Northern Yacht Club
Region: Sydney and Area / Marconi Trail
Community: North Sydney
The Northern Yacht Club was established in 1924 and incorporated in 1925. The club has a rich sailing and event hosting history. The new, tw...
Learn to sail along the beautiful Bras dOr Lakes, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve of over 1,000 square km of inland salt water sea in the heart of Cape Breton Island.
Enjoy one, three, or five day adventures aboard the Eva Jade, guided by Captain Dan. Experience the excitement and thrill of the sea while learning the skills needed to explore the maritime world by sail.
Region: Sydney and Area / Marconi Trail
Community: North Sydney
The Northern Yacht Club was established in 1924 and incorporated in 1925. The club has a rich sailing and event hosting history. The new, tw...
Region: Cabot Trail
Community: Englishtown
Traditional Mi’kmaq drumming and dancing is a fun event for all ages to learn and experience the beautiful heartbeat of the drum. You ...
Region: Cabot Trail
Community: Nyanza
Lobster-licious Dish: Lobster Wontons These crisp & airy fishing-boat fresh Lobster Wontons are stuffed with Cape Breton’s best ...
Region: Cabot Trail
Community: Englishtown
Hwy 312, Exit 12. 2 1/2-hr tours to Bird Islands to see puffins, other seabirds, eagles and seals; narrated by naturalist. Covered boat; all...
Region: Bras d’Or Lake
Community: Bras d’Or
Home of the Good Chicks Best Tasting Fried Chicken on the Island! We also serve fantastic Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, Fish & Chips, Coleslaw, ...
Region: Bras d’Or Lake
Community: Englishtown
Cabot Shores is a Wilderness Resort & Retreat Centre that offers lodgings, food, outdoor & cultural adventures, wellness services, m...
Enjoy snowmobiling across the Cabot Trail or near the Bras d'Or Lake. Meet up with old friends or meet new ones along the Great Trail. Pull up next to restaurants with delicious homemade food and sleep in accommodations you hand select.
Hannah Krebs works as a ban-chleasaiche | Gaelic Cultural Animator at Baile na Gàidheal | Highland Village Museum. Gaelic language, music, and square dances are some of her favourite things about Cape Breton.
Shannon MacMullin is a Gàidhlig learner, singer and storyteller; a community educator, and the Cultural Experiences Co-ordinator at Baile nan Gàidheal | Highland Village. She loves dancing, making beauty in the world & bringing people together.
The Gaels celebrated their culture not in huge buildings or sculptures but in their songs. Their songs told the stories of the people, the land, good times and bad, love's lost and yearned for.
There’s nothing better than watching two musicians who just love playing music together.
As a songwriter, I’ve often described my creative process as though I have tuned into an invisible radio frequency.
It is well-established that dance tradition is an important, if not defining, influence on Cape Breton's traditional music.
Heather Rankin is a singer, songwriter, actor and member of the 6X Juno Award winning band The Rankin Family. As a solo artist she has released two albums, A Fine Line (ECMA/Juno Nom.) and Imagine (ECMA Nom.).
The annual Guitar Summit concert serves as an obvious showcase for these world-class pickers, but this wealth of talent inevitably shines through in concerts throughout each Festival.
Before they were committed to memory and passed down and around through the ages, the traditional songs of today were once brand new.