Evergreen Festival

Community comes alive with music, light, and joy for Evergreen Festival 2023!

Evergreen Festival is a 4-week-long outdoor winter showcase of Nova Scotian culture, food, spirits, craft, art, and memorable experiences to celebrate and embrace the essence of the season.

Retailers, restaurants, hotels, attractions, public spaces throughout the Halifax region will bring to life illuminations, programming, and animations that create a festive feeling of celebration!

Evergreen Bright – Evergreen Bright is a walkable outdoor trail of twinkling holiday light displays and installations along the Halifax waterfront, throughout downtown Halifax, downtown Dartmouth, and beyond.

Evergreen Bright installations on the Halifax waterfront run until January.

Date & Time:

November 24 – December 17, 2023

The Evergreen Market operates during the following hours:
Mon-Tue Closed
Wed-Fri 4pm-9pm
Saturdays 11am-9pm
Sundays 12pm-7pm

Evergreen Bright light installations will be illuminated nightly for the duration of the festival, lighting up downtown Halifax for the full four weeks of the Evergreen Festival.

The Evergreen Stage schedule can be found here, and The BG will operate during the following hours:
Fridays 12-9pm
Saturdays 12-9pm
Sundays 12-6pm

Evergreen Winter Sports Zone will operate during the following hours at Foundation Lot South on the Halifax waterfront:
Fridays 4-9PM
Saturdays 1-7PM
Sundays 12-5PM

Spruce the Gonk will be on the waterfront during the following hours:
Fridays 5-8PM
Saturdays 2-6PM
Sundays 2-6PM

• Cable Wharf Kitchen & Patio Light Display — Cable Wharf Kitchen & Patio
• Artificial Ice Curling Pads + Chalet Lunette
• Wave Illumination on the Halifax Waterfront – The Wave on the Halifax Waterfront
• DELIGHTFUL DOWNTOWN – Gift Box – Sackville Landing – Halifax Waterfront
• Light Tunnel on the Halifax waterfront – Halifax Waterfront Boardwalk
• Light Maze on the Halifax Waterfront – Sands at Salter – Halifax Waterfront
• North End Merry & Bright Window Display Competition
• TD Dartmouth Christmas Tree Lighting – Sullivan’s Pond Park
• DELIGHTFUL DOWNTOWN – Tree light wraps around Downtown – Granville Mall, Raymond Taavel Park, and along Bedford Row
• Open Hearth – Killam Brewery Markets
• Signal Mast – Halifax Citadel National Historic Site
• CSS Acadia Ship Light Projection – CSS Acadia, Halifax Waterfront
• Waterfront Warehouse Light Projection – Waterfront Warehouse
• Halifax City Hall Holiday Projection Show – Halifax City Hall, Grand Parade
• Public Gardens Holiday Lighting Display – Halifax Public Gardens
• DELIGHTFUL DOWNTOWN – Peace and Friendship Park – Peace and Friendship Park, Downtown Halifax
• DELIGHTFUL DOWNTOWN – Halifax Memorial Library Building at Grafton Park – Halifax Memorial Library Building at Grafton Park
• Light Up Downtown Dartmouth Holiday Projection – 90 Alderney Drive, Dartmouth
• Neon Mural, Wave, Canopy — 29, 126 & 163 Portland Street, Downtown Dartmouth
• Lights of Sullivan’s Pond — Sullivan’s Pond, Dartmouth