Date: Jun 30, 2025
While on your visit to Cape Breton, make time for a stop in St. Ann’s! Get a first-hand look at the living traditions of Nova Scotia Gaels with our cultural demonstrations. Witness the construction of a great kilt, learn some Gaelic words and a song during a milling frolic, hear traditional Cape Breton music up close and personal, learn of the area’s rich bagpipe tradition, and hear the language in full force during a storytelling session.
10:30am Great Kilt
11am Gaelic Language and Milling Frolic
11:30am Music and Steps
| break for lunch |
1pm Bagpiping or Weaving
1:30pm Gaelic Storytelling
Adults $10 / Youth $8 (12 and under) / Family $25 (2 adults, 2 children)
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