The Tattoo Festival

Don’t miss the Tattoo Festival: FREE events happening this summer!
ALL TATTOO FESTIVAL EVENTS ARE FREE ADMISSION

Saturday, June 21, 2025

3:00 – 6:00 pm
Wanderers Grounds, Halifax

Tattoo Massed Pipes & Drums

Halifax Wanderers Game: DND Appreciation Day

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

3:00 – 3:45 pm

Royal Netherlands Marechaussee

Veterans Memorial Building Gardens (5955 Veterans Memorial Lane)

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Heeresmusikkorps Hannover

Halifax Public Gardens

7:30 – 9:30 pm

The Stadacona Band of the Royal Canadian Navy & The Royal Norwegian Navy Band present

Atlantic Bonds: A Tribute in Harmony

Rebecca Cohn Auditorium
(tickets here)

Thursday, June 26, 2025

12:00 – 12:30 pm

5th Canadian Division Composite Band

Grand Parade

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Tattoo Massed Pipes & Drums and Tattoo Highland Dance Team

The Force – Champion Display Team of Drum Majors

Foundation Wharf/Salt Yard, Halifax Waterfront

3:00 – 3:30 pm

La Baie en Joie & Malvy Ukrainian Dancers

Sackville Landing, Halifax Waterfront

Friday, June 27, 2025

12:00 – 12:30 pm

5th Canadian Division Composite Band

Grand Parade

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Heeresmusikkorps Hannover

Foundation Wharf/ Sackville Landing, Halifax Waterfront

Royal Netherlands Marechaussee

Sackville Landing, Halifax Waterfront

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Tattoo Canada Day Parade
10:00 – 11:00 am

Downtown Halifax
(click here for map)

Tattoo Festival schedule subject to change. 
Outdoor Tattoo Festival events will not take place in cases of rain and will not be rescheduled.

“Worth the long trip to Canada!” – Larry from La Grange, Texas

Photos by Stoo Metz, David Baillieul, Hamish Gordon & others.
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