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ARICHAT GLENCOE STATION LOWER RIVER INHABITANTS Oct 11 • 4pm-6:30pm • Prime Brook Roast Beef Oct 06 • 9:30am-12pm • Isle Madame Public Market Oct 08 • 2pm-4pm • John Allan Cameron Song Session Brooks Haven Seniors’ Recreation Centre Oct 09 • 7:30pm • A Touch of the Irish Le Noir Landing Glencoe Station Hall Riverdale Community Centre Oct 13 • 9am-11am • Pancake and Sausage Breakfast Oct 08 - 10 • 9am-12pm • Blacksmithing Workshop Brooks Haven Seniors’ Recreation Centre GLENDALE Oct 10 • 5pm • Richmond Roast Pork Dinner Le Noir Landing Oct 10 • 7:30pm • The Cape Breton Fiddlers Riverdale Community Centre Oct 13 • 3pm-6pm • Crafter’s Market St. Mary of the Angels Community Hall Oct 08 • 2pm-4pm • Stories and Songs from the Hearth Brooks Haven Seniors’ Recreation Centre Le Noir Landing MABOU Oct 13 • 2pm-4pm • Fibre Farm Visit Oct 06 • 7pm • Mabou Gaelic Song Circle Oct 08 • Sittings at 4pm & 5:15pm • Turkey Dinner in Arichat Mamie’s Alpacas ROCKY BAY An Drochaid: Mabou Gaelic & Historical Society Oct 09 • 4pm-6pm • Traditional Irish Stew Supper OLA Parish Hall Oct 13 • 10:30am-12:30pm • Weaving Demonstration Oct 07 • 11am-2pm • Mabou Market Rocky Bay Irish Club Taigh an t-Sagairt (The Fr. John Angus Rankin Cultural Centre) ASPY BAY Mabou Arena Oct 10 • 7:30pm • Way Up Down North SCOTSVILLE GRAND ÉTANG HARBOUR Oct 07 • 12pm-2pm • Mabou Thanksgiving Dinner Oct 08 - 13 • 1pm-3pm • Weaving Demonstration North Highlands Elementary Oct 07 & 11 • 5pm-7:30pm / Oct 09 • 4:30pm-7pm • Dine St. Mary’s Parish Hall Scotsville School of Crafts with Les Mi-Caremes • Centre de la Mi-Carême BADDECK Oct 09 • 7:30pm • Close to the Floor: Alex and Minnie’s Legacy Oct 08 - 13 • 1pm-3pm • Lakeside Impressions Art & Craft Exhibit Oct 05 - 09 • 10am-5pm • Fibre Festival Oct 10 • 11am-12pm • The Art of Tamarin Strathspey Performing Arts Centre Scotsville School of Crafts Baddeck Volunteer Fire Department Community Centre Centre de la Mi-Carême Oct 10 • 2pm • Sgeul Anns Gach Dealbh - A Story in Every Picture Oct 09 • 1pm-3pm • Calligraphy Workshop Oct 05 - 13 • 2pm-6pm • Open Mic Jam Session Oct 10 - 11 • 1pm-2pm • Acadian Fudge Making An Drochaid: Mabou Gaelic & Historical Society Scotsville School of Crafts Bras d’Or Yacht Club Centre de la Mi-Carême Oct 10 • 5pm-6:30pm • Annual Salmon Dinner Oct 09 • 1pm-3pm • Hands-on Spinning Demonstration Oct 06 • 12:30pm-4:30pm • Fibre Festival Workshop: Oct 12 • 10am-12pm • Tous Ensemble: Dansez sa Culture / St. Mary’s Parish Hall Scotsville School of Crafts Basket Weaving with Donna Poulette All Join Hands • Centre de la Mi-Carême Baddeck Volunteer Fire Department Community Centre Oct 10 • 7:30pm • Òrain: The Connecting Thread Oct 10 • 10am-12pm • Celtic Walk GRANDE ANSE Strathspey Performing Arts Centre Scotsville School of Crafts Oct 07 • 12:30pm-4:30pm • Fibre Festival Workshop: Oct 05 • 4pm-6pm • Roast Beef Dinner in Grande Anse Oct 10 • 12pm-1pm • Hot and Hearty Lunch Rug Hooking with Violet Abraham Royal Canadian Legion Branch 47 MARGAREE CENTER Scotsville School of Crafts Baddeck Volunteer Fire Department Community Centre Oct 12 • 5pm • Pot Luck Supper Oct 12 • 9pm-12am • Richmond Square Dance Cranton Crossroads Community Centre Oct 11 • 1pm-3pm • Rag Rug Hooking Demonstration Oct 08 • 7:30pm • Voices of the Naomhóg Royal Canadian Legion Branch 47 Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site Scotsville School of Crafts MARGAREE FORKS HOWIE CENTRE Oct 11 • 2pm • Gaelic Song Workshop and Milling Frolic Oct 08 • 12:30pm-4:30pm • Fibre Festival Workshop: Oct 10 • 2pm • Learn to Fly Fish Oct 13 • 5pm-7pm • Corned Beef and Cabbage Dinner Scotsville School of Crafts Celtic Knot Quilting with Norma Marchant The Old Miller Trout Farm East Bay Legion Baddeck Volunteer Fire Department Community Centre Oct 12 • 1pm-4pm • Watercolour Painting Oct 11 • 2pm-4pm • Our River, Our People, Our Stories Scotsville School of Crafts Oct 08 - 12 • 1pm-2pm • The Bell Series INDIAN BROOK Drs. Coady & Tompkins Memorial Library Oct 07 • 11am • Celtic Church Service Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site Oct 12 • 1pm-3pm • Cape Breton Oatcake Making Demonstration Oct 13 • 10am-2pm • Treasures of the Margaree Craft Fair St. Ann’s Bay United Church Scotsville School of Crafts Oct 08 - 12 • 10:30am-12:30pm • CBC Mainstreet Live Margaree Forks Fire Hall Knox Presbyterian Church Oct 11 • 12pm • Lunch, Music, Hike St. Ann’s Bay United Church SOUTH HARBOUR Oct 09 • 12:30pm-4:30pm • Fibre Festival Workshop: MARION BRIDGE Oct 12 • 10am • Guided Hike in the National Park: Mica Hill Knitting Lace with Jenni Beaton Oct 13 • 4pm-6pm • North Shore Crab Dinner Oct 12 • 12pm-1pm • Luncheon on the Mira Mica Hill Trailhead North Shore & District Volunteer Fire Department Mira Seniors & Pensioners Centre Baddeck Volunteer Fire Department Community Centre

Oct 12 • 2pm • Tunes on the Mira SOUTH WEST MARGAREE Oct 10 • 11am-2pm • Baddeck Farmers Market INGONISH Marion Bridge Recreation Centre Oct 10 • 8:30am-11am • Traditional Breakfast Baddeck Volunteer Fire Department Community Centre Oct 10 • 12:30pm-4pm • Autumn Paint Out South West Margaree (St. Joseph’s Parish) Hall Salty Rose’s and the Periwinkle Café Oct 11 • 7:30pm • Celtic Pub MARTINIQUE Oct 12 • 2pm-4pm • Traditional Square Dance and Gaelic Workshop Inverary Resort - MacAulay Conference Centre Oct 11 • 10am-2pm • Open House with Parks Canada Artist Oct 08 - 09 • 10:30am-12:30pm • Guiding Lights of Isle South West Margaree (St. Joseph’s Parish) Hall in Residence • Keltic Lodge Madame • Lennox Passage Provincial Park Oct 11 - 13 • 10am-11am • Youngsters Story Series: Baddeck Oct 12 • 9:30pm-1am • South West Margaree Dance Baddeck Library Oct 11 • 10am • Guided Hike in the National Park: Middle Head South West Margaree (St. Joseph’s Parish) Hall Middle Head Trailhead MEMBERTOU Oct 12 • 7:30pm • Anchored in Tradition Oct 07 • 1pm-4pm • Elders’ Lunch and Dreamcatcher Workshop Greenwood United Church Oct 11 • 5pm • Hot Turkey Dinner Membertou Heritage Park ST. ANN’S Ingonish Fire Hall and Community Centre Oct 07 • 4:30pm-6pm • St. Ann’s Thanksgiving Dinner Oct 08 • 7:30pm • Craic’n Cabaret Colaisde na Gàidhlig / The Gaelic College BAY ST. LAWRENCE Oct 10 • 10am • Celtic Hospitality Whale Tour Oct 11 • 10pm-1am • Ingonish Jam Session Membertou Trade and Convention Centre Oct 07 • 2pm • 80 Years on the Bay Oshan Whale Watch Arduaine Restaurant at Keltic Lodge Oct 08 • 1pm-4pm • Lunch and Storytelling with the Elders Colaisde na Gàidhlig / The Gaelic College

