{"id":7703,"date":"2011-02-16T13:26:24","date_gmt":"2011-02-16T17:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingatlantic.ca\/?p=7703"},"modified":"2013-01-21T04:43:51","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T08:43:51","slug":"events-guide-celebration-square-at-noon-at-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2011\/02\/16\/events-guide-celebration-square-at-noon-at-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Events Guide: Celebration Square at Noon &amp; at Night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Halifax, Nova Scotia by Spacing Magazine, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spacing\/2669600125\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3157\/2669600125_e58e2e4d3e.jpg\" alt=\"Halifax, Nova Scotia\" width=\"600\" height=\"451\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>HALIFAX <\/strong>&#8211;\u00a0 As part of the event programming for the Halifax 2011 Canada Games, taking place from February 11-27, 2011, there will be several free outdoor afternoon activities and night concerts, by over a dozen performers in Grand Parade Square in downtown Halifax.<\/p>\n<p>Given that activities and the concerts are outdoors in the middle of winter, make sure to bundle up or at least rock out to the live music, to stay warm.<\/p>\n<p>The schedule of activities for Celebration at Noon, includes:<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nFeb. 17<\/strong> &#8211; The Trips \/ Slow Cooking Cover<strong><br \/>\nFeb. 18<\/strong> &#8211; Halifax Circus \/ Annapolis Valley Honour Choir<strong><br \/>\nFeb. 21<\/strong> &#8211; The Mathieu Da Costa Challenge Awards Ceremony<br \/>\n<strong>Feb. 22<\/strong> &#8211; Blou<br \/>\n<strong>Feb. 23<\/strong> &#8211; Dance Zone \/ Conseil communautaire du Grand-Havre<br \/>\n<strong>Feb. 24<\/strong> &#8211; Kidzact<br \/>\n<strong>Feb. 25<\/strong> &#8211; Musquodoboit Valley Family of Schools&#8217; Choir<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT:<\/strong> Celebration Square at Noon, Free Performances<br \/>\n<strong>WHEN:<\/strong> February 11 -27, 2011, starts at Noon each day!<br \/>\n<strong>WHERE<\/strong>: Grand Parade Square, Halifax, NS<br \/>\n<strong>HOW MUCH:<\/strong> Free<\/p>\n<p>Concert line-up highlights include,\u00a0 Hawksley Workman, Old Man Luedecke, Buck 65 and City and Colour. The full list of dates and performances, for what has been coined as\u00a0 \u201cCelebration Square at Night\u201d is as follows:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Feb. 16<\/strong> &#8211; Hey Rosetta! with special guest The Novaks<strong><br \/>\nFeb. 17<\/strong> &#8211; Matt Mays with special guest Christina Martin<strong><br \/>\nFeb. 18 <\/strong>&#8211; Hawksley Workman with special guest Dutch Robinson<strong><br \/>\nFeb. 19<\/strong> &#8211; Great Big Sea with special guest Jeremy Fisher<strong><br \/>\nFeb. 22<\/strong> &#8211; Rawlins Cross with special guest The Divorcees<strong><br \/>\nFeb. 23<\/strong> &#8211; Old Man Luedecke with special guest The Stanfields<strong><br \/>\nFeb. 24 &#8211;<\/strong> Buck 65 with special guest Rich Aucoin<strong><br \/>\nFeb. 25<\/strong> &#8211; Radio Radio with special guest Three Sheet<strong><br \/>\nFeb. 26<\/strong> &#8211; City and Colour with special guest Amelia Curran<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT:<\/strong> Celebration Square at Night, Free concerts<br \/>\n<strong>WHEN:<\/strong> February 11 -27, 2011, starts at 7pm every night!<br \/>\n<strong>WHERE<\/strong>: Grand Parade Square, Halifax, NS<br \/>\n<strong>HOW MUCH:<\/strong> Free<\/p>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.canadagames2011.ca\/en\/home\/celebrate\/celebrationsquare\/default.aspx\">Halifax 2011 Canada Games<\/a>, for more information.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spacing\/\">Spacing Magazine<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HALIFAX &#8211;\u00a0 As part of the event programming for the Halifax 2011 Canada Games, taking place from February 11-27, 2011, there will be several free outdoor afternoon activities and night concerts, by over a dozen performers in Grand Parade Square in downtown Halifax. 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