Your Downtown Guide to Nocturne 2026

Downtown Installations

• City You Imaged | Granville Park Stage

   

  Anchor Project: City You Imagined

  by OSO planning + design

  In Kjipuktuk, the city is constantly changing, but Who gets to imagine what it becomes? This project invites the community to step into the role of dreamer, city-maker, and future-shaper. Gathered around a long table and a shared meal, neighbours create stories filled with wishes, memories, impossible ideas, hidden creatures, gathering places, and things that have never existed, each twisting and folding into one another, travelling somewhere we couldn’t predict.Together, these collective imaginings form a shared dreamscape, transforming the familiar city into a city softer, wilder, brighter, and more playful than the one we know. Our stories will no longer sit quietly on paper. They will unfold around us, larger than life, our collective imagination becoming a form of resistance.

  Granville Park Stage
  1949 Upper Water Street
  Wheelchair accessible

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• Festival of BodyWork | Grand Parade

   

  Anchor Project: Festival of BodyWork

  by Jacinte Armstrong
  with support from SiNS (Sometimes in Nova Scotia) Dance, suddenlyLISTEN, Jackson Fairfax-Perry & Gillian Seaward-Boone

  Festival of BodyWork transforms Parade Square into an open-air environment for movement, play, and collective encounter. Oversized hand-built sculptures become shared partners for exploration as dancers, musicians, and the public animate the site together. Visitors are invited to move with, around, and through the sculptural forms, discovering how simple interactions can become choreography. Blurring the boundaries between sculpture, performance, and participation, the project reimagines the city as a place where bodies gather, improvise, and create experience together. Live sound and lighting shape an evolving atmosphere that unfolds throughout the evening.

  Grand Parade
  1770 Barrington Street
  Wheelchair accessible

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• [ The Frame ] | Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (courtyard)

   

  Anchor Project: [ The Frame ]

  by Eléctrico 28

  An invitation to stop
  An opportunity to see the eyes of the other
  A space to understand some things 
  A tribute to the present and daily life 
  A call to open our hearts 
  A pacific riot against capitalist thought

   

  Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (courtyard)
  1723 Hollis Street
  Wheelchair accessible - Accessible outdoor viewing

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• held (in)---tension | Agency Art Lofts

   

  Beacon Project: held (in)---tension

  by Gabe Moore

  held (in)---tension is an interactive audio installation using the city's physical structure as an opportunity for embodied play. Through collaborative, textural noise-making participants are invited to create vibrations using their body, breath, and voice.

  Agency Art Lofts
  1660 Hollis Street

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• Between Lands | Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21

   

  Beacon Project: Between Lands

  by Israel Ekanem (DJ Ubuntu) & Boma Nnaji

  Between Lands is a six-hour immersive night of film, music, spoken word, and dance at Pier 21, exploring what it means to live between places. Immigrant or not, we all know the feeling of being in one place while longing for another. The night ends with a homecoming on the dance floor: AFRO HOUSE PROPAGANDA VOL 9: THE SERMON. Come dance the question with us. October 17, 6 pm to midnight.

  Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21|
  1055 Marginal Rd
  Wheelchair accessible - Fully accessible including automatic door

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• Harbour Horizons | Helipad (Halifax Waterfront)

   

  Beacon Project: Harbour Horizons

  by VibraFusionLab

  Harbour Horizons: experiencing water as multi-sensory mediums proposes to offer access to the underwater resonances of the Halifax harbour through aural, visual and haptic encounters.

  This project interprets an embodied experience as how the body perceives through the senses and permeates it with certain emotional qualities related to or elicited by sound. By channelling the underwater sounds of the harbour, we gain access to a sensory world that is, for the most part, unavailable to us. To then express these sounds as a tactile sensation on the skin or a visual interpretation to the eye presents embodied encounters of both the natural and human-affected worlds that are both original, unfamiliar and inaccessible. In this project, the notion of Embodied City is manifested by borrowing the sounds (auditory) from a natural and distinctive feature of Halifax, through a recorded documentation process, creatively transforming its original modality into new modalities in a way that is an embodied experience as haptic and visual.

