Check out our friends at Lunenburg Walking Tours, they have plenty of information about the town’s businesses and attractions.
Check out our friends at the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic. Located on the Waterfront Wharf, the museum provides the ultimate experience for families.
We will also have information about the town and attractions in our festival guide which will be published closer to the festival, but in the meantime visit the Lunenburg Board of Trade website for more information.
Online: TicketPro.ca ($1 handling fee)
Phone: 1-888-311-9090 Ticketpro ($1 handling fee)
In Person: Any Ticketpro location listed here
In Person: Folk Harbour Office for advanced tickets | 125 Montague Street
In Person: Festival Box Office during the festival | 6 King Street
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We are not always able to provide dedicated parking for our mobility-restricted guests but we make every effort possible to accommodate them where/when we can.
At the Main Stage tent, we have 5 spaces reserved for vehicles with handicapped permits just outside the main entrance to the grounds. Once they are full, the attendant will allow permitted vehicles to drop passengers off at the entrance, but the vehicle must park off-grounds.
The St. John’s Church venue allows vehicles to drop off mobility restricted passengers at the front door on the widened sidewalk, but you can not park there.
There are a few parking spots reserved for those with handicapped permits throughout Lunenburg, but keep in mind they have not been made available to Folk Harbour guests, even if they are close to our venues.
The Main Stage is at 11 Blockhouse Hill Road, in Old Town Lunenburg. You can see a map of our festival grounds here.
The only venue where dogs are permitted is the Lunenburg Heritage Bandstand.
Dogs are not permitted inside any of our venues including the Wharf Stage—no exceptions other than licensed and identified service dogs.
August temperatures can be hot and we have zero tolerance for pets or children left unattended in parked cars. We will call the RCMP to rescue any pet or child left alone in a vehicle.
We encourage families of all sizes and make-ups to become part of our festival family! Children 12 and under are admitted to all performances free of charge. If an event is sold out, we cannot guarantee seating inside the venue.
We have several workshops that are directed to children and these are free of charge (Young Fiddlers, Guitar, etc.).
Mothers are welcome to breastfeed at any festival venue. If a mother requires a private space, she is welcome to use the Folk Harbour Office at 125 Montague Street during office hours (9am– 8pm). Otherwise, she is encouraged to ask a volunteer for assistance in finding a suitable location.
At this time, we do not offer a Family Admittance Pass to the festival or any festival events.
The Folk Harbour Festival does not have a beer or wine tent—most of our venues are alcohol and smoke free, including the Main Stage tent.
If you find an item and cannot locate its owner, please bring it to the lost and found box inside the Folk Harbour Society office at 125 Montague Street during our Festival office hours (9 am – 8 pm).
Our office is also equipped with a basic first aid kit, but for serious injuries we recommend calling 911 immediately. EHS has been alerted to our needs and will have a visible presence whenever possible, but they do have a large area to service.
We are a green festival and strive to be as environmentally sustainable as possible. As a rule, we (and our vendors) do not sell bottled water but we do provide fresh water dispensers at our concession tents. We encourage you bring your own water bottle that can be refilled at one of our stations. There are multiple shops in town displaying a Blue W in their window who will gladly refill your bottle.
Guests are also encouraged to bring travel mugs to refill with hot beverages, further helping us reduce waste produced by our festival.
Since the weather can unexpectedly change during the day, it is always wise to bring the following with you: sunscreen, small umbrella, layers of clothing (the evenings can get cool), a seat cushion, and comfortable walking shoes!
All of our venues offer seating, however we recommend bringing a seat cushion or you can purchase one from our concession tents. The Sunday morning Gospel concert has overflow seating in the field and is often well attended, you may choose to bring a chair just incase.
We are not in a position to offer exchange rates for foreign currency. We encourage you to use Canadian money or foreign currency credit or debit cards, for which we cover the fees. We accept MasterCard, Visa and debit; and Ticketpro accepts American Express.
We cannot accept any cash currencies other than $CAD and $USD. American cash dollars will be accepted at par.
We encourage you to visit our friends at TD Bank for assistance with any currency conversions that you may require.
There are several banks in Downtown Lunenburg, all with automatic tellers. For in-person banking services, the TD Bank at 36 King Street, is open Monday to Friday from 8 am until 6 pm. No bank in Lunenburg is open Saturday or Sunday, but the automatic tellers are available 24/7.
Well, we plan to not have rain!
Rain has never resulted in cancellation of a Main Stage event. Our tent is modern and weather tight! Heavy rains may restrict overflow seating outside the tent requiring us to restrict attendance of the Sunday Gospel concert.
The backup venue for the Wharf Stage is the Zion Lutheran Church.
The backup venue for the Lunenburg Heritage Bandstand performances is the St. John’s Parish Hall.
