Events 2010-Cape Breton Musical Choices-updated May 25th, 2010
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------ Every evening-7:30pm-Baddeck Gathering Ceilidhs -July & Aug @$ 10
-St.Michael's Parish Hall, -Nancy MacLean [295-2794] www.BaddeckGathering.com
Saturday -10pm-1am-Year round; @$6 West Mabou Hall-Family Square Dances
www.angelfire.com/ca2/wmsquaredancing www.cbchoices.com/wmsquaredancing
Saturdays-Sydney: Bunkers-1st floor-Governor’s Pub: 233 Esplanade
-fiddle sessions with Carl MacKenzie & friends
Sunday, -3pm-7pm-ceilidhs-Celtic Music Centre-Judique; www.celticmusicsite.com @ $7
Monday-10pm-1am-Brook Village Hall-Adult Square Dances-, @$ 7; 19+
(June 28th-Sept 6th, 2010)
Tuesday-10pm-1am-Scotsville Square dances-Lake Ainslie Fire Hall; -[July 7th-Aug. 25th , 2009]
Tuesday -7:30pm-9pm-Ceilidhs;Mabou Community Hall, @$6
[June 16 to Sept 1th, 2009]; Hosted by: Karen & Joseph Beaton
Wednesday 8pm-9;30pm-Ceilidhs-[Jun 15th-Aug 31st, 2010 ]-Hosted by: Karen & Joseph Beaton
-Judique Community Centre, @$6
Wednesdays-7pm,-An Drodhaid/The Bridge Museum -Mabou-(July - Aug.)
Summer Ceilidh Series,
Wednesdays-[June 19 – Oct. 16, 2009]-8pm-3 Fiddler Concert, Ceilidh & Dances,
"The Barn", Margaree Valley
Wednesday ceilidhs-7:30pm- [July 2nd-Aug. 27th,2008]-St Anns Gaelic College;
@ donations [295-3411], A showcase of our school instructors & others
Every 2nd. Wed-7pm-Kitchen Ceilidhs, (Jun 17-Oct. 17, 2009)
Father John Angus Rankin Cultural Centre, Glendale
Thursday 8pm-Ceilidhs-Inverness Fire Hall, [July-Aug, 2010] @ $ 7
Thursday-10 pm-1 am-Glencoe Mills- family square dances (July – August , 2010)
@ $6. [& May 23rd, Oct. 10th & Oct. 14th, 2010]
Thursdays 7pm-8pm-ceilidhs @ $ 3 ; [July 2nd to Aug 27th]
Port Hood-Chestico Museum & Historical Society - seating for 30 - tea served
Thursdays -Celtic Ceilidh every Thursday 8pm to 9pm ; 19+ All Ages
North Sydney: Rollie’s Wharf: 411 Purves St.[794-7774]
Friday-[Jun 19th-Oct 16, 2009] 8pm--3 Fiddler Concert, Ceilidh & Dances,
"The Barn", Margaree Valley , www.normwayinn.com
Friday-10 pm-1 am-SW Margaree Parish Hall-Adult Square Dances,
[June 25th to Sept 3rd, 2010]- @$7
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"Bring an instrument and join local musicians making music!"
Sundays-2pm to 5pm-Bras d'Or Lakes Inn-St. Peter's [July & August]; Free
-2pm to 5pm-Hank's Jamboree, @$ 5; lite lunch, musicians free;
monthly jam [every 4th Sunday] Havre Boucher: Community Centre: [234-2188]
-2pm to 5pm-Judique Highland Guitar Society -Community Centre:
monthly jam [2nd Sunday] @ $5; musicians free, [ [ lite lunch ],[ Bill MacDonald
787-2805, Patrick Lamey 625-5345, Adam Cooke 625-8863]. [2nd Sunday ]
-2pm to 4:30pm-Margaree Centre: Cranton Cross Roads Community Centre,
monthly jam [every 4th sunday] , donations , [ 248-2261, 248-2009]
Mondays-
Tuesdays- evenings-Chéticamp: Royal Canadian Legion: (224-2855)
Wednesdays-
Thursdays-7:30pm-Tune Jam Session ; Judique: Celtic Music Centre: [787-2708] [ 19+ after 9pm].
[www.celticmusicsite.com ], [ every Thursday] 5471 Highway # 19; Free
Fridays-7:30pm-bi-weekly jam @ $ 5; lunch; musicians free @ Blues Mills-Fire Hall
Sponsored by the Blues Mills & Area Volunteer Fire Department
Saturdays-7pm to 10:30pm-Hillsborough: Hillsborough/Glendyer Hall: Hwy # 252
bi-weekly jam session, lite lunch @$ 4; [945-2870]
======EVENTS 2010===== stay tuned as our new schedule grows======
February 2nd-9am-Ground Hog Day-Two Rivers Wildlife Park, Sandfield Road, Marion Bridge.