  Helipad
  Wheelchair accessible

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• FLOW | Queen's Marque

   

  Beacon Project: FLOW

  by Mocean Dance, Susanne Chui & Sara Coffin

  Experience FLOW, an outdoor performance by Mocean Dance created for the Queen’s Marque waterfront. Featuring an ensemble of professional dancers and community participants, the work transforms the courtyard into a vibrant landscape where movement, live music, architecture, and nature intersect. Inspired by the rhythms of Kjipuktuk Harbour, FLOW invites audiences to see the city through a new lens, discovering unexpected connections between body, place, and environment. Created for Nocturne 2026’s Embodied City theme and celebrating Mocean Dance’s 25th anniversary, FLOW is an immersive performance that reimagines how we experience public space together.

  The Queen's Marque
  1715 Lower Water Street
  Wheelchair accessible

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• Suns in the Nightsky | Collin's Court (Historic Properties)

   

  Beacon Project: Suns in the Nightsky

  by Parumveer Walia

  Suns in the Nightsky is a two-channel color video installation with sound exploring the euphoria and precarity of Queer nightlife, and the embodied, haptic experience of inhabiting a dance floor.

  Collin's Court, Historic Properties
  Semi-accessible (rough terrain)

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• The Embellishers Take Nocturne 2026 | Downtown Halifax Business Commission | 1546 Barrington Street

   

  Spotlight Project: The Embellishers Take Nocturne 2026

  by Hannah Langille, Kel Parsons, Shannyn Reid, Summer Snow & Samantha Osmond

  The Embellishers turn your everyday clothing into custom works of art on the spot with flash-style embroidery, and a needle-sharp twist of tattoo parlour attitude. They create a live, on-the-spot embroidery experience that transforms personal textiles into one-of-a-kind wearable artworks through playful, hands-on exchange and creative collaboration. 

  Downtown Halifax Business Commission
  1546 Barrington Street
  Wheelchair accessible

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• Off The Hook | Halifax Waterfront (multiple locations)

   

  Spotlight Project: Off The Hook

  by Peter Nightingale

  Off The Hook is an interactive installation featuring two repurposed payphones connected to each other, inviting people to strike up conversations with complete strangers. In the age of smartphones and social media, loneliness and social isolation continue to grow. By encouraging spontaneous, human-to-human conversations, Off The Hook offers a simple reminder of the value of genuine human connection.

  Multiple Locations on the Halifax Waterfront

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• Re-Homing Pigeon | The Green at Salter Sands (Halifax Waterfront)

   

  Spotlight Project: Re-Homing Pigeon

  by Ava Katz

  Re-Homing Pigeon is a monumental soft sculpture that transforms one of the city's overlooked residents into an object of comfort and care. Constructed as a giant beanbag, this pigeon invites visitors to sit, lean, cuddle, and interact with it. By fostering physical closeness with a bird often dismissed as a pest, the work explores our shared history of domestication, abandonment, and coexistence. Installed near Halifax's waterfront, the sculpture encourages audiences to see pigeons as non-human urban residents and to imagine a city where humans and wildlife are recognized as interconnected inhabitants of the same home.

  The Green at Salter Sands
  Semi-accessible (rough terrain)

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• Visible Cities | Acadian Wharf (by Maritime Museum of the Atlantic)

   

  Spotlight Project: Visible Cities

  by Ada Denil

  Visible Cities is an installation that explores a series of distinct experiences of the city, visually placing them in conversation with one another. In this work I am considering the city both as a physical structure, and an invisible framework, shaped by idiosyncratic social, cultural, and spatial relationships. By pulling apart some of the unseen layers just enough to allow viewers to encounter them, the work aims to reveal the sheer multitude of layered spaces we move through daily, and expose the city as a site of overlapping spatial realities.

  Acadian Wharf by the Halifax Waterfront
  Wheelchair accessible

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• Look Closer into Dartmouth Cove | Nathan Green Square (Halifax Waterfront)

   

  Spotlight Project: Look Closer into Dartmouth Cove

  by Zonghua Ai

  Since time immemorial, we humans have been fascinated by conquering and utilizing the sea; yet we forget about the lifeforms in it. Who lives under the reflective yet ever-moving surface? Who are we killing if Dartmouth Cove is filled? Please, look closer into Dartmouth Cove: so that we are aware who we are losing if the Dartmouth Cove Waterfront Infill Project actually happened, dumping 99700 cubic metres of excavation materials into the harbour. 

