Candidate Area Activities

Way more modern dance than you would possibly expect in rural town of 500. A ton of very expressive movement this event hosts dance companies and artist in residence events from significant groups typically from Toronto and Montreal. Check out the tease reel from 2025: The 2026 program runs various nights from the 14th to the 18th This event runs at the Kings Theatre in Annapolis Valley

After spending the day in and around Lawrencetown, let the sun set, pull out a lawn chair and enjoy watching the Pirates of the Caribbean series one movie a night. And for the cinemaphiles there is lots of youtube think pieces on why Pirates is not just fun but really good .

Gilberts cove is an idylic area that is a wide tidal flat. As a result at low tide it becomes a wide area for dogs to run and investigate gulls and tidal pools etc. At lowest tide there is sometimes folks clamming out near the waters edge, and on weekends sometimes folks visiting the lighthouse. But generally it is quiet enough on weekdays for even reactive dogs to safely run around off leash and their humans to enjoy the water and the views. Craig regularly took a lawn cha

Central nova scotia - and state parks such as Kejimkujik - are great "dark viewing" areas. 2025-07-14 will be a new moon and should provide great night viewing. Lets plan on a road trip to a location in central Nova Scotia for a star walk - something like 10 pm to midnight. The photo below is not actually of stars :-) but is the coolest nova scotia night picture I have (and I don't have the camera or skillz to capture star photos that never do justice to a night sky anyway