Events calendar
Every Chamber-tracked event in town and across the South Shore. Switch between list and grid views — and submit your own.
June 2026
- JUN 6 – 7
Mahone Bay Home & Garden Tour Tentative Mahone Bay
Various private homes and gardens
Mahone Bay Museum fundraiser — a self-guided tour of stand-out homes and spring gardens. Tickets release in May.
- JUN – SEP 24 – 16
Mahone Bay Summer Concert Series Tentative Wednesdays Mahone Bay
The Bandstand
Free outdoor concerts every Wednesday evening, late June through mid-September. Bring a folding chair. Sunday rain date. Run by the Mahone Bay Music Association.
July 2026
- JUL 1
Canada Day Celebrations in Mahone Bay Tentative Mahone Bay
Bandstand, Main Street, and the harbour
Town community event — parade, kids' activities at the Bandstand, evening fireworks over the harbour.
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 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.
- AUG 15
Rum Runners' Ball Tentative Mahone Bay
Mahone Bay Museum
Dinner theatre fundraiser by the Mahone Bay Museum. Specific 2026 date to be confirmed.
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 25 – 26
South Shore Oktoberfest Tentative South Shore
Lunenburg waterfront
Craft beer festival and headlined concert on the Lunenburg waterfront. Date estimated based on 2025.
October 2026
- OCT 10 – 12
Lunenburg County Studio Tour Tentative South Shore
Studios across Mahone Bay, Lunenburg, and Chester
Member artists across Mahone Bay, Lunenburg, and Chester open their studios for the long weekend. Thanksgiving weekend estimate.
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.
- NOV 27
Mahone Bay Tree Lighting Ceremony Tentative Mahone Bay
St. James' Anglican Church
Annual tree lighting at St. James' Anglican Church, opening the Season of Father Christmas. Estimated opening Friday — confirm date.
- NOV 28
Reindeer Fun Run Tentative Mahone Bay
Main Street — closed-course 3 km route
Over 400 people in antlers running a 3 km closed-course route along Main Street after dark. Part of the Season of Father Christmas; the most photographed Mahone Bay event after the Three Churches themselves.
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