  Nathan Green Square
  5079 George Street
  Not wheelchair accessible

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• InterCHANGE Outdoor Gallery by IOTA walking tour | Granville Park

   

  Community Groups & Galleries: InterCHANGE Outdoor Gallery by IOTA walking tour

  by Callum Isaac Moscovitch, Andrea Tsang Jackson, Kaya Panthier, Tonya “SamQwan” Paris & PERU143

  The Halifax Regional Municipality and IOTA Studios are presenting the second year of InterCHANGE, a program of temporary public artworks within the redeveloped Cogswell District. Artworks by Tayla Paul, Kaya Panthier, Andrea Tsang-Jackson, Callum Isaac Moscovitch, Tonya Paris, and Peru are installed on lightpost banners, bus shelters, pedestrian walkways, and mural walls. We will be hosted a walking tour of the new works, on October 17th, starting at 5pm.

  Granville Park
  1949 Upper Water Street
  Wheelchair accessible

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• Kinetic Traces | Art Bar (1873 Granville Street)

   

  Community Groups & Galleries: Kinetic Traces

  by NSCAD Print Club

  Join NSCAD Print Club for a night of collaborative printmaking by transferring ink to paper through movement. Dance, walk, and move about papered areas to immortalize a moment in time and leave your mark. NSCAD Print Club will be activating the space with music, print, and revealing an ephemeral installation with your impressions throughout the night.

  NSCAD Former Art Bar
  1873 Granville Street
  Wheelchair accessible - The doorway has no stairs, but the doorway is fairly narrow and the walkway outside is cobblestone and brick. Enter through Granville Street courtyard off of Duke Street next to Our Place Cafe.

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• Vigilance | inesS Circus (1800 Argyle Street)

   

  Community Groups & Galleries: Vigilance

  by inesS Circus & Christy Sanford (SpiraLynn)

  VIGILANCE, presented by inesS Circus, is a family-friendly contemporary aerial circus show that explores the rhythms of city life. Using aerial silks, hoop, flying pole, and more, performers turn everyday habits—glancing around, holding still, pausing to breathe—into soaring spins, sudden drops, and hanging stillness. Blending laughter, thrills, and tenderness, VIGILANCE invites children, teens, and adults to explore what it means to feel safe, courageous, and connected as we move through our shared streets and public spaces.

  Shows take place every half hour between 7 - 10 pm. 

  inesS Circus
  1800 Argyle Street
  Wheelchair accessible

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• Spontaneity Improv | Light House Arts Centre

   

  Community Groups & Galleries: Spontaneity Improv

  by Spontaneity Improv Company

  Using audience inspiration, the ensemble will create spontaneous scenes, physical storytelling, layered soundscapes, and unexpected characters that reflect the rhythms, tensions, and poetry of urban life.
  
  Light House Arts Centre
  1800 Argyle Street
  Wheelchair accessible

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• The Turret: À l'intérieur | Turret Arts Space

   

  Community Groups & Galleries: The Turret: À l'intérieur

  by Turret Arts Space
  with support from Freya Poirier, Callista Welsh-Marshall, Aeron Wang, Max Taylor, Olivia Smith, Charlotte Salley, Roman Lecours, Noah Check, Mariah Butler & Luke Fair

  The Turret: À l'intérieur showcases works by the students in Luke Fair's Summer 2026 Painting En Plein Air class at NSCAD University created at the Turret Arts Space. On rainy days, students in Fair's class had the unique opportunity paint interior architectural scenes in the Turret Arts Space.

  The Turret: À l'intérieur also features a guided tours of all three floors of 1588 Barrington Street (formerly the Khyber Building). Learn more about the past, present, and future of Turret Arts Space during this rare opportunity for a sneak peak into one of Halifax's most beloved historical buildings.
  
  Turret Arts Space
  588 Barrington Street
  Not wheelchair accessible

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• Gallery artists for Nocturne | The Prow

   

  Community Groups & Galleries: Gallery artists for Nocturne

  by Artists of The Prow Gallery

  The Prow Gallery showcases the incredible talents of local and Canadian artists. Paintings, textiles, sculpture and mixed media will be exhibited for the night of Nocturne.  

  Presenting over 30 contemporary local and Canadian artists, The Prow Gallery exhibits a curated collection of contemporary art for the evening of Nocturne. Drop by and see what our artists have been up to!

