CANADA MUSIC FESTIVALS

HOMEROUTES (Book your own dates)  GENRE Roots, Folk.  Based in Winnipeg, MB  https://homeroutes.ca

SIDE DOOR ACCESS (Book your own dates)  GENRE: From soul and gospel to indie rock and folk.  Based in Halifax, NS     https://sidedooraccess.com/home

INDIE MONTREAL  (Book your own dates)  GENRE: Rock, pop, electronic, and hip-hop; atmospheric electronic, guitar-led bands, and introspective electronica, with artists frequently incorporating elements from different genres to create a unique sound.  Based in Montreal.  https://www.indiemontreal.ca/en/home

FESTIVALS (Alpha by Festival Name)

Almonte Celtfest (Gemmill Park, Almonte)    Celtic                           almonteceltfest.com

Area 506 Fest (Saint John, NB) Indie                            https://www.area506.ca

ArtsWells Festival of All Things Art (Wells, BC) Music, Arts, Culture          artswells.com

Ashkenaz Festival | Summer Jam (Toronto, ON) Klezmer and Yiddish music and culture) www.ashkenaz.ca

Ayer’s Cliff Rodeo (Ayer’s Cliff, QC) Country rodeoayerscliff.com

Back 40 Folk Festival (Morden, MB) Folk https://www.back40folkfest.com/

Beaches International Jazz Festival (Beaches, Toronto) Jazz                      beachesjazz.com

Big Valley Jamboree Music Festival (Camrose, AB) Country           bigvalleyjamboree.com

Biggar Old Time Music Festival (Biggar, SK) Old time music (polkas, waltzes, foxtrots)     https://www.oldtimemusicfestival.ca

Blue Feather Music Festival (Whitehorse YT) bluefeathermusic.com

Blue Skies Music Festival (Clarendon Station north of Sharbot Lake on Hwy 50 – ON) Bluegrass and beyond  www.blueskiesmusicfestival.ca

Boomtown Days & Stampede (Shaunavon SK) www.shaunavonchamber.ca/boomtowndays

Boots & Hearts Music Festival (Burl’s Creek Event Grounds, North of Toronto) Country burlscreek.com

Calgary Folk Fest (Calgary (Prince’s Island Par) Folk  https://www.calgaryfolkfest.com

Calgary Stampede (Stampede Park, Calgary) Country  www.calgarystampede.com/

Cavendish Beach Music Festival (Cavendish Beach Events Centre, PEI)  https://cavendishbeachmusic.com/

Celtic College & Kids Camp (Goderich, ON)  Celtic celticfestival.ca

Celtic Colours International Festival (Sydney, NS)  Celtic https://celtic-colours.com

CityFolk (The Great Lawn, Lansdowne Park – Ottawa) Music & Arts cityfolkfestival.com

Country at the Creek (Ness Ness Creek)   Country  countryatthecreek.com

Country Thunder Alberta (Calgary, AB).  Country   https://www.countrythunder.com/ab

Country Thunder Saskatchewan (Craven SK)  Country  https://www.countrythunder.com/sk

Cowboys Music Festival (Stampede Park, Calgary) Country www.cowboysmusicfestival.com

Cowichan Valley Bluegrass Festival (Cowichan, BC) Bluegrass islandsfolkfestival.ca

Craven Country Jamboree / Country Thunder (Craven, SK) Country countrythunder.com

Dauphin’s Countryfest (Dauphin, MB) Family-friendly with something for everything. Diverse range of musical genres, including roots, country, and metal    countryfest.ca

Dawson City Music Festival (Minto Park, Dawson City)  dcmf.com

Dog Patch Music Festival (Loon Lake SK) dogpatchmusicfest.com

Eagle Creek Jamboree (Eagle Creek Regional Park, SK) Country www.facebook.com/funatthepark

Edmonton Folk Fest (Gallagher Park, Edmonton, AB) Folk https://edmontonfolkfest.org/festival

