The pride and love of Labrador has been celebrated for the past 32 years at our annual Bakeapple Folk Festival. We spend three days and two nights each summer remembering and practicing our unique Labrador traditions through music, dance, crafts, games and food native to the Labrador Straits region.
Arafat Day is the second day of the annual haj (or pilgrimage). The holiday takes place the day before the start of Eid Al Adha. At dawn, Muslim pilgrims make their way from Mina to a nearby hillside called Mount Arafat and a place called the Plain of Arafat. In 2019 Arafat Day is predicted to fall on a Saturday (August 10). However, the date is subject to moon-sighting and could change.
Description: Eid Al Adha translates to the “festival of sacrifice”. The holiday honours Ibrahim and his willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail for Allah. Ismail is happy to oblige before Allah sends his angel, Jibra’il, to inform Ibrahim that he has already accepted the sacrifice from his heart. Goats are sacrificed and divided into three parts: one part for the family, one part for relatives, and one part for the poor. The holiday begins on the 10th day of Dhu Al Hijja – the last month of the Hijri calendar. In 2019, Eid Al Adha is expected to begin on Sunday, August 11. A three-day holiday for Eid Al Adha, in addition to Arafat Day on Saturday, means a long weekend in August.
Al Hijri is the Islamic New Year. This year, the date expected for this observation corresponding to the Islamic calendar is Saturday, August 31 in 2019. Since the holiday falls on the weekend, residents may get Sunday off. The holiday will be announced closer to the observation.
Annual Fall Fair taking place September 20 & 21 2019. Includes Vegetable Displays, Dairy Show, Petting Farm, Kids Events, Local goods and much more.
The Humber Valley Agriculture Fall Fair is an annual fair held in Deer Lake since 1968. It includes a dairy cattle show, local crafts, produce competition and a handicraft competition to name a few things!
Oktoberfest is the world’s largest Volksfest (beer festival and travelling funfair). Held annually in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, it is a 16- to 18-day folk festival running from mid or late September to the first weekend in October, with more than six million people from around the world attending the event every year. Other cities across the world also hold Oktoberfest celebrations that are modeled after the original Munich event. During the event, large quantities of Oktoberfest Beer are consumed: during the 16-day festival in 2013, for example, 7.7 million litres (66,000 US bbl; 1,700,000 imp gal) were served.
This Festival is a celebration of local food and crafts with Partridgeberry and Harvest themes, Farmers and Crafts Marketplace and of course delicious foods to eat. A berry-based menu is in the works again. Many exciting things happen at out festival such as Celebrating our Communities and Culture! Great food, wonderful music, demonstrations by local people throughout the weekend, many local vendors with so much handmade crafts, sweets, and beautiful jams/jellies, pickles and partridgeberry jam tarts.
Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Guy Fawkes Day, Bonfire Night and Firework Night, is an annual commemoration observed on 5 November, primarily in the United Kingdom. Its history begins with the events of 5 November 1605 O.S., when Guy Fawkes, a member of the Gunpowder Plot, was arrested while guarding explosives the plotters had placed beneath the House of Lords. Celebrating the fact that King James I had survived the attempt on his life, people lit bonfires around London; and months later, the introduction of the Observance of 5th November Act enforced an annual public day of thanksgiving for the plot’s failure.
Taste of Abu Dhabi is the definitive showcase of the capital’s best restaurants, top chefs, live music and leading food & drink brands. The 3-day event is hosted in November, in the world famous du Arena, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. The highlight of the foodie calendar, Taste of Abu Dhabi showcases the latest, greatest and most exciting restaurants from the region. Festival goers can expect to be served taster-size signature dishes, whilst world-class chefs cook up a storm live on-stage and, as always, there will be many opportunities to get hands-on with interactive masterclasses and shop from an array of local and international food & drink vendors. Popping up once a year, Taste of Abu Dhabi 2019, expects to host over 15,000 fun-loving visitors, with live music from the hottest international acts and fun activities for the whole family.
Commemoration Day (sometimes referred to as Martyr’s Day) is celebrated as a public holiday on December 1. In 2015, the day was declared by His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE to honour Emiratis who died for their country.
