--Music Cape Breton--, February 12th 2026 at 8am; CB-2wks120226.text >>>>>www.musiccapebreton.com<<<<< created by Mike Little.. FOLKS—from this week’s local papers & other sources—ENJOY --NORTHERN INVERNESS AREA CHÉTICAMP town-chocolate festival: ....2026 Feb 13th to 16th: Feb 13th - 6pm - festival launch, Kilted Chef; music Feb 14th - 10am - falling in love with nature-walk-Le Buttereau trail -1:30pm-swifty party for kids 5+ -6pm-festival feast with kilted chef; Feb 15th - 12:30pm - family snowman building competition -2pm-horse drawn sleigh rides -7pm-fireside storytelling Black Box theatre-Boîte Noire -Canton Culturel: 15118 Cabot Trail: every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, & Saturday(from 2026 Feb 16th) - 1pm to 4pm - Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & 10am to noon on last Saturday -Chéticamp Rug Hooking Group-ground floor; -[ Betty Ann Cormier; bacormier consultants@gmail.com 506-855-4480] Doryman's tavern: 15528 Cabot Trail: : 902-224-9909: every Sunday - 2pm - Trad Sessions -join a community jam Feb 14th - 3pm - Kyle MacDonald & Hilda Chiasson -7pm to 10pm-benefit dance/CARES/green door Senior Citizen’s Hall- La Salle des Retraités/Cheticamp Senior's Club: every Tuesday - 7pm to 9:30pm-Amateur Musical Circle-local talent BELLE-CÔTE Community Centre: 10615 Cabot Trail-Highway #19: Feb 15th - 2pm - adult students concert with-Sylvia Crowdis Deveaux , Kristin Muntz , Cindy O'Neill , June Saunders, Billy Fraser, Brian Doucet. - - -MARGAREE AREA MARGAREE CENTRE Cranton Cross Roads Community Centre: 206 Cranton Cross Rd.: 902-248-2261, 902-248-2009: Feb 14th - 9am - #36 annual Margaree Highlander's Snowmobile Rally; [ earl.arsenault@ns.sympatico.ca ] -11am-rally begins -6pm-turkey dinner -9pm to 1am-adult dance with Stephen Poirier; 19+ @4 10 MARGAREE FORKS (Bruach Na h-Aibhne) Firemen’s club: 7811 Cabot trail: 902-248-2952: every Thursday - 7pm to 9pm - jam night music; 19+ donations to Margaree meals on wheels Feb 12th - 6pm to 9pm - memorial jam session-On behalf of the family of Herman Deveaux, 19+. NORTHEAST MARGAREE (Acarsaid Mhargaraidh) Seniors Hall: 66 Crowdis Cross Rd.: every Friday - 2pm to 4pm - jam session ; FREE INVERNESS (An Sithean) Inverness Town: Feb 13th to 16th - Winter festival; 'cold hands, Warm Hearts' Feb 13th - 6:30pm - dancing goat-cake decorating -5pm to 7pm-kid's valentines dance at fire hall -8pm to 10pm-teen night [ages 13 to 18] at firehall Feb 14th - 1pm - crib tournament at the annex -6pm to 7pm-family skate at Dr CB MacLean Arena -9pm to 1am-adult valentine's dance at Inverness Legion with the Caper @$10 Feb 15th - 10am - snowga-outdoor yoga at the new courts -11am-new equipment try out at the new courts -11:30am-trail walk thru the new court woods area -noon-soup er sunday at Mill road -2pm to 4pm-Winter festival; 'cold hands, Warm Hearts' storytelling and tea. firehall Royal Canadian Legion Branch # 132-Captain Angus L MacDonald: 15785 Central Ave.: 902-258-2340: Feb 14th - 9pm to 1am - Valentine' with Caper ; @ $10 ; 19+ - - - SOUTHWESTERN INVERNESS HILLSBOROUGH Hillsborough/Glendyer Hall: # 4738-Hwy #252: 902-258-5265: Feb 21st - 7pm to 9pm - Ronelda Aylward's -Hillsborough jam sessions, bi-weekly @ $ 5; entertainers Free, MABOU (An Drochaid) Beinn Mhàbu: 32 MacDonald Rd.: Feb 14th - 6pm to 9pm - pub night with Peter MacInnis in our dining room; @$ 10; All ages Community Centre-St. Mary's Parish Hall: 11538 Main St.: : Feb 13th - 5pm - the SNUG Pub with Eddie Cummings; 19+; ID's, cash bar; delivery