Musique et événements

Holly Jolly Crafted Christmas – A Home for the Holidays event at the Emera Centre

North Sydney & Sydney Mines Area

Nov 28 – Nov 30

a woman playing fiddle while a man looks on

Nov

Rachel Davis and Jason Roach at Governor’s Pub & Eatery

Sydney & Area

Nov 29

Nov

Saturday Afternoon Fiddle Matinee at the Doryman

Chéticamp & Area

Aug 16 – Dec 27

Nov

Ed Woodsworth at Breton Brewing

Sydney & Area

Nov 29

Nov

Down at MacLean’s: A Holiday Special at Strathspey Performing Arts Centre

Mabou & Area

Nov 29

fiddler and piano player plauing to a crowd in a pub setting

Nov

Céilidh Matinee at the Frolic’n Folk

Iona & Area

Feb 8 – Dec 27

Nov

John Curtis Sampson at Daniels Alehouse and Eatery

Sydney & Area

Nov 15 – Nov 29

two men on stage, one playing keyboard and one playing guitar

Nov

Drift Away at Governor’s Pub & Eatery

Sydney & Area

Nov 29

three women dancing with a christmas motif background

Nov

$60

Christmas at Sacred Heart Downtown 2025

Sydney & Area

Nov 27 – Dec 18

Nov

$75

Christmas Chaos at “The Home” – Dinner Theatre at the Miners Forum

Glace Bay & Area

Nov 15 – Dec 20

Nov

The Addams Family at the Boardmore Theatre

Sydney & Area

Nov 27 – Nov 30

graphic featuring images of five men playing musical instruments

Nov

$12

The HiBoys at Duke’s Place

North Sydney & Sydney Mines Area

Nov 29 – Nov 30

five people posed with musical instruments

Nov

Full Circle at the Main Event

Glace Bay & Area

Nov 29 – Nov 30

Nov

Christmas Craft Fair at the Brookshaven Hall

Sydney & Area

Nov 30

man and woman onstage playing fiddle and piano for dancers offstage

Nov

Sunday Ceilidhs at the Celtic Music Interpretive Centre

Judique

Jun 1 – Dec 29

a group of people playing musical instruments

Nov

Trad Sessions at the Doryman

Chéticamp & Area

Aug 17 – Dec 28

Nov

$40

Festive Seasons Painting Series in Cape Breton Highlands National Park

Chéticamp & Area

Nov 2 – Mar 22

an image of four masks mounted on a wall

Dec

Surfacing – an exhibition by Miya Turnbull at CBU Art Gallery

Sydney & Area

Oct 17 – Feb 6

Dec

The Rock and the Stone – an exhibition by Louis-Charles Dionne at CBU Art Gallery

