Alderney Landing

<b>Alderney Landing</b> is a <a class="mw-redirect" title="Convention centre" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_centre">convention centre</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" title="Art gallery" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_gallery">art gallery</a>, <a title="Market (place)" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_(place)">market</a>, and <a title="Theatre" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre">theatre</a> facility in <a title="Downtown Dartmouth" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Dartmouth">Downtown</a> <a title="Dartmouth, Nova Scotia" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmouth,_Nova_Scotia">Dartmouth</a>, <a title="Nova Scotia" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_Scotia">Nova Scotia</a>. It was opened in May, 1999. The theatre hosts many concerts, conventions and other events, and is the home of Halifax Theatre for Young People, San Family Productions, Coastal Dance, Maritime Marionettes and the resident theatre company, <a title="Onelight Theatre" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onelight_Theatre">Onelight Theatre</a>.

The market on the lower level of Alderney Landing is home to a weekly farmers market, the Craig Art Gallery, Evan's Seafood Restaurant, the Casaroma Wellness Centre, Meadowvale Meat Market, a Noggin's Corner outlet and a <a title="Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_Scotia_Liquor_Corporation">Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation</a> retail store.

The parking lot on the north side of the building bordering the harbour doubles as a large outdoor multi-use space called the Events Plaza, which can be used for outdoor concerts or festivals. There is a large stage build on one side of Alderney Landing facing the events plaza, with a permanent roof, used for outdoor concerts which can accommodate up to 10,000 people. There are also washrooms and electrical facilities on the opposite end of the plaza.

Alderney Landing hosts various outdoor events each year including; Canada Day Concert, Natal Day Events, Mother Goose Festival, Bluenose Ghosts Festival and the Christkindlmarket.

When the complex was constructed it was integrated via a <a title="Pedway" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedway">pedway</a> into Alderney Gate, an existing building housing municipal government <a class="mw-redirect" title="Offices" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offices">offices</a>and the Dartmouth Regional Library (now a branch of the <a title="Halifax Public Libraries" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Public_Libraries">Halifax Public Libraries</a>) completed in 1990, and the <a class="mw-redirect" title="Metro Transit (Halifax)" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Transit_(Halifax)">Metro Transit</a> ferry terminal built in 1979.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alderney_Landing