NOVEMBER | REVIEW
“The event market has exploded in the past decade in the province and
Nova Scotia currently has the highest number of craft breweries per
capita in Canada.”
advertising, logistics, programming, staffing,
etc. We will typically contract out AV and
other man power heavy things as we are a
small team.”
The journey has not always been smooth,
however, but some infrastructure changes
have been a big boost. “Nova Scotia is a
growing market. Yarmouth in particular
has seen growth over the last five years.
Challenges with political decisions made
in 2009 led to a downturn in the area.
In particular, the discontinuation of an
international ferry service that had been
in place for almost 120 years. Young people
moved away seeking employment elsewhere
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and businesses closed. But in 2014, a new
government came in and the town has been
revitalized. Our ferry service is back and
in the past five years the area has grown,
attracted newcomers (warmly referred
to as ‘come-from-aways’) and business is
flourishing.”
Mile East Productions has been
instrumental in Yarmouth’s event growth.
“There was little happening in the way of
events and festivals. Those that had been
in place were often poorly organised and
often struggled with staffing as they were
primarily led by groups of volunteers. Over
the past four years, we’ve steadily been able
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Festival
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» » Discover Halifax Buskers
Festival
» » Halifax Jazz Festival
Nova Scotia’s key festivals
» » Celtic Colours International
Festival
11-19 October 2019
» » Devour! The Food Film Fest
22-27 October 2019
» » Nova Scotia Forest Festival
26 October 2019
» » Nova Scotia Lobster Crawl
1-29 February 2020
» » Hopscotch Festival
28 September 2019