Hot Summer Guide

Dive into our 19th annual Hot Summer Guide for the season’s top concerts, festivals, art exhibits, movies and sporting events, plus fashion, food trucks, road trip inspiration and what to pack on your next glamping trip. Click here to see it all. Related Stories

Ursula Johnson: Mi’kwite’tmn (“Do You Remember”)  This summer, be sure to catch artist Ursula Johnson’s first major touring solo exhibition at Saint Mary’s University, before she embarks on a national tour with the work. In Mi’kwite’tmn, Johnson explores ideas of ancestry, identity and cultural practice. It’s an exhibition that sheds light on the state of […]

The Shack Oyster Bar The Shack is the antithesis of a greasy fish ‘n’ chips joint—all of its seafood is freshly shucked or steamed. The Crobster Roll is bursting with a creamy lobster and snow crab salad, heightened with fresh dill and mustard seed. This waterfront snack is perfect on a sunny day. Queen’s Wharf, […]

June 19-29;&#10Magnetic North Theatre Festival Canada’s only national theatre festival, Magnetic North, is descending on Halifax and Dartmouth and bringing with it some of the best touring theatre from across the country. Enjoy plays (including east coast stories produced as part of Eastern Front Theatre’s Stages Theatre Festival), take part in workshops, sit in on […]

June 27-29 Right Some Good Lucky for us North America’s original pop-up food fest has crossed the causeway, and will share with us a little bit of the magic that’s been taking place in Cape Breton for the last few summers—Michelin chefs, a feast on a navy ship, master chef competitions and a (free) street food […]

Carbon Arc The local movie series kicks off its fourth anniversary with the excellent Lukas Moodysson jam We Are the Best!, about a pre-teen punk rock trio, on June 27. (The day before catch the Thrillema entry The Sacrament.) Also on the docket are Hedwig and the Angry Inch (July 17), The Guild (July 18 […]

Food Wolf Latin/Asian fusion fantasia, home of the K-dog @foodwolf Cheese Gypsy More crazy cheese and bread combinations to crave @cheesegypsy My Three Cousins Dalhousie’s very own food truck, serving shish taouk, falafel and greek fries 6226 University Avenue Nomad Gourmet Bangin’ breakfast, gourmet burgers, big badass burritos @nomadgourmet Bud the Spud Halifax food truck […]

Wet Hot American Summer Because I went to camp for 10,000 years, was a councillor and am drawn to romantic summertime drama as well canoeing and water sports. Paul Rudd, Molly Shannon and Janeane Garofalo are three of my favourite humans that I don’t know. —Jenn Grant, musician How would you feel about a surreal […]

① PATIO Tis the Saison North Brewing Co. Summer Saison (5.5 percent) French for “season,” this style was traditionally brewed at the end of winter and unleashed in the summer. Considered a “farmhouse ale”—North’s specialty— named because of its earthy, rustic character, Saison was kept on hand to quench the thirst of farmhands during the hot […]

June 28 Bastid’s Coast 2 Coast BBQ I was stoked when I saw Skratch Bastid on the turntable at a Raptors game. The Halifax DJ and producer is kind of a big deal and he’s touring Canada with a party in tow, hitting the Waterfront Warehouse with A Tribe Called Quest’s Ali Shaheed Muhammad, locals Jorun […]