   

  The Prow Gallery
  185-1479 Lower Water Street
  Wheelchair accessible

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• Plastic Futures | Sackville Landing Wharf

   

  Community Groups & Galleries: Plastic Futures

  by Sheila Christie

  What if we treated plastic packaging as a resource instead of trash? Discover the possibilities as you delight in our repurposed plastics puppets. Stop by our interactive station to learn about the history, types, and potential reuse of everyday plastics. Make your own festival mementos while supplies last!
  
  Sackville Landing Wharf
  1655 Lower Water Street
  Wheelchair accessible

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• NSCAD Jewellery Dept. Student Exhbition and Enamel Workshop | Yu Yo Craft Supply + Tea House

   

  Community Groups & Galleries: NSCAD Jewellery Dept. Student Exhbition and Enamel Workshop

  by Mengnan Qu & NSCAD Jewellery Department

  Get hands-on with real enamel and unleash your creativity! While you’re here, enjoy the NSCAD Jewellery and Metalsmithing Students’ Exhibition.

  Get hands-on with real enamel and unleash your creativity! Space is limited, so participation is first come, first served. You can also enjoy the NSCAD Jewellery and Metalsmithing Students’ Exhibition—a Nocturne Night tradition since 2016.
  
  Yu Yo Craft Supply + Tea House
  1498 Lower Water Street
  Not wheelchair accessible

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• Block to Block: Build a Micro City | Teichert Gallery

   

  Community Groups & Galleries: Block to Block: Build a Micro City

  by Teichert Gallery Artists

  We welcome our community to a hands-on, playful, citymapping experience, using recycled and sustainable building materials. Create the city of your dreams, together!
  
  Teichert Gallery
  1723 Hollis Street
  Wheelchair accessible

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• The Volunteers | The Volunteers Monument

   

  Community Groups & Galleries: The Volunteers

  by The Nova Scotia Women’s History Society

  The Volunteers features three bronze figures in honor of the work of thousands of women who volunteered during the Second World War. The public is invited to share stories of women’s volunteer efforts and service during wartime. Join community members to knit comfort items, like in the Second World War when women came together to craft socks, caps, and sweaters through the Canadian Red Cross. Participants are encouraged to share their skills and leave any works-in-progress in the Mi’kmaq basket held by the Women with Knitting figure. NSWHS will be collecting non-perishable food items to donate to Feed Nova Scotia.
  
  The Volunteers Monument
  1215 Marginal Road (Halifax Seaport area)
  Semi-accessible (rough terrain)

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• Music of the City; Embodied City | Waterfront Container Stage

   

  Music of the City; Embodied City

  by Ekko Performing Arts Society

  Community collaboration in the form of art; an open collage of words and bits of sheet music to form a city skyline! Enjoy a little free play with music instruments including shakers, acoustic guitars, ukuleles, and a digital piano open to the community to encourage community play; embracing the sounds of the city.
  
  Waterfront Container Stage
  Halifax Waterfront, Foundation Wharf
  Wheelchair accessible

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• Francofest présente "Depuis ce temps là, contes et légendes du Québec) | Khyber Centre for the Arts

   

  Community Groups & Galleries: Francofest présente "Depuis ce temps là, contes et légendes du Québec)

  by Samuel Charrois
  with support from Francofest

  EN: Depuis ce temps là makes images come to life onto walls: traditional characters, nocturnal landscapes, symbols and collective imagination. The projection transforms the space onto an immersive scenery and gather people around a shared story 

  FR: Avec Depuis ce temps là les image prennent vie sur les murs: personnages folkloriques, paysages nocturnes, symboles et clins d’œil à notre imaginaire collectif. La projection transforme le lieu en scène immersive et rassemble le public autour d’une grande histoire partagée.

   

  1877 Hollis Street
  Semi-accessible (rough terrain)

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• The Space Between Us | Maritime Centre

   

  Community Groups & Galleries: The Space Between Us

  by The Intensive Training Program and Adult students of Halifax Dance.

  Join Halifax Dance at Nocturne 2026 for The Space Between Us, a site-specific performance inspired by this year's theme, Embodied City. Performed by dancers from our Intensive Training and Adult Programs, this unique work explores the connections between our bodies, our community, and the spaces we share. Experience dance through the windows of the Maritime Centre and discover how movement can transform the everyday city into a place of creativity, connection, and belonging.
   

