Festivals & Events
A Theatre Baddeck Christmas
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For one weekend only, the sounds of Christmas will ring out from Baddeck’s new cultural hub - the Greenwood Arts Centre. It’s a yuletide spectacular of beautiful Christmas music and heartwarming sketches, featuring some of Theatre Baddeck’s beloved artists of... LEARN MORE
Baddeck Community Market
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Baddeck Community Market is a lively open-air community hub set in the parking lot of the Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site in Baddeck, Nova Scotia. Running every other Saturday from June to October, it features local farmers, food producers,... LEARN MORE
Wednesday Night Céilidhs
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Experience Cape Breton’s living Gaelic culture at the Wednesday Night Céilidhs at Colaisde na Gàidhlig / The Gaelic College in St. Ann’s. These lively, family-friendly evenings light up the Cabot Trail with blazing fiddle tunes, driving piano, and high-energy step... LEARN MORE
The Golden Anniversaries – Theatre Baddeck
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THE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARIES by Mark Crawford. August 6-September 4, 2026. Glen and Sandy have celebrated every wedding anniversary by coming to the same rustic cottage for a romantic getaway. This weekend marks a major milestone: 50 years of wedded bliss.... LEARN MORE
Myth of the Ostrich – Theatre Baddeck
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MYTH OF THE OSTRICH by Matt Murray. July 2-25, 2026. Two moms, Pam and Holly, are having tea and discussing their teenagers. What starts as a pleasant visit quickly becomes a complicated, bizarre and hilarious roller-coaster ride of misunderstandings, as... LEARN MORE
Baddeck Gathering Céilidh
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The name “The Baddeck Gathering” Céilidh came from a popular fiddle tune of the same name that was recorded by many Cape Breton musicians including Winston Fitzgerald, Howie MacDonald, Johnnie Wilmot and the late Charlie MacCuspic to whose memory the... LEARN MORE