Edmonton International Jazz Festival (Edmonton, AB) Jazz.  edmontonjazz.com

Electric Pines Music & Arts Festival (labour Day Weekend) (Saqmaq Park, Shubenacadie, NS) Electronic, DJs, Producers.  electricpines.ca

Electric Sky Electronic Music and Arts Festival (Ness Creek, Big River, SK) Electronic electricsky.ca

Festi Jazz Mont-Tremblant (Mont-Tremblant, Laurentians, QC) Jazz jazztremblant.com

Festival Acadien de Caraquet (Caraquet) Acadien music & Culture https://festivalacadien.ca

Festival Country du Grand Gatineau (Grand Gatineau Country Festival) (Robert Guertin Arena, Gatineau, QC) Country   countrygatineau.com

Festival Country Lotbinière (Lotbinière, QC) Country  https://countrylotbiniere.com/

Festival d’été de Québec (Quebec Summer Festival)  (Quebec city, QC) 3rd biggest outdoor event in Canada.  feq.ca

Festival franco-ontarien (Parc Major’s Hill, Ottawa) Franco-Ontario ffo.ca

Festival Intl. de Jazz de Montreal (Montreal, QC). Jazz. https://montrealjazzfest.com/en

Festival intl. de la chanson de Granby – FICG (Granby Intl. Song Festival). Francophone Singer, Songwriter – Chansonnier: Discover, develop,  & promote French-language singer/songwriters from here and beyond.    ficg.qc.ca

Festival Québec Jazz en juin (Quebec City Jazz in June Festival). Jazz. https://www.festivalquebecjazzenjuin.com/

Festival Route 11 (Summerside to Mount Pleasant, Prince County PEI) Folk-inspired music, visual art, dance, and culinary culture.  http://festivalroute11.com/en/home

Festival Royal (Edmundston, NB)  Electronic, Rock.  https://festivalroyal.ca/

Festival Western de Saint-Quentin (Western Festival of Saint-Quentin, NS) (Saint-Quentin, NB) Country  festivalwesternnb.com

Festival Western de St. Tite (St. Tite, QC) Country  https://www.festivalwestern.com/

FiddlyNess (Ness Creek, SK). Fiddle Music https://www.fiddlyness.com/

Fire and Water Music Festival (Lac du Bonnet, MB). Indie. https://firenwater.ca/

Folk Harbour Festival (Lunenburg, NS). Folk. folkharbour.com

Folk Music Ontario Conference (Hamilton, ON). Folk. folkmusicontario.org

Fox Mountain Country Music Festival (Aylesford, NS). Country. foxmountaincountrymusicfestival.com

Frontier Days Fair & Rodeo (Swift Current, SK). https://swiftcurrentex.com

GentleFest (official Culture Days Nuit Blanche event) Folk. thegentlefolk.com

Goderich Celtic Roots Festival (Goderich, ON). Celtic. celticfestival.ca

Harmony Arts Festival (West Vancouver waterfront, West Vancouver, BC)  Live music and celebrate visual and culinary art.  harmonyarts.ca

Harvest Moon Festival (Clearwater, MB). Roots, Folk, Country.  harvestmoonfestival.ca

Harvest Moon Music Festival (Bridgewater, NS) https://www.bridgewater.ca/festivals-events/harvest-moon-music-festival

Harvest Music Festival (Formerly the Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival) (Fredericton, NB)  All Genres. harvestmusicfest.ca

Harvest Sun Music Fest (Kelwood, MB) Grass roots prairie music festival.  harvestsunmusicfest.com

Hillside Festival  (Guelph Lake Conservation Area).  Broad artistic vision that emphasizes diversity:  of culture, of musical heritage and style, of age, geography and influence.   https://hillsidefestival.ca

Icelandic Festival of Manitoba (Gimli / New Icelandic) Celebrating Icelandic culture – This is the 2nd oldest continuous ethnic festival in North America.  icelandicfestival.com

