Sandjam

For the fourth year running this premiere event returns to Halifax's waterfront, dumping a boatload of sand at Lower Water and Salter streets and turning what's usually a big ass parking lot into the perfect outdoor stadium for beach volleyball fans and players. This year sees the top eight male and female pairs in the country face off for the weekend-long Canadian National Team Beach Volleyball Championships. And if your front row seat to massive blocks and mind boggling digs isn't enough, there'll also be a Rock the Beach concert on August 30 (thanks to Live 105), but the headliner remains a big fat secret at press time. —Allison Saunders