A large contingent of Canadian Armed Forces bands, vehicles and marchers participated in the 2019 Sobeys Tattoo Canada Day Parade in downtown Halifax on July 1. International parade participants hailed from as far as Germany, Estonia, Japan and Australia. The parade was part of the Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo’s 2019 Tattoo Festival, which ran from June 29 to July 6 in conjunction with Tattoo performances.