There is never a shortage of things to do in Atlantic Canada.
NOVA SCOTIA
May 27-June 1
Apple Blossom Festival
Annapolis Valley (902) 678-8322
June 4-7
Shelburne County Lobster Festival
Shelburne County (902) 875-3544 ext. 225
June 21
National Aboriginal Day
Millbrook (902) 843-3493
June 26-28
Privateer Days
Liverpool (902) 354-4500
June 30–July 7
Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo
Halifax 1-800-563-1114
July 3-5
Stan Rogers Folk Festival
Canso 1-888-554-7826
July 5-12
Antigonish Highland Games
Antigonish (902) 863-4275
July 8-12
Halifax Jazz Festival
Halifax (902) 492-2225
July 9-19
Peggy’s Cove Area Festival of the Arts
Peggy’s Cove Area (902) 826-2350
peggyscoveareafestivalofthearts.com
July 10-12
Pictou Lobster Carnival
Pictou (902) 485-5150
July 10-12
Harmony Bazaar Festival of Women and Song
Lockeport (902) 656-3123
July 16-26
Halifax Pride Festival
Halifax (902) 431-1194
July 30-August 3
Natal Day Festival
Halifax-Dartmouth (902) 490-6773
August 6-9
Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival
Lunenburg (902) 634-3180
August 14-29
Wild Blueberry Harvest Festival
Province-wide
August 15
Atlantic Canada Harmonica Festival
Lake Charlotte (902) 845-1937/
1-877-287-0697
September 2-6
Wharf Rat Rally
Digby (902) 245-5924
September 3-13
Atlantic Fringe Festival
Halifax (902) 422-7604
September 10-13
Canadian Country Music Week
Halifax 1-877-451-1221
September 11-20
Hike the Highlands Festival
Cape Breton
September 12-13
Show & Shine
Sherbrooke 1-888-743-7845
facebook.com/SherbrookeShowShine
September 17-24
Atlantic Film Festival
Halifax (902) 422-3456
September 19-20
Whirligig and Weathervane Festival
Shelburne (902) 875-3205
September 25-27
Deep Roots Music Festival
Wolfville (902) 542-7668
October 9-17
Celtic Colours
Cape Breton 1-877-285-2321
celtic-colours.com
October 10
Lumberjack Fair
Barrington (902) 637-7609
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
May 21
Savour Food & Wine Show
Charlottetown 1-800-565-0278
June 12-September 6
Classics Reignited
North Rustico (902) 963-3963
June 14-27
Festival of Small Halls
Province-wide (902) 892-2308
June 28-September 12
Indian River Festival
Indian River 1-866-856-3733
June 29-August 27
Highland Storm
Summerside 1-877-224-7473
July 1
Canada Day in Souris
Souris (902) 687-2157
July 3-5
PEI Bluegrass & Old Time Music Festival
Rollo Bay (902) 566-2641
peibluegrass.tripod.com/annual-festival-new-info.html
July 8-September 11
Island Summer Review
Hunter River (902) 964-2255
July 10-12
Cavendish Beach Music Festival
Cavendish 1-877-569-7767
July 10-12
Cavendish Beach Music Festival
Cavendish 1-877-569-7767
July 20-25
Summerside Lobster Festival
Summerside (902) 432-1279
July 25-August 2
St. Peter’s Bay Wild Blueberry Festival & Homecoming
St. Peter’s Bay
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August 13-22
Old Home Week
Charlottetown (902) 629-6623
August 27-29
PEI Jazz and Blues Festival
Charlottetown (902) 894-7131
August 28-30
Gran Fondo PEI
Charlottetown (902) 394-1131
September 4-27
Fall Flavours
Province-wide 1-866-960-9912
September 17-20
International Shellfish Festival
Charlottetown 1-866-955-2003
October 16-18
Prince Edward Island Marathon
Charlottetown (902) 316-2299
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
May 15-24
Trails, Tales and Tunes
Norris Point (709) 458-3604
May 22-September 12
20th Anniversary Gros Morne Theatre Festival
Cow Head (709) 639-7238
June 3-7
Feather & Folk Nature Festival
Codroy (709) 955-2058
June 5-14
Iceberg Festival
St. Anthony and area
1-800-778-4546
June 6-August 22
Beyond the Overpass Theatre Festival
Gander 1-866-657-5297
June 12-14
Songs, Stages and Seafood Festival
Bay Roberts (709) 786-2126
June 27
Canada Day Concert
Carbonear (709) 596-7535
July 2-15
Arts Under the Stars
Clarenville (709) 466-7937
July 7-19
Jaialdial Red Bay Basque Festival
Red Bay (709) 920-2142
July 11-19
The Roy Babstock Beaches Accordion Festival
Eastport (709) 677-2360
July 14-18
Clarenville Days
Clarenville (709) 466-7937
July 17-19
Deer Lake Strawberry Festival
Deer Lake (709) 635-0165
July 18-20
Mount Pearl City Days
Mount Pearl (709) 748-1008
July 19
The Great Fogo Island Punt Race To There and Back
Joe Batt’s Arm (709) 266-7192