Oct 10 • 4pm-6pm • Top of the Island Traditional Oct 11 • 7:30pm • The Hills are Alive Membertou Heritage Park Oct 10 - 12 • 10:30am-12pm • Cultural Demonstrations Seafood Supper • Bay St. Lawrence Community Centre St Peter’s Parish Oct 09 • 1pm-4pm • Elders’ Lunch and Drum Making Workshop Colaisde na Gàidhlig / The Gaelic College Membertou Heritage Park BELLE CÔTE INVERNESS Oct 10 - 12 • 1pm-3pm • Trad Jam Session th Oct 11 • 10am-6pm, Oct 12 - 13 • 10am-4pm • 7 Annual Quilt Oct 05 • 10am-4pm • Colouring from Nature Oct 12 • 7:30pm • Fiddle and Folk Friday Colaisde na Gàidhlig / The Gaelic College Show and Sale • Belle Côte Community Centre Inverness County Centre for the Arts Membertou Trade and Convention Centre Oct 13 • 2pm • Pipers’ Ceilidh: A Nod to Sandy Boyd Oct 11 • 7:30pm • Shaped by Music Oct 05 - 07 / 09-13 • 11am-5pm • Transitions Colaisde na Gàidhlig / The Gaelic College Cape Breton Highlands Academy Inverness County Centre for the Arts MIDDLE RIVER

Oct 07 • 3pm • Kirkin O’ The Tartans ST. PETER’S BEN EOIN Oct 06 • 10am-4pm • Ecoprinting Farquarson Memorial Church Inverness County Centre for the Arts Oct 08 • 1:30pm • Ceilidh Style Scottish Country Dancing Workshop Oct 11 • 1pm-4pm • Hike the Hill St. Peter’s United Church Hall

The Lakes Golf Club Oct 06 • 12pm-2pm • Squash Soup Luncheon NEIL’S HARBOUR Inverness County Centre for the Arts Oct 10 • 4pm-6pm • Lobster and Crab Supper Oct 08 - 11 • 10:30pm-1am • Kitchen Rackets Jam Sessions BIG INTERVALE St. Andrew’s Parish Hall Bras d’Or Lakes Inn Oct 10 • 10am • Guided Hike in the National Park: Aspy Trail Oct 06 • 2pm • Inverness to Inverness Aspy Trailhead St. Matthew’s United Church NEW WATERFORD Oct 10 • 7:30pm • Concert by the Canal Oct 09 • 2pm • The Waterford Connection St. Peter’s Lions Hall BIG POND Oct 07 • 10am-4pm • Intermediate Natural Dyeing Calvin United Church Oct 06 • 2pm • Big Pond Gathering Inverness County Centre for the Arts SYDNEY Oct 05 – 06 / 09-13 • 10am-4pm / Oct 08 • 10am-2pm • Paradoxical: Big Pond Community Centre / Fire Hall Oct 12 • 4pm-5pm • Studio Art Quilt Associates’ Artists Talk NORTH EAST MARGAREE Oct 11 • 11:30am-1pm • Margaree Luncheon Art & Craft by Weldon Bona • Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design Inverness County Centre for the Arts BOISDALE St. Patrick’s Parish Hall Oct 06 • 10am-4pm • Artists in Residence Open Studio Oct 06 • 10am-12pm • Sharing Stories; Tea and Conversation Oct 12 • 5pm • Roast Beef Dinner at the Arts Centre Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design Boisdale Volunteer Fire Department Inverness County Centre for the Arts NORTH RIVER

Oct 10 • 12pm • Spaghetti Dinner Oct 06 • 2pm • All Ages Family Ceilidh Oct 12 • 7:30pm • Friends and Family Oct 07 • 7:30pm • Bards of Boisdale St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church North River New Dawn Centre for Social Innovation Boisdale Volunteer Fire Department Inverness Education Centre / Academy

