Dance Inspired By Music - Music Inspired By Dance
"The music comes from the fiddler's heart, through his strings and straight into your heart" -
Father John Angus Rankin.
A cultural treasure of the area is step dancing, a highly energentic, percussive form of dance inspired by fiddle music. Dive into the culture, join us on the dance floor, listen and let the music take hold and guide you.
Father John Angus Rankin.
A cultural treasure of the area is step dancing, a highly energentic, percussive form of dance inspired by fiddle music. Dive into the culture, join us on the dance floor, listen and let the music take hold and guide you.
Area Square Dances - Featuring Well Known Local Musicians
Brook Village Adult Square Dances
Monday nights 9:30pm - 1:00am, through July to September.
Open to adults only (aged 19 & over) at Brook Village Hall, 6432 Route 252.
Admission $6.00, bar and canteen available.
For more information call 756-2450.
Open to adults only (aged 19 & over) at Brook Village Hall, 6432 Route 252.
Admission $6.00, bar and canteen available.
For more information call 756-2450.
Glencoe Mills Family Square Dances
Thursday nights from 9:00pm - 12:00am through July & August.
Open to all ages at Glencoe Mills Hall, 628 Upper Glencoe Road. 15km from village.
Admission $8.00, under 12 free. Canteen available
For more information contact 945-2213.
Open to all ages at Glencoe Mills Hall, 628 Upper Glencoe Road. 15km from village.
Admission $8.00, under 12 free. Canteen available
For more information contact 945-2213.
West Mabou Family Square Dances - Year Round
Saturday nights
10:00pm - 1:00am (May-October)
9:00pm-12:00am (November- April)
All ages welcome at West Mabou Hall, 2399 West Mabou Road. 5km from village.
Admission $8.00; under 12 free. Canteen available featuring Mabou River Inn pizza.
For more information call 945-2816.
10:00pm - 1:00am (May-October)
9:00pm-12:00am (November- April)
All ages welcome at West Mabou Hall, 2399 West Mabou Road. 5km from village.
Admission $8.00; under 12 free. Canteen available featuring Mabou River Inn pizza.
For more information call 945-2816.
Ceilidhs
Ceilidhs with Karen & Joey Beaton - Tuesday Nights
Now in its 21st season, the 2016 edition of the Tuesday Ceilidhs will kick off July 2 at the Mabou Community Hall. Running weekly from 7:30 to 9 p.m., traditional Celtic music will be in the spotlight each Tuesday night throughout the summer. Admission each week is $7.
Mabou Community Hall, 11538 Ceilidh Trail (Highway Route 19)
Dates: Tuesdays through July & August
Mabou Community Hall, 11538 Ceilidh Trail (Highway Route 19)
Dates: Tuesdays through July & August
Annual Ceilidh on the Wharf
Mabou Coal Mines, Ceilidh Trail (Highway Route 19)
Date(s): Usually the 2nd Sunday in August
Located at Mabou Coal Mines. Take the Mabou Harbour Road off of Highway 19 in Mabou and follow the signs. Fun for the whole family. Runs from 1 to 4pm. Lots of local talent and musical entertainment, boat rides, and beautiful scenery all included in the price of admission. Canteen facilities on site.
Admission: $7, with reasonable children's rates available.
Date(s): Usually the 2nd Sunday in August
Located at Mabou Coal Mines. Take the Mabou Harbour Road off of Highway 19 in Mabou and follow the signs. Fun for the whole family. Runs from 1 to 4pm. Lots of local talent and musical entertainment, boat rides, and beautiful scenery all included in the price of admission. Canteen facilities on site.
Admission: $7, with reasonable children's rates available.
Mabou Spring Concert
Mabou, Ceilidh Trail (Highway Route 19)
Date: Sunday, May 22, 2016
7:30pm, Mabou Parish Hall. Concert features local musicians, dancers and singers.
Date: Sunday, May 22, 2016
7:30pm, Mabou Parish Hall. Concert features local musicians, dancers and singers.
Hillsborough & Glendyer Hall Jam Sessions
Held at the Hillsborough Glendyer Hall, Route 252 every second Saturday 8pm-12am.
Mabou Ceilidh Days
An annual community ceilidh held in July with exact dates and theme TBA. Various activities throughout the community including teen dance, outdoor family movie, boat parade, square dance, road race, street parade, ecumenical service, children’s games, old fashioned tea, outdoor gala, crafts, beer garden, milling frolic,open mic/jam session, farmer's market, Pioneer Mass, roast beef dinner, and special concert at Mabou Community Hall to wrap the week's activities. Takes place at various locations throughout Mabou.
FEIS MABOU
"The Village of Mabou is the heart of a network of rural communities rich in the Gaelic tradition. For generations names such as Beaton, Rankin or MacDonald have been synonymous with a music tradition that echoes back to its roots in the Highlands of Scotland while shaping itself down through the generations into a distinct and celebrated sound identified now around the world as Cape Breton Music. It is not only the sound of the fiddle and the feet dancing to that fiddle that pays homage to the ancient tradition of the Gaels. The Gaelic tongue too, thrives in Mabou where for the past 30 years the language has been on the school cirriculum and a local organization, Féis Mhàbu, has mounted a heroic effort to salvage the language and the tradition, with increasingly successful results." - 2011 Visitors Guide to The Sunset Side of Cape Breton