  Maritime Centre
  1505 Barrington Street
  Wheelchair accessible

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• Off the Shelf: An Illustrated Exploration of Nova Scotia’s Marine Life by Liz Bateman | Argyle Fine Art

   

  Community Groups & Galleries: Off the Shelf: An Illustrated Exploration of Nova Scotia’s Marine Life by Liz Bateman

  by Liz Bateman

  Off the Shelf is a collection of paintings by Liz Bateman, that document the forms, colours, and personalities of some of the strange and wonderful marine life I have encountered as a biologist while working offshore on surveys and commercial fishing vessels. At-sea encounters with marine life are invaluable for getting a true sense of their colouration while they are still alive and as cold as the seafloor. 
  
  Argyle Fine Art
  1559 Barrington Street
  Wheelchair accessible - Wheelchair accessible only on the main level. No washrooms on site.

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• perennial | Argyle Fine Art

   

  Community Groups & Galleries: perennial

  by Trevor Van den Eijnden

  perennial is a series of floral paintings made after the sudden death of Trevor Van den Eijnden’s mother, Charmaine. The work began with the flowers he once photographed and shared with her each spring. In these paintings, flowers bloom, fade and return, carrying memory, distance and grief alongside beauty. They are Van den Eijnden’s first paintings in more than a decade and a quiet tribute to the woman his family knew as the “Flower Child.”

  
  Argyle Fine Art
  1559 Barrington Street
  Wheelchair accessible - Wheelchair accessible only on the main level. No washrooms on site.

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• (Un)Seen City: Spaces Between | Architecture49

   

  Community Groups & Galleries: (Un)Seen City: Spaces Between

  by Dalhousie Architecture Students Association, Architecture49 & The Dalhousie School of Architecture Nocturne Committee

  (Un)Seen City: Spaces Between is Architecture49's satellite installation for Dalhousie University School of Architecture’s (Un)Seen City project. Located within the corner of Sackville and Market Street, the installation invites visitors to experience familiar views of downtown Halifax through a new lens. Framed perspectives and temporary architectural structures encourage closer attention to the spaces between buildings, streets, and everyday activity, revealing how a shift in perspective can transform the way we experience and relate to the city.
  
  Architecture49
  1640 Market Street
  Wheelchair accessible - "(Un)Seen City: Spaces Between" can be found outside the entrance of the Architecture49 studio at 1640 Market Street, just off Sackville Street downtown Halifax. The space is located across from Harvest Clean Eats and kitty-corner to the Nova Centre.

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• Breaking Bread | The Mary E. Black Gallery

   

  Community Groups & Galleries: Breaking Bread

  by Kaashif Ghanie

  Breaking Bread, a ceramics exhibition, investigates food as a language of care, examining how recipes, shared meals, and functional pottery preserve cultural knowledge while creating opportunities for dialogue across communities.

  The Mary E. Black Gallery at the Centre for Craft Nova Scotia
  1061 Marginal Rd.
  Wheelchair accessible

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• City Cane Sound Map | Peace & Friendship Park

   

  Community Groups & Galleries: City Cane Sound Map

  by CNIB

  City Cane Sound Map is an interactive Nocturne art installation that explores movement, memory, access, and place in Halifax. The project pairs used cane tips with QR codes linked to short videos and sound clips from locations around the city. Through everyday urban soundscapes, the exhibit invites visitors to experience Halifax through listening, touch, and mobility, while highlighting the often-invisible work of navigating public spaces as someone who is blind or partially sighted.

  Peace & Friendship Park
  Peace & Friendship Park, Hollis Street
  Wheelchair accessible

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• Nocturne at the AGNS | Art Gallery of Nova Scotia

   

  Nocturne at the AGNS

  by Art Gallery of Nova Scotia

  Explore the AGNS after dark through three exciting and distinct exhibitions, On the Matter of Memory: The Drawings of Harold Cromwell, Silt and Sugar, and The Maud Lewis Gallery, and get creative in our studios with hands-on Nocturne-inspired art-making activities for the whole family.

  
  Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
  1723 Hollis Street
  Wheelchair accessible - The AGNS is wheelchair accessible. If assistance or use of a temporary wheelchair is required, please visit our Welcome Desk on arrival. Only service animals are permitted in the Gallery. These animals must be specifically trained and certified to perform tasks that assist a person with a disability. Emotional support or therapy animals are not permitted as animals that offer comfort but are not specifically trained or certified are not considered service animals.

