BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Dakeyne Farm - ECPv6.17.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://dakeynefarm.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Dakeyne Farm REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Halifax BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT DTSTART:20250309T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20251102T050000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT DTSTART:20260308T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20261101T050000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT DTSTART:20270314T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20271107T050000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20260811T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20260929T190000 DTSTAMP:20260801T001155Z CREATED:20260801T001155Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260801T001155Z UID:5034-1786442400-1790708400@dakeynefarm.com SUMMARY:Tuesday Field Jam DESCRIPTION:Dakeyne Farm  ·  Mount Denson\, Nova Scotia \nThe TuesdayField Jam\nEvery Tuesday  ·  All day\, come and go as you please  ·  Throughout sunflower season \n\n \n 🎶\n \n \nEvery Tuesday throughout sunflower season\, we’re opening up the field for musicians\, singers\, and anyone who just loves making music — surrounded by sunflowers\, wildflowers\, and the beauty of the farm. Come for an hour. Stay all day. There’s no wrong way to do it. \n \n \n\n\n WhenEvery Tuesday\n \n\n HoursAll day — come & go\n \n\n WhereDakeyne Farm\, Mount Denson\n \n\n MusiciansPlay free all day\n \n \n \n\nNo stage. No setlist. No sound check. Just people who love music gathering in a sunflower field on a Tuesday and seeing what happens. Show up in the morning with your coffee. Wander back in the afternoon. Stay for the evening light. It’s that kind of day. \n \n\nWest Hants has always been a community of jam sessions. \nNeighbours have been gathering at community halls across the area for decades — picking guitars\, fiddles\, and banjos together\, passing the tradition from one generation to the next with nothing more than a free-will donation and a good chair. \nTuesdays were the old community gathering day at the Mount Denson Search and Rescue building just up the road. That tradition has since ended — but the spirit of it hasn’t. \nWe chose Tuesdays to honour that. And we thought — if so many of our neighbours are already gathering this way all week long\, wouldn’t it be something to have one great big one\, right here in the field\, and share it with the little ones who’ve never seen it yet? \n \n \n\nOur hill is shaped like a natural bowl.Music doesn’t just carry here — it travels upward\, through the blooms\, into the open sky.We’ve heard fiddles\, steel drums\, old country songs\, and entire bands playing from the back of a haywagon. The field holds it all. \n \nBring your instrument\, your voice\, a chair\, and your friends. Come join a relaxed community jam where the only expectation is showing up. Whether you’ve been playing for years or you’re just someone who loves to sing along — there’s a place for you here. This is for the seasoned pickers\, and it’s for the kids watching from the blanket who might just pick up a guitar themselves one day. \n \n\n🎸 Musicians who come to jam play free all day.🌻 Visitors welcome with regular farm admission.No stage. No pressure. No expectations.Just music\, nature\, and good people. \n \nMostly acoustic music fits the space beautifully — though small battery-powered amps are welcome too. All kinds of music\, all kinds of players. Young or old\, experienced or learning\, every Tuesday is its own. \n \n\n Bring\n \n \n\nWhat to bring\n\n An instrument — any kind\n Your voice\n A lawn chair or blanket\n Your favourite songs\n A friend or three\n Little ones who need to see this\n Or simply come and listen\n \n \n \n\n\n The wider community — music all week long\n \n \nWest Hants has been quietly hosting some of the best community jams in Nova Scotia for years. Come to ours on Tuesday — and if the music takes hold\, there’s something happening almost every night of the week. \n \n\n🎸 Jake Smith Music School — Wee Jams & Adult Band Night\n128 Gerrish Street\, Windsor  ·  Friday nights\nJake runs both a Wee Jam for little musicians just finding their feet\, and an Adult Band Night open jam for local players to connect and play together. If the Tuesday Field Jam lights a spark in your kids — or in you — Jake’s the next stop. One of the best things happening for music in this community.\n \n \n\n🎵 Falmouth Community Hall — “The Friday Night Jam”\n147 Falmouth Back Road  ·  Fridays\, 7:00 – 9:00 pm\nKnown simply as “The Friday Night Jam” to local pickers. Free-will offering at the door — all proceeds go directly to hall upkeep. One of the best evenings you can have in this part of the province.\n \n \n\n🎵 Newport Corner Community Hall\nNewport Corner  ·  Thursdays\, 7:00 pm onward\nVery informal\, community-driven acoustic jam. Free-will offering. The kind of evening where you’re not sure how it’ll go and it’s always better than expected.\n \n \n\n🥘 Three Mile Plains Community Hall\nJust east of Windsor/Falmouth  ·  Wednesdays\, 7:00 pm\nFree-will donation and a 50/50 draw at the door\, plus a light community lunch served halfway through the evening. Music and a meal — the full community hall experience.