Special Events 2011

Be sure to request a copy of Inverness County’s Summer/Fall Events Brochure with festival schedules, special events, dances, concerts & ceilidhs and outdoor events. These brochures will also be available at visitor information centres on Cape Breton Island June to September.

* Please note: this page will be updated periodically as information is submitted to us.

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Sundays

:3-6:30pm, Ceilidh, Local Music & Refreshments, Celtic Musice Iinterpretive Centre, Judique

Tuesdays (June 14-Aug 30)

7pm, Ceilidh, Local Talent, Chestico Museum, Port Hood,

7:30pm, Ceilidh, Mabou Community Hall, Karen & Joey Beaton with Guest Fiddlers

Wednesdays (Every 2nd Wed Beginning June 14)

:7pm, Kitchen Ceilidh, Local Talent and Lunch, Fr. J.A Rankin Cultural Centre, Glendale

Thursdays (July & Aug)

8pm, Ceilidh, Inverness Fire Hall

July 15-17

Sadie's Storyfest Dessert Theatre, Storytelling Workships, Ceilidh, Judique Flyer Videos, Open Mic, Children's Stories, Storytellers' Gallery, Judique

July 21-22

Chestico Museum Miner's Memorial Events, 7-9pm, Coal Miners's Ceilidh 'Lynn Chisholm' & Guests, Chestico Museum, Port Hood

6:30pm, Walking Tour With Tour Guide Charles MacDonald, Refreshments & Tea, Chestico Museum, Port Hood

July 31

3-9pm, Broad Cove Outdoor Concert, St. Margaret's of Scotland Parish Grounds, Broad Cove

July 9

1pm, Lobster Picnic, Al MacInnis Sports Centre, Port Hood. Boat Tours, Horseshoe Tournament, Children's Games, Bounce-a-ramas, Beer Gardens, Live Entertainment.  Lobster Burgers($8)

AUGUST

3-6:3opm, Sunday Kitchen Ceilidhs, Celtic Music Interpretive Centre, Judique (year round)

August 14

1-4pm, Ceilidh on the Whart, Mabou Cold Mines

August 21

2-6pm, Kintyre Farm Outdoor Concert, Judique

SEPTEMBER

September 4

Glencoe Day, Glencoe Mills,Games Of Chance, Horseshoe Tournament, Children's Activities

5pm, Mass, St. Joseph's Church, Glencoe Mills, Followed By Meal , Parish Hall, Dance to Follow, Glencoe Parish Hall

September 18

1-4pm, 125th Anniversary Orangedale Railway Station, Orangedale, Show & Sale,

Concert (Stan Carew & The Magpies of CBC Radio), Canteen, Tea/Coffee & Birthday Cake

September 18

4pm, Fall Bazaar, Brook Village Hall

OCTOBER

October 10 -13

Celtic Colours Concerts throughout Inverness County

Celtic Colours International Festival with venues across Cape Breton Island.

For Info: www.celtic-colours.com or 1-877-285-2321