KitchenFest!: Traditional Codfish Supper at the Gaelic College
Next Date: Jul 2, 2025
Enjoy this cultural staple, including maritime codfish, potatoes, vegetable medley, curds, bacon and onions, chow or pickles, and a roll, ju...
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)
Next Date: Jul 2, 2025
Enjoy this cultural staple, including maritime codfish, potatoes, vegetable medley, curds, bacon and onions, chow or pickles, and a roll, ju...
Next Date: Jul 22, 2025
Region: Cabot Trail
Community: Baddeck
A family in a tight-knit Cape Breton community loses their daughter to the big smoke–T.O. How to stay in touch when long distance calls co...
Next Date: Jul 12, 2025
Region: Cabot Trail
Community: Baddeck
The name “The Baddeck Gathering” Ceilidh came from a popular fiddle tune of the same name that was recorded by many Cape Breton ...
Next Date: Oct 6, 2025
Region: Cabot Trail
Community: Baddeck
The name “The Baddeck Gathering” Ceilidh came from a popular fiddle tune of the same name that was recorded by many Cape Breton ...
Next Date: Jun 24, 2025
Region: Cabot Trail
Community: Baddeck
The name “The Baddeck Gathering” Ceilidh came from a popular fiddle tune of the same name that was recorded by many Cape Breton ...
Next Date: Jun 19, 2025
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