10 am – 3 pm
Everyone is invited to our inaugural Maritime Heritage Festival, a free, family-friendly weekend of events and activities happening September 13 and 14 on the Halifax waterfront around the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic!
We’re working with over 25 partner organizations to celebrate our Maritime heritage and invite the public to enjoy a variety of daytime programming – from live Maritime music and historic ship tours, fun interactive activities with our ocean friends and marine organizations, to pop-up museum displays, Raina the Mermaid, Back to the Sea touch tank!
Enjoy live music performances from: Drummers from Home, Yarmouth Shantymen, Celtic Ensemble, Boarding Party, Halifax Newcomer Choir and the Stadacona Band!
Festival goers will also see hands-on learning and youth boat building with the recently announced MMA Boat School!
Come for boatloads of fun and things to “sea and do”! The festivities happen along Halifax’s waterfront, transforming the Maritime Heritage District, from our museum and historic ship, CSS Acadia to Sackville Landing and HMCS Sackville!
Other Participating Partners include: COVE, Nova Scotia Sea School, Sea Turtle Network, Royal Canadian Navy, Sea Cadets, Bluenose II, Naval Museum, Shearwater Aviation Museum, Mermaids of Halifax, Back to the Sea, Canadian Global Network, Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History, Canada’s Immigration Museum at Pier 21, Parks Canada, Ocean Tracking Network, Bedford Institute of Technology, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, and many more.
Stay tuned for more details on the daytime weekend event schedule!
Party festival launch! On Friday, September 12, we’re having special night at the museum featuring Cassie & Maggie in our Small Craft Gallery! Details and tickets:
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