February 12th to 14th-Gaelic Weekend ; St. Ann’s: Gaelic College: 295-3411, www.gaeliccollege.edu
March 4th to 7th-East Coast Music Awards (ECMAs): Sydney, www.ecma.ca
March 6th to May 29th, Saturdays from 1pm to 3pm- @$ 50; winter drum program
Louisbourg: Louisbourg Fortress: www.fortressoflouisbourg.ca
March 6th-9am-Louisbourg Slush Run & Walk, George D. Lewis School.
March 12th to 15th-March Break Workshop –St. Ann’s: Gaelic College: 295-3411, www.gaeliccollege.edu
March 12th to 20th-10th Annual Albert Bridge Community Winter Carnival
March 15th to 21st- two rivers wildlife park- March Break Activities, 10am - 4pm daily.
March 19th to 27th-one-act play festival-, Sydney: Cape Breton University:Boardmore Playhouse
[Box Office 563-1652] # 39th season www.cbu.ca/boardmore<
March 25th to 28th-Vince Ryan memorial Scholarship Tournament-Sydney
April 9th to 11th-Gaelic Weekend ; St. Ann’s: Gaelic College: 295-3411, www.gaeliccollege.edu
May 1st & 2nd-Gaelic Weekend ; St. Ann’s: Gaelic College: 295-3411, www.gaeliccollege.edu
May 1st-1pm to 6pm-Port Hawkesbury Gaelic Film Festival; [Variety of Gaelic Films/
Civic Centre - Shannon Studio: 606 Reeves St.:902-625-2591: www.phcivic.com:
May 4th-100th Anniversary of the Canadian Navy: Sydney
May 15th to July 1st- Lobsterpalooza -Cabot trail www.Lobsterpalooza.ca
May 22nd & 23rd-International Drum Festival, Savoy Theatre, Glace Bay. www.cbdrumfest.ca
May 23rd-7:30pm-annual may concert; Mabou: Community Centre-Parish Hall: 11538 Main St
May 24th to July 31st-Lobsterpalooza , Cabot Trail www.cabottrail.com
May 27th-Baraco Days-Annual Community Festival, Louisdale: St.Louis Parish Hall
May 29th to 30th-Cabot Trail Relay Run
June-date TBA-Heart of the Highlands Triathlon
June 5th-10am-International Trails Day Guided Hike & Bike. Ceilidh Trail, Hwy 19, Mabou: River Inn
June 5th--Doctors Nova Scotia Youth Run, Sydney: Victoria Park Armories, Esplanade
June 6th--Cape Breton Fiddlers Fun Run, Sydney: Victoria Park Armories, Esplanade
June 11th to 19th-Clipper Festival on the Waterfront celebrating the arrival of the 09-10 Clipper fleet ;
Sydney: -Clipper Round the World Yacht Race; www.capebretonclipper.com/
www.clipperroundtheworld.com
June 11th to 13th-Paintout; St. Ann’s: Gaelic College: 295-3411, www.gaeliccollege.edu
Open to: CSPWC Members, Associates, Artists, and guests.
June 15th-7pm-Fabuleux Cirque Estival; www.cirqueestival.ca/
Sydney: Centre 200:525 George St.:902-564-6668:: 1-877-545-3330<
June 18th to 20th-Plein Air Painting Workshop; St. Ann’s: Gaelic College: 295-3411, www.gaeliccollege.edu
Painting the Landscape in Oil and Watercolour with Bill Rogers
June 19th-all day-Model Railway Day, Orangedale: Railway Station::902-756-3384
June 13th-2pm-Second Winds Community Band-annual fundraising event for L’Arche Cape Breton
Sydney: Cape Breton University: 1250 Grand Lake Rd.:902-539-5300: www.capebretonu.ca:
1-888-959-9995<
June 19th-Model Railway Day, Orangedale
June 21st to 27th-400th Anniversary of Grand Chief Membertou’s baptism:
Sydney: Membertou Trade & Convention Centre::902-539-2300:www.membertoutcc.com:
June 25th to 27th-Eskasoni Powwow
June 26th-11am to 2am- 4th Annual Englishtown, Mussel Festival
June 27th-11am to 4pm- John Cabot Landing Celebrations, re-enactment of first landing place of
John Cabot, 1497; Sugar Loaf: Cabot Landing Provincial Park
June 28th--annual Janvrin’s Fest ; Janvrin’s Island Peninsula :www.janvrinsisland.ca/:
June 28th to July 1st--Road to Stanfest Songwriters's Camp-Sherbrooke Village
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July 1st to August 22nd- Festival de l’Escaouette, Cheticamp
902-224-2642 / 902-224-1876 www.festivallescaouette.com
July 2nd to 4th-Stanfest 'Stan Rogers Folk Festival.' www.stanfest.com [1-888-554-7826], Canso
July 3rd-8a.m.-Marion Bridge 10km Road Race. Marion Bridge Recreation Center/Fire Hall.
