Taste a Culinary Adventure with Nova Scotia Packages
Give your tastebuds the thrill of a lifetime with three-course gourmet meals, clam-digging adventures, and more appetizing Nova Scotia adventures.
Fall is the perfect time of year to get out and experience a festival or event in Nova Scotia. Enjoy music, food, film, harvest, history, culture, and much more at a variety of festivals across the province. Visit NovaScotia.com for more things to do this fall in Nova Scotia.
September 2025
- WoolstockEAST: The East Coast Fibre Festival, Pictou – September 4-6
- Halifax International Wine Festival, Halifax – September 6
- Atlantic International Film Festival, Halifax – September 10-17
- Hants County Exhibition, Windsor – September 12-14 & 19-21
- Gran Fondo Baie Sainte-Marie, Saulnierville – September 13-14
- Hike the Highlands Festival, Cape Breton – September 13-19
- Lunenburg Doc Fest – September 17-21
- Nova Scotia Stampede, Bible Hill – September 18-21
- Antigonight: Art After Dark Festival, Antigonish – September 19-20
- Fête du chocolat, Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site – September 20-21
- Canadian Deep Roots Music Festival, Wolfville – September 26-28
- Mahone Bay Scarecrow Festival – September 26-October 13
- Prismatic Arts Festival, Halifax – September 26-October 5
- Lumière Arts Festival, Sydney – September 27
- Great Taste of Canada: Jukuwe’. Mijisi. Amalka. Pji’ilasi Unama’kik, Cape Breton – September 27
- Wentworth Fall Colours – Weekends September 27–October 19
October 2025
- Paranormal Investigations Weekend, Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site – October 3-4
- Shag Harbour UFO Expo, Yarmouth – October 3-5
- Cabot Trail Writer’s Festival – October 3-5
- Parrsboro Film Festival – October 3-5
- Bay of Fundy Sea Kayak Symposium, Argyle – October 4-6
- Nova Scotia Forest Festival, Lake Charlotte – October 4
- Kentville Pumpkin People Festival – October 4-26
- Halifax International Spirit Festival – October 10
- Celtic Colours International Festival, Cape Breton – October 10-18
- Wentworth Fall Colours – Weekends September 27–October 19
- Nova Scotia Giant Pumpkin Regatta – October 11
- Fall Fest at Ski Martock –October 11–13 and 18–19
- Valley Harvest Marathon, Wolfville – October 11-12
- Nocturne: Art at Night, Halifax – October 16-19
- Huckle Buckle Festival, Ingonish – October 18-19
- Memory Lane Fibre Arts Festival, Lake Charlotte – October 18
- Devour! The Food Film Fest, Wolfville – October 20-26
- Nova Scotia Music Week, Yarmouth – October 23-26
- EstherFest, Amherst – October 17–30
- Oidhche nam Bòcan | Night of the Spirits, Iona – October 24-25
- Cabot Trail Food Truck Rally, Cape Breton – October 25-26
- Sinister Soiree, Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site – October 25
November 2025
- Hal-Con, Halifax – November 7-9
- Antigonish Jazz Festival – November 13-15
- Traditional 1940s Christmas Dinners, Lake Charlotte – November 15–16
- Memory Lane Heritage Village Holiday Walk – November 22–23
- Victorian Christmas at the Halifax Citadel – November 22–23
- Evergreen Festival – November 21–December 14
- The Season of Father Christmas in Mahone Bay – November 28-December 24
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