Things to Do

Music & Events

All Categories Community Events Concerts & Festivals Cultural & Traditional Performances Learning Opportunities Live Music Square Dances Visual Arts & Exhibitions Theatre & Performing Arts

74 Results

Featured

Oct

Celtic Colours International Festival

Sydney & Area

Oct 10 – Oct 18

Oct

Jesse Cox at Keltic Lodge at the Highlands

Ingonish & Area

Oct 5 – Oct 7

Oct

Baddeck Gathering Céilidh

Baddeck & Area

Jun 14 – Oct 19

Oct

Baddeck Gathering Céilidh: Gillian Head & Jason Roach

Baddeck & Area

Oct 6 – Oct 13

Oct

Evening Ceilidh at Glenora Inn and Distillery

Inverness

May 29 – Oct 19

Oct

Neil McDaniel in the Music Room at the Barn in Margaree

Margarees

Jun 30 – Oct 20

Oct

Adult Square Dance in Brook Village

Mabou & Area

Jul 28 – Oct 14

sidewalk market with people sitting under tents

Oct

Sydney Public Market

Sydney & Area

Aug 2 – Dec 27

Oct

The Red Shoe Pub – Live Music Daily

Mabou & Area

Jun 6 – Oct 20

Oct

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

Sydney & Area

Aug 10 – Oct 12

Oct

Daily Lunch Céilidh at the Celtic Music Interpretive Centre

Judique

Jun 6 – Oct 17

Oct

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

Inverness

Aug 10 – Oct 12

Oct

Afternoon Ceilidh at Glenora Inn and Distillery

Inverness

Jun 10 – Oct 19

Oct

Baddeck Gathering Céilidh: Howie MacDonald & Beverly MacLean

Baddeck & Area

Jun 24 – Oct 7

Oct

Tuesday Tunes at the Doryman

Chéticamp & Area

Aug 12 – Oct 21

Oct

Chad Tetford at the Bothy at the North Star

Louisbourg & Area

Jun 11 – Oct 15

Oct

Jordan Musycsyn at Keltic Lodge at the Highlands

Ingonish & Area

Oct 8 – Oct 10

image of man posed with fiddle accompanied by text

Oct

Stan Chapman: Reflection on a Lifetime of Teaching Fiddle Alex Francis MacKay Lecture

