SYDNEY: Faced with current restrictions on travel and large gatherings, Celtic Colours International Festival will be doing things differently this year.
Instead of hosting concerts all over Cape Breton Island this October, Celtic Colours...
ST. PETER’S: It’s that time of the year again.
Swim the Canal 2017 is set for the St. Peter’s Canal on August 6. This is the fourth year for this event, which continues to grow and draw in more people.
Organizer...
HALIFAX: Six top Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) culinary graduates have been selected to receive the 2020 Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Culinary Excellence.
The award for culinary excellence recognizes a graduating student from each...
CANSO: The Stan Rogers Folk Festival has taken place on the first weekend of July since it was founded 20 years ago, but organizers have announced that starting next year, the festival will be moved to the end of...
PORT HAWKESBURY: A local author gave fans a taste of his latest work last week.
Duncan MacMaster offered a reading of his book, A Mint Condition Corpse, at the Port Hawkesbury Library on December 7.
A Mint Condition Corpse is a...
HALIFAX: A Halifax-based folk/pop group with Cape Breton connections has been recognized with six Music Nova Scotia nominations.
Port Cities features StFX alumnus Breagh MacKinnon, Carleton Stone (who has relatives in the St. Peter’s area), and Dylan Guthro (son of...
ANTIGONISH: Ceilidh Acadien is a project involving Eveline Menard of Joliette (flute), Robert Deveaux of Cheticamp (fiddle), and Mary Beth Carty of Antigonish (accordion, guitar) coming together to create a cultural dialogue, mixing vocal and instrumental traditions.
They are excited...
PORT HAWKESBURY: A local group that blends high energy Celtic dance tunes with a contemporary twist is coming home to Cape Breton next month.
The award-winning group Còig will perform at the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre’s Shannon Studio on February...
By: Catherine Knott
PORT HAWKESBURY: Alternative rock group The Town Heroes is hitting new heights this holiday season.
The band returned from a whirlwind tour throughout Germany, playing festivals in Hamburg, in addition to performing throughout the Maritimes.
The tour follows the...