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HALIFAX
The Queer Acts Theatre Festival, with their September 2018 to January 2019 annual
series, showcases LGBT2Q+ performance-art in Atlantic Canada.
The Dal Arts Centre/ Rebecca Cohn Auditorium (6101 University Ave, Halifax), offers
theater productions, pop and Symphony NS concerts, and other stage events.
Menz & Mollyz, (2182 Gottingen St) has a casual atmosphere as an all-inclusive
LGBTQI community destination at the center of the gay village, with DJs, dancing, pool
tournaments, karaoke, leather nights and contests, including “best chest.”
Reflections Cabaret, (5187 Salter St), mixed dance club, younger crowd, karaoke,
shows and other performances.
Beer fans will enjoy a tour of the Alexander Keith’s brewery (207 Queens Quay West),
with tours capped off with free pints of the product.
Torpedo’s (2199 Gottingen St), men’s sauna club/ bar, private rooms, full-size lockers,
dry sauna, TV lounge, Internet terminal, sling room, jail-style labyrinth, and hot tub.
Was SeaDog’s.
Food
Don’t pass up a chance for fresh-from-the-ocean lobster. Seafood is ubiquitous in Hali-
fax, and the halibut, cod and clams are among the best you’ll taste.
Splurge on a nice restaurant like The Press Gang or The Five Fishermen for fine din-
ing, and some of the best seafood in the area, along with Alberta beef at the latter. The
pub scene centred on the pedestrian mall on Granville Street, has many pubs featuring
live local musicians, including traditional fiddlers and bagpipers.
The traditional late-night snack in Halifax is the donair — you’ll see shops everywhere.
Johnny K’s (5246 Blowers St) serves traditional beef or chicken donairs and poutines,
along with veggie alternatives.
Media and Resources
The queer monthly Wayves no longer has a print publication, but they continue with
a website of local news along with listings of events and regional LGBTQ groups and
services.
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