Events calendar
Every Chamber-tracked event in town and across the South Shore. Switch between list and grid views — and submit your own.
August 2026
- AUG 2
Nova Scotia Folk Art Festival South Shore
Lunenburg War Memorial Arena
The province's premier folk-art event — held on the first Sunday of August.
- AUG 4
Edgewater Official Opening Signature Mahone Bay
Along Edgewater — Main Stage at Three Flags · 4:30 – 8:00 PM
The official opening of the Edgewater Project — a community celebration with music, food, activities along the trail, and the ribbon-cutting for Mahone Bay's transformative waterfront investment.
- AUG 6 – 9
Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival South Shore
Lunenburg — six venues
Nova Scotia's longest-running folk music festival. Four days, six venues, dozens of acts.
- AUG 12 – 15
Atlantic Yacht Sales Chester Race Week South Shore
Chester Yacht Club — on the waters of Mahone Bay
Canada's largest keelboat regatta. 130+ boats and 1,300+ sailors on Mahone Bay; live music and food trucks ashore in Chester.
September 2026
- SEP – OCT 25 – 12
Mahone Bay Scarecrow Festival Signature Mahone Bay
Town-wide — Main Street, Edgewater Street, and side streets
Two weeks. 250+ handmade life-sized scarecrows. Antique fair, interactive vignettes, pie-baking contest, photography contest, and a giant book sale. Mahone Bay's signature autumn festival.
- SEP 26 – 27
Annie's Attic Yard Sale Fundraiser Mahone Bay
St. James Anglican Church Hall · 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Two-day yard sale fundraiser for the Mahone Bay Museum — thrifty finds and treasures at St. James Anglican Church Hall.
November 2026
- NOV – DEC 27 – 24
The Season of Father Christmas Signature Mahone Bay
Town-wide — Main Street and the harbour
A month of seaside Christmas. Tree lighting, twinkling lights along Main, festive characters, weekend markets, choir performances, the Reindeer Fun Run, and the Merry Mahone Bay Market.
Past events (6)
April 2026
- APR 16
Public Lecture: Tales of a Journeyman Architect
Lunenburg School of the Arts
February 2026
- FEB 27
Lobster Crawl Tail End Party
Venue TBD — South Shore
- FEB 8
Lobster Chowder Chowdown Showdown
Black Loyalist Heritage Museum, Shelburne
- FEB 3
Lobster Roll Off
Quarterdeck Resort
- FEB 2
Lucy the Lobster Prediction
Barrington / Cape Sable Island
- FEB 1 – 28
Nova Scotia Lobster Crawl Festival
South Shore-wide — Barrington to Peggy's Cove
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Mahone Bay South Shore Signature festival Tentative date