Everything happening outside HRM that's still worth your weekend. These don't show up in the main listings — this is where they live, sorted by how long you'll be in the car.
Submit an out-of-town event →Everything still ahead of you this season, grouped by how long you'll be in the car. Drive times are from downtown Halifax.
North America's oldest continuously running agricultural fair, going since 1765: livestock and 4-H shows, giant pumpkin weigh-off, midway, truck pulls, demolition derby, harness racing and country music.
Hop-on, hop-off double-decker from the Wolfville visitor centre, looping participating wineries for tastings and short tours. Several departures a day.
Producer market on Edgewater Street opposite the Anglican church, right on the harbour — bread, produce, cut flowers, ceramics.
34th running. Full marathon, half, 10K and 5K starting and finishing in Wolfville, out through dyke land and orchard roads.
The world's largest food film festival, 16th edition, themed Devour! The Sea: around 50 films and 63 events — chef dinners, tastings, workshops — across Wolfville.
Long-running market at 178 St. George Street, with the Historic Gardens and Fort Anne a short walk away.
Successor to the Windsor Pumpkin Regatta. Friday night witches' dance on the waterfront; Saturday weigh-off at 10, then two pumpkin-boat races, carving, a timber show and the Guild Hall market.
17th annual: workshops, exhibits and markets for spinners, weavers, knitters, dyers and felters, across venues in downtown Amherst.
Two-hour lantern-lit walking tours of the 1860s living-history village in period cloaks, built on Helen Creighton's Maritime folklore, with Dead Reckoning Theatre Company. Max 12 people.
52 concerts plus hundreds of community events — ceilidhs, workshops, square dances, meals in church halls — in communities across the island, timed to peak fall colour.
The 300 km loop through Cape Breton Highlands National Park, with 26 marked hikes strung along it. Colour turns earlier on the south coast and moves north.
Day trip = home the same night without leaving early. Overnight = book a bed, or plan on a very long day. Everything on this page is outside Halifax Regional Municipality — if it's in town, it's in the main listings.
The big summer road trips have all run for 2026. They come back on roughly the same weekend every year — here's what to hold space for, so you're not finding out about it the week it happens.
Six days across the Valley: grand street parade, fireworks, music and food trucks, timed to the orchards in bloom.
Battle re-enactments and musket fire at Fort Point Lighthouse, an encampment, grand parade, rum run, artisan market and fireworks.
Running since 1934: lobster boat races, parades, antique car show, midway, lobster dinners and fireworks on the waterfront.
The oldest continuously running Highland Games outside Scotland: piping, drumming, highland dance and heavy events at Columbus Field.
Nine days of maritime food, culture and community events across Yarmouth, running since 1979.
Canada's Songwriter Festival — four days of folk and roots on the edge of the Atlantic, plus a Roadshow the week before.
Nova Scotia's longest-running music festival: four days of folk across waterfront venues and the bandstand in a UNESCO old town.
Four days on the Digby waterfront: grand parade, scallop-shucking competition, woodsmen competition, live music and fireworks.
Parks Canada and the Royal Astronomical Society run telescopes, Mi'kmaw sky stories and night walks at the province's only Dark Sky Preserve.
Atlantic Canada's largest keelboat regatta, hosted by Chester Yacht Club since 1856 — four days of racing in Mahone Bay.
Three routes that string several of the above into one trip, so the driving isn't the point of the day.