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Dive in to our Hot Summer Guide

Every festival, road trip and snack you'll need to plan your summer

By Allison Saunders Aug 1, 2017

Top 10 dog-friendly events in Halifax PAID CONTENT

Creative ideas for sharing more joy with your four-legged best friend.

Your dog is your best secret keeper, and never judges you for eating an entire pizza yourself—if anything, that loyal pooch loves you even more for it. So maybe you should reciprocate, sharing your one-of-a-kind love with the world and treating your puppy pal to the summer date they deserve.

By Content sponsored by Cesar Jul 20, 2017

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Top 10 ways to reinvent your Canada Day holiday long weekend in Halifax PAID CONTENT

Cut into the red and white cake and discover the multicoloured layers.

To break out of your daily routine, there’s nothing like a long weekend when you can immerse yourself in the deep green landscape of Nova Scotia and drink in the salty sea air. But what about when breaking out of the routine has become a little bit…routine?

By Content brought to you by CIBC Jun 26, 2017

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23 concerts to take in this summer

If throwbacks, patio lanterns, sweaty dance parties and robotic rodents are music to your ears—you’re in luck!

June 16Holy Fuck w/JOYFULTALK, Wet PaintDon't believe the censored Facebook event, it's not Holy Firetruck, it's Holy Fuck.

By Stephanie Johns Jun 15, 2017

concert big ticket summer music The Marquee Ballroom Pacifico Music Room Halifax Common Halifax Seaport Farmers' Market

Cold as ice: coffee and tea on the rocks

Cool down and amp up with six killer iced drinks.

Low Point cold brew float

By Allison Saunders Jun 15, 2017

Iced Coffee coffee Lucky Penny Coffee Co. The Nook Lion & Bright Cafe Wine Bar Cortado Tasting Room Humani-T Cafe, downtown George's Bubble Tea Slideshow

Cream of the crop

Stop the world and melt with Halifax’s top spots for over-the-top ice cream

Roll on Two

By Melissa Buote Jun 15, 2017

ice cream Summer Soft Serve Manual Dairy Bar Sweet & Tears Tea House and Dessert Roll On Two Chimney Cakes Scanway Bakery + Café Dee Dee's Ice Cream Slideshow

Six beaches worth the drive

It’s the season that makes living on the coast so worth it. Here’s where to go to soak it up.

Carters Beach

By Allison Saunders Jun 15, 2017

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The curse of Bill Lynch

Theorizing on why it is that when the fair rolls into the city, so too does endless, relentless rain.

It always rains when Bill Lynch comes to town.

By Tara Thorne Jun 15, 2017

Bill Lynch the fair the carnival curse summer

Frietzen Kenter’s running start

How the goal of spending a summer pulling a rickshaw helped push Frietzen Kenter to get strong as hell.

She isn't drinking, but Frietzen Kenter spends more time around the Halifax bar scene than most.

By Victoria Walton Jun 15, 2017

rickshaws Halifax nightlife summer

The Halifax patio index—100+ sunny spots to explore

Wanna take it outside? We’ve rounded up patios across the city to eat, drink and be airy.

Downtown

By Morgan Mullin Jun 15, 2017

patios Bars Summer outside

12 beers to crush this summer

Stay hydrated with 902 Brewcast’s round-up of the ultimate summer beers from local breweries.

Spindrift Killick, session lager (4.7%, 16 IBU)

By Kyle Andrus, Philip Church and Anthony Wight Jun 15, 2017

craft beer brewing NS Craft Beer beer Bishop's Cellar Good Robot Brewing Company 2 Crows Brewing Co. Unfiltered Brewing

Pitch perfect: six spots to camp out

Pack the tent and roll-up your sleeping bag, it's go time.

For backcountry adventurers Kejimkujik National Park & National Historic Site THE camping spot in Nova Scotia, Keji can accommodate campers from basic to badass—and even offers a little glamping, via roofed accommodations in between.

By Allison Saunders Jun 15, 2017

camping travel summer

Seven food events to sink your teeth into

What's summer without hot dogs, picnics, cold beer and seafood.

Summer Launch Food Truck Party Hi, just a little humble brag here.

By Allison Saunders Jun 15, 2017

food food and drink events summer events Shubie Park Museum of Natural History

A round of applause for this summer's theatre round-up

As many stages darken until fall, summer theatre comes roaring to life in spaces both traditional and out of doors.

June 1-24 Theatre Arts Guild presents Double Indemnity The Billy Wilder version of James M. Cain's book is a film noir classic, and was turned into a radio play in the '40s.

By Tara Thorne Jun 15, 2017

HSG arts theatre on stage out of town

Stranger things: five oddball summer events

Nothing says summer like mind readers and doggos

By Allison Saunders, Stephanie Johns and Morgan Mullin Jun 15, 2017

events sandcastles Theresa Caputo

Let’s go to the movies

Underground casinos, debaucherous bachelorette parties, climate change and Cheryl Blossom make for a wild summer inside.

The summer's usual reboots (The Mummy, Spider-Man), second sequels (Despicable Me, Cars) and franchise-continuing (Planet of the Apes, Transformers) remain in full effect, but you can still piece together a worthy alternative moviegoing experience in amongst the tentpoles.

By Tara Thorne Jun 15, 2017

movies summer movies HSG film Museum of Natural History Halifax Central Library Good Robot Brewing Company Video

Summer 2017's races, obstacle course and sporting events

Lace up your sneakers, re-apply your deodorant and get ready to Forrest Gump your way through this summer with these various feats of fun, and strength.

June 17-18 Play On Just when everyone’s amped up from the Stanley Cup playoffs, the world’s largest street hockey tournament lands in Halifax, taking over the the street at the Halifax Common with over 400 teams, 6,000 players of all levels and a whole lot of hustle.

By Allison Saunders Jun 15, 2017

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