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Events

SNAP! CRACKLE! HALIFAX POP EX 2016!

It would seem that the attendees of this year’s Halifax Pop Explosion had silently taken a mail carriers vow before the festivities started on Wednesday. Through sun and rain (and wind and cold and near tropical humidity levels in the Forum and was that snow for a second there?) crowds appeared at the various stages to laugh, dance, mosh and shuffle their feet back and forth awkwardly, to the talent provided. Squadrons of coordinators, volunteers and staff flitted about the venues holding the sprawling event together, and doing it well I’ll add. Continue reading SNAP! CRACKLE! HALIFAX POP EX 2016! →

Events, Music

Fredericton Farmers Market To Host The Last Waltz’s 40th Anniversary Concert

In case you’re not familiar with The Last Waltz and the events of Thanksgiving Day, 1976 at San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom, the people behind Feels Good are organizing a 40th anniversary celebration to enlighten you of what was arguably the finest concert film ever made. Continue reading Fredericton Farmers Market To Host The Last Waltz’s 40th Anniversary Concert →

Events, Food & Drink

First Annual Cider Festival Coming To Nova Scotia

As the country heads into its dreaded winter season, the toils of scraping ice and shovelling snow loom ever closer. Fear not, unwitting Bluenosers, for there on the distant Spring horizon, is a bright beacon of hope to get you through the months of cold. Cider fans can rejoice as May 27th, 2017 will mark Nova Scotia’s first ever Cider Festival. Continue reading First Annual Cider Festival Coming To Nova Scotia →

Events, Food & Drink

The Peoples Cider Project: Crowdsourcing Nova Scotian Apple Cider

Making cider is easy. Making good cider is a whole other kettle of fish. It’s the closest thing you can get to alchemy without giving yourself mercury poisoning. But the brave people at Muwin Estate’s Bulwark Cider and the Ross Farm Museum will arguably be doing it the best way  possible: with your heritage apples. Continue reading The Peoples Cider Project: Crowdsourcing Nova Scotian Apple Cider →