EVENTS at
Old Confidence
Live Music, Theatre, Dances, Movies, and much more!
All in a beautiful venue on Nova Scotia’s South Shore (just 15 min from Lunenburg)!
View & purchase tickets to our upcoming events.
RIVERPORT, NS
EVENTS IN RIVERPORT, NS
Live Music, Theatre, Dances, Movies, and much more!
All in a beautiful venue on Nova Scotia’s South Shore (just 15 min from Lunenburg)!
View & purchase tickets to our upcoming events.
Jamie Junger EP Release Party
Sat, Oct 11 • 8:00 pm - Doors at 7:30
$20; $25 at the door
It's a party! Join Jamie and friends Cheryl Gaudet, Margot Aldrich and Dave Clingan to celebrate the release of Elephant in the Snow, a rockin new EP of folk and blues tunes. Special guests include the Old Confidence family: Shari Porter on piano, with Chris and KJ Jackman on vocals.
Bluegrass Brunch
Mon, Oct 13 • 11 am - 2 pm
Music & Brunch Ticket - $40
12 & Under - $25
5 & Under - Free
Spend Thanksgiving Monday at Old Confidence Lodge: tickets are now on sale for our Bluegrass Brunch! Dance to music by local band Diggin' Up Grubs and and enjoy a cocktail-style brunch by Sunflower Catering. This is sure to be a great way to end your weekend!
Our Thanksgiving event sold out last year, so buy your tickets today!
OPEN MIC
Fri, Oct 17
7-8 pm • Ages 18 & under
8-10 pm • Ages 19+
$10
Audiences will enjoy a range of creative covers and original songs at first open mic night, hosted by Liam Britten. Musicians will appreciate a welcoming crowd that just wants to get their toes tapping!
Shadow Future - Chamber Music Concert
Fri, Oct 24 • 7 pm • Doors at 6:30
$25 | 18 & Under - $12
A haunting program featuring the works of
SHOSTAKOVICH, ULLMANN, BRAHMS, & BACH
This concert features five internationally acclaimed musicians - Canadian soprano Lindsay McIntyre, Korean violinist Katherine Yoon, Taiwanese violist Yeh-Chun Lin, American cellist MacIntyre Taback, and American pianist Anna Han
The Rocky Horror Show
Oct 30 • 8 pm • $30
In this cult classic, sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker and a creepy butler. Through elaborate dances and rock songs, Frank-N-Furter unveils his latest creation: a muscular person named “Rocky.”
The Rocky Horror Show + Halloween Dance
Oct 31 • 8 pm • Dance at 10 pm • $40
In this cult classic, sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker and a creepy butler. Through elaborate dances and rock songs, Frank-N-Furter unveils his latest creation: a muscular person named “Rocky.”
The Rocky Horror Show
Nov 1 • 8 pm • $30
In this cult classic, sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker and a creepy butler. Through elaborate dances and rock songs, Frank-N-Furter unveils his latest creation: a muscular person named “Rocky.”
Bike Party
Oct 4 • 6:00 pm
Free
It’s a bike party & you’re invited!
The feeling of freedom when you’re cycling is unmatched. We’re coming together to celebrate that with all our cycling pals (including you, plz come) at this FREE event.
The event includes:
- Free basic bike tune-ups by a bike mechanic
- Free food by River Croft Farm
- Film screening ft. local folks who cycle commute
- Cake by Famous Town Pie Shop
- Cash bar (alcohol & non-alcohol available)
- Chance to win a brand new bike from the Lunenburg Bike Shop
- Time to hang out with pals
- Cycle Chit Chat with Elspeth McLean-Wile (Mayor of the Municipality of the District of Lunenburg), Jennah Barry (local e-bike rider and Owner of Famous Town Pie Shop), Evan Spencer (Active Transportation Coordinator at Cycling Nova Scotia) - ask your questions to the panel!
Banff Centre - Mountain Film Festival World Tour
Sept 28 • 2:30 pm - Doors Open 2:00 pm
$25
The Banff World Tour celebrates amazing achievements in outdoor storytelling and filmmaking worldwide and is one of the largest and most prestigious mountain festivals in the world! This year's programme includes 8 incredible international films (shorts and mid-length) that the whole family can enjoy.
