2026 Festival Guide

Can’t decide which concerts to attend?

Take a look below - we have something for everyone!

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Then our Closing Gala on June 7th would be perfect! A 70-piece orchestra plays works by Canadian composers Ana Sokolovic and Ian Cusson, and concludes with Mussorgsky’s epic Pictures at an Exhibition, in Ravel’s famous orchestration!

ThenLigeti’s Tightrope, Wagner’s Gifton May 31st might be the ticket! Ligeti’s violin concerto is endlessly fascinating, playful, and features one of the most fiendishly difficult parts ever written. We’re in good hands with virtuoso Mark Fewer! And then Wagner’s Siegfried-Idyll is a gorgeous, timeless work, played by our wonderful chamber orchestra.

Then our Opening Gala on May 25th is calling your name! Hear some great chamber music by Ravel, Strauss and Grieg, and then join us after the concert for a reception featuring complimentary Lindt chocolates and champagne.

Tchaikovsky in Italy on June 1st has something for everyone! Soprano Emma Pennell sings Mahler’s timeless Ruckert-Lieder songs, we hear a work by our composer-in-residence Ian Cusson, and finish with Tchaikovsky’s iconic sextet Souvenir de Florence.

Then consider Intoxication and Resistance on June 4th! Soprano Emma Pennell sings Mahler’s timeless Ruckert-Lieder songs, and Architek Percussion takes us on a wild ride with Julius Eastman’s seminal masterpiece, Gay Guerrilla.

Then consider Scotia Festival Comes to Wolfville on June 2nd! For the first time ever, we take the festival on the road to the scenic environs of Devour! Studios in Wolfville, right next to the tidal basins of the Bay of Fundy.