Antigonight: Art After Dark Festival - Night One

Name: Antigonight: Art After Dark Festival - Night One
Start: 2025-09-19T18:30:00-03:00
End: 2025-09-19T23:00:00-03:00
Location: 88 College St, Antigonish, NS B2G 1X7, Canada

Schedule

Fri Sep 19 2025 at 06:30 pm to 11:00 pm

UTC-03:00

Location

88 College St, Antigonish, NS B2G 1X7, Canada | Antigonish, NS

Night One of the 16th Annual Antigonight: Art After Dark Festival invites you to a Craft Ceilidh + Ghost Lore Tour starting from Candid Brewing! All Ages! Free!
WHAT TO EXPECT:
6:30-8:30 pm Willow Lantern Workshop
Please register by emailing [email protected]
Cecily will explore the art of willow lantern making in a free workshop. Participants will create a lantern using simple materials including willow, paper and fairy lights, and are invited to gather Saturday night for a lantern walk through the festival. Be part of the art while you check out the other installations and performances, illuminated by a bobbing constellation of hand crafted lanterns.
7:00-11:00 pm Mary Beth Carty & Heather MacIsaac - Craft Ceilidh Session
Bring your fiddle, mandolin, whistle, guitar, dancing shoes, or accordion and hop in to this special Friday night tune circle! Or simply tap your feet and listen in! Hosted by Mary Beth Carty on accordion and guitar, as well as Heather MacIsaac on pipes and whistles, this open Celtic community jam will include Irish, Scottish, Cape Breton, and Acadian tunes, and whatever wildcards happen to fall into the mix!
8:00 - 9:30 pm Janet Becigneul - Ghost Lore Tour
Please register by emailing [email protected]
Come join Janet Becigneul of the Haunted Antigonish Ghost Tour and learn about the world-famous ghosts here in Antigonish. From the Blue Nun and Red Priest to the fire ghost of Caledonia Mills, this town is renowned for its ghosts. In fact, the name “Antigonish” is most often associated with the ghost-inspired poem Antigonish (I met a man who wasn't there) by Hughes Mearns, which inspired a film and a few songs, including the David Bowie hit "The Man Who Sold The World" (famously covered by Nirvana).