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Authentic Seacoast 2008 Festivals & Events

May

May 1-June 30

Authentic Seacoast Bay Lobster Festival

May 1

Osprey Shores Golf Resort opens for the season

May 1

DesBarres Manor Inn opens for evening dining

May 11

Rare Bird Pub & Eatery Mother’s Day Buffet

May 11

DesBarres Manor Inn Mother’s Day Dinner (Packages available)

May 11

Chedabucto Place Performance Centre Afternoon Concert; Art & Paul: The Show They Never Gave

May 15

Skipping Stone Crafts & Gallery officially opens for the season

May 30

Rare Bird Pub & Eatery officially opens for the season

May 31

Mr. Goodenuff plays the Rare Bird Stage

May 31

Osprey Shores Golf Resort hosts the 1st Annual “Queen of the Greens” Ladies Invitational Golf Tournament & Steak

 

Bonfires Tuesdays & Thursdays at Osprey Shores Golf Resort

June

June 1-30

Authentic Seacoast Bay Lobster Festival

June 6

Chedabucto Place Performance Centre – ECMA Award Winner Dave Gunning

June 7

Rare Bird Pub & Eatery Open Mike Fundraiser for the Waterfront Development Society

June 7

Osprey Shores Golf Resort Four Person Scramble Golf Tournament

June 14

Matt Minglewood & Company play the Rare Bird Pub Stage

June 15

DesBarres Manor Inn Father’s Day Dinner (Packages available)

June 15

Rare Bird Pub & Eatery Father’s Day Buffet

June 20

Rare Bird Pub & Eatery Trivia Night with Adam Cooke

June 21

Osprey Shores Golf Resort hosts the Guysborough & Area Board of Trade Invitational Golf Tournament

June 27

Rare Bird Pub & Eatery Trivia Night with Adam Cooke

June 28

ECMA Winner Sons of Maxwell play the Rare Bird Stage

 

Bonfires Tuesdays & Thursdays at Osprey Shores Golf Resort

July

July 1

Canada Day Celebration on the Guysborough Waterfront

July 2

Young Fiddlers at Jost’s Wharf Building on the Waterfront

July 2

Rare Bird Pub & Eatery Kitchen Ceilidh Party

July 3

Osprey Shores Golf Resort hosts the Stanfest Celebrity Golf Tournament; Banquet to follow at the Rare Bird Pub & Eatery

July 4-6

Stanfest Folk Music Festival

July 9

Young Fiddlers at Jost’s Wharf Building on the Waterfront

July 9

Rare Bird Pub & Eatery Kitchen Ceilidh Party

July 10

Festival Antigonish opens and runs through September

July 11

Rare Bird Pub & Eatery Trivia Night with Adam Cooke

July 12

Osprey Shores Golf Resort hosts Out of the Sea and Over the Coals

July 12

Guysborough Farmers' Market on the Waterfront

July 16

Young Fiddlers at Jost’s Wharf Building on the Waterfront

July 16

Rare Bird Pub & Eatery Kitchen Ceilidh Party

July 18

Hal Bruce plays the Rare Bird Pub Stage

July 18-20

The 145th Antigonish Highland Games

July 19-27

Guysborough Come Home Week

July 19

Guysborough Come Home Week “Pub Crawl” with waterfront events at the Rare Bird (Entertainment - Mike Dalton), the Jost Building and the Guysborough Marina

July 19

Come Home Days Parade on Main Street

July 19

Guysborough Farmers' Market on the Waterfront

July 19

Osprey Shores Golf Resort hosts annual Come Home Week Golf Tournament

July 23

Young Fiddlers at Jost’s Wharf Building on the Waterfront

July 23

Rare Bird Pub & Eatery Kitchen Ceilidh Party

July 25

Rare Bird Pub & Eatery Trivia Night with Adam Cooke

July 25

Night Golf at Osprey Shores Golf Resort

July 25

DJ Barry Wright at the Rare Bird Pub & Eatery

July 25 & 26

"An Evening with Uncle Val" at the Chedabucto Performance Centre presented by Mulgrave Road Theatre

