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Featured

Sep

Pjila’si Unama’kik – A Great Taste of Canada Experience

Louisbourg & Area

Sep 27

Featured

Sep

Lumière Art-at-Night Festival

Sydney Area & Marconi Trail

Sep 27

Featured

Oct

Celtic Colours International Festival

Sydney Area & Marconi Trail

Oct 10 – Oct 18

Aug

Suppertime Music at the Doryman: Louis Arsenault

Chéticamp & Area

Aug 31

Aug

Baddeck Gathering Céilidh

Baddeck & Area

Jun 14 – Oct 19

Aug

Evening Ceilidh at Glenora Inn and Distillery

Inverness

May 29 – Oct 19

Sep

The Red Shoe Pub – Live Music Daily

Mabou & Area

Jun 6 – Oct 20

Sep

Joan Jonas: We Come from the Sea at Eltuek Arts Centre

Sydney Area & Marconi Trail

Aug 10 – Oct 12

sidewalk market with people sitting under tents

Sep

Sydney Public Market

Sydney Area & Marconi Trail

Aug 2 – Dec 27

Sep

Daily Lunch Céilidh at the Celtic Music Interpretive Centre

Judique

Jun 6 – Oct 17

Sep

Afternoon Ceilidh at Glenora Inn and Distillery

Inverness

Jun 10 – Oct 19

Sep

Neil McDaniel in the Music Room at the Barn in Margaree

Margarees

Jun 30 – Oct 20

Sep

Adult Square Dance in Brook Village

Mabou & Area

Jul 28 – Oct 14

Sep

Joan Jonas: We Come from the Sea at Inverness County Centre for the Arts

Inverness

Aug 10 – Oct 12

Sep

Tuesday Tunes at the Doryman

Chéticamp & Area

Aug 12 – Oct 21

Sep

Chad Tetford at the Bothy at the North Star

Louisbourg & Area

Jun 11 – Oct 15

Sep

Baddeck Gathering Céilidh: Dara Smith-MacDonald & Adam Young

Baddeck & Area

Jun 18 – Oct 15

large crowd of people playing instruments

Sep

The Kimberley Fraser Sessions at the Old Triangle

Sydney Area & Marconi Trail

Aug 27 – Dec 17

people on stage playing instruments and dancing

Sep

Wednesday Ceilidhs at Colaisde na Gàidhlig

St. Ann's Bay & North Shore

Aug 20 – Dec 10

Sep

Live & Local with Aaron Lewis

Membertou

Sep 4 – Sep 25

Sep

Baddeck Gathering Céilidh: Melody Cameron & Derrick Cameron

Baddeck & Area

Jun 19 – Oct 16

Sep

KitchenRackets Summer Jam Sessions in St. Peter’s

St Peter's & Area

Jul 10 – Sep 4

three men posed with musical instruments

Sep

Talent Night at the Doryman

Chéticamp & Area

Aug 14 – Oct 13

Sep

Glencoe Mills Family Square Dance

Mabou & Area

Jul 3 – Sep 26

Sep

Chad Tetford at the Bothy at the North Star

Louisbourg & Area

Jun 13 – Oct 17

Sep

Friday Nights at Baddeck Legion

Baddeck & Area

Sep 5 – Sep 26

Sep

Claude Bourgeois & Chester Delaney at the Doryman

Chéticamp & Area

Sep 5 – Dec 12

Sep

Queen: It’s a Kinda Magic at the Savoy

Glace Bay & Area

Sep 5

Sep

Square Dance at the Octagon

North Highlands

Sep 5

Sep

Baddeck Gathering Céilidh: Abigail MacDonald & Malcolm MacNeil

Baddeck & Area

Jul 25 – Sep 26

Sep

Little Church in Big Baddeck Concert Series: Lennie Gallant

Baddeck & Area

Sep 5

Sep

Saturday Afternoon Fiddle Matinee at the Doryman

Chéticamp & Area

Aug 16 – Dec 27

Sep

Baddeck Gathering Céilidh: Rachel Davis and Buddy MacDonald

Baddeck & Area

Sep 6 – Sep 7

Sep

Jeff Leeson: “Jokes on You” at The Hat

Sydney Area & Marconi Trail

Sep 6

three men on stage playing musical instruments

Sep

No Boundaries at the Doryman

Chéticamp & Area

Sep 6 – Sep 7

Sep

West Mabou Family Square Dances

Mabou & Area

Jun 14 – Oct 12

Sep

Mabou Farmers’ Market

Mabou & Area

Jun 1 – Oct 12

Sep

CrestCrush Adventures

Bras d'Or & Boularderie Area

Aug 3 – Oct 31

text superimposed on stylized illustration of a garden

Sep

Ross Ferry Farm Market

Bras d'Or & Boularderie Area

Jul 6 – Sep 21

a building with flowers in the foreground

Sep

The Louisbourg Market

Louisbourg & Area

May 4 – Dec 7

a group of people playing musical instruments

Sep

Trad Sessions at the Doryman

Chéticamp & Area

Aug 17 – Oct 19

Sep

Baddeck Gathering Céilidh: Margie Beaton & Dawn Beaton & Jason Roach

Baddeck & Area

Sep 8

Sep

Baddeck Gathering Céilidh: Stephanie MacDonald & Susan MacLean

Baddeck & Area

Jun 17 – Sep 30

Sep

Cape Breton Classic Cruisers Fall Classic Show & Shine

Sydney Area & Marconi Trail