July 20-26
Fish Fun & Folk Festival
Twillingate (709) 884-2174
July 22-August 3
Bay Roberts Klondyke Days
Bay Roberts (709) 786-2126
July 25
The Victoria Park Lantern Festival
St. John’s (709) 576-1545
July 25-26
Dover Fault Festival
Dover (709) 537-2139
July 25-26
Southern Shore Shamrock Festival
Ferryland 1-888-332 2052
July 29-August 3
Flying Boat Festival
Botwood (709) 257-2839
July 30-August 2
Burin Heritage Weekend
Burin (709) 891-1760
July 31-August 2
Miawpukek Annual Pow Wow
Conne River 1-866-882-2470
July 31-August 3
Gambo Loggers Festival
Gambo (709) 674-4476
August 3-9
Garnish Bakeapple Festival
Garnish (709) 826 2330
August 5-10
Annual Mussel Bed Soiree
Lewisporte (709) 535 2737
August 6-9
Blueberry Festival
Brigus (709) 528-3201
August 7-9
Muddy Hole Scuff ‘n Scoff
Musgrave Harbour (709) 655 2119
August 7-9
Newfoundland & Labrador
Folk Festival
St. John’s (709) 576-8508
August 7-9
Winterset in Summer Literary Festival
Eastport (709) 677-2360
August 8-23
Tuckamore Festival: Chamber Music in Newfoundland and Labrador
St. John’s (709) 330-4599
August 11-16
Writers at Woody Point
Western Woody Point
(709) 458-3388
August 12-16
Sun Splash—Paddle in Paradise
Paradise, Conception Bay
(709) 782-3570
August 14-16
Brimstone Head Folk Festival
Fogo (709) 266-2540
August 22
Great Labrador Canoe Race
Happy Valley-Goose Bay
(709) 896-7777
October 10-11
Fogo Island Partridgeberry Harvest Festival
Joe Batt’s Arm (709) 658-7256
fogoislandpartridgeberryfestival.com
NEW BRUNSWICK
June 25-28
Edmundston Jazz and Blues Festival
Edmundston (506) 737-8188
June 26-28
20th Fiddles on the Tobique
Nictau (506) 356-2409
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June 27-July 1
McAdam Railway Days
McAdam (506) 784-1422
July 2-5
Atlanticade
Moncton (506) 855-5749
July 7-11
Albert County Historical Society Quilt Show and Sale
Hopewell Cape (506) 734-2003
July 7-12
Festival Western de Saint-Quentin
Saint-Quentin 1-877-898-9342
July 16-19
Buskers on the Boardwalk
Saint John (506) 658-3600
July 16-19
Irish Festival on the Miramichi
Miramichi (506) 778-8810
July 16-19
Eel Ground First Nation - Natoaganeg Powwow
Eel Ground (506) 627-4600
July 24-26
Adrenaline Bike Festival
Atholville (506) 789-2366
July 24-26
Sandpiper Festival
Dorchester (506) 379-3030
July 24-26
New Brunswick Highland Games
Fredericton 1-888-368-4444
July 22-31
Tay Creek Folk Festival
Tay Creek (506)-367-3133
August 1-15
Festival Acadien de Caraquet
Caraquet 1-800-992-4040
August 2-7
Miramichi Folksong Festival
Miramichi (506) 622-1780
August 9-15
Festival of Flavour
Florenceville-Bristol
(506) 392-6763, ext. 202
August 12-16
Dieppe Kite International Festival
Dieppe (506) 877-7878
August 14-16
Stanley Community Fair
Stanley (506) 367-3151
August 21-23
Burnt Church (Esgenoôpetitj) First Nation Annual Powwow
Burnt Church First Nation (506) 776-1200
September 5-7
Atlantic International Balloon Fiesta
Sussex (506) 432-9444
September 6-12
New Brunswick Provincial Exhibition
Fredericton (506) 458-9819
September 15-20
Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival
Fredericton 1-888-622-5837
October 4-12
Kedgwick Fall Festival
Kedgwick (506) 284-0984
MAINE
May 23-24
Declaration of Fermentation
Boothbay Harbor (207) 633-3411
May 28-31
Acadia Birding Festival
Mount Desert Island (207) 233-3694
June 14
Old Port Festival
Portland (207) 772-6828
June 20
Bangor’s Beer Festival
Bangor 1-800-916-6673
visitbangormaine.com/tapintosummer
June 21-27
Windjammer Days
Boothbay Harbor (207) 633-2353
July 3
Great Schooner Race
Blue Hill (207) 374-2993
July 11-12
North Atlantic Blues Festival
Rockland (207) 596-6055
July 24-25
Logging Festival & Parade
Rangeley (207) 864-3939
July 24-26
Eliot Antique Tractor and Engine Show
Eliot (207) 748-3303
July 29-August 2
Maine Lobster Festival
Rockland (207) 596-0376
August 14-15
40th Machias Wild Blueberry Festival
Machias (207) 255-6665
August 27-30
Crown of Maine Balloon Festival
Presque Isle (207) 764-6561
August 28-30
American Folk Festival
Bangor (207) 992-2630
September 4-13
Harbor Fest
Boothbay (207) 671-7676
September 10-13
International Seaplane Fly-In
Greenville (207) 695-2928
Note: Dates and other event details are subject to change; it’s advisable to call ahead.