from Beinn Mhàbu Feb 20th - 5pm to 8:30pm - SNUG Pub; 19+ ;19+; ID's, cash bar; delivery from Beinn Mhàbu Strathspey Performing Arts Centre: 11156 Hwy #19: : 902-945-5300: Feb 20th - 7pm - Ian Stewart's Hypnosis show The Bridge - An Drochaid Museum: 11513 Main St.: 902-945-2311: Feb 16th & Mar 2nd - 7pm to 8pm - òrain agus Bàrdachd-conversations about gaelic poetry & song Feb 19th, Mar 5th, 19th, & Apr 9th - 7pm to 9pm - A tune or two-'Port No Dhà''' ; @$ 5 PORT HOOD (Sestico) Admiral Lounge & Dining room: 148 Main St.: 902-787-3494: every Wednesday - 7pm to 9pm - Wednesday Sessions at the Admiral; with tba Sandeannie's Bakery and Tea Room: 8263 Harbourview: 902-787-2558: Feb 14th - 4pm to 7pm - 'Valentine's day dinner'' @ $ 45; eat in or take out pre-order ahead [ 902-787-2558 ] music by Sandy Gillis St. Stephen’s-Jubilee United Church Hall: 239 Main St.: 902-787-2740: Feb 14th - 7pm to 9pm - The Little White Church music jam sessions @$ 5; & tea; All musicians are welcome ; all summer long 2024 CREIGNISH (Creiginnis) Community Hall: ...''Happy Hour Live Music'': 2123 Highway 19: 902-625-1476: every Friday - 6pm to 9pm - Happy Hour , great music as well. The CREIG Pub & Patio Feb 13th - 6pm to 9pm - Stephen Poirier Feb 20th - 6pm to 9pm - J Walker band - - PORT HAWKESBURY AREA PORT HAWKESBURY (An Gut) Royal Canadian Legion-Branch #43: 303 Reeves St.: 902-625-2732: Feb 21st - Jim Hanlon & Terry MacQuarrie ''Cabin Fever Concert Series''' ; Robyn's Nest Productions the Carriage House: 825 Reeves St.: 902-625-5194: every Wednesday - 7pm to 10pm - open mic with host Rob Smith - - - BRAS D’OR LAKES AREA RIVER DENYS St. Margaret of Scotland Church: Feb 14th - Annual winter mass put on by the Cape Clear Snowmobile Club. GLENDALE (Bràigh na h-Aibhneadh) Father John Angus Rankin Cultural Centre: #4248 Highway 105:902-625-3441: Feb 14th - 6pm to 9pm - monthly pub nite with Neil McDaniel; 19+ WE'KOQMA'Q (Waycobah) Community Hall: 15 Reservation Rd.: Feb 17th - 5pm to 7pm - family Day Dinner & Pancake Night Dinner, pancakes, live entertainment, and some fun prizes. WHYCOCOMAGH (Hogamah) Whycocomagh Waterfront Centre: # 9650 Highway # 105: https://www.facebook.com/WhycocomaghWaterfrontCentre: 902-756-3580: Feb 10th to 14th - winterlude Whycocomagh Waterfront Centre: ...Winter Music Series..: Highway # 105: Feb 21st - 8pm - Lynn & Cyril Chisholm, Eddie Cummings, Rob MacLean- “Along the Shores of Hogoma” music series Feb 22nd - noon to 2pm - community social lunch social with Warren MacIntyre IONA (Sanndraigh) Iona Heights Inn- Frolic & Folk Pub: ....Saturday ceilidhs ; @$ 5: 4115 Hwy # 223: : 902-622-2190, 1-844-733-4662: Feb 14th - 5pm to 8pm - Leanne Aucoin and Mario Colosimo Feb 21st - 5pm to 8pm - Chrissy Crowley NYANZA (Waqmitkuk) Big Spruce Brewing-patio: 64 Yankee Line Rd.: 902-295-2537: seating is limited, Feb 14th - ''a winter day''' with family fun, tunes with Kevin Dugas, Andrea Beaton, James MacLean BADDECK (Badaig) town: ....2026 Feb 13th to 16th-#2nd-Annual Baddeck Winter Festival: Feb 13th to 16th - Baddeck Winter Festival Feb 13th - 6pm - family movie night -5pm-live music Feb 14th - noon - guided ski and snowshoe 5pm-live music 8pm-music soiree-VIC fundraiser 9:30pm-Valentine's day dance Feb 15th - noon - guided ski and snowshoe 5pm-live music 8pm-my funny Valentine comdey show Bras d’or Yacht Club-Tiller & Wheel Lounge: 1 Jones St.: 902-295-2107: every Friday - 5pm to 8pm - musician's circle / Jam sessions; all welcome Freight Shed terrace: every Sunday - 5pm to 9pm - Nathan