Halifax 
What’s On in Halifax this Thanksgiving weekend including free, fun family & kids’ activities, live music, theatre & performing arts, sports and exhibitions.Friday, October 11 – Monday, October 14, 2019
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I. Family & Kids Activities in and around Halifax
For more Thanksgiving weekend events and activities, see: Fun Things to Do During Fall in Nova Scotia
Thanksgiving Weekend
Soak up the brilliant colours of fall and enjoy what has become one of Kejimkujik’s most popular weekends of the year! Participate in the annual Pumpkin Carving Contest, the Haunted Jaunt, and take the plunge at the annual Cold Turkey swim. It’s the perfect weekend to spend with friends and family and the last big weekend of the season! Details
October 12 – 14, 2019
Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site
Free admission for youth in 2019; Adult $5.80; Senior $4.90; Donations for the food bank will be accepted at the Visitor Centre all weekend
Fear the Darkness Haunted House
Part of Bluenose Ghosts Festival. To satisfy the public’s thirst for highly entertaining scares, Alderney Landing presents “Fear the Darkness Haunted House”. Not for the faint at heart, this annual Haunted House is sure to scare even the tough guys! (Parental discretion advised) Details
October 4-6, 10-12, 17-20, 24-27, 29 & 30, 2019 | 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Alderney Landing’s Fear the Darkness Haunted House
2 Ochterlonley, Dartmouth
Fury of Castle Dracula (Haunted House): $12; Bundle Your Scare: $20; VIP Experience: $40
Family Round Up Adventure
Includes: A Horse Drawn Wagon Ride back to our Fort Clayton, Petting Pen, Mini Golf (Seasonal), Zip Lines, All-You-Can-Eat All Beef Jumbo Hot Dogs (Veggie Hot Dogs and Gluten Free Buns available upon request), Unlimited Juice, Pop, Coffee & Tea. Time in our Rubber Rodeo with the Inflatable Games & Mechanical Bull. Details
Saturday & Sundays, October 5-6 & 12-13, 2019 | 10:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Hatfield Farm, 1840 Hammonds Plains Road, Hammonds Plains
$15.99 +HST / person, Children 2 & Under are FREE
Thanksgiving Weekend Fall Festival
Join Graves Island Staff for closing weekend. Take part in the campsite Halloween decorating contest, walk the spooky trail, look for the ever growing population of scarecrows, and many more contests and surprise events. Fun for all ages, adult supervision for children is required. Details
October 11 – 13, 2019
Graves Island Provincial Park, Lunenburg County
Contact the park office at 902-275-4425.
Harvest Moon Festival
The Historic Properties Courtyard and Harbourside Market will be fully dressed in the splendor of Fall colours. Come and take a selfie on the giant apple barrel cornucopia or the oversized spider hay sculpture and enjoy a hot apple cider at Grounded Cafe. Make it part of your Nocturne adventures and experience the beauty of the Courtyard at night, it is a sight to behold! Details
October 10 to 31, 2019
Historic Properties, 1869 Upper Water Street, Halifax
Free
Family Night Tour
Join us for a nighttime guided walk of the Shubenacadie Provincial Wildlife Park. Get a nocturnal view of the park and its inhabitants. Details
Saturday, October 12, 2019 | 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Shubenacadie Provincial Wildlife Park, Colchester County
$6 per person; Pre-registration is required.
Haunted Hollow
The nightmare at Hammond Plains returns as the Haunted Hollow is back. Prepare yourself for a 30 min walk through the woods of of Hammonds Plains. Details
Friday and Saturday, October 4 to 26 | 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
1561 Hammonds Plains Road
Hammonds Plains
$15
Kentville Pumpkin People Festival
This year’s theme is “Toon Town” and the Pumpkin People will be showcasing their very favourite classic cartoons from over the years! We have it on “gourd authority” that Scooby Doo, Yogi Bear and the Bugs Bunny crew are all stopping by. We’re keeping some of our other anticipated visitors a secret for now. Details
October 5 – 27, 2019
Town of Kentville
Movies
- Reel Family Movie Night – Casper on Friday, October 11, 2019 | 7:00 PM | Free
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II. Live Music
Pink Martini
Thursday, October 10, 2019 | 8:00 PM
Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, 6101 University Avenue, Halifax
$59.50 – $89.50
Legends
Legends Show brings you some of the world’s most exciting performers live on stage. Accompanied by the Rockin’ Royals Band, this show will feature the most incredible Tributes to Buddy Holly, Patsy Cline, Elvis Presley, and a special guest performance of the music of Motown by the sensational Tonettes. 19+. Details
Friday October 11, 2019 | 8:00 PM
Casino Nova Scotia, Halifax
$39.99 – $49.99 (plus tax & service charge)
Jacquees
During Thanksgiving Weekend, Cash Money and Rich Gang artist Jacquees will be Live in Concert!! Details
Sunday, October 13, 2019 | 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Spatz Theatre, 1855 Trollope Street, Halifax
$50 – $100
Don Brownrigg w/ Dance Movie
Freshly nominated for 6 Music Nova Scotia Awards, Brownrigg will be performing with a band. Special guests are Halifax indie favourite Dance Movie! Details
Saturday, October 12, 2019 | 8:00 PM
The Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen Street
$15
Jessica Rhaye
New Brunswick’s Jessica Rhaye returns to The Carleton, along with her new band, The Ramshackle Parade, to celebrate the release of her new album, Just Like A Woman – The Songs Of Bob Dylan. Details
Saturday, October 12, 2019 | 7:00 PM
The Carleton, 1685 Argyle Street, Halifax
$22.50
Hotel California 1920
Hotel California: The Original Eagles Tribute Show. Details
Monday, October 14, 2019 | 7:30 PM
Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, 6101 University Avenue, Halifax
$42 – $52
III. Performing Arts
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- Nonna’s Very Own – An Italian Comedy Showcase – Featuring some of Halifax’s best comedians and headlined by one of Canada’s fastest rising Italian Comedians, Marc-Anthony Sinagoga! Thursday, October 10, 2019 @ 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM @ Bus Stop Theatre | $12 – $15
- Same Boat: A Comedy Show – Featuring the comedic stylings of : Erik Garf, Brody Wilkinson-Martin, Sara Graham and many more!! Friday, October 11, 2019 @ 8:00 PM @ Bus Stop Theatre | $5 – $20 (Free entry if you bring a pizza)
Queens of the Glamazon: Fall Spooktacular
Eureka, Rouge and Farrah are combining October’s two biggest holidays into one helluva show! Bringing together the cheesey variety show fun of old Thanksgiving specials and the dark twisted macabre fun of Halloween the Glamazons promise a little something for everyone!! 16+. Details
Saturday, October 12, 2019 | 8:30 PM
The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street, Halifax
Cover $15
Love and Information
The theatrical equivalent of speed-dating, Love and Information is a parade of tiny playlets, each crystallizing a thought about how we love and how we think. In a theatrical experience for the age of Google and Twitter, when even such vast ideas as love are fragmented into soundbites, Caryl Churchill’s dazzling experimental work finds astonishing depth in each micro-burst of drama. Details
October 8-12, 2019
Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, 6101 University Avenue, Halifax
$15.00 regular, $10.00 student/senior
Pleasureville
Half sex toy gag, half feminist debate.