\n \nThese jams have been running for years\, quietly and consistently. Come to ours on Tuesday and stay for the rest of the week. \n \n \n\n🎵\n\n Want to be part of it?\n If the Tuesday Field Jam sounds like something you’d love to be part of — especially as a musician\, small group\, or occasional guest performer — send us a message. We’d love to hear from you.\n \n \nSee you in the field. 💛 \n \n\n Perfect for\n \n \n\n Musicians of all kinds\n Singers & jammers\n Families with instruments\n Little ones hearing it for the first time\n Mount Denson neighbours & locals\n Community hall regulars\n Travellers passing through\n Music lovers & listeners\n Kids who might pick up a guitar someday\n Tuesdays well spent\n \n \n \n\nSome Tuesdays may be quiet.Some may become unforgettable. \n🎶 Dakeyne Farm · Mount Denson\, Nova Scotia \n\n 🌻🎶🌿 URL:https://dakeynefarm.com/event/tuesday-field-jam-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dakeynefarm.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/DSC04579-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20260813T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20261001T190000 DTSTAMP:20260801T002629Z CREATED:20260731T013519Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260801T002629Z UID:5028-1786615200-1790881200@dakeynefarm.com SUMMARY:Plein Air Thursdays DESCRIPTION:Plein Air\nThursdays\nEvery Thursday  ·  Throughout sunflower season \n🎨\nBring your canvas\, your sketchbook\, your watercolours\, your pencils — and come paint with us in the sunflower field. No classes. No pressure. No expectations. Just a beautiful place to slow down and create. \n\n \n\nWhenEvery Thursday\nTime10 am-7 pm\nWhereDakeyne Farm\, Mount Denson\nArtistsBy donation\n\n \n\nEvery Thursday throughout the sunflower season\, the farm opens its gates to artists of all kinds. Set up your easel anywhere you like — in the sunflower maze\, along the river trail\, at the edge of the wildflower field\, or on the hill overlooking the tidal valley. The light changes every week. The view never gets old. \n \nThe sunflower field sits in a natural little amphitheatre. The light moves through it in ways that feel like they were made to be painted.\nWhether you’re an experienced artist who paints en plein air regularly\, or someone who just wants to sit outside with a sketchbook and try something new — there’s always something waiting to be captured. The bees don’t mind. The sunflowers don’t judge. The river just keeps doing its thing in the background. \n \n\n🌻 Artists who come to art are welcome by donation\n🎨 Visitors welcome with regular farm admission.\nNo classes. No pressure. Just come find your view. \n\n \nWhat’s waiting to be painted\n\nA field of Sunflowers\nThe tidal river below the hill\nWildflowers and garden paths\nKites drifting over open fields\nBelted Galloway cattle grazing\nThe valley as the sky changes colour\nEagles\, bees & late-season birds\nGolden hour over the Avon River\n\n \n\nBring whatever you create with\nCanvas & oils\nWatercolours\nSketchbook & pencils\nPastels\nAcrylics\nCharcoal\nA camera\nWhatever you’ve been meaning to try\n\nCome find your view. 💛 \n \n\nKeep the creative day going\nDakeyne Farm is part of a vibrant creative community along the Avon River. After your day in the field\, the area is full of galleries\, studios\, and creative spaces worth wandering through. Explore the full Avon River Arts & Culture Guide to discover what’s nearby. \n\n \n\n \nDakeyne Farm — Plein Air ThursdaysMount Denson  ·  Your starting point. \n\n\n \nAvon River Heritage & Culture Centre\nNewport Landing/Avondale  ·  Home of the Avon River Arts Society\nGallery\, museum\, tea room\, gift shop\, and Open Studio every Thursday afternoon May–October. Monthly members’ exhibitions and the beloved Great Little Art Show. Also home to Sofa Sundays — live music on the last Sunday of each month.\n\n\n \nMakers Studio & Art Market\n21 Gerrish Street\, Windsor  ·  Pottery\, glass\, weaving\, woodwork & more\nOver 300 local artisans\, plus working studios in pottery\, stained glass\, fused glass\, weaving\, sewing\, and woodworking. Browse\, shop\, or sign up for a class.\n\n\n \nThe Bread Gallery\n7778 Hwy 14\, Brooklyn  ·  Artisanal bakery & gallery\nA heritage building home to rotating exhibitions by established and emerging Nova Scotian artists — with a scratch bakery and daily lunch specials alongside.\n\n\n \nShore Hall Studio & Gallery — Cara Sawka\n4801 Highway 215\, Summerville  ·  Textile design & fine art\nWatercolour-based textile design\, sculpture-inspired patterns\, and the quiet energy of a working artist’s space beside the Fundy shore.\n\n\n \nWalton Lighthouse\nWalton\, NS  ·  The last original lighthouse in Hants County\nPanoramic views of the Minas Basin and its record tides — one of the most paintable views on the entire Bay of Fundy shore.\n\n\nExplore the full Avon River Arts & Culture Guide — 10\,000 copies distributed across Nova Scotia each season. \n\n \nPerfect for\nPainters & plein air artists\nSketchers & watercolourists\nPhotographers\nCreative beginners\nArt lovers & gallery wanderers\nThursday evenings well spent\nSolo visitors & quiet creative time\nAnyone who’s been meaning to try something creative\n\n \n\nEvery Thursday. Every kind of artist.