🔱 Grade 12 Pilot Program Launched

$18M renovations, Algae Blooms and Trades Programs

June 28, 2024

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This is the Halifax Insider, your daily dose of news that's as sparkling as a vampire in the sun and as smooth as a jazz-playing sloth.

In today’s newsletter:

  • New grade 12 trades program open

  • $18M renovations planned for YHZ

  • Algae bloom reported at Chocolate Lake

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Weather

Friday

  • Morning / 🌡️ 16° ⛅ overcast

  • Afternoon / 🌡️ 20° ☀ sunny

  • Evening / 🌡️ 20° ☀ sunny

Saturday

  • Morning / 🌡️ 14° ⛅ overcast

  • Afternoon / 🌡️ 21° ⛅ overcast

  • Evening / 🌡️ 20° ☀ sunny

Business

Live Music, Activities & Shows

Friday

🎭 Halifax Public Gardens / Spring Garden Buskers - Local Artists / 12:00 - 1:00
🍎 Halifax Waterfront, Foundation Wharf / 5th Annual Supernova Market / 1:00 - 6:00 / Free
🎵 The Carleton / Alfie Zappacosta / 8:30 - 10:30 / $40.25
🎵The Old Triangle / Jordan LeBlanc w/ Kyle Boudreau / 9:00 / Free
🎵 Bearly’s / Mark Green Blues Band / 9:30 - 12:00 / Free
🎵 The Loose Cannon / The Bologna Colorado Blues Band / 10:00 / Free
🎵The Marquee / Moon Hooch / 8:00 - 1:00 / $35
🎵 Seahorse / Human Missile Crisis + Waxforest / $10-$15
Sanctuary Arts Centre / Secondhand News - A Musical Comedy / 7:30 pm / $30
💃🏽 Steel Wheels / All-Ages Dance Party (Taylor Swift Theme) / 7:00 - 9:00 / $20
💃🏽 Queen's Marque / Latin Dancing in the Courtyard / 7:00 - 11:00 / Free

Saturday

🍎 Alderney Landing / Farmers Market / 8:00 - 1:00 / Free
🎭 Dalhousie Art Gallery / Art Display - Alan Syliboy: The Journey So Far / 11:00am / Free🎵 The Carleton / Alfie Zappacosta / 7:00 - 9:00 / $40.25
🎵 The Carleton / Tevon Tynes Trio / 10:00 - 11:55 / Free
🎵 The Old Triangle / Jordan LeBlanc & Kyle Boudreau / 9:00 / Free
🎵 Durty Nelllys / Bruce & Jay MacKinnon / 4:00 - 7:00 / Free
🎵 Durty Nelllys / Doge / 8:00 - 10:00 / Free
🎵 The Loose Canon / Local Bands / 9:30 / Free
🎵 Split Crow / Kevin Bohaychuk Duo / 3:00 - 6:00 / Free
🎵 Split Crow / John Donovan Duo / 8:00 - 11:30 / Free
🎵 Bearly's / Mark Green Matinee / 4:00 - 8:00 / Free
🎵 Bearly's / Jacob Strang Band / 9:30 - 12:00 / Free
💃🏽 The Marquee / Shrek Rave / 9:00 / $26 - $32
🎵 Ferry Terminal Park / The Desi Summer Music Fest / 6:00 - 10:00 / Free
🎵 Seahorse Tavern / Love Song Homies / 7:30 - 10:00 / $15/$20
💃🏽 Propeller Arcade / Summer Solstice Celebration / 7:00 - 2:00 / $15/$20
🎵 Montes Showbar Grill / DJ Randy's K-Tel Disco IV Party / 7:00 / Free
🎵 Lighthouse Art Centre / Groove Into Pride with Ra’jah O’Hara and special guests / 9:00 - 2:00am / $30-$50

