58th Annual Mabou Ceilidh Days Festival: Monday
Region: Canada’s Musical Coast
Community: Mabou
For more than half a century, Mabou, has been buzzing with excitement every July as we host our beloved annual tradition. It’s a time ...
The Port Hawkesbury Ceilidhs are held Tuesday nights at the Civic Centre and feature local artists performing fiddle, piano, song, bagpipes, dancing, and more. Free tea and oatcakes… while they last.
August 13 – Andrea Beaton / Troy MacGillivray / Myles Davidson / the MacArthur Dancers
August 20 – Donna Marie DeWolfe / Allan Dewar / Joe MacLean / Steve MacIntyre
August 27 – Rodney MacDonald / Jackie Dunn-MacIsaac / James MacLean / Robert Bouchard
September 3 – Howie MacDonald / Beverly MacLean / Buddy MacDonald
September 10 – Owen Kennedy / Cameron MacNeil / Iain MacQuarrie / Eastbound
September 17 – Melody & Derrick Cameron / Betty Beaton / Delores Boudreau
September 24 – Kenneth MacKenzie and the Gaelic College Crew (fundraiser for Taigh Sgoile na Drochaide)
October 1 – The Cape Breton Fiddlers Association
October 8 – Andrea Beaton / Joël Chiasson / Rob MacLean
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