2 Best Performing Arts Venues in South Shore and Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia

Drama, concerts, comedy, and independent films are among the offerings at this intimate but up-to-date venue that opened in 1921 as a movie house.

The neo-Gothic St. Bernard Church, an imposing stone structure famous for its acoustics, hosts classical concerts on some summer Sundays at 4 pm. Acclaimed artists from Canada and beyond perform here under the Musique Saint-Bernard banner. The church, a few miles north of Church Point, seats 1,000. Tickets are available at the door. It's also open to visitors on nonconcert days May through October, with an art exhibition throughout July and August.