2025 Emancipation Day Proclamation
2025 Emancipation Day Proclamation at the Halifax Waterfront.

We are pleased to offer this free service. Submit your community events 1-2 weeks in advance. All items will be reviewed and posted on a weekly basis and must meet our general community calendar requirements. All community calendar submissions, must meet the following criteria:
A) Event must support or enhance the Black Canadian Community
B) Must be an event of good taste and not promote crime, hate or prejudice.
Please note: We are not responsible for any information provided that is incorrect. The events listed in the calendar are not the responsibility of the Black Cultural Society / Centre and in some case are not affiliated in any way. The information provided is general information.
2025 Emancipation Day Proclamation at the Halifax Waterfront.
🎉 Freedom Festival: A Day of Music, Culture, and Community! 🎉 Come out Sunday, August 3rd to Alderney Ferry Terminal Park for a powerful day of live music, culture, and […]
Let's get together for a great time! We invite you to our Summer Barbecue totally FREE. 📆 Saturday, August 16, 2025 🕑 From 2pm to 7pm 📍 Fish Hatchery Park […]
Juno-nominated reggae singer Jah’Mila, returns for another captivating performance with Symphony Nova Scotia, showcasing a brand-new program of award-winning original music. With her smooth vocals and powerful onstage presence, Jah’Mila’s […]
The Ladies Auxiliary of New Horizons Baptist Church will be having a Fellowship breakfast. A hot breakfast will be served. Tickets cost: $10.00 and will sold at the door. It […]



Juno-nominated reggae singer Jah’Mila, returns for another captivating performance with Symphony Nova Scotia, showcasing a brand-new program of award-winning original music. With her smooth vocals and powerful onstage presence, Jah’Mila’s […]


Welcome to the Zambia Independence Celebration! Join ZAMNOVA (the Zambian Association of Nova Scotia) for a joyful, modern-meets-traditional celebration of Zambia’s 61st Independence. Theme: “Zambia on the Rise: Peace, Progress […]


Happy African Heritage Month! This year's African Heritage Month Provincial theme is “Strength in Unity: Moving Forward with Purpose, Prosperity, Power, and Progress.” The theme speaks to the power that […]
In partnership with the Halifax Public Libraries and the Black History Month Association, the Office of Diversity & Inclusion/ANSAIO welcomes employees and residents to kick-off African Heritage Month at the […]
Attend an African Heritage Month flag raising at Grande Parade before moving indoors to Halifax Hall for a proclamation reading by Mayor Fillmore and light refreshments.
Raising of the Pan-African Flag will take place on January 30th at 10:00 am in Chisholm Park, Antigonish with the assistance of the town.


18th Cape Breton African Heritage Month Gala and Dance