This Month in Nova Scotia
Things to Do: September 2026
Fall arrives in Nova Scotia this September 2026 with 28 events marking the transition from summer festivals to autumn harvest celebrations.
28 events across 8 regions
Updated automatically. Current as of today's build.
Halifax Metro 7 events
Sporting
Halifax Wanderers FC 2026 Season
Apr 18 - Oct 25
Wanderers Grounds
The HFX Wanderers FC bring professional soccer to Halifax as proud members of the Canadian Premier League (CPL). Playing at the intimate Wanderers Gro...
Sporting
Halifax Tides FC 2026 Season
Apr 25 - Oct 26
Wanderers Grounds
The Halifax Tides FC are one of six founding clubs in Canada's new Northern Super League, bringing professional women's soccer to Atlantic Canada for ...
Arts & Culture
Halifax Fringe Festival
Sep 3 - Sep 13
Multiple venues
The Halifax Fringe Festival takes over downtown venues for eleven days of theatre, comedy, music, and everything the fringe label can hold - the 2026 ...
Community
Halifax Colour Festival 2026
Sep 5
Alderney Landing
The Halifax Colour Festival returns to Alderney Landing on Saturday, September 5, 2026, bringing an exuberant Holi-inspired celebration of colour to t...
Sporting
NHL STREET Harbour Fest
Sep 12 - Sep 13
Emera Oval
NHL STREET Harbour Fest brings the energy of professional hockey to the streets of Halifax for a free two-day street hockey festival on the Emera Oval...
Arts & Culture
Prismatic Arts Festival
Sep 26 - Oct 4
Various venues across Kjipuktuk (Halifax)
The Prismatic Arts Festival is a national, multidisciplinary arts festival that showcases and celebrates innovative work by Indigenous artists and art...
Music
Halifax Urban Folk Festival
Sep 27 - Oct 3
Downtown Halifax
The Halifax Urban Folk Festival (HUFF) returns for its 17th edition from September 27 to October 3, 2026, filling downtown Halifax venues with a week ...
Cape Breton Island 5 events
Music
Acoustic Roots Festival
Sep 4 - Sep 6
Two Rivers Wildlife Park
The 13th annual Acoustic Roots Festival returns to Two Rivers Wildlife Park on the Mira River in Grand Mira North, Cape Breton, from September 4 to 6,...
Community
St. Peters Pirate Days
Sep 10 - Sep 13
St. Peters
Ahoy, mateys! Every September, the historic village of St. Peters on Cape Breton Island transforms into a swashbuckling celebration of all things pira...
Sporting
Hike the Highlands Festival
Sep 12 - Sep 18
Festival Headquarters — St. John's Hall
The Hike the Highlands Festival is a seven-day guided hiking festival held every September along the Cabot Trail and across northern Cape Breton. Now ...
Sporting
Cape Breton Pro Rodeo
Sep 24 - Sep 27
Centre 200
The Cape Breton Pro Rodeo rides into Sydney in September 2026 as the island's first-ever professional rodeo, bringing four nights of bull riding, sadd...
Arts & Culture
Fortress of Louisbourg Paranormal Investigations Weekend
Sep 25 - Sep 26
Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site
Dare to explore the darker side of Louisbourg? The Fortress of Louisbourg - the largest reconstructed 18th-century French fortress in North America - ...
South Shore 5 events
Community
Queens County Fair
Sep 15 - Sep 19
Fairgrounds
The Queens County Fair brings five days of classic agricultural-fair programming to the fairgrounds at 9650 Highway 8 in Caledonia, September 15-19, 2...
Music
Harvest Moon Music Festival
Sep 17 - Sep 19
Pijinuiskaq Park
The Harvest Moon Music Festival lights up downtown Bridgewater for its fifth year from September 17 to 19, 2026, expanding to three nights of free liv...
Sporting
Pijinuiskaq Paddle Fest
Sep 19 - Sep 20
Pijinuiskaq Park & Shipyards Landing
Pijinuiskaq Paddle Fest returns to downtown Bridgewater on September 19-20, 2026, turning the LaHave River into a colourful gathering of canoes, kayak...
Arts & Culture
Lunenburg Doc Fest
Sep 23 - Sep 27
Lunenburg
Lunenburg Doc Fest is Atlantic Canada's leading documentary festival, returning for its 13th edition to the UNESCO World Heritage town of Lunenburg. O...
Community
Mahone Bay Scarecrow Festival
Sep 25 - Oct 12
Mahone Bay
250+ handmade scarecrows take over the charming town of Mahone Bay for the 30th annual Scarecrow Festival. This beloved South Shore tradition transfor...
Annapolis Valley 4 events
Community
Dakeyne Farm Sunflowers
Aug 31 - Sep 13
Dakeyne Farm
Dakeyne Farm in Mount Denson, just outside Windsor, plants fields of sunflowers that hit the heart of their season from late August through the second...
Community
Windsor Hants County Exhibition
Sep 18 - Sep 27
Exhibition Grounds
The Windsor Hants County Exhibition, affectionately known as the Hants County Exhibition, is the oldest agricultural fair in North America, with roots...
Music
Deep Roots Music Festival
Sep 24 - Sep 27
Wolfville
The Deep Roots Music Festival is a beloved annual celebration of folk, roots, and acoustic music set in the charming university town of Wolfville in N...
Food & Drink
Honey Harvest Festival
Sep 26
Avon Spirit Shipyard
The 11th annual Honey Harvest Festival fills the Avon Spirit Shipyard in Avondale on Saturday, September 26, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. - a single-d...
Northumberland Shore 3 events
Community
Cumberland County Exhibition
Aug 31 - Sep 6
Cumberland County Exhibition Grounds
The Cumberland County Exhibition is one of Nova Scotia's long-running country fairs, anchoring the town of Oxford for a full week at the end of every ...
Arts & Culture
WoolstockEAST: The East Coast Fibre Festival
Sep 11 - Sep 12
Pictou County Wellness Centre
WoolstockEAST - The East Coast Fibre Festival fills the Pictou County Wellness Centre in New Glasgow on September 11-12, 2026, with more than 50 vendo...
Community
Fall Colours at Ski Wentworth
Sep 26 - Oct 18
Ski Wentworth
Ride a chairlift to the top of the Wentworth Valley and watch autumn roll out below you. On select fall weekends - September 26-27, October 3-4, 10-12...
Fundy Shore 2 events
Food & Drink
Dining on the Ocean Floor
Jul 9 - Sep 7
Burntcoat Head Park
Dining on the Ocean Floor is Nova Scotia's most extraordinary dinner experience: a guided foraging walk, private tour, and three-course seafood feast ...
Community
Wharf Rat Rally
Sep 3 - Sep 6
Digby Waterfront
The Wharf Rat Rally is Canada's largest motorcycle rally, now in its third decade and drawing more than 50,000 enthusiasts and 25,000-plus motorcycles...
Eastern Shore 1 event
Yarmouth & Acadian Shores 1 event
Coming in October 2026
22 events already on the calendar. Check back at the start of October for the full roundup, or browse the complete events calendar.