AVON RIVER HERITAGE CENTRE
  • About
    • Avon River Heritage Society
    • Artifacts & Archives
    • The Avon River
    • Meet the People in our Neighbourhood >
      • Dawn Allen, August 21st, 2020
      • Sara Beanlands, July 22nd, 2021
      • Carolyn Connors, July 30th, 2020
      • Carolyn Connors, July 21st, 2021
      • Louis Coutinho, August 13th, 2020
      • Sean Coutinho, January 13th, 2021
      • Eva Evans, July 24th, 2020
      • Elizabeth Ferguson, July 27th, 2020
      • Nicholas Hughes, August 6th, 2020
      • Olwynn Hughes, August 11th, 2020
      • Kim Lake, January 18th & 21st, 2021
      • Trudy Lake, March 13th, 2022
      • Raymond Parker, August 12th, 2020
      • Raymond Parker, July 7th, 2021
      • Zacchary Paul, August 21st, 2021
      • Tacha Reed, August 27th, 2020
      • Allen Shaw, January 18th, 2021
      • Carolyn vanGurp, July 16th, 2020
      • Abraham Zebian, August 24th, 2020
    • Avondale Walking Tour
    • Fundraising
    • Book an Appointment
  • History
    • Natural History >
      • Highest Tides in the World
      • Tidal Bore
      • Avon Peninsula Ecology
      • Birds of the Avon
      • Marine and Freshwater Species of the Avon
      • Karst Environment
      • Gypsum
      • Avon Peninsula Watershed Preservation Society >
        • Avon Peninsula Watershed Preservation Society, Interview with President, Raymond Parker
    • Mi'kmaq >
      • Mi'kmaq Birch Bark Canoes
      • Mi'kmaq of the Avon River >
        • Treaty Truckhouse 2 & Zacchary Paul
    • The Coming of the Europeans
    • The North American Colonies
    • Acadians >
      • Pisiquit
      • Acadians of the Avon River >
        • Babin
        • Breau
        • Cheverie
        • Forest
        • Landry
        • LeBlanc
        • Rivest
        • Thibodeau
        • Trahan
        • Vincent
        • Other Families
      • Village Thibodeau (Poplar Grove)
      • Acadian Families After Expulsion >
        • Broussard
        • Brun
        • Comeau
        • Deveau
        • Girouard
        • Johnson
        • Leger
        • Pellerin
        • Poitier
        • Robicheau
        • Suret
    • New England Planters >
      • New England Planters in Avondale >
        • Genealogy
        • Samuel Bentley
        • Benjamin Borden
        • John Chambers
        • James and John Harvie
        • Caleb Lake
        • James and Lydia Mosher
        • Nathaniel Reynolds
        • Benjamin Sanford
        • James Smith
        • Henry Tucker
        • James Weedon
    • Loyalists
    • African Nova Scotians
    • Local Home Histories >
      • 28 Chip Hill Road
      • 51 Avondale Road
      • 38 Avondale Road: The Clifford Mosher House
      • 58 Avondale Road
      • 60 Avondale Cross Road
      • 71 Avondale Road: The John A. Harvie House
      • 354 Belmont Road: The Yellow House
      • 603 Belmont Road: Wallace Point
      • 801 Avondale Road
      • The Acadia House
      • The Avondale Church
      • The Avondale Parsonage
      • The Church Farm
      • The Fred Robart House
      • The Henry Lyon House
      • The House Across From The Church
      • The John E.F. Mosher House
      • The Knowles Homestead
      • The Mounce Mansions >
        • Captain George R. Mounce House
        • The Thomas A. Mounce House (Honeymoon House) >
          • Interior of the Honeymoon House
      • The Mrs. Dunham Hotel
      • The Old Newton Mosher House
      • The Old Stone House >
        • The Mystery of the Fieldstone House
      • The Roley Mosher House
      • The W.H. Mosher House
    • The Avondale School
    • Avondale Wharf & The Landing
    • The Avon Spirit
    • Golden Age of Sail >
      • The Rise and Fall of the Golden Age of Sail in Newport
      • The Mosher Shipyards
      • Sailing Ships, Sugar, and Salt
      • Vessels of the Avon River
      • Shipbuilding Process
      • Shipbuilding Tools
      • Ship Directories
      • Kings Wharf
      • The Hamburg >
        • Obituary Capt. Andrew B. Coldwell
        • The Hamburg and Alice Coalfleet’s Diary
      • Captain George Richard Mounce Sr
      • Annie Armstrong Mounce Correspondence 1875-1892
      • Captain Daniel William Dexter & The Emma Payzant >
        • Captain Daniel William Dexter and Family, Interview with Debbie Siler, July 21st, 2021
        • Diary of Sarah Dexter, 1892-1893
      • The Rotundus
    • Community Orchard
    • Edmund McCarthy
  • Arts & Culture
    • The Great Little Art Show >
      • Great Little Art Show 2021 - Artists
      • Great Little Art Show 2021 - Artwork
      • Great Little Art Show 2022 - Artists
      • Great Little Art Show 2022 - Artwork
      • Great Little Art Show 2023
      • Great Little Art Show 2024 - Artists
      • Great Little Art Show 2024 - Artwork
      • Great Little Art Show 2025 - Artists
      • Great Little Art Show 2025 - Artwork
    • Artists Landing Art Gallery
    • Open Studio
    • Full Circle Festival >
      • Sofa Sundays
      • Solstice Market
    • Paint Avondale
    • Avondale Wharf Day
    • Honey Harvest Festival
  • Events Calendar
  • Planters Sea Chest Gift Shop
  • Lydia & Sally Cafe
  • Rentals
  • Volunteer and Employment Opportunities
    • Summer Employment Opportunities
    • Volunteer Teams
    • New Horizons for Seniors
  • How to find us!

