Halifax Common
Events

Halifax Common

Section Title: Events
Table Section Text: None

Date	Event Name	Performers	Event Attendance

1983	Royal Visit	Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales	est. 30,000–40,000

1984	Papal Visit	Pope John Paul II	80,000

September 23, 2006	A Bigger Bang Tour	Rolling Stones, Kanye West, Alice Cooper, Sloan	55,000

August 30, 2008	Country Rocks 2008	Keith Urban, Charlie Major, Johnny Reid, Aaron Pritchett, Gretchen Wilson, Jimmy Rankin, Great Big Sea	paid attendance 11,853

July 11, 2009	Paul McCartney Live on the Common	Paul McCartney, Joel Plaskett, Wintersleep, Sierra Noble	paid attendance of 26,504

July 18, 2009	Halifax Rocks 2009	KISS, Thornley, The Trews, Econoline Crush, The Novaks, Children of Eve, Frankie Whyte	paid attendance of 21,402

June 24–28, 2010	Grand Chief Membertou 400 (Mawiomi Pow-wow) & Royal Visit	Royal Visit by Queen Elizabeth II, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Schedule of events	Unknown

July 24, 2010	Halifax Rocks 2010	The Black Eyed Peas, Weezer, Classified, Hot Hot Heat, Rich Aucoin, The Jimmy Swift Band, The Stanfields, Chad Hatcher	paid attendance of 8,362

August 6 & 7 2010	Country Rocks 2010	Aug 6: Johnny Reid, George Canyon, One More Girl Aug 7: Alan Jackson, Billy Currington, Kevin Costner and Modern West, Lonestar

January 15, 16 2011	Canadian Masters Championships	Canada Games Oval

February 11–27, 2011	2011 Canada Games.	Canada Games Oval- long track speed skating competitions.	Future-

July 1, 2017	Canada Day Concert	Deadmau5, Reeny Smith, Rebecca Thomas, Matt Mays.

Sentence(s)

In 1984, 80,000 attended a service by Pope John Paul II at the Common.

final_sentence: In 1984, 80,000 attended a service by Pope John Paul II at the Common.