Relaxation and Leisure
Our region offers a number of exciting and exhilarating leisure
activities including:
Golfing
Swing your way through five public, affordable golf courses with
breath taking scenery.
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Curling
Newfoundland and Labrador is home to Olympic gold medalists in curling. And their home rink is in St John’s. World class curling ournaments are an annual event at Mile One Stadium.
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Hiking
The East Coast Trail, is a 540 kilometre coastal hiking experience. Beginning in St Johns at Fort Amherst, you can follow it to the eastern tip of North America. The trail provides a special blend of wilderness adventure, natural beauty, history and culture as you follow it along towering cliffs and headlands, past sea stacks, and deep inlets. Along the way you’ll encounter abandoned settlements, lighthouses, ecological reserves, seabird colonies, whales, icebergs, the world's southern most caribou herd, historic sites, a 50-metre suspension ridge, two active archaeological dig sites, and a wave driven geyser called The Spout.
The Grand Concourse is an integrated walkway system for the cities of St. John’s and Mount Pearl and the Town of Paradise. Its 120 kilometers of walkways link every major park, river, pond, and green space in the three municipalities. And at strategic points throughout all these areas are rest areas, playgrounds, storyboards and other features to make the walks as enjoyable as possible.
Restaurants
This region is home to a wide range of restaurants serving a wide variety of foods including Chinese, Indian, Mongolian, Japanese, Italian and local delicacies. We have everything from popular fish and chip restaurants to five star award winning dinning.
If you want a show with dinner we have dinner theatres available. If you want to go dancing or relax with a local beverage visit the very popular George Street where there are clubs playing every genre of music including blues, rock, and Irish.
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Music
If you want to listen to music we have showcased world class performers including country stars like Kenny Rogers and Charlie Pride, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members like Bob ylan and Leonard Cohen or modern acts like Avril Lavigne and Lenny Kravitz.
Each year there are a number of music festivals held throughout the region including the St Johns Folk Festival, Festival 500, Sound Symposium, George Street festival, Buskers Festival and Kelligrews Soiree.
Performances and Plays
If you want to see a performance or a play of local and international theatre troupes you can visit our Arts and Culture Center or LSPU Hall.
The St. John's Arts and Culture Centre houses a 1,000 seat proscenium Main Theatre which, for more than 40 years, has offered a wide variety of programming from the best that Newfoundland has to offer to diverse artists from across Canada and abroad. It is also home to a 75 seat black box Basement Theatre, children’s, adult and reference libraries, art galleries, and catering services.
The LSPU Hall or "Hall" hosts a vibrant and diverse arts community and continues to be regarded as the backbone of artistic infrastructure and development in downtown St. John's. The “Hall" is a hot spot of cultural activity. It produces and creates indigenous artistic works. The Hall also provides space for artists, and many other groups and individuals, through its rental program.
Attractions and Events
Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove: Festival of Friends
Town of Holyrood Squid Fest
Mt Pearl Frosty Festival, City Days, and East West North Summer Expo
For high speed car racing excitement check out Stock Car racing held each Sunday during the summer at the Avondale Speedway.
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