil
Come help us kick off the summer with a night of traditional fiddling, as well as piano and dancing with some of Cape Breton’s finest including Glenn Graham, 5 time recording artist, multiple East Coast Music Award nominee and author of “The Cape Breton Fiddle”, fiddler Bonnie Jean MacDonald, formally of the band “Kilt,” presently playing with “Crossfire “and Howie MacDonald an East Coast Music Award recipient and Canadian Country Music Award nominee. Howie has over 10 recordings to his name.
A concert you won’t want to miss!
July 22nd A’ Moladh Ar n-Òigridh Celebrating Our Youth MC Beth MacNeil
Tonight we celebrate young talent from Cape Breton & the USA. We’ve planned a high energy night including fiddles, pipes, dancing, & Gaelic song. We welcome sisters Dawn & Margie Beaton piano/fiddle) & Tara Rankin (piano/song) from Mabou, CB; Tiber Falzett (piper) from Scanton, PA & Jody MacKenzie (piano), Anita MacDonald (fiddle), & Evan Bonaparte (guitar) all from the local area.
July 29th Pìob, Fidheall, Is Piano
Pipe, Fiddle, Piano MC Angus MacLeod
Tonight we celebrate the 3 instruments that have made traditional Cape Breton music possible. Doug MacPhee is a virtuoso pianist and will accompany fiddle recording artist Duane Cote. The Boisdale Trio consisting of Joe Peter MacLean (one of the last Gaelic speaking fiddle players in C.B.) pianist Janet Cameron & fiddler Paul Wukitsch accompanied tonight by Janet’s brother Father Francis. Piper Paul K. MacNeil, and pianist Tracy Dares-MacNeil are long time friends of the Féis and we’re excited to have them with us tonight.
August 5th “Màiri Sìne le Seana Càirdean Is Càirdean Ùra” Mary Jane Old Friends & New Friends MC Mary Jane Lamond
Long time supporter of Gaelic in Nova Scotia, recording artist/singer Mary Jane Lamond will entertain us tonight along with her friends or Càirdean in Gaelic; fiddler and member of Béolach Wendy MacIsaac, guitarist and also a member of Béolach Patrick Gillis; Rachael Davis an up and coming fiddler from Cape Breton, and Piper Rankin MacInnis from Mabou. Don’t be surprised if more Gaelic singers and dancers jump up on stage. A concert not to be missed!
August 12th An Teaghlach Ceòl Mhor
The Musical Family MC Shamus Y MacDonald
We are fortunate to have Lucy, Boyd, and Stuart MacNeil of the famous musical family the Barra MacNeils with us tonight. The amount of instruments this group plays is endless!
The Gillis Sisters- Janet Gillis, Cathy MacMillan, Maria Gillis-Carriere, and Carmel MacDonald learned their Gaelic songs from their father native Gaelic speaker and highly regarded Gaelic singer Neil John Gillis. A musical night indeed!
Address: 8539 Grand Narrows Highway,(Route 223) Christmas Island NS
Send an Email 1 902 622-2627
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Jul 21 to Jul 27
The Bartown Festival is a fun-filled event that takes place on the waterfront in North Sydney, Nova Scotia. The festival has a variety of entertainment such as mainstage performances, parades, a treasure hunt, a beach party (limbo!), children's activities, fireworks and much more. Admission is free.
Address: Various Locations North Sydney NS
Send an Email 1 902 794-8589
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Aug 01 to Aug 03
The 2008 Johnny Miles Festival will take place from August 1-3. Located in Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia this festival provides something for all ages. There will be a Kid’s Fest, Senior’s Luncheon, Live Entertainment, fireworks and of course the Johnny Miles Road Race. The Johnny Miles Festival is a wonderful way to keep the memory of a local hero and two time Boston Marathon winner alive as well as getting the community together.
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1 902 736-7584
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Aug 02 to Aug 10
Action week is a nine day long community summer festival featuring activities and fun for the entire family. Includes gigantic kick-off concert, boardwalk busker festival, sports tournaments, night light parade, cultural and historical programs, children's festival, waterfront concerts, fireworks display and much more.
Address: Various Locations Sydney NS
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Margaree Summer Festival
Aug 08 to Aug 10
This summer festival features theatre performances, river float races, a parade, a community pot luck and a garden party. The event occurs on the last weekend in July. A donation box for seniors' theatre performance is set up and the box social is also an auction. Most events are free.
Address: . Margaree
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Judique-on-the-floor Days
Aug 15 to Aug 17
Various events including outdoor dances, road race, parade, children's games and concerts.
The festival will be held at the Judique Recreation Grounds along River Denys Road.
Address: . Judique
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Aug 16 to Aug 17
This Annual Festival celebrates the Cape Breton Fiddling tradition in the hopes of keeping the Celtic spirit alive. Events include lectures, workshops, dances and several concerts. Concessions and free parking are available. The concert goes on rain or shine.
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1 902 849-8476
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Aug 18 to Aug 23
5-Day Gaelic Cultural Festival designed to provide intimacy with the Gaelic language and culture through educational and social events for people of all ages. Featuring bonfire, concerts, ceilidhs, family square dances, symposium,and workshops
Address: 8539 Grand Narrows Highway,(Route 223)
Send an Email 1 902 622-2627
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A variety of music and entertainment with multicultural flavour including fiddlers, dancers, singers and instrumentalists. Food and beverage concessions.
Address: 3 km east of St. Peter's, route #4. In Lynches River. St. Peter's
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Sep 12 to Sep 21
Every fall, this 10-day festival features guided-hikes and celebrations on Cape Breton Island. With informed guides and varying degrees of difficulty, these hikes are available for both beginners and seasoned-trekkers alike.
Address: . Cape Breton Island NS
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