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• The Urban Flyway | Halifax Waterfront

   

  Community Groups & Galleries: The Urban Flyway

  by Nature Nova Scotia & Bird Friendly Halifax

  Find The Urban Flyway! A flock of migrating birds takes over the waterfront in this participatory performance by Nature Nova Scotia and Bird Friendly Halifax. Featuring handmade bird masks, papier-mache bird heads, and creative costumes inspired by local species, participants will journey through the city as a migrating flock. Along the way, they’ll encounter some of the obstacles birds face each day, from reflective windows to artificial light. By becoming birds ourselves, we invite visitors to experience the city from a new perspective and discover how simple actions can help make Halifax a safer place for birds.
   

  Halifax Waterfront

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• A Climate of Courage | Tall Ships Quay Pergola

   

  Community Groups & Galleries: A Climate of Courage

  by Halifax Regional Municipality’s Environment & Climate Change Team & Ecology Action Centre
  with support from Donica Larade, Lorne A. Julien, Emily Elisabeth, Daramfon Morgan, Marissa Bialowas, Nailah Moon & Molly Margaret

  Take a brave step with us. Take part in an immersive experience moving through present and future realities of climate change into opportunities to take hands-on action and feel the power of community. Led by a collaboration between the Municipality’s Environment & Climate Change team and the Ecology Action Centre. Artwork on the Project Image is designed by Donica Larade.

   

  Tall Ships Quay Pergola
  1325 Lower Water Street
  Wheelchair accessible

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• Fit Check: Craft You Can Wear | Foundation Wharf

   

  Community Groups & Galleries: Fit Check: Craft You Can Wear

  by Laura Hambleton (Skunks N' Roses), Maggie MacCormick (Daytime People) & Pam Juarez
  with support from Verve Fine Craft Gallery

  Step onto the gallery runway for Fit Check. Verve Gallery is throwing open its doors for a hands-on, interactive pop-up celebrating the haptic magic of local handcrafted fashion. Featuring custom creations by Skunks n’ Roses, Daytime People, and Pam Juarez, guests are invited to touch, try on, and pose in hand-stitched leather, sheepskin collars, hand-painted scarves, and colourful clothes. Snap a photo at our dedicated backdrop and explore how wearable art transforms the way we carry ourselves through the city.

  
  VERVE Fine Craft Gallery
  1573 Barrington Street
  Wheelchair accessible

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• Making room: Sea turtle embodiment | Canadian Sea Turtle Centre

   

  Making room: Sea turtle embodiment

  by Canadian Sea Turtle Network
  with support from Doug Morse

  People often “love” the idea of conservation in the abstract. We like the idea of species continuity—of an abundance of bees and a diversity of plants—of forests and oceans teeming with wildlife. But when it comes to actually engaging with what conservation requires—sometimes sacrifices that might impact our own life or our economy—we are less interested in conservation. This exhibit uses audience movement around intricate scale models of endangered leatherback and loggerhead sea turtles to encourage visitors to consider how they interact with the embodied species and what that might mean for how we approach conservation.

   

  Canadian Sea Turtle Centre
  1565 Salt Yard Way
  Wheelchair accessible

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• Ebb and Flow | Dalhousie Paramount Site

   

  Community Groups & Galleries: Ebb and Flow

  by GEM Lab
  with support from Dalhousie Faculty of Computer Science

  Join the Graphics and Experiential Media Lab and its collaborators and explore a selection of interactive digital installations involving mixed, augmented, and virtual reality, responsive displays, tactile interfaces, music, and more.  

   

  Dalhousie Paramount Site
  1577 Barrington Street
  Wheelchair accessible

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• The Adventure of Colour Pencils at Nocturne: Stories, Colour & Connection | Waterfront Chalets

   

  The Adventure of Colour Pencils at Nocturne: Stories, Colour & Connection

  by Mahnaz Roshan

  An interactive evening of storytelling, colour, and creativity where visitors of all ages can hear Mahnaz Roshan’s stories, create art, and contribute to a collaborative artwork celebrating imagination, connection, and well-being.

  Waterfront Chalets
  Foundation Wharf 
  Not wheelchair accessible - No washrooms on site, but there are some in the surrounding area.