Igloo Fest (Montreal, QC).  Indie.  igloofest.ca

International Jazz Days (Calgary, AB). Jazz https://www.jazzyyc.com/

Jazz Sudbury Festival (Sudbury, ON) Jazz   jazzsudbury.com

Jazz YYC Summer Festival (Calgary, AB)  Jazz  https://www.jazzyyc.com/

JazzFest Regina (Regina, SK)  Jazz   https://jazzregina.ca

Kaslo Jazz Etc. Summer  Music Festival (Kaslo, BC)  Jazz   https://kaslojazzfest.com/

Kemptville Live Music Festival (Kemptville, ON) Indie & Mainstream   https://www.kemptvillelivemusicfestival.com/

Larlee Creek Hullabaloo (Perth Andover, NB)  Indie  larleecreekmusic.ca

LASSO Music Festival (Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montreal QC) Country lassomontreal.com

Live from the Rock Folk and Blues Festival (Red Rock, ON) Folk, Blues Livefromtherockfolkfestival.com

Lunenberg Folk Harbour Festival (Lunenberg, NS) Folk   folkharbour.com

Manitoba Stampede & Exhibition (Morris, MB)  Country   manitobastampede.ca

Mariposa Folk Festival (Orillia, ON) Folk   www.mariposafolk.com

Markham Jazz Festival (Markham, ON) Jazz   markhamjazzfestival.com

Medicine Hat JazzFest (Medicine Hat, SK)  Jazz  https://medicinehatjazzfest.com/

Mid-Winter Blues Festival  (Regina, SK) Blues   reginablues.ca

Mid-Winter Celtic Festival (Ceilidh) (Regina, SK)  Celtic   https://www.crpb.org/mwcf/

Mission Folk Music Festival (Fraser River Heritage Park Mission, BC)  Folk   http://missionfolkmusicfestival.ca/

Ness Creek Music Festival (Ness Creek, SK)  https://www.nesscreekmusicfestival.com

Niagara Jazz Summer Festival (Niagara on the Lake, ON) Jazz www.niagarajazzfestival.com

Noise Fest Vancouver (Vancouver, BC)  https://www.facebook.com/VancouverNoiseFest/

Northern Lights Bluegrass and Old Time Festival (Ness Creek, SK) Bluegrass & Old Time Music. https://northernlightsbluegrass.com

Northern Lights Festival Boréal (Sudbury, ON) www.nlfb.ca

Nova Scotia Bluegrass & Oldtime Music Festival (BeechBrook Campground, Ardoise, NS) Bluegrass & Oldtime Music  https://www.downeastgrass.com/

Nuit Blanche Saskatoon  (NBYXE)m (Saskatoon, SK) https://www.nuitblanchesaskatoon.ca

Ottawa Bluesfest (Lebreton Flats, Ottawa, ON) Blues  www.ottawabluesfest.ca

Ottawa Jazz Festival (Ottawa, ON)  Jazz   https://ottawajazzfestival.com/

Peterborough Folk Festival (Nicholls Oval Park, Peterborough, ON) Folk  www.peterboroughfolkfest.com

Prairie Wind Music Festival (Cypress River, MB)   Diverse mix of Manitoban music prairiewindmusicfest.com

Prince Albert Polka Fest (Prince Albert Exhibition Summer Fair) (Prince Albert, SK)  Polka. https://www.paexhibition.com/

Prince Albert Winter Festival (Prince Albert, SK) https://www.pawf.ca

Quebec City Celtic Festival (Festival celtique de Québec (Quebec City, QC)  Celtic festival-celtique.com

Quebec Winter Carnival | Carnaval de Québec (Quebec City, QC)  carnaval.qc.ca

Rainbow Trout Music Festival (Roseau River, MB)  rainbowtroutmusicfestival.com

Red River Ex (Red River Exhibition Park, Winnipeg, MB) redriverex.com

River and Sky Music / Camping Festival (Fisher’s Paradise Campground, Sudbury, ON)