Winter Wilson
Sat, Sept 27 • 8:00 pm - Doors at 7:30
$20; $25 at the door
Kip Winter & Dave Wilson are one of the UK's hardest working acts, performing often hard-hitting original songs in stunning harmony, interspersed with wicked, self-deprecating humour.
The Confidence Sessions
Sept 26 • 8:00 pm - Doors Open 7:30 pm
$20; $25 at the door
$12 for students (ages 18 & under)
Join us for a captivating night of music as two of Canada’s most evocative singer-songwriters — Kristen Martell & Mike McKenna Jr., — come together for an evening of heartfelt lyrics, soaring harmonies, and rich acoustic soundscapes.
Together, these artists create a rich, emotionally resonant experience — a night where stories unfold through song and connection is found in every lyric.
Mo Kenney with Kelly McMichael
Sept 19 • 8:00 pm - Doors Open 7:30 pm
$25 | $30 at the door
$12 for students (ages 18 & under)
Two-time Polaris Music Prize nominated songwriter Kelly McMichael, a genre-bending multi-instrumentalist based in St John’s, Newfoundland. Kelly’s second album, 'After The Sting Of It' (2024) is a lush progression into art rock and witchy pop sounds that can be heard on alternative radio nationally. McMichael’s independent debut album 'Waves' (2021) won the EMCA for ‘Best Rock Recording’. She has also performed across North America and Europe with The Burning Hell, Tim Baker and Sarah Harmer.
The Magpies
Sept 13 • 8:00 pm - Doors Open 7:30 pm
$20; $25 at the door
$12 for students (ages 18 & under)
Transatlantic folk band The Magpies combine sublime harmonies with exquisite musicianship and songwriting. Their latest album garnered over a quarter of a million streams on Spotify, a place in the Official Folk Chart Top 40 and a live session on BBC Radio 2. UK festival highlights include Glastonbury, Cambridge and Shambala and internationally in USA, Canada and Europe.
MUCH Video Dance
Sept 12 • 9:00 pm
$10
19+ Event
✨ Wowowowow! ✨ We are going back in time! 🌀 You’re (around) 13 and it’s 2002, baby! M🅤🅒🅗 M🅤🅢🅘🅒 is bringing their video dance party to a sweaty gymnasium near you 🤩 Your JNCO jeans are flowing, your crop top is tight - your eyeshadow is BOLD. There’s no way your crush can resist you this time!
What will we have?
🎞️ early to mid 2000’s hits only
🍕 pizza and goss chill zone
🦋 millenium fashion
🏆Y2K prizes for best dressed
🍉 proceeds donated to Gaza
Tickets are $10. Secure them soon as we anticipate a sell out! “The fun is legendary!”t
Ursa Duo - Featuring Sonia Hellenbrand
Aug 30 • 7:30 pm - Doors Open 7:00 pm
$25; $30 at the door
$12 for students (ages 18 & under)
Join us for an evening of classical duos & trios for violin, cello, and piano. Featuring works by Haydn, Fauré, and more!
With Connor Cornick & Esmée Gilbert
Tickets online or at Rose Bay Bistro
Mat Hughes
Aug 29 • 8:00 pm - Doors Open 7:30 pm
$20; $25 at the door
$12 for students (ages 18 & under)
Halifax-based singer-songwriter Mat Hughes returns to Old Confidence Lodge for a solo show on the grand piano. Mat is coming off a cross-Canada tour that took him across BC, Ontario, and Nova Scotia. The tour marked the release of Mat’s newest recording - South-facing Dumpster.
Mat will be joined by Tim and Bran of Good Dear Good for a stripped back acoustic set. After the success of their ECMA winning debut EP “Arrival“, Good Dear Good is approaching the release of their second studio EP “Sook“.
2nd Annual Gala
Aug 23 • 7 pm - Doors Open
8 pm - Live Music by Zakary Miller and the Yodelayhee Few
$40
5 for $175
Catering by Hustle & Bustle
This year’s theme: Golden Age of Hollywood
Buy tickets for our Gala and receive 15% off "Hedwig" or “Peter and the Starcatcher!”
