Also coming up this summer…
Halifax Pride Festival
An annual 11-day gathering for the 2SLGBTQ+ community, the Halifax Pride Festival features more than 150 community and Pride-organized events celebrating the history, culture, activism and perseverance of the queer community.
July 14 – July 24, Garrison Grounds
Halifax Busker Festival
With hundreds of shows over six days, the festival highlights performances on multiple stages.
July 27 – Aug. 1, Halifax Waterfront
At the Museum of Natural History
June Nature Zone
Learn what unique specimens have been found throughout Nova Scotia. Check out how fossils and sink holes form, and the difference between a mastodon and a mammoth. Nature Zone 2022 will run weekday mornings from June 6 to 17. Schools must prebook their visit.
Gus celebrates 100 years
The Museum of Natural History’s famous Gopher Tortoise, Gus, will be turning 100 this year. Gus was born in Florida and raised at the Ross Allen Reptile Institute in Silver Springs. He was purchased by the director of the Nova Scotia Provincial Museum for $5 in 1942. The museum will pay tribute to Gus’s milestone birthday throughout the year with a special celebratory event in August.
Peggy’s Cove Area Festival of the Arts
Everyone will enjoy checking out this amazing landscape that inspires so many artists.
July 6 – July 17, Peggy’s Cove Coastal Region
peggyscoveareafestivalofthearts.com
2022 Afrifest
Afrifest is an annual festival that celebrates the arts, crafts and culture of people of African descent living in Nova Scotia.
July 21 – July 24, The Wave, Halifax Waterfront
discoverhalifaxns.com/event/2022-afrifest/
Nova Multifest 2022
Celebrate culture and diversity with Nova Multifest on the beautiful Dartmouth waterfront.
July 22 – July 24, Alderney Landing Events Plaza, Dartmouth Waterfront
