Jost Heritage House (c 1787)
Region: Sydney and Area / Marconi Trail
Community: Sydney
Once the home of a prominent merchant, Jost Heritage House (c 1786) located in Sydney on Cape Breton Island, shows the evolution of a wooden...
An interactive museum that explores the history and culture of Sydney and area. The museum offers children’s activities, an oral history listening room, a Virtual Reality experience, and special events and public programming throughout the year. The Old Sydney Society also operates Cossit House Museum and St. Patrick’s Church Museum.
Region: Sydney and Area / Marconi Trail
Community: Sydney
Once the home of a prominent merchant, Jost Heritage House (c 1786) located in Sydney on Cape Breton Island, shows the evolution of a wooden...
Region: Sydney and Area / Marconi Trail
Community: Sydney
The oldest still-standing Roman Catholic church in Cape Breton, built in 1828 in the Pioneer Gothic style, this restored building tells its ...
Region: Sydney and Area / Marconi Trail
Community: Sydney
About Fired Creations The Pottery Painting Cafè: Fired Creations is Cape Breton’s only Pottery Painting Café. Located in downtown S...
Region: Sydney and Area / Marconi Trail
Community: Glace Bay
The Savoy Theatre is a Victorian-Style theatre with a capacity of 761 including the balcony. The Savoy’s foyer also hosts events (dinner t...
Region: Sydney and Area / Marconi Trail
Community: Sydney
Before you embark on your cruise, visit our website for the most up to date information on the Bras d’Or Lakes and Cape Breton. ...
Region: Sydney and Area / Marconi Trail
Community: Mira
Our Purpose – To promote boating and other water sports so as to provide its members and guests an opportunity to participate in the C...
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.