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Highland Village Day — event in Baddeck & Bras d'Or Lake, Cape Breton

Highland Village Day

Annually on the first Saturday of August · Highland Village Museum

Gaelic concert and ceilidh on the Iona hilltop.

Afternoon outdoor concert at the Highland Village in Iona, with Gaelic singing, fiddle, pipes, dancing and milling frolics. Site admission free for the day.

What to expect

Hilltop setting overlooking Bras d'Or Lake. Costumed interpreters in the historic buildings. Concert in a meadow.

Highlights

The Gaelic-language storytelling. The view from the schoolhouse. Free site access lets you wander the living museum.

Plan ahead

Tickets at the gate. Iona has limited beds; consider Baddeck or the Highland Heights Inn.

Why go

The Highland Village is the island's deepest Gaelic cultural site, and this is its open-house concert.

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