Bishop MacDonald Library: 528 Chebucto St.: 902-295-2055: every Tuesday - 6:30pm - tuesday night movies Royal Canadian Legion Branch #53: 37 Ross St.: 902-295-2080: every Sunday - 2pm to 5pm - open jams with host Michael Cavanaugh Feb 13th - 6pm to 9pm - stressed out Charlee Feb 14th - 9:30pm to 1:30am - DJ Retro Dance party with Party Pulse @$ 5 Feb 20th - 6pm to 9pm - Steve Poirier - - ST ANNS BAY AREA INDIAN BROOK (Abhainn A' Chùbair) North Shore Firehall: 46177 Cabot trail: 902-929-2822: every Wednesday - 10am to 2pm - Weekly Gathering; FREE - - -URBAN CAPE BRETON AREA LITTLE BRAS D'OR Blue Mist Tavern & Bar: 85 Main St.: 902-736-2801: every Thursday - 7pm to 10pm - "traditional Cape Breton fiddle-''the Northside Session' ; bring an instrument & join in; ; FREE GEORGE'S RIVER (Abhainn Sheòrais) Firehall: Feb 13th - 6pm to 8pm - Kids Valentine Dance with DJ Jason Chapman @ $3.00. SYDNEY MINES (Méinnean Baile Shuidni) Holy Family Parish Hall: 899 Main St & 3 MacKay St.: Feb 14th - 9pm to 1am - music by Dukes DJ Service, $10 per person, bar available. Seniors & Pensioners Club: 6 Fraser Ave.: Feb 14th - 8pm to midnight - saturday dance with HI-BOYS; @$ 10 NORTH SYDNEY (Suidni A Tuath) North Sydney Seniors & Pensioners Hall: 309 RCommercial St.: Feb 14th - 9pm to 1am - Valentines Dance ;music by Full Circle, $5.00 COXHEATH Riverview Rural High School: 57 Coxheath Rd: : 902-564-5411: Feb 13th - 7pm to 9pm - RHS All Ages Square Dance; Music by Kyle and Sheumas MacNeil of the Barra MacNeils. Also featuring several RHS student musicians.; @$ 8 All ages. students @$ 5 dance will have a caller SYDNEY (Suidni) Cape Breton University-Boardmore Playhouse: #54th Annual season of plays: 1250 Grand Lake Rd.: : 902-563-1652: Feb 24th to Mar 1st - The Walworth Farce Capri Cabaret: 235 Charlotte St.: 902-539-6195: Feb 13th & 14th - The first-ever Cape Breton Island International Blues Festival; Dan Doiron band, GeminiiDragon, The Midtown Blues Band, Campbell & Johnston, Jon Hines trio, Eltuek Arts Centre -The Convent: 170 George St.: Feb 21st - 5:30pm to 8pm - square dance with Mary Beth Carty, Peter LeBlanc, Rachel Davis, Jason Roach, @$ 5 'Warm Your Bones Festival' ALL AGES Flavor DT-Downtown: 16 Pitt St.: : 902-562-6611: Feb 10th to 13th & 15th - 'Valentine's with Flavor'- with Sarah Walker, Adam Young, Angela Duhamel music, skits, dining @$60 Highland Arts Theatre: 40 Bentinck St.: 902-565-3637: Feb 18th - 7:30pm - Rum Ragged live at the hat Membertou Trade & Convention Centre-JENU: 50 Maillard St.: 902-539-2300: Feb 14th - 9pm - boogie night disco fever; @$ 35+ Feb 21st - 8pm - The Reveen Show; $48 – plus tax / service fees Membertou Trade & Convention Centre/ Kiju's Restaurant-corner Lounge: 50 Maillard St.: : 902-562-6220: every Thursday - 5pm to 8pm - entertainment with Aaron Lewis & Guest every Sunday - 11:30am to 2:30pm - Jazz entertainment with Carl Getto and Matt Nicholson Feb 12th - 5pm to 8pm - Aaron Lewis & my guest -Robert Bouchard Feb 19th - 5pm to 8pm - Aaron Lewis & my guest Jen & Emily Dingwall Simeon's Family Restaurant: 581 Grand Lake Rd.: 902-562-0251: every Sunday - 4pm to 7pm - music with Aaron C Lewis; olde Triangle Irish Alehouse & Pub: 424 Charlotte St.: 8003: every Wednesday - 7:30pm to 8:30pm - Kimberley Fraser Session, with Guests, FREE, come and play along every Wednesday - 8:30pm to 10pm - All Musicians Session, FREE, come and play along United Heritage Church: 500 Charlotte St.: 902-564-1114: Feb 14th - 1pm & 3:30pm - Sweet Serenade with the Cape Breton Chorale - a fundraiser ; @$ 30 Tea/Coffee/Sweets and Song WHITNEY PIER town:: 902-567-1492: Feb 16th - 11:30am to 1pm - soupfest-Legion GLACE BAY (Glasbaidh) The Savoy Theatre: 116 Commercial St.: : 902-842-1577, 902-564-6668: Feb 13th - 7pm - Disney's Frozen-broadway musical Feb 14th - 1pm & 6pm - Disney's Frozen-broadway musical Feb 15th & 21st - 1pm - Disney's Frozen-broadway musical - - - -LOUISBOURG AREA MARION BRIDGE (Drochaid Mhira) Fire Hall & Recreation Centre: 3921 Gabarus Highway: 902-727-3161: every Friday - 7pm to 9pm - Marion Bridge Guitar Circle; LOUISBOURG Firehall: Main St.: every Monday - 7pm to 9pm - Louisbourg Guitar Circle; - - - -ST PETER'S AREA LOWER RIVER INHABITANTS (Bràigh Na h-Aibhneadh Denys) Riverdale Community Centre: Exit # 44-Highway #104: Feb 14th - 6pm - Valentine's dinner and 9pm-dance with East of Sixty; fundraiser is in support of the Richmond Cheer ST. GEORGE'S CHANNEL South Mountain Arm of Gold Community Hall: 3363 West Bay Highway. R.R.2: : 902-345-2200: Feb 16th - 6:30pm - bi-weekly summer Song Circle on alternate Monday evenings ; final led by Stan Marchand Feb 13th - 6pm to 8pm - kids valentine dance; @$ 3 Feb 20th - 3pm - 'Cala Cainnt's' milling frolic and 7pm-square dance RIVER BOURGEOIS Anne Sampson Seniors Building: 39 Recreation Rd.: Feb 12th & 26th - 6:30pm to 9pm - Gerry's music circle with Edna & Gerry and Friends; ST PETER'S (Baile Naoimh Pheadair) Bras d’Or Lakes Inn -Lockmaster's Pub': ..Saturday Matinees: 10095 Grenville St.: : 902-535-2200, 1-800-818-5885: Feb 14th - 7pm - Robert Bouchard Feb 21st - 6pm - Shane & Heather MacBouch Restaurant & Lounge: 9975 Grenville St.: 902-535-3578: every Friday - 8pm to 11pm - jam session with host Jay Smith Royal Canadian Legion #47: 6834 Hwy #4: Feb 14th - 9pm to 1am - Valentine's -Gerald MacIntyre; 19+ ID's @$10 Feb 21st - 9pm to 1am - Gunner; 19+ ID's @$10 ARICHAT Island Nest Restaurant: 2344 Hwy #206: /: 902-226-0033: every Thursday - 7pm to 9pm - music with proceeds to Strait Richmond Palliative Care Society ( since 2019 ] - - - MAINLAND AREA MULGRAVE Mulgrave Memorial Center- former Memorial Education Centre: 459 Murray St.: : 902-302-0736: Feb 20th - 8pm to 10:30pm - Pub night with Eastbound; @$12; 19+ GUYSBOROUGH INTERVALE St. Patrick’s Hall: 175 North Intervale Rd.: Feb 15th - 2pm - Kitchen party. all welcome; @$ 5; and a lunch GUYSBOROUGH (Baile Mhainisdear) Cast Away Cafe: 82 main st.: Feb 21st - Afternoon: Alora Ells Music Evening: Stressed Out Charlee Feb 23rd - Heather Ryan & Shane Savoury ANTIGONISH (Am Baile Mór) Justamere Cafe & Bistro, Bakery-Claymore Inn: 137 Church St.: : 902-863-1050: Feb 13th - 5:30pm to 7:30pm - Valentine’s pre-party with Rachel Davis, Jason Roach, Mary Beth Carty MC is Peter Leblanc; @$ 20-advance 'Front porch dance and Ceilidh Tour' St. FX-Immaculata Auditorium-: : 902-867-2196: Feb 13th & 14th - 7:30pm - Love U2 - A Tribute Concert and Bauer Theatre Fundraiser; @$ 25 fundraiser for the Bridge the Bauer campaign St. Ninian’s Place: 2339 Notre Dame Ave.: Feb 22nd - 1:30pm to 4pm - Square dance/Ceilidhs with Howie MacDonald, Mac Morin;; @$ 15; light lunch The People's Place-Community Room: 283 Main Street: 902-863-4276: Feb 17th & 24th - 7pm to 8pm - Stompin' Mary's Square Dance gathering workshop ===== “Thank you, John Morris, for your time with us.” [Dr. Jim St.Clair] mike@musiccapebreton.com Mike LITTLE … Do the best with what you have .......  Phone 902-302-4008 https://www.musiccapebreton.com… ©Copyright 1998-2026 by Mike Little & musiccapebreton.com