Mahone Bay Classic Boat Festival
Canada's largest wooden boat show transforms the picturesque three-church waterfront of Mahone Bay each August with a spectacular parade of heritage vessels, shipbuilding demonstrations, boat races, and traditional Maritime craftsmanship.
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"The world's oldest Acadian festival, now in its seventh decade, stretches across two weeks on Nova Scotia's French Shore with concerts, art and quilt expositions, kitchen parties, and the exuberant Tintamarre noisemaking parade on National Acadian Day."
Festival acadien de Clare
"Founded in 1765, the Hants County Exhibition is the oldest continuously running agricultural fair in North America, still drawing communities together across two weekends in Windsor for livestock competitions, horticultural displays, crafts, and carnival entertainment."
Hants County Exhibition
"Set in the charming Annapolis Valley university town of Wolfville, this beloved annual celebration of folk, roots, and acoustic music blends the founding musical cultures of Nova Scotia with modern roots talent across intimate indoor and outdoor stages."
Deep Roots Music Festival
"Celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2026, this nine-day festival sends fiddles, pipes, and song echoing through dozens of Cape Breton villages against a backdrop of peak autumn foliage, with 52 concerts and hundreds of community cultural experiences."
Celtic Colours International Festival
"Nova Scotia's longest-running folk music festival brings more than 35 years of traditional and contemporary roots music to the UNESCO World Heritage waterfront of Old Town Lunenburg, with concerts, waterfront jams, and an intimate Maritime atmosphere."
Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival
"A beloved waterfront celebration of the scallop-fishing industry that put this Fundy Shore town on the culinary map, featuring parades, live music, carnival rides, lobster boat races, and fresh scallop suppers on the Digby wharf."
Digby Scallop Days
"Dawson City's centrepiece annual holiday, held since 1911 on the third Monday of August, commemorates the 1896 Klondike gold discovery with a costumed parade, pipe band on the Midnight Dome, gold-panning championships, can-can dancers and a literary walking tour."
Discovery Day Celebrations
"Founded in 1902 and held every Labour Day weekend in a tiny francophone Acadian village, this festival is PEI's most authentic celebration of Acadian culture, featuring local cuisine, music, crafts, and a beloved community talent competition."
Fete de l'Acadie (Abram-Village Acadian Festival)
"Held at the tip of the Viking Trail each June when icebergs drift past the Great Northern Peninsula, this 10-day coastal community festival unites St. Anthony and neighbouring outport villages for boat tours, local seafood, and traditional Newfoundland music amid breathtaking Arctic scenery."
NL Iceberg Festival
"A rain-or-shine living-history event in the tiny village of Mallaig where visitors walk the grounds and experience what farm life looked like in the 1930s, complete with kids' games and village tours."
Mallaig Haying in the 30s
"Held since 1965 at Selo Ukraina beneath the slopes of Riding Mountain National Park, this three-day festival is Canada's flagship celebration of Ukrainian-Canadian heritage, with grandstand dance extravaganzas, pysanky workshops, folk craft exhibitions, and traditional food."
Canada's National Ukrainian Festival
"A deeply rooted community gathering at the historic Gardenton Ukrainian Museum grounds, celebrating the heritage of one of Manitoba's earliest Ukrainian pioneer settlements with homemade food, traditional dancing, and pierogi."
Gardenton Ukrainian Festival