Mar-TBA-ICCA-Centre Stage Players Spring Production-
’The Mouse Trap’-[258-2533]
Mar 1st-9am-Annual Louisbourg 5 Mile Slush Run
Louisbourg-George D. Lewis School [733-2678]
Mar 1st-8pm-Gala de la Mi-Careme-St Joseph du Moine Parish
Hall; @$ 6,
Mar 7th to 10th-March Break Workshop-St. Ann’s-The Gaelic
College[registrar@gaeliccollege.edu]
www.gaeliccollege.edu
Mar 7th to 15th-Albert Bridge -Community Winter Carnival [562-2422.]
Apr 26th-27th-#8th annual-Cape Breton International DRUMFEST
www.cbdrumfest.ca Sydney-Membertou Trade & Convention
Centre
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May 17th-Singer-Songwriter Circle-St. Peter’s (Bras d’Or Lakes Inn)
***Iona-Highland Village Museum [725-2272]
47th Annual Highland Village Day concert and dance
Jun 17-Natural Dye Workshop-Am Breacan Bòidheach Fasanta
Jul 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd & 30th (10 am – 4 pm).Làithean Sona/"Happy
Days" Children's Program,
Jul 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th & 31st -(7-9 pm) Cuairt nan
Coinnlean/Candlelight Tour
Jul 4th, 11th, 18th & 25th-(10am-12pm)-Spòrs: Gaelic Games for Kids
[aged 5-10] Free
Jul 10th & 24th-(10am-4pm) Na Deugairean/Living History for Youth-
ages 13-17
Jul 16th- Gaelic Film Series (Hallaig)
Jul 19th-(Backstage, 3-6 pm)- Feasgar an Truisg/Codfish Supper
Jul 27th-(1-3 pm) Anniversary Church Service -Malagawatch Church- Free
admission
Jul 30th to Aug 2nd-Gaelic Folk Life School & Celebration
Aug 1st,8th, 15th, 22nd & 29th-(10am-12pm)- Spòrs: Gaelic Games for
Kids aged 5-Free
Aug 2nd-(2-7 pm) Là Mór a' Chlachain/Highland Village Day Concert @ $10
adult,
Aug 6th, 13th, 20th & 27th- (10 am – 4 pm)- Làithean Sona/"Happy
Days"
Aug 7th, 14th, 21st & 28th-(7-9 pm)- Cuairt nan
Coinnlean/Candlelight Tour
Aug 20th-workshop on Cape Breton's Storytelling tradition.
Aug 23rd -(Backstage, 3-6 pm) Feasgar an Truisg/Codfish Supper
Sep 4th & Sep 11th-Candlelight tours
Sep 13th- (Noon-5pm)- Pioneer Day
Sep 29th-St. Michael's Day
Oct 11th & 18th-(10 am – 4 pm) Làithean Sona/"Happy Days"
Children's Program-ages 8-12 only.
Oct 19th - Closing Day for the Museum site
Oct 23rd, 24th & 25th- (7-9 pm]- Oidhche nam Bòcan/Night of the
Spooks-
Nov 15th-Gaelic Language Workshop
May 9th-Feis Antigonish 867-2300
www.stfx.ca
May 12th-annual arts festival-PierScape-Whitney Pier 577-9645
May 18th-7:30pm-Annual May Concert-Mabou Community Hall
May 24th & 25th-21st Annual Cabot Trail Relay Run, Baddeck
May 24th-Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre-St. Peter’s (Bas d’Or Lakes Inn)
May 25th to Jun 30th -all of Cabot Trail www.lobsterpalooza.ca
-2nd Annual Lobsterpalooza Festival
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Jun 2nd to 8th-Baraco Days- Louisdale-www.richmondcounty.ca
Jun 4th to 8th-Quebec Major Junior Hockey League AGM & Entry
Draft -Centre 200-Sydney,[902-562-2201] eileen@bcbeda.org
Jun 5th to 13th-Louisburg-Fortress-http://louisbourg2008.com/
Wolfe's Redoubt-re-enactment
Jun 7th- Bay St Lawrence- Gaelic Festival
Jun 13th to 16th-2008 Clipper Round the World Yacht Race [563-0822]
Sydney -Marine Terminal; www.clipperroundtheworld.com
Jun 14th–Lobster Dinner & Theatre, Gaelic College, St. Ann’s
Jun 14th & 15th-Museum Weekend [902.424.6465]
www.novascotiaheritage.ca
www.museum.gov.ns.ca/museumweekend
Jun 20th-unicycle relay race-Stage 5-Cape Breton -
www.ridethelobster.com
Ride the Lobster Race finishes in Baddeck
Jun 21st-John Cabot Landing Day Celebrations,
Cabot Landing Provincial Park, Sugar Loaf
Jun 21st-11am-4pm- Model Railway Day, Smith Community Centre,
Orangedale.