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• Art Exhibition by Liudmyla Romashchenko | Waterfront Chalets

   

  Community Groups & Galleries: Art Exhibition by Liudmyla Romashchenko

  by Liudmyla Romashchenko

  As a newcomer to Nova Scotia, this exhibition is my way of introducing myself and my world through the language of art. My goal is to showcase the beauty of classical realism across various genres—from realistic landscapes and portraits to imaginative fantasy. I believe a painting should look alive, but never identical to a photograph, keeping the distinct magic of fine art intact.

   

  Waterfront Chalets
  Foundation Wharf
  Not wheelchair accessible - No washrooms on site, but there are some in the surrounding area.

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• Sunny Soul | Waterfront Chalet

   

  Community Groups & Galleries: Sunny Soul

  by Elena Doljenkova-Bavazir

  Sunny Soul is a mixed-media portrait inspired by the warmth of the sun and the quiet strength of the human soul. The man’s closed eyes represent a moment of inner reflection, peace, and connection with himself. Warm colours, textures, and circular patterns create a feeling of sunlight, energy, and hope. The painting invites the viewer to pause, breathe, and find the light within.

  Waterfront Chalets
  Foundation Wharf
  Not wheelchair accessible - No washrooms on site, but there are some in the surrounding area.

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• Xeviqa AI Salon — Reimagining Beauty Through Artificial Intelligence | Waterfront Chalets

   

  Community Groups & Galleries: Xeviqa AI Salon — Reimagining Beauty Through Artificial Intelligence

  by Mohamad Masri

  Xeviqa AI Salon is an interactive AI experience that invites visitors to explore identity and self-expression through virtual hairstyles, hair colours, and intelligent visual transformations.

  Waterfront Chalets
  Foundation Wharf
  Not wheelchair accessible - No washrooms on site, but there are some in the surrounding area.

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• The Ones We Carry | NSCAD Treaty Space Gallery

   

  Community Groups & Galleries: The Ones We Carry

  by Gloire Aelfaz

  The Ones We Carry is an immersive painting installation exploring identity, and resilience through portraiture  and suspended painted works. 

  Waterfront Chalets
  Foundation Wharf
  Not wheelchair accessible - No washrooms on site, but there are some in the surrounding area.

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• Lyra: A Nocturne Choir | St. Paul’s Anglican Church

   

  Community Groups & Galleries: Lyra: A Nocturne Choir

  by Choirs For Change, Ryan Henwood, Nelle Callanan & Adam Johnson

  Choirs for Change is returning to Nocturne! On October 17th, every hour, beginning at 6pm, we will teach community members a song and perform it together. You have a voice to share, and we want to hear it!

  Lyra: A Nocturne Choir is an all-ages, drop-in choir where no musical experience is necessary. During each session, Lyra’s artistic team will teach participants a song with simple harmonies. Connecting to environmentalism, Choirs for Change’s theme for the 2026/27 season, the artistic team will teach Nocturne goers an arrangement of “The Flood” by local musician Ben Caplan.

  St. Paul’s Anglican Church
  1749 Argyle Street
  Wheelchair accessible

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• Name Tagging: Share Your Mark | Waterfront Chalets

   

  Community Groups & Galleries: Name Tagging: Share Your Mark

  by Nova Scotia Potters Guild & Meggie Richards

  Come make your mark! Join us, The Nova Scotia Potters Guild, in creating a personalized clay name tag that reflects who you are and your connection to our community. Shape it, carve it, decorate it, and make it uniquely yours. Once finished, your piece will become part of a growing installation in the chalet, celebrating the people that embody our city. Drop in, get creative, and leave something behind that represents you. Who are you, and what mark will you share? 

  Waterfront Chalets
  Foundation Wharf 
  Not wheelchair accessible - No washrooms on site, but there are some in the surrounding area.

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• Mi’kmaw Art by Melissa White | St. Paul’s Anglican Church

   

  Community Groups & Galleries: Mi’kmaw Art by Melissa White

  by Melissa White

  Melissa White is a Mi’kmaw Visual Artist whose work tells stories through animal teachings, grounded in her connection to land, culture, and community. Through painting and digital design, she creates pieces inspired by animal teachings, legends, and Mi’kmaw ways of Knowing

   

  Waterfront Chalets
  Foundation Wharf
  Not wheelchair accessible - No washrooms on site, but there are some in the surrounding area.

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