\nCome find your view. 💛 \n🎨 Dakeyne Farm · Mount Denson\, Nova Scotia \n🌻🎨🌿 URL:https://dakeynefarm.com/event/plein-air-thursdays/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dakeynefarm.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/DSC08155-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20260928T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20261011T170000 DTSTAMP:20260611T163055Z CREATED:20260608T210920Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260611T163055Z UID:4998-1790589600-1791738000@dakeynefarm.com SUMMARY:The Late Bloomers DESCRIPTION:The Late\nBloomers\nLate September to early October  ·  By appointment only \n🍂\nAfter the sunflowers fade and the fields begin to rest\, something quietly unexpected happens on the hill. One or two blooms open — late\, unhurried\, and entirely on their own terms — just as the valley below catches fire with fall colour. \n\n \n\nWhenLate Sept – early Oct\nWhereDakeyne Farm\, Mount Denson\nAccessBy appointment only\nSeasonLast warmth before fall\n\n \n\nThis is the quietest visit of the season. We’re in the middle of harvesting our gardens\, the fields are winding down\, and the farm is moving into a different rhythm entirely. But the hill is extraordinary right now — the kind of view that stops you mid-step and makes you forget what you were doing. \n \nOne or two sunflowers. An entire valley in colour.\nThe last real warmth of summer before fall settles in for good.\nThe late bloomers open when they’re ready — not on a schedule\, not to a crowd. Just quietly\, in the last warm light of the season\, on a hill overlooking a river that’s been here longer than any of us. It’s the kind of moment that feels like it was put there just for whoever happened to show up that day. \n \n\nThe flowers aren’t the whole story anymore.\nIt’s the light on the water. The colour in the trees.\nThe feeling that summer is leaving slowly\, and beautifully. \n\n \n\n🌾\nBy appointment only\nBecause we’re busy harvesting our gardens at this time of year\, visits to the Late Bloomers are by appointment. Send us a message to arrange your visit — we’ll confirm the timing and make sure the hill is ready for you. Small groups and private visits welcome.\n\n \nWhat you’ll find\n\nThe last one or two sunflowers of the season\nHilltop fall colour views over the valley\nThe tidal river catching autumn light below\nOpen skies and the last of the warm breeze\nQuiet — the peaceful kind\, not the empty kind\nLate-season birds moving through the fields\nA moment that belongs to whoever’s on the hill that day\n\n \n\nMake a fall day of it\nThe last weekend in September and the first in October are some of the best days of the year to be driving in Hants County. The route from the farm winds through apple orchards\, pumpkin fields\, and a valley that’s pulling out all the stops before winter arrives. \n\n \n\n \nDakeyne FarmBegin on the hill. Find the late bloomers. Watch the valley from the top.\n\n\n \nDaniel’s U-Pick\nWindsor area  ·  Apple & pear picking\, farm stand\nOne of the finest fall outings in the valley — pick apples straight from the trees\, load up at the farm stand with cider\, baked goods\, jams\, and whatever else looks good on the way home.\n\n\n \nDill’s Atlantic Giant Pumpkin Farm\nWindsor  ·  Home of the world-record Atlantic Giant pumpkin\nFall in Windsor means pumpkins — and not just any pumpkins. This is where the legendary Atlantic Giant was developed. A wonderfully unique stop at harvest time\, especially with kids.\n\n\n \nBaldwin’s Nurseries\nUpper Falmouth  ·  Trees\, shrubs\, perennials & native plants\nFall is one of the best times to plant\, and Baldwin’s is one of the best places to do it — five acres of beautifully grown trees\, shrubs\, ornamental grasses\, and native plants to wander through at the end of the season.\n\n\n \nAvondale Sky Winery\nAvondale  ·  Estate winery overlooking the valley\nA peaceful place to settle in at the end of the afternoon — with long views over the same river valley you began on this morning. Harvest season at a valley winery is something special.\n\n\n \nCharlotte’s Therapeutic Petting Farm\nHants County  ·  Gentle animals & open farm space\nA soft\, gentle landing at the end of a full fall day — farm animals\, open space\, and that particular kind of quiet that comes from being around creatures who aren’t in any hurry either.\n\n\n \nWherever the colour takes youDrive slowly. Pull over when something’s beautiful. Let the day end when it’s ready.\n\n\n\n \nPerfect for\nFall colour lovers\nQuiet seekers\nPhotographers & artists\nApple picking families\nCouples & slow October days\nAnyone not ready to let summer go\nSolo visitors\nWinery day-trippers\nBirdwatchers\nThose who love the in-between seasons\n\n \n\nSend us a message to arrange your visit.\nThe hill will be waiting. \n🍂 Dakeyne Farm · Mount Denson\, Nova Scotia \n🍂🌻🍁 URL:https://dakeynefarm.com/event/4998/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dakeynefarm.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/DSC7417-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR