Weekly Events Update, May 1, 2025

Eleanor Johnson
May 1
11 min read

The July events have been added, starting with lots from Lobster Bash!

All events and posters are on our website, and in photo albums on our Facebook page. Visit our website www. theweymouthbridge.com or Facebook page for all the details. Please share this and ask others to subscribe.

This Week's Events (May 1 - May 8) (posters)

Weymouth Library May Exhibition: The Gifts of Mother Earth

Debbie LeBlanc Kilpatrick is an Acadian artist from Clare. She started painting as a young girl. As she has grown as an artist, she has developed a style which captures the beauty of the land and sea.

Digby Library May Exhibition: Hika’s Folk Art

This exhibit offers folk art paintings on canvas and wood, featuring a variety of animals by artist Hika Wagner. The artist has been painting since 2001 on driftwood, canvas, rocks, and buoys. She mostly paints animals and her favourite subjects are cats.

Fri May 02 Discover Your Device (Weymouth)

10 – 11am Weymouth Library. Adults can learn how to use the basic functions of their phone or tablet. This includes the ins-and-outs of their device menus and settings, and taking photos and sending texts. Register no later than Wednesday, April 30 by contacting the library.

Fri May 02 Discover Your Device (Digby)

1 – 2 pm Digby Library. As above

Fri May 02 Cathy Jones – Funny Fundraisers

7pm Digby Legion. $30 Tickets at the Digby legion or 902-247-4780

Sat May 3 Bear River FD Mother’s Day Breakfast

7 am – 10 am BR Fire Dept Hall $15 Adults.

Sat May 3 Spring Bazaar

9 am – 3 pm Digby Curling Club. For Digby & Area Lions Club

Sat May 3 Plant Sale

10 am – 1 pm Carol Dibble Community Greenhouse, Bear River Waterfront. Drop off donations of plants for this sale to benefit the Bear River Waterfront, on May 3 9am. ($2, $5, $10).

Sat May 3 Weymouth Mercantile Easter Dinner

5 -7pm $19.99pp Book at the Mercantile

Sat May 03 Fruit Machine

7:30pm King’s Theatre. Live Theatre. Runtime: 70 minutes, no intermission. Adult: $35 Limited Income: $25. Youth: $15. Created with a primarily queer ensemble and creative team, Fruit Machine shines a light on the barbaric practices and the unfair treatment of queer individuals in Canadian history and creates space for 2SLGBTQIA+ artists to take ownership of their history, and their stories.

Sun May 4 Make a Wish Yard Sale

8am – 4pm Meteghan Fire Hall

Sun May 4 Bingo – Digby Fire Dept

11am Digby Fire Dept. Reserve your seat. Reservations required. If insufficient seats are sold it will be cancelled. 245-4958

Sun May 04 Spring Concert

3pm Eglise Sacre-Coeur, 9650, route 1 Saulnierville. Adults $15

Sun May 04 Minecraft Movie

3 pm King’s Theatre, Annapolis Royal. Family Film. $11.95 Adult. $7.95 Youth (under 18). Welcome to the world of Minecraft, where creativity doesn’t just help you craft, it’s essential to one’s survival!

Tue May 06 Craft night

5:30 pm The Electric City Centre, 4668 Highway1, Weymouth. $50 for Mom and 1 child. Register by May 3

Tue May 06 Paint with Michelle

6 – 7:30 pm Weymouth Library. Use your imagination or bring a photo. All supplies will be provided. Register by May 2.

Tue May 06 Open Mic (Bear River)

7 – 9 pm The Root Cellar, Oakdene Centre. Free. Open to all.

Wed May 07 The Ballad of Wallis Island

7:30pm King’s Theatre, Annapolis Royal. Film, indie. $11.95 Adult. $7.95 Youth (under 18). THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND follows Charles (Tim Key), an eccentric lottery winner who lives alone on a remote island and dreams of getting his favorite musicians, McGwyer Mortimer (Tom Basden & Carey Mulligan) back together. His fantasy turns into reality when the bandmates and former lovers accept his invitation to play a private show at his home on Wallis Island. Old tensions resurface as Charles tries desperately to salvage his dream gig.

Thur May 08 Discover Your Device

10 am – 3 pm Digby Library. Do you have questions about or trouble with your device? Maybe the library can help! Staff will be available to help with basic technology problems and troubleshooting. Contact the library to schedule an appointment. Note: If the issue is beyond the scope of library staff, you may require the help of an information technology (IT) specialist. This program is for adults and is free.

Thur May 8 Candle Making

6pm Weymouth Library, 4577 Highway 1, $35pp. Register 902-247-1657

Thur May 8, 9, 10, 22, 23, 24 Maud (A play by Hal Theriault)

7:30 pm with matinees on May 10 and 24. At Electric City Centre, 4668 Highway1, Weymouth. Call 902-245-8676 for tickets

New Events after this week (posters)

Wed May 14 One To One: John & Yoko

7:30pm King’s Theatre, Annapolis Royal. Film, documentary, music. $11.95 Adult. $7.95 Youth (under 18). An expansive and revelatory inside look at the 18 months John Lennon and Yoko Ono spent living in Greenwich Village in the early 1970s

Fri May 16 Sinners

7:30 pm King’s Theatre, Annapolis Royal. Film. Action, Horror, Thriller, Drama. $11.95 Adult. $7.95 Youth (under 18). Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers (Jordan) return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.

Sat May 31 to Jun 7 Plant Swap

Open hours Digby Library. Stop in to pick up a plant, share plants of your own, or drop off a plant you no longer want. Bring healthy plants in containers that you do not want back with a clear label of what type of plant it is.

Sat May 31 The Legend of Ochi

3 pm King’s Theatre, Annapolis Royal. Family film. Fantasy, Adventure. $11.95 Adult. $7.95 Youth (under 18). In a remote village on the island of Carpathia, a shy farm girl named Yuri is raised to fear an elusive animal species known as ochi. But when Yuri discovers a wounded baby ochi has been left behind, she escapes on a quest to bring him home.

JUNE

June Exhibition at Weymouth Library: Welcome Summer

This exhibit features the watercolour paintings of artist Alvina LeBlanc. Alvina LeBlanc is an Acadian from Belliveau’s Cove.

Tues Jun 10 Let’s Paint Flowers

6 – 7:30 pm Weymouth Library. Weymouth library clerk Michelle will guide participants as they paint flowers. Bring your favourite photos of flowers or try painting from memory. All supplies are provided. Register by Friday, June 6 as space is limited. This program is for adults. Note: All library programs are free.

Fri Jun 20 Baby & Toddler Play Group

10:30 – 11:30 am Digby Library.

JULY

Thur Jul 4 – 6 Lobster Bash

Fri Jul 4 Jumbo Lobster Comp 5:30 Marina Parking Lot

Sat Jul 5 Shucking Demo 11 am Marina Parking Lot

Sat Jul 5 Children’s Costume Contest 12 pm Marina Parking Lot

Sat Jul 5 Excavator Challenge 12pm Digby Marina Parking lot

Sat Jul 5 Washer Toss 12noon Digby Station, 7 Birch Street

Sat Jul 5 & Jul 6 Lobster Trap Building Demo Various times. Marina Parking Lot

Sat Jul 5 Canoe race 4:30 pm

Sat Jul 5 Fish Tub Derby 5:30pm Digby Marina

Sat Jul 5 Survival Suit Competition 6pm Digby Marina

Sun Jul 6 Show & Shine 10am – 3 pm Water Street.

Sun Jul 6 Lobster Trap Stacking Comp 1pm Marina Parking Lot

Sun Jul 6 Empty and Bait Lobster Traps 2pm Marina Parking Lot

Sun Jul 6 Lobster Crate Run 5:30 pm Marina

Sun Jul 6 Asia & NuGruv 7pm & 10 pm Marina Stage

Fri Jul 4 Desert Hearts

7:30pm King’s Theatre, Annapolis Royal. Film, ‧ Romance/Drama ‧ indie. R. FREE! Donna Deitch’s swooning and sensual first narrative feature, Desert Hearts, was groundbreaking upon its release in 1985: a love story about two women, made entirely independently, on a shoestring budget, by a woman. In this 1959-set film, adapted from a beloved novel by Jane Rule, straitlaced East Coast professor Vivian Bell (Helen Shaver) arrives in Reno to file for divorce but winds up catching the eye of someone new, the free-spirited young Cay (Patricia Charbonneau), touching off a slow seduction that unfolds against a breathtaking desert landscape. With undeniable chemistry between its two leads, an evocative jukebox soundtrack, and vivid cinematography by Robert Elswit, Desert Hearts beautifully exudes a sense of tender yearning and emotional candor.

Sat Jul 05 Tides of Tease

8 pm King’s Theatre, Annapolis Royal. Burlesque, Drag. Celebrate PRIDE with STEPH PEAKS, ELLE LIXIR, and Nova Scotia’s hottest drag and burlesque artists! DRAG MEETS BURLESQUE is a show for a 19+ audience. $35 +HST

Wed Jul 09 Mini Art Exhibit

2 – 4 pm Digby Library. Children can join library staff and create a mini art exhibit. Drop in and grab a tiny canvas and let your creativity run wild.

Sat Jul 12 Nathaniel Rankin: The Canadian Champion of Magic

7:30 pm King’s Theatre. Annapolis Royal. $30 ADULTS. $15 YOUTH. Nathaniel Rankin The Canadian Champion of Magic, is an international award winning magician & circus artist. His one man show Astonishment has been performed over 5,000 times in 45 countries and 5 continents. Astonishment combines state of the art modern magic, circus skills, dangerous stunts, audience interaction, comedy & mind reading.

Tue Jul 15 Decoding Nutrition (Weymouth)

6:30 – 7:30 pm Weymouth Library. Join registered dietician and nutritionist Kaitlyn Comeau as she breaks down what nutrition really is. Learn how to properly read ingredient and nutrition labels on food packaging.

Wed Jul 16 Decoding Nutrition (Digby)

6:30 – 7:30 pm Digby Library. As above

Thurs Jul 17, 18, 19, 20 FODAR – Festival of Dance Annapolis Royal

7:30 pm King’s Theatre, Annapolis Royal. Also 2 pm on Sat Jul 19

Mon Jul 21- 25. 5-day Dance Theatre Camp for Youth

10 am – 2 pm, King’s Theatre, Annapolis Royal. Theatre workshop. ages 7-12 with Wendy Goudie. The costumes, the music, the moves… Creating a dance show is powerful! Participants will spend an exciting week pushing their dancing to the limit, to learn and co-create their own original dance show. Friday July 25th performance at 2pm at Kings Theatre, and Saturday, July 26th at the Cherry Carnival in Bear River! Dance styles include bellydance, bhangra, bollywood, flamenco, salsa, hip hop, break dance, jazz, ballet and more. This week is a creativity & confidence booster! Campers will work as a team to create and rehearse a full show in 5 days, manage lighting quick costume changes, and ‘run their own show’ behind the scenes.

Sat Jul 26 The Best of Boxwood

7:30pm King’s Theatre, Annapolis Royal. Live music. $30 Adults. $5 Youth. Each year, a new roster of musicians are featured in the Best of Boxwood concert tour. The Best of Boxwood celebrates the energetic, traditional dance music of Maritimes Canada, Scotland, Ireland and more, and showcases the fruits of 25 years of collaborations.

Sun Jul 27 The Alan Jackson Experience

7 pm King’s Theatre. Music, tribute. $47.25The Alan Jackson Experience is an internationally recognized tribute performed by ISSA Entertainer of the Year award winner Aaron Halliday. The look, stage presence, and sound will have you believing you are at an actual Alan Jackson concert. The show prides itself on having the best musicians in the country perform along side Aaron which has led to a world class act. This years tour, aptly named the “Margaritaville” tour, will bring you all of the AJ classics along with his Jimmy Buffet inspired songs to give the performance a tropical beachy overtone.

Regular Events (posters)

Free Virtual Urgent Care Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat & Sun 8am – noon. 1-833-413-0277

ANNAPOLIS ROYAL

NS Walking Group, Wednesdays 10am. Market Square
Writer’s Gathering, 1st & 3rd Wednesdays, 3 – 5pm. Mad Hatter Bar.
Farmers’ and Traders’ market Saturdays 9am – noon Legion.
Celtic Vibes Thursdays 2:30 Taproom

BEAR RIVER, SMITHS COVE, DEEP BROOK

Muddy Duck Yoga Mon – Thurs 9:30 – 10:45 am $2 Oakdene Centre, Bear River
Smith’s Cove Fire Dept breakfasts Saturdays May 17, June 21, July 05, August 16, Sept 20. 7:30 – 10 am Adults $15
Chair Yoga Mondays 11 am -12 noon. Bear River Health Clinic, 1112 River Road, Bear River. Starting Mar 24. $40 for 4 weeks. Contact info@emmarobar.com or 902-467-3611
Taoist Tai Chi Saturdays 1:30 – 3:30 Oakdene Centre, Bear River. Sessions are led by local accredited instructor George Chisholm and contributions range from $30 to $40 dollars per month. For more information and/or to register go to taoist.org.
Seniors’ Day at the Bear River & Area Community Health Clinic Every 2nd Wednesday of the month 1-3pm. Guest Speaker, fun activities and refreshments. Drop-in. Call 902-467-3611 for details.
Taekwondo Tuesdays & Thursdays 6pm Oakdene Centre
Rudolph Steiner Study Group every Sunday
11 am – 2 pm Register with Shirley at bello.bees@gmail.com
Bear River Breakfasts. First Saturday of each month. 7am-10am. Adults $15, kids 5-12 $7.50, 0-5 years free.
Smiths Cove Fire Dept Coffee Mornings Thursdays 9:30-11:30am 43 North Old Post Road, Smith’s Cove. By donation.
Deep Brook Farmers & Crafters Market Sundays 11 - 2pm Lions Hall, 948 Hwy 1 Deep Brook

Regular events in DEEP BOOK / CORNWALLIS

Dart Club Sunday afternoons from 2pm Sept to May. Felker Hall, Cornwallis.
Keep Fit & Healthy Classes Mondays, Wed & Fridays 8:45 – 9:45 am 902-376-2055
Line Dancing, Felker Hall, Cornwallis, Mondays & Fridays 10-11am $5 per class. 902-249-0609
Hatha Yoga Mondays 11:30 – 12:45 Sridhara 250-228-3848
Zumba Tuesdays 6:30-7:30pm Felker Hall Cornwallis $5pp 902-532-7736
TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Wed 8am Maritza 902-247-1473
Cribbage Thursdays from 1pm Felker Hall Cornwallis 902-376-2007
Chair Yoga Fridays 11:30 -12:45 Sridhara 250-228-3848
Meat Bingo, Fridays 7pm, Felker Hall, Cornwallis. Door prize, 50/50, game prizes
Breakfast every second Saturday (May 10) 8-10 am $15 adults
Karate (various classes and levels) , Women’s Defense, Weapons Class www.firstcontactkarate.com, 726 Broadway, Cornwallis

Regular events in DIGBY

Spring Story Time Friday’s 10:30 – 11 am Digby Library
Sole Sisters (Grades 5 – 7) Mondays and Tuesdays. Pickleball, Skateboarding, Golf, Volleyball, Soccer, Climbing wall. Weekly Program May 5 to Jun 9. Digby. DARC 902-245-4344.
Conversation Circles Wednesdays 6 – 7 pm (EAL Support). NSCC Digby learning Centre.
Community Open Gym at Digby Reg. High School. Fridays 6 – 7pm Female take-over. 7 – 9pm Half court Teen & adult basketball, half-court recreational Pickleball; Saturdays 10 – 11:30 am Kindergym and family play time. 11:45 – 12-45 Adults only gym. 12:50 – 1:50 Volleyball and badminton. 2 – 4 pm Teen & adult basketball. DARC
Family Pickleball Sundays 1-2pm DRHS
Recreation Pickleball Sundays 10-12 noon. Adults only, Open (all experience and ability levels, bench rotation). 12 -1pm Adult beginners. Families. 1-2pm DRHS. Equipment provided
Crafter Noons Fridays 2-4pm Digby Library Join other crafters to chat and share ideas. Bring your own supplies to work on your project while keeping good company. This program is for adults.

Regular events in WEYMOUTH

Weymouth Teas will start June 5. Thursdays 2 – 4pm at St. Joseph’s Church Hall, Weymouth. Call 902-837-6102 to host a tea for your charity.
Youth Makers every other Tuesday 3:30 – 5:30 at SMBA Art Room for 12 – 18 year olds.
Community Open Gym at SMBA Saturdays 10 – 11 am, Sundays 10 am – noon; Basketball (half court) Saturdays 11 am – 1 pm; Pickleball (half court) Saturdays 11 am – 1 pm DARC
Pickleball / Basketball Sundays 10am – 12noon SMBA
A Crafty Afternoon Tuesdays, 1 to 4 p.m. Weymouth Library Have fun with others while you knit, crochet, rug hook, sew or work on any project you would like to work on. Please bring your own supplies.
Makers Nights 6-9pm Every Thursday Weymouth Library
Weymouth Legion

• BINGO on Tuesday nights. From 6pm, games start at 7pm. Jackpot goes up $25/week

• Jam Nights every other Thursday Doors open at 6. Music 7-9:30pm. Pub Grub, 50/50, bar.

• Happy Hour every day 5pm-7pm and all day Sunday.

• Karaoke with Woody Every other Saturday 7-11pm with Pub Grub.

• Karaoke with Lady Heidi Every Friday 7-11pm and Sunday 3 – 7pm with Pub Grub.

• Meat Draw approx.. every 6 weeks

Weymouth Church of Christ Kids Club (Gr 1-5) Wed 7-8pm Youth Club (Gr 6-10) Wed 7-8pm
After School Program Mon to Fridays 2pm-5:30pm W. Consolidated School Register with DARC $12 per child/day Sept 2024-Jun 2025
Weymouth Waterfront Development Committee (WWDC) meets third Wednesday 1:30 at Sissiboo Landing, email sissiboolanding@gmail.com

Regular events in CLARE

Conversation Circle (in English) Tuesdays 6:30pm Louise-E-Deveau, University Sainte Anne
NS Walk Group, Clare Wed 10am DJs General Store, Salmon River
Lions Bingo Mondays 7pm Meteghan Lions Club
Darts Thursdays 1:30pm Clare Columbus Club $3
Scrapbooking at Clare Library, Saturdays10am – 12 noon