Discover the incredible music that defines us.
Nova Scotia’s diverse cultural tapestry and numerous live performance venues have combined to create a vibrant music scene encompassing everything from Celtic, Acadian, and Aboriginal roots music, to country, hip hop, pop and rock.
There are as many different ways to soak up a memorable music experience here as there are varieties of music. Legendary Cape Breton Kitchen parties and Ceilidhs are where musicians like Natalie MacMaster, the Rankins, Gordie Sampson and the Barra MacNeils honed their skills while friends and family danced to their jigs and reels.
The Halifax pub and club scene is where many big names like Sloan and Juno-nominated alternative rocker Matt Mays got their start, with crowds of die-hard fans singing along. Halifax is also the site of major music happenings, having both hosted the Junos and the Rolling Stones in 2006.
Annual festivals like Celtic Colours International Festival and TD Canada Trust Atlantic Jazz Festival put local and international stars in the spotlight. Halifax hosts big stage productions like DRUM! a rhythmic extravaganza celebrating our four founding cultures – Aboriginal, Acadian, Black, and Celtic.
Across the province, churches, wharves, parks, and small theatres become performance venues for great events and performances like:
- Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival
- Celtic Colours International Festival
- Riverfront Music Jubilee in New Glasgow
- Stan Rogers Folk Festival
Let the music you’ll find here become the soundtrack of a great vacation.
