The summer has been full of activities for visitors to enjoy and one event that always captures the interest of our visitors is The Nicolas Denys Days in St. Peter’s from August 2 to 8th. This is the festival held every year in honor of St. Peter’s founding father, French Trader Nicolas Denys.
This year’s festival will include the following events:
August 5th there will be a day full of fun for all ages, including kids day with lots of activities planned, friends of Leona Chowder dinner, pre-teen, and teen dances, the CBHC Ceilidh at the Bras d’Or Lakes Inn and the Battery Park Campfire series.
Thursday will be another fun filled day of events including a Mock Jail, the Danny MacDonald Memorial Tournament, and a Film Screening of 4 short films: the Copain Trilogy and Conscript by Jacob Owens. By popular demand the Deep Fried Turkey and Home Fries are back, Battery Park Nature Chat and live entertainment and wing night at MacBouch.
Saturday events include an Artisan Craft Market come and check out the excellent selection of artisans work, and our budding artists at work at the Chalk on the Sidewalk event. The Oldies Drive Inn (Antique Cars and Muscle automobiles) cruising through Battery Park will be of interest to antique car buffs. Entertainment by the very talented Charlie A’Court will take place at the Bras d’Or Lakes Inn starting at 8pm. Purchase your ticket for the Charlie A' Court performance and get a chance to win dinner with Charlie, call 535-2200 for more details. And to end the evening's activities what would the festival be without the Festival Dance held at the Lions Hall.
August 8th events include 5km run, Parish Potluck, Festival Parade and the Cape Breton Heritage Coast Kitchen Racket, the Concert By the Sea at the band stand and Mitch MacDonald (of Canadian Idol fame) at the Bras d'Or Lakes Inn.
What an incredible line-up of events. Definitely mark these dates on your calendar for an enjoyable week of events. For a full list of times and events stop in at the St. Peter's Visitor Information Center at 10259 Hwy #4 or call 535-2185.
Visitors planning a trip to Richmond as well as local residents will want to mark August 14th on their calendar for the Concert by JP Cormier and the Elliot Brothers coming to the St. Peter's Lions Hall. The event will run from 8 to 10:30pm. Cormier one of Cape Breton's finest performers will team with the top notched talent of the Elliot Brothers for an evening of entertainment, which will definitely be one of the major events of the summer. The show is sure to be a sold out event, so don't delay, get your tickets early. Tickets can be purchased in advance for $15.00 by calling Verna at 535-2166 or on concert night for $20.00 at the door.
For all those who would like to check out our new blog with a spotlight on tourism and a daily list of events taking place, go to tourismspotlight.blogspot.com. This month visitors to the blog will find a survey of 5 questions on "What helped you decide to chose Cape Breton as your vacation destination." I hope you will take the time to check off what items helped you decide.
Until next week, have fun in Richmond.
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