Festivals and Events

Lunenburg Summer Opera Festival
June

Lunenburg Craft School
Workshops in June, July, August

Paint the Sea on Site
July

Lunenburg Bandstand Concerts
Sunday Afternoons at 2:00 p.m.,
Starting July 1 - Free

Lunenburg Craft Fair
July

Boxwood Festival & Workshops
Lunenburg, July

The Nova Scotia Folk Art Festival
August

Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival
August

Mahone Bay Classic Boat Festival
August

Lunenburg Fisherman's Reunion and Picnic
August

Great Scarecrow Festival
& Antique Fair
Mahone Bay, September

Newfie Days,
Lunenburg, October

FatherChristmas Festival
Mahone Bay, Nov./Dec.

Once Upon a Lunenburg Christmas
November

 

Things To Do

Lunenburg:
Home Port of the Bluenose II, harbour cruises available when she is in port
Trot in Time, Horse-drawn Buggy Tours
Lunenburg Old Town Walking Tours
Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic

Scenic Drives:
Blue Rocks, Lunenburg to Riverport shore road and La Have River

Beaches:
Mason's, Bachman's, Hirtle's, Crescent, Risser's




Ferry Rides:
Ride to historic LaHave or from Chester to Tancook Island


Parks:
Ovens Natural Park
(sea caves, panning for gold)

Museums:
Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic, Wileville Settlers Museum,
LaHave Island Museum

Halifax:
Nova Scotia's Capital City