Tickets online or at Rose Bay Bistro
Peter and the Starcatcher
Aug 23 • 2 pm - Doors open at 1:30
Adult • $25
Ages 7-18 • $15
Ages 7 & under • Free*
*Thanks to the Awesome Foundation
Join us on a ship called The Neverland, where a brilliant young girl enlists the help of a nameless orphan (soon-to-be called Peter Pan) on a world-changing mission. A cast of South Shore performers brings you this witty, wonderful, Tony Award-winning feast for the imagination. Clap if you believe!
Buy tickets for "Starcatcher" and receive 15% off "Hedwig" or our 2nd Annual Gala!
Tickets online or at Rose Bay Bistro
Also performing Aug 15, 16 & 22
Peter and the Starcatcher
Aug 22 • 7 pm - Doors open at 6:30
Adult • $25
Ages 7-18 • $15
Ages 7 & under • Free*
*Thanks to the Awesome Foundation
Join us on a ship called The Neverland, where a brilliant young girl enlists the help of a nameless orphan (soon-to-be called Peter Pan) on a world-changing mission. A cast of South Shore performers brings you this witty, wonderful, Tony Award-winning feast for the imagination. Clap if you believe!
Buy tickets for "Starcatcher" and receive 15% off "Hedwig" or our 2nd Annual Gala!
Tickets online or at Rose Bay Bistro
Also performing Aug 15, 16 & 23
Freya Milliken
TICKETS COMING SOON
POSTPONED TO DECEMBER
Freya Milliken is an award-winning singer-songwriter known for her rich voice and introspective songs, blending folk and indie rock influences. Her debut EP Wholeheartedly explores queer love, longing, and joy with raw honesty, embracing the beauty and challenges of loving and being loved. She has performed at major Canadian festivals like the ECMAs, Deep Roots and Winnipeg Folk Festival, and toured in Europe with the Acadia University Singers for the Singing In Flanders Fields Project.
Peter and the Starcatcher
Aug 16 • 2 pm - Doors open at 1:30
Adult • $25
Ages 7-18 • $15
Ages 7 & under • Free*
*Thanks to the Awesome Foundation
Join us on a ship called The Neverland, where a brilliant young girl enlists the help of a nameless orphan (soon-to-be called Peter Pan) on a world-changing mission. A cast of South Shore performers brings you this witty, wonderful, Tony Award-winning feast for the imagination. Clap if you believe!
Buy tickets for "Starcatcher" and receive 15% off "Hedwig" or our 2nd Annual Gala!
Tickets online or at Rose Bay Bistro
Also performing Aug 15, 22 & 23
Peter and the Starcatcher
Aug 15 • 7 pm - Doors open at 6:30
Adult • $25
Ages 7-18 • $15
Ages 7 & under • Free*
*Thanks to the Awesome Foundation
Join us on a ship called The Neverland, where a brilliant young girl enlists the help of a nameless orphan (soon-to-be called Peter Pan) on a world-changing mission. A cast of South Shore performers brings you this witty, wonderful, Tony Award-winning feast for the imagination. Clap if you believe!
Buy tickets for "Starcatcher" and receive 15% off "Hedwig" or our 2nd Annual Gala!
Tickets online or at Rose Bay Bistro
Also performing Aug 16, 22, & 23
Musique Royale - Remembrances
Aug 8 • 7:00 pm - Doors at 6:30
$20; $25 at the door
Ages 18 & under - Free
Musique Royale invites you to "Remembrances,” an hour-long program taking listeners into the sonic world of Ziya Tabassian, whose intricate and energizing compositions are based on Persian rhythmic cycles from the 17th and 18th centuries. Four performers each contribute a distinct musical language and technical expertise, with the tour featuring Didem Başar, a virtuoso Turkish kanun player, kamanche player Sareh Borna, Mohammad Sahraei, a musician and ethnomusicologist originally from Iran, and Ziya Tabassian: a world percussionist, brilliant composer and artistic director based in Montreal.
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Wed, Aug 6 • 8:00 pm - Doors at 7:30
$30; $15 for ages 16-18
"Hedwig and the Angry Inch" tells the story of the "internationally ignored" rock singer, Hedwig, and her search for stardom and love.
Buy tickets for "Hedwig" and receive 15% off "Peter and the Starcatcher" or our 2nd Annual Gala!