July 4th to 11th-Antigonish Highland games www.antigonishhighlandgames.ca
July 6th to July 10th- Lake Ainslie Firemen’s Ceilidh Days, Scotsville
July 8th & 9th--12th Annual Celtic Musics' Golf Classic at Bell Bay, Baddeck
[Willie MacIsaac: 902-787-2683] www.bellbaygolfclub.com/
www.celticmusicsite.com
July 8th to 11th-Lambert Todd Days, Reserve Mines. [842-0180 or 565-7164].
July 8th to 12th-all day-Festival on the Lake 902-535-2514,
Sampsonville: Lakeside Community Centre
July 8th to 12th-Coastal Days Heritage Festival, Donkin. [ 842-0180 or 565-7164].
July 9th--Codstock-Outdoor Rock Concert , richat: Le Noir Landing :www.growislemadame.com:
July 9th to 11th-Festival of the Strait www.festivalofthestrait.ca
July 9th to July 12th-all day-highland games, Antigonish: Highland Games:
www.antigonishhighlandgames.ca:
July 10th- # 3rd Annual Lobster Picnic, Port Hood; www.porthood.ca
July 10th-Sand Castle Art Days - Pondville Beach, Isle Madame
July 10th to 12th-Antigonish- Highland Games// www.antigonishhighlandgames.ca
July 10th to 18th-Rural Summer Festival, Louisbourg & various communities
July 11th-Sand Castle Art Days - Point Michaud Beach, Point Michaud
July 11th-2pm-Outdoor Mass at Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine. Johnstown
[Behind Sacred Heart Church]
July 11th-2pm to 5pm-Johnstown Strawberry Festival
July 11th-7pm to 10pm-Annual Strawberry Brunch, St Margaret’s Village:of Scotland Parish Hall
July 12th to 16th-Deepdale: Ceilidh Trail School of Celtic Music::902-862-8878 or 902-429-8968:
www.ceilidhtrailmusic.com: Fiddle & Guitar Instruction
July 12th to 18th-Whycocomagh- Summer Festival ; www.whycocomagh.com [756-2617]
July 13th to 18th-Glace Bay SummerFest. [842-0180 or 565-7164].
July 14th to July 18th- Mabou Ceilidh Festival, Mabou
July 18th-10:30am to 3pm- Bay St. Lawrence Fishing Derby and Crabfest
July 18th-noon-MacLeod's Landing Festival, Cleveland: Church Museum
July 18th-Port Hood Triathlon,
July 18th to 25th-Big Pond Festival www.bigpondns.ca
July 18th to 25th-Coal Dust Days-New Waterford www.coaldustdays.com
July 19th to July 25th Inverness Gathering Summer Festival, Inverness
July 19th to 25th-North Sydney Bartown Festival. www.bartown.ca 794-8589
July 21st to 24th-Sail East 2010, Northern Yacht Club, North Sydney.
July 21th to July 25th- Belle Cote Days, Belle Cote www.bellecote.ca
July 23rd-10am-Al MacInnis Golf Tournament @ Bell Bay Golf Club, Baddeck, N.S.
In Support of the Al MacInnis Sports Center; [Joe Morris: (902) 787-3210,
Paul MacIsaac: (902) 787-3295].