Sunday

🍎 Alderney Landing / Sunday Artisan Market / 11:00 - 3:00 / Free
🎵 Halifax Public Gardens / Sunday Concert: Roving Steins / 2:00 - 4:00 / Free
🎵 Durty Nelllys / Michale Lloyd / 10:00 - 1:00pm / Free
🎵 Split Crow / Travis Hatcher Duo / 8:00 - 11:30pm / Free
🎵 Bearly's / Shrimp Daddy Blues Revue / 4:30 - 6:30 / Free
🎵 Bearly's / Legendary Sunday Night Blues Jam / 8:00 - 11:00 / Free
🎵 Seahorse Tavern / DOA w/ Novichok / 7:00 - 11:30 / $25/$30

🍁 Canada Day Events 🍁 

See our list of Canada day events below.

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Halifax

Dartmouth

Elsewhere in HRM

Upcoming Events

Harbourside Ribfest 2024

  • Alderny Landing / Dartmouth / June 28 to July 1, 2024

  • June 29 / Paul Brushett / 11:30 - 2:00pm / Brock Stock & Barrell / 2:30 - 4:30 / Joe Murphy w/ the Water Street Blues Band / 5:00 - 7:15 / Toy Shed / 7:45 - 10:00

  • June 30 / Leona Burkey / 11:30 - 2:00 pm / Brooklyn Blackmore / 2:30 - 4:30 / The FirsherKings / 5:00 - 7:15 / Stuntrock / 7:45 - 10:00 / Maurice Aucoin / 11:30 - 1:00 pm

  • July 1 / Maurice Aucoin / 11:30 - 1:00 / Jon Hines Trio / 1:30 to 3:45 / Witchitaw / 4:15 - 6:30

  • View Harbourside Ribfest Calendar Here

Bedford Days

  • Various Locations / June 22 to July 1

  • June 28 / Health Classes / LeBrun Rec Centre | Pilates 10:00 - 11:00 / Yogalates Class | 11:15 to 12:30 / Maritime Music | St. Ignatius Church | 7:30 pm | $15 Online / Beer Fest (19+) | DeWolf Park | 6 p.m. to midnight

  • June 29 / Zumba in the Park | DeWolf Park | 10 a.m. / Yoga in the Park | DeWolf Park | 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. / Georgian Social | Scott Manor House | 2 to 4 p.m.

  • June 30 / Yoga in the Park | DeWolf Park | 10 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. / ARABIC NIGHT | 150 Waterfront Drive, Bedford | 6 to 9:00 p.m / Outdoor Movie | The Chickenburger, 1531 Bedford Highway | 9 p.m.

  • July 1 / Canada Day Pancake Breakfast* | DeWolf Park | 9 to 11 a.m. / Glow’s Fun Land | DeWolf Park | 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. / Canada Day Live Music* | DeWolf Park | 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m / Kids’ Canada Day Party* | DeWolf Park | 1 to 3 p.m. / Glow’s Fun Land | DeWolf Park | 6 to 9:45 p.m. / Canada Day Celebrations* | DeWolf Park | 8 to 10 p.m. / Canada Day Fireworks*| DeWolf Park | 10 p.m.

  • View Bedford Days Calendar Here 

Royal Nova Scotia Tattoo

  • Various Locations / June 23 to July 1, 2024

Dartmouth Festival Series

  • Alderny Landing / Dartmouth / June 23 to August 10

  • June 29 / The Desi Summer Fest / 6:00 - 10:00.

  • July 1 / Dartmouth Canada Day Programming / 12:00 - 10:30

  • More events to come…

  • View Dartmouth Festival Series Calendar Here

Sports

Recreation

  • Burn Ban - Burning is allowed between 2:00 pm and 8:00 am 🟢. Note that burn ban is updated at 2:00 daily on the burnsafe website.

  • Algea Blooms - New blooms reported in Chocolate Lake (Halifax). Blooms reported this month in Penhorn Lake (Dartmouth), Oathill Lake (Datmouth) and First Lake (Lower Sackville). See full list on reported blue-green algea website.

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