Chestico Museum & Historical Society
Region: Canada’s Musical Coast
Community: Port Hood
The Chestico Museum has operated as a community museum since 1986. Highlighting the history and heritage of the Port Hood area, its mission ...
The Celtic Music Centre’s Ceilidh Pub offers lunch service featuring live traditional Celtic music with some of Cape Breton’s best up and coming and seasoned musicians, 7 days a week (June 3-October 13, 2019).
Our menu of Nova Scotia favourites features a signature seafood chowder, traditional lobster sandwich, fish cakes, Seafood linguini, a variety of grilled sandwiches, burgers, crepes, fresh salads, tasty desserts and more, all house made.
Our fully licensed bar offers a variety of local craft beer including Big Spruce Brewing & Breton Brewing, local craft cider, local wine, coolers and spirits, old fashioned floats and more. Be sure to try one, or two, of our signature cocktails created by staff and friends!
We are proud to support our local farms and fisheries and source local ingredients as much as we can. Chefs Nakita Murrin & Christine MacKinnon look forward to cooking up some great dishes for you!
Region: Canada’s Musical Coast
Community: Port Hood
The Chestico Museum has operated as a community museum since 1986. Highlighting the history and heritage of the Port Hood area, its mission ...
Region: Canada’s Musical Coast
Community: Port Hood
About The Clove Hitch Bar & Bistro: The Clove Hitch Bar & Bistro is located in picturesque Port Hood, a quiet seaside community on t...
Region: Canada’s Musical Coast
Community: Port Hood
About Admiral Lounge & Café: The Admiral is a relaxed, casual and friendly business with a fresh homestyle and comfort food menu. Open ...
Region: Canada’s Musical Coast
Community: Judique
Length: 17 km (10.5 mi) – Little Judique Harbour to Zutphen Farm Southwest Mabou River (linear) Cell Service: Yes Dogs Permitted: On Leash...
Region: Canada’s Musical Coast
Community: Mabou
A religious shrine enclosed in a miniature pioneer church, dedicated to Our Lady of Seven Sorrows and the pioneers of the Mabou area. ...
Regions: Cabot Trail, Canada’s Musical Coast
Community: Margaree Harbour
Feel the adrenaline rush of battling some of the biggest game in the Atlantic Ocean—the giant Bluefin Tuna. Join Captain Andrew Rankin, a ...
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.