Tickets online or at Rose Bay Bistro
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Sun, Aug 3 • 8:00 pm - Doors at 7:30
$30; $15 for ages 16-18
"Hedwig and the Angry Inch" tells the story of the "internationally ignored" rock singer, Hedwig, and her search for stardom and love.
Buy tickets for "Hedwig" and receive 15% off "Peter and the Starcatcher" or our 2nd Annual Gala!
Tickets online or at Rose Bay Bistro
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Sat, Aug 2 • 8:00 pm - Doors at 7:30
$40 for Show + Dance Party (19+)
$15 for ages 16-18
Buy tickets for "Hedwig" and receive 15% off "Peter and the Starcatcher" or our 2nd Annual Gala!
Tickets online or at Rose Bay Bistro
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Fri, Aug 1 • 8:00 pm - Doors at 7:30
$30; $15 for ages 16-18
"Hedwig and the Angry Inch" tells the story of the "internationally ignored" rock singer, Hedwig, and her search for stardom and love.
Buy tickets for "Hedwig" and receive 15% off "Peter and the Starcatcher" or our 2nd Annual Gala!
Tickets online or at Rose Bay Bistro
Corey Isenor, Caribou Run and Sadie Skinner
Sat, July 26 • 8:00 pm - Doors at 7:30
$20
Tickets online
Join us for a night of folk music at the Old Confidence Lodge! Start your night Sadie Skinner, with soft vocals and finger-picked guitar that draws you in close. Corey Isenor brings warm, reflective songs shaped by years of writing and performing across the East Coast. To end the night, Caribou Run takes the stage with their full-band sound — catchy, high-energy folk that’ll have you singing and stomping along.
Open Mic Night
Fri, July 25
7-8 pm • Ages 18 & under
8-10 pm • Ages 19+
$10
Audiences will enjoy a range of creative covers and original songs at first open mic night, hosted by Liam Britten. Musicians will appreciate a welcoming crowd that just wants to get their toes tapping!
The Wizard of Oz
Fri, July 18 • 7:00 pm - Doors at 6:30
Sat, July 19 • 2:00 pm - Doors at 1:30
Adults - $15
Students - $10
Tickets online or at Rose Bay Bistro
A cast of South Shore students bring to life this family favourite!
The Wizard of Oz
Fri, July 18 • 7:00 pm - Doors at 6:30
Sat, July 19 • 2:00 pm - Doors at 1:30
Adults - $15
Students - $10
Tickets online or at Rose Bay Bistro
A cast of South Shore students bring to life this family favourite!
Steve Mustain and Scatfish
Thurs, July 17 • 8:00 pm - Doors at 7:30
$20 - $25 at the door
Tickets online or at Rose Bay Bistro
Scatfish music is a classic “Canadiana" base, infused with folk, roots, blues, world and jazz flavours. Featuring original songs that range from roots to progressive acoustic, the band prides itself on the instrumental backdrop that supports creative and engaging songs.
With Peter LeBlanc and Tyler McDonald
Shimmer & Slay - Drag Show & Dance
Sat, July 14
Drag Show 8 pm - 9 pm
Dance 9 pm - 1 am
$30; 19+
Lunenburg Pride
&
Old Confidence Lodge
Present
Shimmer and Slay
Drag Show & Dance
With
Hannibal Lickeder
Trinity Foxx
Brooke Rivers
Elle Noir
POP-UP PIANO BAR
Thurs, July 10 • 7-9 pm
Pay-What-You-Can
Pull up a stool & order a martini; pianist Shari Porter takes to the grand piano to play everything from Mozart to Gershwin!
Ken MacPherson
Sat, July 5 • 7:00 pm - Doors at 6:30
$20 - $25 at the door
Tickets online or at Rose Bay Bistro
Ken MacPherson is a country music singer/songwriter from Cape Breton, currently anchored in Chester. He loves to get an audience’s toes tapping, bringing positive vibes with a dance-friendly mix of covers and original tunes. Ken says, “I hope you find something within my music that makes your day a bit brighter!” We bet you will.
KARAOKE NIGHT
Thurs, July 3 • 7-9 pm
Pay-What-You-Can
Belt out your favourite tunes from our iconic stage!