Sep 12 – Sep 13

Sep

Louis Arsenault at the Doryman

Chéticamp & Area

Aug 22 – Dec 19

man leaning against a wall playing electric guitar through an amplifier

Sep

K-OS at The Hat

Sydney Area & Marconi Trail

Sep 12

crowd gathered in parking lot for market with flowers in the foreground

Sep

Baddeck Community Market

Baddeck & Area

Aug 2 – Oct 11

Sep

22nd Annual Hike the Highlands Festival

Ingonish & Area

Sep 13 – Sep 19

Sep

Baddeck Gathering Céilidh: Mckayla MacNeil & Myles Davidson & Harold Davidson

Baddeck & Area

Sep 13 – Sep 14

five men on stage playing musical instruments

Sep

Risin’ Tide at the Doryman

Chéticamp & Area

Aug 30 – Oct 12

Sep

Baddeck Gathering Céilidh: Gillian Head & Jason Roach

Baddeck & Area

Sep 15 – Sep 22

Sep

Baddeck Gathering Céilidh: Howie MacDonald & Beverly MacLean

Baddeck & Area

Jun 24 – Oct 7

male and female duplicated and posed with instruments

Sep

An evening with the Red Dirt Skinners

Sydney Area & Marconi Trail

Sep 18

Sep

Baddeck Gathering Céilidh: Kevin LeVesconte & Neil McDaniel

Baddeck & Area

Jun 27 – Oct 10

Sep

Luke Combs UK at the Savoy

Glace Bay & Area

Sep 19

Sep

Fête du chocolat at the Fortress of Louisbourg

Louisbourg & Area

Sep 20 – Sep 21

Sep

Baddeck Gathering Céilidh: Rachel Davis and Buddy MacDonald

Baddeck & Area

Sep 20

man at piano keyboard with painting of boat as backdrop

Sep

Martin Aucoin at the Doryman

Chéticamp & Area

Sep 26 – Nov 28

colourful illustration of traditional chinese arts

Sep

The Lotus Lantern at The HAT

Sydney Area & Marconi Trail

Sep 27 – Sep 28

Sep

Baddeck Gathering Céilidh: Rachel Davis and Darren McMullen

Baddeck & Area

Sep 27 – Sep 28

Sep

The Suits at the HAT

Sydney Area & Marconi Trail

Sep 30

painting of woman reading a book in the forest with text

Oct

Cabot Trail Writers Festival

St. Ann's Bay & North Shore

Oct 3 – Oct 5

Oct

Paranormal Investigations at the Fortress of Lousiburg

Louisbourg & Area

Oct 3 – Oct 5

Oct

Little Church in Big Baddeck Concert Series: Madison Violet

Baddeck & Area

Oct 3

Oct

Baddeck Gathering Céilidh: Rachel Davis and Buddy MacDonald

Baddeck & Area

Oct 4 – Oct 5

Oct

Baddeck Gathering Céilidh: Gillian Head & Jason Roach

Baddeck & Area

Oct 6 – Oct 13

Oct

Gobblefest XXXI

Sydney Area & Marconi Trail, Glace Bay & Area

Oct 9 – Oct 13

Oct

Blueberry Jam Harvest Series

Mabou & Area

Oct 10 – Oct 13

Oct

The Grand Opening of Celtic Colours

Port Hawkesbury & Area

Oct 10

Oct

The South Haven Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers Fibre Festival

Baddeck & Area

Oct 11 – Oct 13

Oct

Baddeck Gathering Céilidh: Mckayla MacNeil & Myles Davidson & Harold Davidson

Baddeck & Area

Oct 11 – Oct 12

Oct

Suppertime Music at the Doryman with Brian LeBlanc

Chéticamp & Area

Oct 12

Oct

Louis Arsenault at the Doryman

Chéticamp & Area

Oct 13

image of two men and a woman posed with musical instruments

Oct

River’s Bend at The Doryman

Chéticamp & Area

Aug 13 – Oct 15

Oct

Baddeck Gathering Céilidh: Rachel Davis & Buddy MacDonald & Darren McMullen

Baddeck & Area

Oct 18 – Oct 19

Oct

The Grand Finale of Celtic Colours

Sydney Area & Marconi Trail

Oct 18

Oct

Rick Roach at the Doryman

Chéticamp & Area

Oct 24

Oct

Sinister Soiree at the Fortress of Louisbourg

Louisbourg & Area

Oct 25

text against a curtained stage background

Oct

The Savoy Unmasked

Glace Bay & Area

Oct 25

Dec

Theatre Baddeck presents Charles Dickens Writes A Christmas Carol [Preview Performance]

Baddeck & Area

Dec 4

Dec

Theatre Baddeck presents Charles Dickens Writes A Christmas Carol

Baddeck & Area

Dec 5 – Dec 6

Dec

Theatre Baddeck presents Charles Dickens Writes A Christmas Carol

Baddeck & Area

Dec 6 – Dec 13

Dec

Theatre Baddeck presents Charles Dickens Writes A Christmas Carol

Baddeck & Area

Dec 7 – Dec 14

Dec

Theatre Baddeck presents Charles Dickens Writes A Christmas Carol

Baddeck & Area

Dec 9 – Dec 13

Dec

Little Church in Big Baddeck Concert Series: The Once

Baddeck & Area

Dec 13