Margaree Highland Games
Now in its 13th edition, this intimate Highland Games brings Scottish culture to life in the scenic Margaree River Valley along Cape Breton's Cabot Trail, with heavy athletics, highland dancing, piping, and a genuine community ceilidh atmosphere.
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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
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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."
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"One of Atlantic Canada's most spirited Acadian celebrations, this coastal New Brunswick festival culminates on National Acadian Day with the Grand Tintamarre, a boisterous parade of over 20,000 people making noise through the streets of Caraquet."
Festival acadien de Caraquet
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Back 40 Folk Festival
"A non-profit camping music festival run with small-town hospitality from the Bruce County village of Lucknow, where 100 per cent of proceeds go to charity and the volunteer-driven event has earned Ontario Top 100 Festival status for 2026."
Lucknow's Music in the Fields
"A sun-baked desert-canyon music festival held in the arid Thompson River village of Spences Bridge, one of BC's smallest and most scenically dramatic communities."
Desert Daze Festival
"An autumn music and arts festival set in the mountain town of Revelstoke in the Columbia Mountains, celebrating the turning season with live music, community events, and creative programming."
Luna Festival
"A cosy autumn arts and music festival on Pender Island celebrating the harvest season and Gulf Islands community spirit as the tourist crowds depart and the island settles into fall."
The Crisp Festival