Oct 10 • 2pm • Twosomes for Some Tunes Oct 06 & 13 • 8:30am-1pm • Cape Breton Farmers Market Oct 13 • 1pm-2pm • A Giant Man From a Tiny Town Oct 12 • 9pm-12am • Boisdale Round and Square Dance North River Community Hall Cape Breton Farmers’ Market Boisdale Volunteer Fire Department Inverness County Centre for the Arts NORTH SYDNEY Oct 07 • 7:30pm • Big Ceilidh at the Big Fiddle BOULARDERIE IONA Oct 08 • 7:30pm • The Young Ones Joan Harriss Cruise Pavilion Oct 06 • 7:30pm • In Praise of Home Oct 05, 08, 10 & 12 • 2pm-3pm • Baile nan Gàidheal Milling Frolic St. Matthew Wesley United Church Oct 09 - 12 • 12:15pm-1:15pm • Celtic Conversations Series Boularderie School Baile nan Gàidheal / Highland Village McConnell Library Oct 10 • 7:30pm • Rising to the Rafters Oct 13 • 10am • Turkey Leg Fun Run Oct 06 • 10:30am-12:30pm, 07 • 2pm-4pm, St. Joseph Parish Oct 09 • 3pm-4:30pm • CBU Student Jam Session Ross Ferry Fire Hall 11 & 13 • 11am-1pm • Storytelling Tour & Milling Frolic Cape Breton University Rotary Music Performance Centre Baile nan Gàidheal / Highland Village Oct 11 - 13 • 10:30am-11:15am • Youngsters Story Series:

BROOK VILLAGE Northside • Wilfred Oram Centennial Library Oct 10 • 11:30pm-1pm • Film Screening: The Groove is Not Oct 08 • 9:30pm-1am • Brook Village Adult Square Dance Oct 06 • 11am-2pm • Àros na Mara Lunch, Learn and Farmers Market • Iona Port Trivial • Cape Breton University Rotary Music Performance Centre Brook Village Hall PETIT-DE-GRAT Oct 13 • 11:30am • Lunch Acadian et Marché / Acadian Lunch Oct 10 • 3pm-5pm • CBU All Ages Square Dance Oct 09 • 2pm-3pm • Traditional Céilidh and Craft Market • La Picasse Centre Communautaire Culturel Cape Breton University CAPE NORTH Baile nan Gàidheal / Highland Village Oct 10 • 2pm-4pm • Cape North Square Set & Traditional Skills Oct 10 • 7pm-9pm, Oct 11 - 12 • 12pm-8pm • Autumn Demonstrations • North Highlands Community Museum Oct 11 • 10am-11am • Finding Your Roots - A Genealogy Workshop PORT HASTINGS Treasures Art Show and Sale • Grand Lake Road Fire Hall Baile nan Gàidheal / Highland Village Oct 05 • 2pm-4pm • Community Ceilidh at the Causeway Oct 11 • 8:30am-12:30pm • Lighthouse Breakfast Port Hastings Museum Oct 11 - 13 • 10:30am-11:15am • Youngsters Story Series: Sydney Oct 11 • 5pm-7pm • Roast Pork Supper Cape North Fire Hall McConnell Library Grandona Royal Canadian Legion Branch 124 Oct 05 • 4pm-6pm • Supper at the Causeway: Fishcakes & Beans

CHÉTICAMP Port Hastings Fire Hall Oct 11 • 1pm-3pm • Steppin’ With the Ladies Oct 11 • 7:30pm • Voices of the Naomhóg Encore Oct 05 - 13 • 10am • Play Spoons With Us Every Woman’s Centre Baile nan Gàidheal / Highland Village La Place des arts Père Anselme Chiasson PORT HAWKESBURY Oct 12 • 10am-4pm • Colouring from Nature Oct 12 • 1pm-3pm • Am Breacan Bòidheach Fàsanta: Oct 05 - 13 • 10am-8pm • Elizabeth Vincent Exhibit: Homelands Oct 07 - 11 • 12pm-1:30pm • Acadian Kitchen Party Mary’s Bonny Plaid - Natural Dye Workshop J. Franklin Wright Gallery Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design Various Restaurants

Baile nan Gàidheal / Highland Village Oct 05 - 06 • 11am-5pm • Customs House Open House Oct 12 • 2pm-4pm • Artist Talk & Demonstration with Norman Oct 07 • 10am-12pm • Celtic Colours Pumpkin Carving Customs House Artisan Incubator Kennedy • Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design La Rigouèche, Chéticamp Visitor Centre JUDIQUE