Sydney & Area

Oct 17 – Feb 6

Dec

Investigations & Celebrations: A HAT Academy Showcase

Sydney & Area

Dec 2

a man playing guitar next to a christmnas tree in a pub setting

Dec

Open Mikey at Governors Pub & Eatery

Sydney & Area

Mar 4 – Dec 16

Dec

Wednesday Sessions at the Admiral

Port Hood

Jun 4 – Dec 17

large crowd of people playing instruments

Dec

The Kimberley Fraser Sessions at the Old Triangle

Sydney & Area

Aug 27 – Dec 17

people on stage playing instruments and dancing

Dec

Wednesday Ceilidhs at Colaisde na Gàidhlig

St. Ann's Bay & North Shore

Aug 20 – Dec 10

image of people gathered together in a pub setting

Dec

Open Mic Comedy Night at Breton Brewing

Sydney & Area

Dec 3

Dec

Unplugged Open Mic at the Diamond with Shane O’Handley

Sydney & Area

Apr 2 – Dec 17

a figure skater set against a Christmas motif

Dec

$50

Stars on Ice featuring Elvis Stojko at Centre 200

Sydney & Area

Dec 4

Dec

$25

SUNRETURN: A Christmas Celebration in Story and Song at Knox Presbyterian Church

Baddeck & Area

Dec 4

a group of people playing fiddles gathered around a piano

Dec

Traditional Thursday Session at the Blue Mist

Bras d'Or & Boularderie Area

Jan 9 – Dec 18

Dec

Theatre Baddeck presents Charles Dickens Writes A Christmas Carol

Baddeck & Area

Dec 4 – Dec 14

Dec

Open Mic with Brian Cathcart at Daniels

Sydney & Area

Oct 2 – Dec 18

Dec

Jazz Showcase at Daniels Alehouse

Sydney & Area

Oct 3 – Dec 19

Dec

$40

Dave Sampson at the Frolic’n Folk

Iona & Area

Dec 5 – Dec 6

two men posed in front of a pickup truck

Dec

Everyone in Cars / Trash Brain / Danny MacNeil at St. Pat’s

Sydney & Area

Dec 6

Dec

$54

Christmas In Cape Breton ’25 at the Savoy

Glace Bay & Area

Dec 6 – Dec 7

Dec

Believe: A New Baton and a Bright Noel – The Cape Breton Chamber Orchestra at the HAT

Sydney & Area

Dec 6

Dec

Christmas at Home with Measha Brueggergosman-Lee at CBU Boardmore Playhouse

Sydney & Area

Dec 6

Dec

Spectacle du Temps des Fêtes [Christmas Time Special]: Ronald Bourgeois, Nicole Deveau et Michelle Deveau at Place des arts Père-Anselme-Chiasson

Chéticamp & Area

Dec 6

Dec

Songwriters Showcase at he Whycocomagh Waterfront Centre

Whycocomagh & Area

Dec 6

Dec

Alter Ego at Daniels Alehouse and Eatery

Sydney & Area

Dec 6 – Dec 7

Dec

Renegade at the Northside East Bay Firehall

Ben Eoin & East Bay Area

Dec 6

Dec

The Relatives at Ashby Legion

Sydney & Area

Dec 6 – Dec 7

a building with flowers in the foreground

Dec

The Louisbourg Market

Louisbourg & Area

May 4 – Dec 7

Dec

Family Christmas Concert in Christmas Island

Iona & Area

Dec 7

Dec

The Turnbull Brothers Christmas in D’Escousse

Isle Madame

Dec 7

graphic of a man in a nightshirt floating amidst ghostly images

Dec

Highland Arts Theatre presents A Christmas Carol

Sydney & Area

Dec 10 – Dec 14

man and woman sitting on back bumper of truck

Dec

$25

Kim Dunn & Terra Spencer at the Inverness County Centre for the Arts

Inverness

Dec 12

Dec

Claude Bourgeois & Chester Delaney at the Doryman

Chéticamp & Area

Sep 5 – Dec 12

Dec

The HiBoys at the Ashby Legion

Sydney & Area

Dec 12

view of a building at the fortress of louisbourg

Dec

Fortress Noël at the Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site

Louisbourg & Area

Dec 13

Dec

$11

Aaron MacDonald at The Club

Sydney & Area

Dec 13

five people wearing Santa hats posed with musical instruments

Dec

Full Circle at The Steel City

Sydney & Area

Dec 13

Dec

Heather Rankin Christmas at Place des arts Père-Anselme-Chiasson

Chéticamp & Area

Dec 13

Dec

Little Church in Big Baddeck Concert Series: The Once

Baddeck & Area

Dec 13

Dec

$25

Slowcoaster / Mae Rivers / The Lotoyas at he Red Farm

Sydney & Area

Dec 13

Dec

Christmas Tea at the Creignish Recreation Center

Judique

Dec 14

christmas themed graphic with text and image of santa clause

Dec

$39

Christmas with the Turnbull Brothers at the Savoy

Glace Bay & Area

Dec 14

Dec

A Gunning & Cormier Christmas at the HAT

Dec 17 – Dec 18

Dec

Joyful Christmas Time at the Boardmore Theatre with the Second Wind Community Band

Sydney & Area

Dec 17

photo of long-haired man's head with text

Dec

$33

Jon Bryant at the Strathspey Performing Arts Cntre

Mabou & Area

Dec 18

Dec

$42

Cape Breton Christmas Ceilidh at Membertou Trade & Convention Centre

Membertou

Dec 19

Dec

Louis Arsenault at the Doryman

Chéticamp & Area

Aug 22 – Dec 19

six people posed with instruments in a pub setting

Dec

Coastline at the Old Triangle

Sydney & Area

Dec 19 – Dec 20

Dec

Christmas Dance at Creignish Recreation Centre with Full Circle

Judique

Dec 19 – Dec 20

five people posed in a winter scene with instruments

Dec

$54

The Barra MacNeils: An East Coast Christmas – Celebrating 25 Years

Glace Bay & Area

Dec 20

a man in red posed with a fiddle in a Christmas motif

Dec

$30

Ashbley MacIsaac’s Christmas Ceilidh at the Old Triangle

Sydney & Area

Dec 22

Dec

$21

Un Noël en Douceur: Nathan Lelièvre invités surprise! [with special guest!] at Canton Culturel

Chéticamp & Area

Dec 22

graphic of five people with musical instruments

Dec

Pretty Archie’s Annual Christmas Show with Jordan Musycsyn at Sacred Heart Downtown

Sydney & Area

Dec 22 – Dec 24

Three guys on stage playing musical instruments

Dec

Tipsy Eve with Alter Ego at the Northern Yacht Club

North Sydney & Sydney Mines Area

Dec 23 – Dec 24

Dec

Tipsy Eve with the HiBoys at Daniels Alehouse and Eatery

Dec 23 – Dec 24

illustration of someone singing in the woods with the animals plus text

Dec

A Very Merry Christmas Eve Sing-a-long Service at the HAT

Sydney & Area

Dec 24

three men posed in an illustrated christmas motif

Dec

$10

Boxing Day Bash with Dick Finney and the Underdogs at the Northern Yacht Club

North Sydney & Sydney Mines Area

Dec 26 – Dec 27

Dec

$37

Signal Hill at the Old Triangle

Sydney & Area

Dec 26 – Dec 27

Dec

Boxing Day Dance with Full Circle at Mabou Hall

Mabou & Area

Dec 26 – Dec 27

Dec

Boxing Day Bash with The Relatives at the Island Nest

Isle Madame

Dec 26 – Dec 27

Dec

Renegade at the Main Event

Glace Bay & Area

Dec 26 – Dec 27

Dec

Dave Sampson’s Christmas Show at the Big Fiddle

Sydney & Area

Dec 27

Dec

Conductor / The Orchids / Hash Jesus at Daniels Alehouse and Eatery

Sydney & Area

Dec 27

Dec

Full Circle at the Main Event

Glace Bay & Area

Dec 27 – Dec 28

Dec

Renegade at Daniels Alehouse and Eatery

Sydney & Area

Dec 27 – Dec 28

Dec

$125

Cheers to 2026 with High Society and The Privateers at Membertou Trade & Convention Centre

Membertou

Dec 31 – Jan 1

Dec

New Year’s Eve with Full Circle at Reserve Mines Firehall

Glace Bay & Area

Dec 31 – Jan 1

Dec

$30

New Years Eve with Renegade at the Ashby Legion

Sydney & Area

Dec 31 – Jan 1

Dec

$50

New Years Eve with The Turnbull Brothers at the Frolic’n Folk

Iona & Area

Dec 31 – Jan 1

Jan

2026

$74

Matt Andersen with special guest Mariel Buckley at the Savoy

Glace Bay & Area

Jan 24

a photo of a man playing guitar plus text

Feb

2026