Iona & Area

Oct 8

Oct

Wednesday Sessions at the Admiral

Port Hood

Jun 4 – Dec 17

Oct

Baddeck Gathering Céilidh: Dara Smith-MacDonald & Adam Young

Baddeck & Area

Jun 18 – Oct 15

large crowd of people playing instruments

Oct

The Kimberley Fraser Sessions at the Old Triangle

Sydney & Area

Aug 27 – Dec 17

people on stage playing instruments and dancing

Oct

Wednesday Ceilidhs at Colaisde na Gàidhlig

St. Ann's Bay & North Shore

Aug 20 – Dec 10

Oct

Unplugged Open Mic at the Diamond with Shane O’Handley

Sydney & Area

Apr 2 – Dec 17

Oct

Gobblefest XXXI

Sydney & Area, Glace Bay & Area

Oct 9 – Oct 13

Oct

Baddeck Gathering Céilidh: Melody Cameron & Derrick Cameron

Baddeck & Area

Jun 19 – Oct 16

three men posed with musical instruments

Oct

Talent Night at the Doryman

Chéticamp & Area

Aug 14 – Oct 16

a group of people playing fiddles gathered around a piano

Oct

Traditional Thursday Session at the Blue Mist

Bras d'Or & Boularderie Area

Jan 9 – Dec 18

Oct

Open Mic with Brian Cathcart at Daniels

Sydney & Area

Oct 2 – Dec 19

text superimposed on stylized scenic background

Oct

Twenty Shows in Ten Days at Big Spruce

Baddeck & Area

Oct 10 – Oct 19

Oct

Jazz Showcase at Daniels Alehouse

Sydney & Area

Oct 3 – Dec 19

Oct

Chad Tetford at the Bothy at the North Star

Louisbourg & Area

Jun 13 – Oct 17

Oct

Blueberry Jam Harvest Series

Mabou & Area

Oct 10 – Oct 13

Oct

Claude Bourgeois & Chester Delaney at the Doryman

Chéticamp & Area

Sep 5 – Dec 12

Oct

Fright Night XXIII: Twisted Nightmares at Two Rivers Wildlife Park

Louisbourg & Area

Oct 10 – Oct 26

Oct

Baddeck Gathering Céilidh: Kevin LeVesconte & Neil McDaniel

Baddeck & Area

Jun 27 – Oct 10

Oct

The Grand Opening of Celtic Colours

Port Hawkesbury & Area

Oct 10

Oct

Howie MacDonald & Beverly MacLean at the Barn in Margaree

Margarees

Jun 27 – Oct 24

Oct

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

Baddeck & Area

Oct 11 – Oct 13

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

Oct

Baddeck Community Market

Baddeck & Area

Aug 2 – Oct 11

Oct

Saturday Afternoon Fiddle Matinee at the Doryman

Chéticamp & Area

Aug 16 – Dec 27

Oct

Ceilidh Eilean na Nollaig

Iona & Area

Oct 11

Oct

Jud Gunning at Keltic Lodge at the Highlands

Ingonish & Area

Oct 11 – Oct 14

Oct

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

Baddeck & Area

Oct 11 – Oct 12

five men on stage playing musical instruments

Oct

Risin’ Tide at the Doryman

Chéticamp & Area

Aug 30 – Oct 12

Oct

West Mabou Family Square Dances

Mabou & Area

Jun 14 – Oct 12

Oct

Mabou Farmers’ Market

Mabou & Area

Jun 1 – Oct 12

Oct

CrestCrush Adventures

Bras d'Or & Boularderie Area

Aug 3 – Oct 31

a group of people playing musical instruments

Oct

Trad Sessions at the Doryman

Chéticamp & Area

Aug 17 – Oct 26

Oct

Cape Breton Celtic Trad Sessions at the Frolic

Iona & Area

Jun 22 – 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

a woman playing fiddle and a man playing piano

Oct

Rachel Davis & Jason Roach at the Doryman

Chéticamp & Area

Oct 14 – Oct 15

Oct

Deron Donovan at the Keltic Lodge at the Highlands

Ingonish & Area

Oct 2 – Oct 15

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

Rob MacLean at Keltic Lodge at the Highlands

Ingonish & Area

Oct 16 – Oct 18

man at piano keyboard with painting of boat as backdrop

Oct

Martin Aucoin at the Doryman

Chéticamp & Area

Sep 26 – Nov 28

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

Oct 18

Oct

Eddie Cummings at the Doryman

Chéticamp & Area

Oct 18 – Oct 19

Oct

Robert Bouchard & Nick “The Pick” at the Doryman

Chéticamp & Area

Oct 19

an orchestra gathered for what looks like a rehearsal

Oct

Cape Breton Community BandFest

Sydney & Area

Oct 24 – Oct 26

Oct

Oidhche nam Bòcan [Night of the Spirits]

Iona & Area

Oct 24 – Oct 25

Oct

Rick Roach at the Doryman

Chéticamp & Area

Oct 24

Oct

Tracy & Michael Cavanaugh at Stand & Stuff Your Face

St. Ann's Bay & North Shore

Oct 25

Oct

Witches & Warlocks Paddle

Baddeck & Area

Oct 25

Oct

Hallowe’en Extravaganza

St. Ann's Bay & North Shore

Oct 25

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

Oct

Pretty Archie at the Octagon

North Highlands

Oct 25

a building with flowers in the foreground

Nov

The Louisbourg Market

Louisbourg & Area

May 4 – Dec 7

Nov

Louis Arsenault at the Doryman

Chéticamp & Area

Aug 22 – Dec 19

Dec

Theatre Baddeck presents Charles Dickens Writes A Christmas Carol

Baddeck & Area

Dec 4 – Dec 14

Dec

Little Church in Big Baddeck Concert Series: The Once

Baddeck & Area

Dec 13

The Turnbull Brothers at Stand & Stuff Your Face

St. Ann's Bay & North Shore