Oct 05, 08-12 • 9am-5pm / Oct 06, 07, 13 • 11am-5pm • Interactive Oct 05 • 2pm • Learning Square Set Oct 13 • 10am-4pm • Ecoprinting Oct 07 & 09 • 5pm-7pm • Acadian Culinary Experience Exhibit Room Tour • Celtic Music Interpretive Centre Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design La Place des arts Père Anselme Chiasson

Oct 05 - 06 • 11:30am-3pm • Lunch Ceilidh Oct 05 • 7:30pm • Fiddles on Fire Oct 13 • 10am-4pm • Sydney Weavers’ Guild Weaving Demonstration Oct 07 • 2pm • Dancing Up a Suête Celtic Music Interpretive Centre Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre and Tea and Sale • Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design La Place des arts Père Anselme Chiasson Oct 13 • 4pm-7pm • Roast Beef Supper in Sydney Oct 06 • 3pm • Behind the Music With Glenn Graham Oct 06 • 8:30am-11:30am • Celtic Breakfast Oct 08 • 2pm • Guided Hike in the National Park: Salmon Pools Celtic Music Interpretive Centre Holy Trinity Anglican Church Hall Royal Canadian Legion Branch 138, Ashby Robert’s Brook Campground Oct 13 • 2pm • Tunes in the Afternoon Oct 07 • 2pm-5pm • Sunday Ceilidh Oct 06 • 5pm-6:30pm • Fishcakes and Fiddles Oct 09 • 2pm • Guided Hike in the National Park: Corney Brook Celtic Music Interpretive Centre Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre Highland Arts Theatre Corney Brook Trail

Oct 08 - 12 • 9am-3pm • Buddy MacMaster Fiddle Camp Oct 06 • 1pm-4pm • Ship Harbour Song Session Oct 13 • 7:30pm • The Grand Finale Oct 09 • 9pm-12am • Doryman Sessions Celtic Music Interpretive Centre The Evergreen Club Centre 200 Doryman Pub & Grill

Oct 08 • 7:30pm • Judique Connections Oct 06 • 7:30pm • Causeway Crossing SYDNEY FORKS Oct 09 • 7:30pm • A Chéticamp Soirée Judique Community Centre SAERC (Strait Area Education Recreation Centre) Oct 06 • 4pm-6pm • Baked Ham and Scalloped Potato Supper

La Place des arts Père Anselme Chiasson Sydney Forks Recreation Centre Oct 08 • 3pm-4pm • Behind The Music with Stan Chapman Oct 11 • 11am-2pm • Port Hawkesbury Ceilidh Market CHRISTMAS ISLAND Celtic Music Interpretive Centre Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre SYDNEY MINES Oct 06 • 2pm • Còmhla Cruinn: Gathered Together Oct 12 • 7:30pm • Masters of Melody Christmas Island Fire Hall Oct 08 – 12 • 11am-2:45pm / Oct 13 • 11:30am-3pm • Lunch PORT HOOD Ceilidh • Celtic Music Interpretive Centre Oct 08 • 9am-11:30am • Thanksgiving Brunch St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church

COXHEATH Oct 08 • 4:30pm-7pm • Seafood Choices Dinner St. Peter’s Parish Hall Oct 10 • 5pm-7pm • Beers and Bites: A Traditional Taste SYDNEY RIVER Celtic Music Interpretive Centre Oct 09 • 11am-1pm • Soup and Sandwich Luncheon Oct 09 • 7:30pm • In Celebration of Song of Cape Breton • Breton Brewing St. Stephen’s Jubilee United Church Our Lady of Fatima Church Oct 09 • 3pm-5pm • Dance Ceilidh Oct 13 • 1pm-4pm • Hike the Coxheath Colours and Ceilidh Celtic Music Interpretive Centre Oct 09 & 12 • 2pm • Boat Tour, Tales and Tea on Port Hood Oct 11 • 5pm • Apple Glazed Roast Pork Coxheath Hills Wilderness Trail Island • Murphy’s Pond United Protestant Church of Sydney River Oct 11 • 3pm-4pm • Tunes & Talk with Ray Le