To call Nova Scotia’s cultural scene “eclectic” is an understatement.

Everything from choir performances, tango lessons, mural painting, symphony performances and basket weaving will be celebrated Sept. 24 to 26 for Culture Days.

At a press conference yesterday, Christopher Shore, executive director of Theatre Nova Scotia, said Culture Days is a new national initiative based on a very successful model in Quebec.

“Culture Days represents the largest ever collective public participation campaign undertaken by the arts and culture community in Canada,” he said.

Heather Fraser was beaming with excitement for Culture Days yesterday. She’s the program director at the Nova Scotia Choral Federation.

“It’s huge,” she said. “Hopefully it will bring what we do and love so much to more people.”

After a day of workshops on Sept. 25, the Choral Federation will host Sing Out on the lawn of the Spring Garden Memorial Public Library as part of Culture Days.

“Everyone’s going to gather and have a big old sing-together,” she said, adding she hopes people will join the choirs and sing along.

Although it may surprise others, Fraser said she wasn’t shocked to see the diversity of arts and cultural events planned for the initiative.

“I’m just really, really happy it’s getting out there because there’s a wealth of it here, but people just don’t realize.”