List of music festivals in Canada

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Music festivals of Canada

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By type|

* Blues festivals of Canada

Regional types

* bluegrass festival
* pow wow

Related topics

* Festivals of Canada
* music festivals of North America
* lists of music festivals by country (Greenland
* United States)
* music in Canada
* tourism in Canada

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This is an incomplete list of music festivals in Canada.

## Sublists

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### By locale

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See also: List of festivals in Canada § Sublists by locale

### By type

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* List of classical music festivals#North America
* List of electronic music festivals
* List of folk festivals#Canada
* List of blues festivals in Canada
* List of jazz festivals#Canada

## Music festivals

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Main page: Category:Music festivals in Canada

### Sortable table

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Festival name  | City/venue  | Province  | 1st
year  | Genre/type

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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

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* Lilith Fair, a traveling festival

#### Alberta

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See also: List of festivals in 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
* Loud As Hell Open Air Metal Festival, Drumheller
* Decimate Metal Festival, Millet

#### British Columbia

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* 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
* Glacial Mutilation Metal Festival, Vancouver
* Armstrong Metal Festival, Armstrong
* Hyperspace Metal Festival, Vancouver

#### Manitoba

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See also: List of festivals in 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
* Manitoba Metal Festival, Winnipeg

#### New Brunswick

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* List of festivals in New Brunswick

#### Newfoundland and Labrador

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* Tuckamore Festival, St. John's

#### Northwest Territories

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* Folk on the Rocks

#### Nova Scotia

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* Evolve Festival, Antigonish
* Halifax Pop Explosion, Halifax
* Maritime Fiddle Festival, Dartmouth

#### Ontario

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* 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
* Line Spike 2025, Harrowsmith
* 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, 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

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* Cavendish Beach Music Festival, Cavendish

#### Quebec

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* 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

## See also

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* List of festivals in Canada
* List of music festivals in the United States

## References

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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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Classical|

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