Supporting the Arts in our Community

The Avon River Heritage Centre is proud to be the home of the Avon River Arts Society, the Full Circle Festival and host to Hants County's flagship art showcase, the Great Little Art Show. 

L’Avon River Heritage Centre est fier d’être le siège du Société Artistique Avon River, Full Circle Festival et de recevoir le Hants County vitrine d’art phare, le Grand Petit Exposition d’Art.

Avon River Arts

​2025 Upcoming Arts & Culture Events 

Sunday, April 13th, 2025
Sofa Sundays 3pm
Live Music Performance hosted by the Full Circle Festival and Avon River Arts
Landon Morris + Sophia Hopkins

May 2nd until June 29th, 2025
Great Little Art Show, since 1998
Organized by Avon River Arts, the Great Little Art Show raises important funds that contribute to the ongoing operation of the Avon River Heritage Museum and Avon Spirit Shipyard.

Opening Reception - Friday, May 2nd at 7pm
Adults $10, children under 12 free. Reserve tickets by contacting us at [email protected] 
Show continues weekends in May & June
10 am to 5 pm, by donation



Sunday, May 25th, 2025
Sofa Sundays 3pm
Live Music Performance hosted by the Full Circle Festival and Avon River Arts
Mikhail Laxton

Friday, Saturday & Sunday, June 20th - 22nd, 2025
Full Circle Festival
The Full Circle Music Festival is a homemade non-profit music festival held over the summer solstice weekend. For anyone with a love for music, good food, friendly friends, dogs, children, and dancing in warm summer air -  this music festival is a must attend event!


July 5th-27th, 2025
Solo Exhibition
Paul Edmond



Sunday, July 20th, 2025
Sofa Sundays 3pm
Live Music Performance hosted by the Full Circle Festival and Avon River Arts
Matt Hughes + Sadie Skinner


32nd Wharf Day Noon until late!
Held in partnership with the Avondale Community Club, each summer the community congregates for a day of fun and relaxation enjoyed together along the waterfront. Bring a chair or something that floats and help us celebrate over 3 decades of Avondale fun in the sun! 


​August 13th - 31st, 2025
Solo Exhibition + Artist Talk
​Sean Benton



Sunday, August 17th, 2025
Sofa Sundays 3pm
Live Music Performance hosted by the Full Circle Festival and Avon River Arts
Cameron Nickerson + The Good But Nothing Special


September 6th - 27th, 2025
Group Exhibition
​Avon Photography Club



Sunday, September 21st, 2025
Sofa Sundays 3pm
Live Music Performance hosted by the Full Circle Festival and Avon River Arts
Kelly McMichael


Saturday, September 27th, 2025
​Honey Harvest Festival 10am - 4pm
Join us in the Avon Spirit Shipyard, set along the historic Newport Landing waterfront, to meet and mingle with local beekeepers, farmers, artisans, wineries and brewers. Learn about best practices for supporting healthy hives and pick out the queen bee in a demonstration hive. Bring your appetite and join us in celebrating our favourite pollinators!  BBQ Fundraiser in support of the Avon Spirit Shipyard.


October 4th - 26th, 2025
Solo/Group Exhibition


Sunday, October 19th, 2025
Sofa Sundays 3pm
Live Music Performance hosted by the Full Circle Festival and Avon River Arts
Chris Robinson + Rudy Pace


Sunday, November 16th, 2025
Sofa Sundays 3pm
Live Music Performance hosted by the Full Circle Festival and Avon River Arts
Ali Enriquez + Ally Fiola & Tom Richards
Sofa Sundays
Avondale Wharf Day
Great Little Art Show
Honey Harvest Festival
Artisans in Action
Artists Landing Gallery
Full Circle Festival
Paint Avondale
Avon River Heritage Centre, 17 Belmont Road, Avondale/Newport Landing, West Hants, Nova Scotia, B0N 2A0
Email us at [email protected]
Telephone us, May through October, at (902) 757-1718

The Avon River Heritage Society would like to thank the Municipality of West Hants and the Province of Nova Scotia for their generous support.

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