Rock on the River (Delta Bessborough Gardens) Classic Rock https://rocktheriversaskatoon.ca/

Rodeo Mont Sainte-Anne Western Festival (Beaupré, QC)  Country.  rodeomsa.com

Rollo Bay Fiddle Festival (Rollo Bay, PEI). Fiddle. rollobayfiddlefest.ca

Saskatchewan Highland Gathering and Celtic Festival (Victoria Park ,Regina, SK) Celtic. https://www.saskhighland.ca

Saskatoon Blues Festival (Saskatoon, SK) Blues. www.saskatoonbluessociety.ca/festival

Saskatoon Ex (Prairieland, Saskatoon, SK) https://www.saskatoonex.com

Saskatoon FolkFest (Saskatoon, SK) Folk. https://saskatoonfolkfest.com

Saskatoon Pride Festival – Pride Week (Saskatoon, SK https://saskatoonpride.ca/

SaskTel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival  (Saskatoon, SK) https://www.saskjazz.com/

Shake the Lake Outdoor Music Festival (Regina, SK) Classic Rock www.shakethelakeregina.ca/

Sled Island Festival (Calgary, AB)  Indie, eclectic  https://www.sledisland.com

Sooke Music & Arts Festival (Sooke, BC) Music, Arts, Culture. sookemusicfestival.ca

Stan Rogers Folk Festival (Canso, NS) Folk. stanfest.com

Stewart Park Festival  (Perth, ON). www.stewartparkfestival.com

Summer Music in the Garden at Harbrourfront Centre (Toronto, ON)  https://harbourfrontcentre.com/festivals/

Summerfolk Music Festival  (Kelso Beach, Nawash Park, Owen Sound)  Folk. www.summerfolk.org

Sunfest Country Music Festival (Cowichan Valley, Vancouver Island Country) sunfestconcerts.com

Swamp Fest  (Regina, SK)  Indie. https://www.swampfest.ca/

Tall Pines Music Festival (Gravenhurst, ON) Canada’s top bands https://www.tallpinesfestival.com/

TD Halifax Jazz Festival (Halifax, NS) Jazz jazzeast.com

TD JazzYYC Summer Festival (Calgary)  Jazz https://www.jazzyyc.com

TD Sunfest (London, ON) Music & Culture   www.sunfest.on.ca

TD Toronto Jazz Festival (Jazz)   torontojazz.com

TD Winnipeg International Jazz Festival (Jazz)   Jazzwinnipeg.com

Tottenham Bluegrass Festival (Tottenham, ON) Bluegrass   tottenhambluegrass.ca

Trout Forest Music Festival (Ear Falls, ON) Folk.  www.troutfest.com

Ukrainian Festival (Canada’s National Ukrainian Festival) (Dauphin, MBB) Celebrating Ukrainian Music and Culture   https://cnuf.ca/

Vancouver Folk Music Festival (VFMF) (Jericho Beach, Vancouver) Folk  thefestival.bc.ca

Vancouver International Jazz Festival (Vancouver, BC) Jazz   https://www.coastaljazz.ca/

Victoria Internatiional Jazzfest  (Victoria, BC) Jazz   jazzvictoria.ca

Waskesiu Lakeside Festival (Prince Albert National Park, SK)   https://www.lakesidefestival.ca/

Wendover Western Festival (Wendover, ON) Country. http://festivalwesternwendover.ca

Wild Blueberry Festival (St. Walburg, SK)   https://blueberryfest.ca/

Winkler Harvest Festival (Winkler, MB)  https://www.visitwinkler.ca/harvest-festival

Winnipeg Folk Festival (Winnipeg, MB) Folk  winnipegfolkfestival.ca

Winterfolk Blues and Roots Festival (Toronto, ON) Blues & Roots. winterfolk.com

Winterfolk Camp (Haliburton, ON)   Folk   www.haliburtonfolk.com

YQM Country Fest (Dieppe, NB). Country.  yqmcountryfest.ca

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