When Leah Bowman finds herself down on her luck, she starts fresh by opening a sex shop in the sleepy town of Pleasureville. Armed with a Master’s in Human Sexuality, she sets out to destroy the stigma on female sexuality. This world premiere packs a lot of heart as its characters learn to claim their power and their pleasure. Details
October 1 – 20, 2019
Neptune Theatre, 1593 Argyle Street, Halifax
$30 – $57
Monster’s Mash
You are cordially summoned to: The annual Monster’s Mash. It’s mischief and mayhem promising monstrously marvelous merriment! Details
September 13 – November 9, 2019
Grafton St Dinner Theater
Adult $57.78; Child under 12 $36.08;
Seniors and Students $52;
Military Personnel $49.12. HST included
All prices include a three course meal, three act musical comedy, coffee, and tea.
IV. Sports
Harvest Moon Walk
Join the Dartmouth Volksmarch Club for guided Full Moon Walk on the Salt Marsh Trail. Adults only. Details
Friday, October 11, 2019 | Registration 9:15 PM, Walk 9:30 PM
Meet at the 806 Bisset Road, Cole Harbour
A $2/person fee will be collected at registration. For information call Ruth (10 km) at 902-401-5363 or Lily (6 km) at 902-466-4421. No rain date.
V. Exhibitions, Festivals & Other Events
clubCOUTURE presents Trixie Mattel
Oh honey, Thanksgiving? More like ThanksLIVING!! She’s a blonde, a beauty, an international skinny legend and the winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 3 … and she’s bringing her brand-new, full-length show to a Canadian theatre near you!
The musical genius that is TRIXIE MATTEL will be wowing audiences with her music, having them in stitches with her sharp wit and comedic timing, and turning looks in a spectacular new tour: Skinny Legend. Show is rated 14+. Details
Friday, October 11, 2019 | 9:00 PM
Spatz Theatre, 1855 Trollope Street, Halifax
$40 – $100
Soul Tribe Live
Feat. Elizabeth Gilbert, Nancy Regan and more. An event in the spirit of Oprah’s Super Soul Sundays, this weekend of heart-opening, spirit-reviving keynote talks, workshops and more features a host of writers and thinkers—including Eat, Pray, Love and Big Magic author Elizabeth Gilbert. Details
October 11 – 12, 2019
Halifax Convention Centre, 1650 Argyle Street, Halifax
$65 – $490
Multicultural Oktoberfest
Live Music and Dance, Food, Beer, Door Prizes, and Free Parking. 19+. Details
Saturday, October 12, 2019 | 6:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Halifax Forum, 2901 Windsor Street, Halifax
$25
Halifax Citadel Ghost Tours
Join a spirited tour of the historic fort after dark and discover the haunted secrets and fascinating history of the Halifax Citadel National Historic Site. Tours are 70 minutes long starting at 8:30 p.m. at the front gate kiosk. Details
Saturday, October 3-5, 10-12, 17-19, 24-26, 2019 | 08:30 PM – 09:40 PM
Halifax Citadel National Historic Site
$8 – $35
VI. Thanksgiving Events/Dinner/ Brunches
Thanksgiving Celebration at DHBC
The DHBC storefront will be decked out in fall themed decorations, and from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm, stop by for some FREE Layers Halifax cupcakes and World Tea House tea, enter a draw for a fall themed Downtown Halifax gift basket, and let us know what you’re thankful for! Details
Thursday, October 10, 2019 | 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
DHBC storefront, Downtown Halifax
Free
Cooking Class: Workshop – Risotto 101
Learn how to make risotto before Thanksgiving dinner to add flare to your Thanksgiving meal. Learn the essentials of risotto, how to create your own flavor combinations and what you can do with your leftovers. Details
October 11, 2019 | 06:00 PM to 08:30 PM
Kitchen Door, Higney Ave, Dartmouth
$75.00
Thanksgiving Dinner/Brunch
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- Harvest Dinner on Sunday, October 13, 2019 | 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM @ Cole Harbour Farm Museum | $35
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