July 26

Guysborough Academy Reunion

July 26

Guysborough Farmers' Market on the Waterfront

July 27

Rare Bird Pub & Eatery Open Mike Fundraiser for the Guysborough Waterfront Development Society

July 30

Young Fiddlers at Jost’s Wharf Building on the Waterfront

July 30

Rare Bird Pub & Eatery Kitchen Ceilidh Party

Late July

The Annual Mackerel Derby in Queensport

 

Bonfires Tuesdays & Thursdays at Osprey Shores Golf Resort

August

August 1

Rare Bird Pub & Eatery Trivia Night with Adam Cooke

August 2

Osprey Shores Golf Resort host the Best Dog/Big Dog Golf Tournament and BBQ

August 2

Gypsy Rovers play the Rare Bird Pub Stage

August 2

Guysborough Farmers' Market on the Waterfront

August 3

Rubber Duck River Race in Boylston

August 6

Young Fiddlers at Jost’s Wharf Building on the Waterfront

August 6

Rare Bird Pub & Eatery Kitchen Ceilidh Party

August 8

Rare Bird Pub & Eatery Trivia Night with Adam Cooke

August 9

Rare Bird Pub & Eatery Nova Scotia’s Largest Oktoberfest in August

August 9

Guysborough Farmers' Market on the Waterfront

August 13

Young Fiddlers at Jost’s Wharf Building on the Waterfront

August 13

Rare Bird Pub & Eatery Kitchen Ceilidh Party

August 15-17

Nicolas Denys Days at the Rare Bird Pub & Eatery

August 15

Canso Schools Reunion

August 16

ECMA Winners The Divorcees play the Rare Bird Stage

August 16

Osprey Shores Golf Resort hosts the Club Championship Tournament

August 16

Guysborough Farmers' Market on the Waterfront

August 20

Young Fiddlers at Jost’s Wharf Building on the Waterfront

August 20

Rare Bird Pub & Eatery Kitchen Ceilidh Party

August 22

Night Golf at the Osprey Shores Golf Resort

August 23

2008 ECMA Award Winner Troy MacGillivray plays the Rare Bird Stage

August 23

“King of the Ring” Horse Shoe Tournament and Corn Boil at Osprey Shores Golf Resort

August 23

Guysborough Farmers' Market on the Waterfront

August 24

Guysborough Triathlon

August 24

Select Nova Scotia Incredible Picnic at the Rare Bird Pub & Eatery

August 27

Young Fiddlers at Jost’s Wharf Building on the Waterfront

August 27

Rare Bird Pub & Eatery Kitchen Ceilidh Party

August 30

Guysborough Farmers' Market on the Waterfront

 

Bonfires Tuesdays & Thursdays at Osprey Shores Golf Resort

September

September 2

Two Person Scramble Golf Tournament at the Osprey Shores Resort

September 9

Nova Scotia Wine Festival Dinner at DesBarres Manor Inn

September 16

Nova Scotia Wine Festival Dinner at DesBarres Manor Inn

September 20

Dan Mason

September 23

Nova Scotia Wine Festival Dinner at DesBarres Manor Inn

September 30

Nova Scotia Wine Festival Dinner at DesBarres Manor Inn

 

Bonfires Tuesdays & Thursdays at Osprey Shores Golf Resort

   

October

October 4

Osprey Shores Golf Resort Four Person Scramble Golf Tournament

October 7

Nova Scotia Wine Festival Dinner at DesBarres Manor Inn

October 10-18

Celtic Colours International Festival

October 11

Rare Bird Pub & Eatery Season’s Over Closing Party

October 11

Sam Moon plays the Rare Bird Pub Stage

October 13

DesBarres Manor Inn Thanksgiving Dinner

October 14

Nova Scotia Wine Festival Dinner at DesBarres Manor Inn

October 21

Nova Scotia Wine Festival Dinner at DesBarres Manor Inn

October 25

Osprey Shores Golf Resort Two Person Scramble Golf Tournament

   

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