Jun 26th to 29th-Eskasoni Powwow, Noel R. Denny Memorial Powwow
Grounds. [Leroy Denny 379-2073].
Jun 26th to Jul 1st-Festival of the Strait-Port Hastings
www.festivalofthestrait.ca
Jun 28-Englishtown- Mussel Festival-St. Ann's .
[Beth 929-2687
leonbeth@ns.sympatico.ca]
Jun 30th to Aug 31st-Dockside Ceilidh, Marine Atlantic, North Sydney.
[Kay Batherson 794-3772].
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Jul 1st to Aug 24th-Festival de L'Escaouette- Cheticamp
-224-2642 www.festivallescaouette.com/
Jul 3rd & 17th & Aug 7th-Concert By the Sea-
St. Peter's Church Grounds Bandshell
Jul 4th to 6th-Stan Fest-Canso NS. www.stanfest.com
Jul 4th to 7th-Lambert Todd Days, Reserve Mines.[Jackie 849-5710]
July 5th-Marion Bridge 10 km Road Rac. [Cindy Hynes 733-2351].
Jul 6th-Johnstown- Strawberry Festival
Jul 8th to 12th-Scotsville-Firemen’s Ceilidh Days
July 10th to 13th-100th Anniversary of Boy Scouts, Port Morien.
(Cow Bay) -home to the 1st Scout Troop in North America in 1908.
cowbayscouts1908@yahoo.ca
Jul 10th to 13th-Festival On The Lake-Sampsonville-
Aug 1st & 2nd-Louisbourg Crab Fest-Louisbourg
www.louisbourg2008.com/events [Cindy
Hynes 733-2351].
Aug 1st to 3rd-Johnny Miles Festival-Sydney Mines
www.johnnymilesfestival.com
736-3117, 36-7584
Aug 1st to 3rd-Lennox Passage Harbourfest-D’Escousse-
Aug 1st & 2nd-Louisbourg Crab Festival -waterfront
Cindy Hynes:(902) 733-2351:chynes@cbrm.ns.ca
Aug 1st to 24th-Festival de L'Escaouette-Cheticamp
-224-1876 www.festivallescaouette.com
Aug 2nd-Highland Village Day-Iona
www.museum.gov.ns.ca/hv
Aug 2nd -Johnny Miles Road Race, Sydney Mines. 736-3117
Aug 2nd- Melvin Festival – Royal Canadian Legion, Baddeck
Aug 2nd to 4th-Boardwalk Busker Festival, Sydney Boardwalk.
[ 563-5510].
Aug 2nd to 10th-Sydney Action Week Festival.
[Carolyn Markotich 563-5511. www.actionweek.com
Aug 7, 14, 21 & 28 Candlelight Tour,
NS Highland Village, Iona
Aug 7th to 9th-Rock the Dock, Government Wharf, Sydney
Aug 7th to 15th-Festival Acadien de Petit de Grat
Aug 8th to 10th-Margaree Forks-Summer Festival
[40th Anniversary
Celebrations]
Aug 8th to 10th-Marble Mountain- Annual Family Festival
& Poker Run
Aug 9th-Fèis a’ Mhòid-St.Ann’s Gaelic College
www.gaeliccollege.edu
Aug 9th-Fort Petrie Historical Family Day. [Pat Grezel 862-8367].
