Head downtown with your family and friends to enjoy FREE live music, dance, and art in and around the Grand Parade at the Patio Lanterns Festival. There will be patio furniture and picnic tables for you to use or feel free to bring your own chairs and blankets. The summer
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Get the low down on the best Corn Mazes and Pumpkin Patches near Halifax! Dakeyne Farm Sunflower Maze The Dakeyne Farm Sunflower Maze in Mount Denson, Nova Scotia is open during August and September by appointment only, weather-depending (there will be a post on Facebook or Twitter if the paths are too
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“Fly as high as you can” at the 5th Annual East Coast Kite Festival at Citadel Hill! All are welcome to this FREE, non-alcoholic, family-friendly event. There will be food vendors, local artists, and lots of cool and crazy kites! A great family day on the Hill! East Coast Kite
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Saddle up and get ready for a ‘ranch lifestyle adventure’ at the Shelby Ranch in Scotsburn! Load the cowpokes in the car, head out on the 102, and a little past Truro you will find a hidden gem – a place to unwind, unplug and enjoy the beautiful countryside. Stay
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School’s out but you can still discover and learn with a visit to a Nova Scotia Museum this summer. Best part? The provincial museums will be offering FREE admission to all 28 museums during the months of July and August! The museums include a few gems in HRM – The
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The annual buskers festival won’t be happening this year but that doesn’t mean we can’t celebrate Natal Day weekend with a little Music and Magic. Head downtown to the Salt Yard Too Stage at the end of Salter Street on the Halifax Waterfront to enjoy amazing local musicians and magicians,
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Ross Farm Museum is a living, working, farm museum depicting 150 years of agriculture in Nova Scotia and they are so happy to welcome everyone back to the farm starting July 1st! Learn about the history of the farm and meet the animals – including all the new arrivals from
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If you would like your kids to continue reading over the summer, encourage them to join the Summer Reading Club, run by Halifax Libraries, and sponsored by TD bank! When your kids register for the TD Summer Reading Club Halifax they will get a free reading kit, including a magazine filled
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Play is joy. Play is community. Play is universal. The Multicultural Playtime Society presents Waterfront Play Day at the Sands at Salter on the Halifax Waterfront – a multi-cultural play event in the spirit of World Play Day! Join in the fun with games, special guests, and groups including: •
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Whoo-hoo! School’s out for summer! Let’s celebrate at Chicken Little! Congrats on making it through another school year… Chicken Little will give you a FREE ICE CREAM CONE! Stop by this Wednesday and they will reward you with a delicious ice cream cone! One free regular ice cream cone per
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