List of music festivals in Canada

Music festivals of Canada
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This is an incomplete list of music festivals in Canada.

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Festival name	City/venue	Province	1st year	Genre/type
Action Music Fest	Summerland	British Columbia
Adstock	Maple Ridge	British Columbia
Amnesia Rockfest	Montebello	Quebec	2005	Rock festival
Armstrong Metal Fest	Armstrong	British Columbia		Heavy metal festival
Astral Harvest Music & Arts Festival	Driftpile	Alberta		Arts festival
Bass Coast	Merritt	British Columbia
Beaches International Jazz Festival	Toronto	Ontario		Jazz festival
Big Sky Music Festival	Oro-Medonte	Ontario
Boots and Hearts Music Festival	Oro-Medonte	Ontario		Country music festival
Bushwacked	Beaverdell	British Columbia
Calgary Folk Music Festival	Calgary	Alberta		Folk festival
Calgary International Blues Festival	Calgary	Alberta		Blues festival
Calgary International Reggae Festival	Calgary	Alberta		Reggae festival
Canadian Music Week	Toronto	Ontario
Canmore Folk Fest	Canmore	Alberta		Folk festival
Capital Hoedown	Ottawa	Ontario		Country music festival
Cavendish Beach Music Festival	Cavendish	Prince Edward Island		Country music festival
CBC Music Festival	Toronto	Ontario
Celtic Colours	Cape Breton Island	Nova Scotia		Celtic music festival
Centre of Gravity	Kelowna	British Columbia
Chasing Summer	Calgary	Alberta	2012	Electronic dance music
Choral Mosaic 2020	Mississauga	Ontario	2020	Choral ensemble
Classics by the Bay	Parrsboro	Nova Scotia		classical music festival
CMT Music Fest	Kitchener	Ontario
Come Together Music Festival	Durham	Ontario
Contact Winter Music Festival	Vancouver	British Columbia		Teen friendly
Connect Music Festival	Mortlach	Saskatchewan
Craven Country Jamboree	Regina Qu'Appelle Valley	Saskatchewan
Dawson City Music Festival	Dawson City	Yukon
Desert Live Music Festival	Osoyoos	British Columbia
Digital Dreams Music Festival	Toronto	Ontario
Dream Music Festival	Penticton	British Columbia
East Van Summer Jam	Vancouver	British Columbia
Edgefest	Toronto and Barrie	Ontario
Edmonton Folk Music Festival	Edmonton	Alberta
Electric Eye Music Festival	Lethbridge	Alberta
Enderby Arts Festival	Enderby	British Columbia
Escapade Music Festival	Ottawa	Ontario
Ever After Music Festival	Kitchener	Ontario
Evolve Festival	Atlantic Canada
Fest of Ale	Penticton	British Columbia
Festival of Small Halls		Prince Edward Island		Music and dance festival at various locations featuring folk/country/indie artists
Funtastic	Vernon	British Columbia
Fusion Festival	Surrey	British Columbia
Future Forest Music & Arts Festival	Outside of Fredericton	New Brunswick		Electronic
Gateway Music Festival	Bengough	Saskatchewan
Goderich Celtic Roots Festival	Goderich	Ontario
Golden West Music Fest	Bonnyville	Alberta
GrizFest	Tumbler Ridge	British Columbia
The Groove Music Festival	Midway	British Columbia
Halifax Jazz Festival	Halifax	Nova Scotia
Halifax Pop Explosion	Halifax	Nova Scotia
Harrison Festival	Harrison Hot Springs	British Columbia
Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival	Fredericton	New Brunswick
Havelock Country Jamboree	London	Ontario
Heavy MONTRÉAL	Montreal	Quebec
Hillside Festival	Guelph Lake	Ontario
Hornby Island Festival	Hornby Island	British Columbia
Home County Folk Festival	London	Ontario
Indie Week Canada	Toronto	Ontario	2002	Music festival and industry conference
Innu Nikamu	Mani-Utenam	Quebec	1985	First Nations music
Island Musicfest	Comox Valley	British Columbia
Islands Music Festival	Duncan	British Columbia
Jazz Winnipeg Festival	Winnipeg	Manitoba
The Junction Summer Solstice Festival	Toronto	Ontario
Love & Records - Lethbridge Music Festival & Record Fair	Lethbridge	Alberta
Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival	Lunenberg	Nova Scotia
Manitoulin Country Fest	Little Current	Ontario
Mariposa Folk Festival	Orillia	Ontario
Maritime Fiddle Festival	Dartmouth	Nova Scotia	1950	Folk music/Step Dance festival
MazzFest	Saskatoon	Saskatchewan
Mission Folk Festival	Mission	British Columbia
Montreal International Jazz Festival (Festival International de jazz de Montréal)	Montreal	Quebec
Montreal International Reggae Festival	Montreal	Quebec
MoSo Fest	Saskatoon	Saskatchewan
Motion Notion	Golden	British Columbia
Mushtari Begum Festival	New Westminster	British Columbia
Music and Beyond	Ottawa	Ontario
MusicFest Canada
Mutek	Montreal	Quebec
Nakusp Music Fest	Nakusp	British Columbia
Ness Creek Music Festival	Big River	Saskatchewan
North by Northeast	Toronto	Ontario
Northern Lights Festival Boreal	Sudbury	Ontario	1972^[1]
La Nuit sur l'étang	Sudbury	Ontario
OM Festival	Southern Ontario	Ontario
Open Air Performances	Lake Country	British Columbia
Osheaga	Montreal	Quebec
Ottawa Bluesfest	Ottawa	Ontario
Ottawa Chamber Music Festival	Ottawa	Ontario
Ottawa Folk Festival	Ottawa	Ontario
Ottawa Jazz Festival	Ottawa	Ontario
Ottawa Reggae Festival	Ottawa	Ontario
Paradise Music Festival	Whitehorse	Yukon
Pop Montreal	Montreal	Quebec
Purple City Music Festival	Edmonton	Alberta	2013	Rock, punk, shoegaze, post-punk, hardcore, metal, etc
Quebec City Summer Festival	Quebec City	Quebec
Regina Folk Festival	Regina	Saskatchewan
Reignbough Fiddle Arts & Music Festival	Smoky Lake	Alberta
River Rats Festival	Athabasca	Alberta
Rockin’ River Musicfest	Merritt	British Columbia		Rock festival
Rockin' the Fields of Minnedosa	Minnedosa	Manitoba		Rock festival
Rock the Shores	Victoria	British Columbia		Rock festival
Pretty Good Not Bad	Victoria	British Columbia		Experimental Electronic Music and art
Rock of the Woods Music Festival	Cowichan Valley	British Columbia		Rock festival
Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival	Salmon Arm	British Columbia		Blues festival
Sappyfest	Sackville	New Brunswick
Sarnia Bayfest	Sarnia	Ontario
Sasktel Saskatchewan Jazz Fest	Saskatoon	Saskatchewan		Jazz festival
SCENE Music Festival	St. Catharines	Ontario
Shambhala	Salmo	British Columbia		EDM
Shorefest	Vancouver	British Columbia
Sled Island	Calgary	Alberta
Sommo Fest	Cavendish	Prince Edward Island	2023	Indie music
Sooke River Bluegrass Festival	Sooke	British Columbia		Bluegrass festival
Squamish Constellation Festival	Squamish	British Columbia
Stan Rogers Folk Festival	Canso	Nova Scotia
Steamboat Mountain Music Festival	Edgewater	British Columbia
Summerfest	Charlottetown	Prince Edward Island
Sunfest	London	Ontario
Supercrawl	Hamilton	Ontario
Tdot Fest	Toronto	Ontario
Time Festival	Toronto	Ontario
Tiny Lights Festival	Ymir	British Columbia
Toronto Jazz Festival	Toronto	Ontario
Unity Music Festival	Slocan	British Columbia
Up Here Festival	Sudbury	Ontario
Vancouver Folk Music Festival	Vancouver	British Columbia
Vancouver International Jazz Festival	Vancouver	British Columbia
VELD Music Festival	Toronto	Ontario	2012	Electronic / Hip Hop
Victoria Ska Fest	Victoria	British Columbia
Virgin Festival	Toronto and Vancouver
Wanderlust Festival	Whistler	British Columbia
Wapiti Music Festival	Fernie	British Columbia		Folk / Indie / Rock
Warped Tour	Various	Various
WEMF	Toronto	Ontario
WestFest	Calgary	Alberta
Wild Mountain Music Festival	Hinton	Alberta
Winnipeg Folk Festival	Winnipeg	Manitoba	1974	Folk festival
Winnipeg New Music Festival	Winnipeg	Manitoba	1992	Contemporary classical music festival
Whoop & Hollar Folk Festival	Portage la Prairie	Manitoba	2015	Folk festival (Alternative / Blues / Francophone / Folk / Indie / Indigenous / Pop / Rock / Roots / World)

Organized by province or territory

Lilith Fair, a traveling festival

Alberta

Astral Harvest, Driftpile
Beaumont Blues and Roots Festival, Beaumont
Big Valley Jamboree, Camrose
Blues on Whyte Block Party, Edmonton
Calgary Folk Music Festival, Calgary
Chasing Summer Music Festival, Calgary
Edmonton Folk Music Festival, Edmonton
Calgary International Blues Festival, Calgary
Interstellar Rodeo, Edmonton
North Country Fair, Driftpile
Reignbough Fiddle Arts & Music Festival, Smokey Lake
Sled Island, Calgary
South Country Fair, Ft Macleod
Sasquatch Gathering, Rangeton Park
TD Edmonton International Jazz Festival, Edmonton
Up and DT Festival, Edmonton
Wild Mountain Music Festival, Hinton

British Columbia

CannaFest Music Festival, Grand Forks^[2]
Constellation Festival, Squamish
FVDED In the Park^[3]
Shambhala Music Festival
ValhallaFest
Vancouver Folk Music Festival
Wapiti Music Festival, Fernie

Manitoba

Big Fun Festival, Winnipeg
Harvest Moon Festival,^[4] Clearwater
Jazz Winnipeg Festival, Winnipeg
Manitoba Electronic Music Exhibition, Winnipeg
Matlock Festival of Music Art and Nature,^[5] Matlog
Rainbow Trout Music Festival,^[6] St. Malo
Real Love Summer Fest, Teulon
sākihiwē festival, Winnipeg
Winnipeg Folk Festival, Winnipeg
Winnipeg Music Festival, Winnipeg
Winnipeg New Music Festival, Winnipeg
Whoop & Hollar Folk Festival, Portage la Prairie ^[7]
YES FEST, Winnipeg

Nova Scotia

Ontario

Big Music Fest, Belleville and Owen Sound
Burlington's Sound of Music Festival, Burlington
Canadian Music Week, Toronto
Capital Hoedown, Ottawa
Capital Idea!, Ottawa
Choral Mosaic 2020, Mississauga
CMT Music Fest, Kitchener
Ever After Music Fest, Kitchener^[8]
Field Trip, Toronto^[9]
Forge Fest, Tillsonburg^[10]
Hillside Festival, Guelph
Music and Beyond, Ottawa
North by Northeast, Toronto
Northern Lights Festival Boréal, Sudbury^[11]
Ottawa Bluesfest, Ottawa
Ottawa Chamber Music Festival, Ottawa
Ottawa Folk Festival, Ottawa
Ottawa International Animation Festival, Ottawa
Ottawa International Jazz Festival, Ottawa
OVO Fest, Toronto
RiverFest, Elora^[12]
Summerfolk Music and Crafts Festival, Owen Sound
Supercrawl, Hamilton
VELD Music Festival, Toronto^[13]
Virgin Festival, Toronto
Wayhome Music & Arts Festival, Oro-Medonte
WEMF (World Electronic Music Festival), South Algonquin

Prince Edward Island

Cavendish Beach Music Festival, Cavendish

Quebec

Eclipse Festival, Sainte-Thérèse-de-la-Gatineau
Heavy MTL, Montreal
Île Soniq,^[14] Montreal
Kinetik Festival, Montreal
Les Francos de Montréal, Montreal
Longueuil International Percussion Festival, Longueuil
M for Montreal,^[15] Montreal
Montreal International Jazz Festival, Montreal
Mundial,^[16] Montreal
MUTEK, Montreal
Osheaga Festival, Montreal
Piknic Électronik, Montreal
Pop Montreal, Montreal
Quebec City Summer Festival, Quebec City
Rockfest, Montebello

References

^ "Northern Lights Festival Boreal finalizes 45th anniversary performance roster". Village Media. April 20, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
^ CannaFest Music Festival
^ O’Kane, Josh (2 March 2023). "B.C.'s Fvded in the Park music fest, once home to 50,000 fans, cancelled amid soaring costs". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
^ "Harvest Moon Festival 2014 | September 12–14 in Clearwater MB". Harvestmoonfestival.ca. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
^ "Matlock Festival of Music Art and Nature". Matlockfestival.ca. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
^ "Winnipeg, Manitoba". Rainbow Trout Music Festival. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
^ "Home". whoopandhollar.com.
^ Ever After Music Fest
^ Field Trip
^ Forge Fest
^ "Northern Lights Festival Boreal finalizes 45th anniversary performance roster". Village Media. April 20, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
^ RiverFest
^ Veld Electronic Music Festival
^ Île Soniq
^ "M Pour Montreal Homepage". Mformontreal.com. Retrieved 2015-04-10.
^ "SENSIBILISER & CONNECTER AVEC SON PUBLIC EN 2014 - Mundial Montréal". Mundialmontreal.com. 2014-11-18. Retrieved 2015-04-10.

External links

[1] "Northern Lights Festival Boreal finalizes 45th anniversary performance roster". Village Media. April 20, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2017.

[2] CannaFest Music Festival

[3] O’Kane, Josh (2 March 2023). "B.C.'s Fvded in the Park music fest, once home to 50,000 fans, cancelled amid soaring costs". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 5 March 2023.

[4] "Harvest Moon Festival 2014 | September 12–14 in Clearwater MB". Harvestmoonfestival.ca. Retrieved 2014-06-09.

[5] "Matlock Festival of Music Art and Nature". Matlockfestival.ca. Retrieved 2014-06-09.

[6] "Winnipeg, Manitoba". Rainbow Trout Music Festival. Retrieved 2014-06-09.

[7] "Home". whoopandhollar.com.

[8] Ever After Music Fest

[9] Field Trip

[10] Forge Fest

[11] "Northern Lights Festival Boreal finalizes 45th anniversary performance roster". Village Media. April 20, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2017.

[12] RiverFest

[13] Veld Electronic Music Festival

[14] Île Soniq

[15] "M Pour Montreal Homepage". Mformontreal.com. Retrieved 2015-04-10.

[16] "SENSIBILISER & CONNECTER AVEC SON PUBLIC EN 2014 - Mundial Montréal". Mundialmontreal.com. 2014-11-18. Retrieved 2015-04-10.

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Alberta

British Columbia

Manitoba

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Northwest Territories

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Ontario

Prince Edward Island

Quebec

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