Aug 10th-1pm-4pm-Annual Ceilidh On the Wharf, Mabou Coal Mines.
Aug 10th-2pm- Kintyre Farm Scottish Concert -Judique;
www.celticmusicsite.com
Aug 10th tp 17th-Janvrin's Fest-Janvrin’s Island
Aug 15th to 17th-Judique on the Floor Days
Aug 15th-Le Grand Circle, Festival de l’Escaouette-Cheticamp
www.festivallescaouette.com
Aug 16th-Louisbourg Race through Time. [8-mile road race].
[Cindy Hynes 733-2351].
Aug 16th & 17th-Festival of Cape Breton Fiddling-St. Ann’s
www.capebretonfiddlers.com
Aug 18th to 23rd- 18th Annual Féis an Eilein-Christmas Island-Fire Hall-
www.feisaneilein.ca 622-2627
Aug 18th - Children's Bonfire and Fiddle tunes
Aug 19th - Pipers Ceilidh "The MacKenzie Family
Pipers of St.Peters" and Matt MacIsaac
Aug 20th - Gaelic Youth Day Camp, Gaelic Language
Workshops, Symposium on Gaelic
-
Dr. Ken Nilsen, Rob Dunbar ,Lewis MacKinnon
Aug 21st - Milling Song Workshop and Traditional
Milling Frolic
Aug 22nd - Workshops in Gaelic Song, Fiddle & Chanter,
Codfish Supper,
Cainnt mo Mhàthar presentation, Family Square Dance with
Helen MacDonald,
Scott MacKenzie, & Susan MacLean
Aug 23rd - Workshops in Gaelic language, prayer,
stepdancing, & square dancing
Gabh do
Naidheachd -Tell Your News, Family Square dance with Ryan J. MacNeil,
Ryan &
Boyd MacNeil.
Aug 22nd-Johnstown-Milling Frolic
Aug 23rd tp Sep 1st-River Bourgeois Community Festival
Aug 24th-Feast of St. Louis, Fortress Louisbourg. [733-2280].
Aug 28th to 31st-Rocky Bay-Irish Festival
Aug 31st-Glencoe Day-Glencoe Mills
fun events, 5pm-mass & meal , Square Dance
to follow.
Aug-Alex Michael Memorial Powwow-Whycocomagh
www.wagmatcook.com
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Sept TBA -Sydney Polish Festival, St. Mary's Church Grounds,
Wesley St, Sydney. [Richard White 539-2389].
Sep 4 & 11, Candlelight Tour, NS Highland Village, Iona
Sep 5th to 7th - Fall Fungi Foray & Festival, , Chanterelle
Inn,
North River
Sept 6th-76th Annual Mira Ferry Fall Fair & Festival,
Camp MacLeod, Albert Bridge. [Cheryl MacIntyre 562-2089].
Sept 7th-2pm-annual Marathon of Hope Concert-[ Kay 794-3772]
North Sydney-Cape Breton Exhibition, Regent
St.
Sep 12th to 21st-Hike the Highlands Festival-
Cape Breton Highlands. www.hikethehighlandsfestival.com/
Sep 13th– Pioneer Day, Ns Highland Village, Iona
Sept 14th-7pm-Ennis Family singers
Port Hood-St. Stephen’s United Church
Sep 19th to 21st-West Bay Road Fire Hall-concert, parade etc
Sept 21st-2-4pm-Orangedale Railway Station Open House.
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Oct 10th to 18th-Celtic Colours Internationa;-all over CB Island;
www.celtic-colours.ca
Oct 13 to 17th-Buddy MacMaster School of Fiddling:Judique
www.celticmusicsite.com
Oct 25th-Cape Breton Fiddlers Youth Run, Sydney.
Oct 26th-Cape Breton Fiddlers Run, Sydney. Marathon,
half-marathon, 5k, 10k, & various walks.
Nov -St. Peter's -Festival of Trees 902-535-2185
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