List of music festivals in Canada
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| Music festivals of Canada | |
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music in Canada | |
This is an incomplete list of music festivals in Canada.
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By locale
By type
- List of classical music festivals#North America
- List of electronic music festivals
- List of folk festivals#Canada
- List of jazz festivals#Canada
Music festivals
Sortable table
| 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 |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |||
| Vancouver International Jazz Festival | Vancouver | |||
| 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)
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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
New Brunswick
Newfoundland and Labrador
Northwest Territories
- Folk on the Rocks
Nova Scotia
- Evolve Festival, Antigonish
- Halifax
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
Quebec
- 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
See also
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.
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