July 23rd & 24th-Cape Breton Dragon Boat Festival, Sydney.
www.capebretondragonboatfestival.org
July 24th- Old Time Box Social and Square Dance, West Lake Ainslie
July 24th & 25th- Festival By the Lake, West Bay
July 25th-3pm-54th Annual Outdoor Broad Cove Scottish Concert,
St. Margaret of Scotland’s parish grounds at Broad Cove www.broadcoveconcert.ca
July 26th to Aug. 1st-Chestico Days Summer Festival,- Port Hood www.porthood.ca
July 27th to August 2nd-all day-Nicolas Denys Days,
St. Peter’s: 902-535-2185: www.visitstpeters.com/Main/nddays.htm:
July 28th-L'Ardoise- Acadian Days Festival
July 29 to August 4 Morien Memories ; Port Morien http://portmorien.ca
July 30th-all day-Lennox Passage Harbourfest, D’Escousse: Lennox Passage Yacht Club:
www.lpyc.ca/
July 30th to August 2nd- Cape Breton Bikefest-motorcycles in the highlands
www.capebretonbikefest.com
July 30th to Aug 2nd--Framboise Reunion, Community Centre
July 30th & 31st-Louisbourg Crab Fest, Louisbourg Waterfront. www.louisbourgcrabfest.ca
July 31st-12:30pm-the 27th Annual Chestico Step Dancing Festival,- Port Hood
www.porthood.ca
July 31st to August 1st-Under the Arch, Plein Air Event, Louisbourg. @ $50, www.pleinairevent.com
[ (902) 733-2960]
July 31st to August 8th- # 36th Action Week, Sydney. www.actionweek.com
July 31st-Canadian Naval Centennial Travelling Road Show-Boardwalk, Sydney
July 31st to Aug 2nd-Boardwalk Busker Festival, Sydney
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August 2nd to 8th-Nicolas Denys Days, St. Peter's www.visitstpeters.com [week long]
August 4th-MacAskill House Museum Auction-Hosted by the Wallace MacAskill Museum Society,
www.fortress.uccb.ns.ca/historic/askill.html
August 6th to 8th - Annual Family Festival & Poker Run, Marble Mountain Wharf
August 6th-7pm to Aug 15th-10pm-’Along the Shores of Washabuck Summer Festival’,
Washabuck: Community Centre: 4449 Washabuck Rd.:
:www.centralcapebreton.com/washabuck/calendarofevents.html
August 6th to 8th-Johnny Miles Festival, Sydney Mines. 736-7584
www.johnnymilesfestival.com
August 7th-Highland Village Day-iona www.museum.gov.ns.ca/hv
August 7th & 8th- Margaree Summer Festival, Margaree Forks
August 8th- 1pm to 4pm- Annual Ceilidh On the Wharf, Mabou Coal Mines
August 9th to 15th--annual Festival Acadien de Petit-de-Grat
August 12th to 15th - Judique On the Floor Days, Judique
August 14th - Fèis a' Mhòid, St. Ann’s: Gaelic College: 295-3411, www.gaeliccollege.edu
August 14th-6:30 p.m.-Louisbourg Race Through Time – 8 Mile Race, George D. Lewis School,
Louisbourg. www.louisbourgrace.com
August 15th-12noon to 2pm-Bay St Lawrence Womens Fishnet Blueberry Fest
August 15th- 2pm to 6pm- Kintyre Farm Annual Outdoor Scottish Concert, Judique
August 17th-7:30pm-Musique Royale, with Laura Pudwell & Terry Mackenna,
Port Hood: St.Stephen’s United Church Hall: 239 Main St.
August 19th to 24th-Feis an Eilein-Christmas Island www.feisaneilein.ca
August 20th-Johnstown -Milling Frolic - 8pm to 1am-square dance-Johnstown Parish Hall.
August 21st & 22nd-The Festival of Cape Breton Fiddling; St. Ann’s: Gaelic College:
51779 Cabot Trail Rd. (Exit 11 of TCH #105):902-295-3441: www.gaeliccollege.edu:
August 29th to September 5th-32nd Annual River Bourgeois Community Festival
www.richmondcounty.ca
September 5th- Glencoe Day, Glencoe Mills
September 10th to 19th-hike the highlands [10+ days] Cabot Trail , www.cabottrail.com
www.hikethehighlands.com
September 17th to 19th- West Bay Road Fall Fair, West Bay Road
September 19th-8am-#6 annual-Cape Breton Fiddler’s run ,Sydney www.capebretonfiddlersrun.com/
September 19th Orangedale Railway Open House & Birthday, Orangedale
September 25th-Martell-Richard Memorial Marathon-Annual 10km or 5km fun-run/ Arichat
October 1st to 3rd 2010-2nd Annual Cabot Trail Writers Festival, North River: Community Hall:
www.cabottrailwritersfestival.com
October 8th to 16th-Celtic Colours -all over Cape Breton Island ; www.celtic-colours.com
October 11th to 15th- Buddy MacMaster School of Fiddling, Judique,
Celtic Music Centre:5471 Highway # 19: 902-787-2708: www.celticmusicsite.com:
