Now in its 29th year, this event hosted is hosted by the Wallace MacAskill Yacht Club in St. Peter’s. Warm-up races are held on the Friday on buoyed short courses, while the big race takes place Saturday over a 25-mile…
A three-day East Coast Music Award nominated musical event that kicks off the August long weekend. The stage is set for a great time on the open-air amphitheatre along the town’s East River. This festival hosts the best of local…
This is a new event for 2018 planned by yacht clubs in Charlottetown, Barrachois, and Pictou.
Racing is one of the activities that define the Nova Scotia Schooner Association. Founded by men and women who met in 1961 to race for the first Nova Scotia Schooner Championship, the members have gathered every summer, withoutfail, for a…
Starting the first Sunday every August, this regatta hosted by the Bras d’Or Yacht Club presents some of the best racing on the Bras d’Or Lakes. The event kicks off with a sail through on the lakes and then races…
A children’s parade, poker race, steak dinner, and pub at the local firehall. And, of course, lots of Cape Breton music with an outdoor Scottish concert.
World-class seafood, beach, breweries, wineries, distilleries, and artists all at once. The Shediac Ocean Festive celebrate the best in everything that Atlantic Canada has to offer. Experience the amazing local seafood creations, our chefs’ culinary sessions, the always entertaining cooking…
“Dragging up our past” is the theme of Digby Scallop Days Festival. This coastal Nova Scotia town on the Bay of Fundy is known for its scallops and this is the festival that recognizes its famous seafood. Activities focus on…
At Chester Yacht Club, with four different race courses, there is something for every sailor from very competitive one design classes, serious distance races to round the buoys fun, and Nova Scotia’s famous Bluenose Class Fleet racing in Chester Harbour.…
Get the catch of the day at this festival in the waters off Wedgeport, which was once a tuna capital in the world. Fishermen now head out 12 hours from the wharf at Wedgeport to “Hell Hole,” which is south…