Events

Kick off the summer at the Bracebridge Canada Day celebrations! Enjoy live music, good eats, and family activities Downtown throughout the day, and then head down to Bracebridge Bay for the fireworks spectacular at dusk!

Come celebrate our 34th annual Essex Fun Fest! Visitors can enjoy all the fun and magic of the Essex Funfest, with carnival rides, youth talent contest, parade, food, art & craft booths, sports tournaments, live entertainment, beer tent and fireworks. ADVANCE WEEKEND PASS JUST $15.00! Thursday, July 4th admission into park is FREE! Open 5:00pm-11:00pm...

Canada's longest-lived and most arguably important folk music festival, the Mariposa Folk Festival, has announced its 2024 lineup. The event runs July 5 to 7 at Tudhope Park in Orillia, the Ontario town that first hosted the fest back in 1961. It's a compelling and stylistically diverse lineup, headed by Old Crow Medicine Show, Bruce Cockburn,...

Fun times at the beach with heaps of live music – what a way to spend some summer days. Massive stages feature top acts pumping crowds of music lovers who are ready to dance.   Cavendish Beach Music Festival will make its triumphant return to Cavendish, Prince Edward Island next summer from July 5-7. Marking...

For two days out of the year, Toronto’s Midtown district thrums with clave beats and congas during an epic fiesta. Experience Toronto’s multicultural flair for yourself at the 20th annual TD Salsa In Toronto Festival, Canada’s largest celebration of all things Latin that takes place every July.   Come for well over a hundred musical...

Held annually in London, Ontario, Rock the Park features a lineup of everything rock. What started off as the Hawk Rocks the Park Festival with an emphasis on classic rock, has now evolved into a three day festival featuring the best of modern indie and alternative rock. Rock The Park is now heralded as a...

The Belleville Waterfront Multicultural Festival has been a 45-year tradition, bringing people together through food and celebrating the different cultures that make our community so vibrant. The Belleville Waterfront Multicultural Festival is a free admission, a four-day festival held at West Zwick’s Park in July, featuring midway rides, a multicultural food village, artisan vendors, mainstage...

Kultrún is a free outdoor festival celebrating the music of the world. Neruda Arts’ signature event is returning to St. Jacobs! Kultrún is a diverse, exciting outdoor festival with something for the entire family and…but for the opening night festivities – it’s free! The festival offers, inter-active workshops for children and adults alike, from drumming...

Join us in the historic village as car enthusiasts from across Ontario showcase their antique & classic cars and vintage motorcycles with over 25 awards to be won. Enjoy historic demonstrations, live music, wagon rides and more!

The Kemptville Live Music Festival returns to the grounds of the Kemptville Campus July 18-21, 2024 with another great weekend of live classic rock, country, blues and more! In this eighth edition of the festival, the volunteers will present four days of live music with camping, food trucks and food and artisan vendors. Enjoy the...

Country on the Bay 2024 will set up camp once again on the shores of Thunder Bay, Ontario. The dates have now been confirmed as July 19-21, with the popular Canadian country music celebration returning with a slew of big-name artists. Blake Shelton will bring his formidable array of chart-toppers to the much-loved festival, with...

This year's Ribfest was a memorable weekend for residents and visitors alike! Thousands of guests visited Richmond Green Park and experienced three days of delicious food concessions, retro tunes and entertainment, and a massive midway. Richmond Hill’s Ribfest is the tastiest event of the year. Rib teams travel from across North America and feature a...

Tall Pines Music & Arts Festival, a community focused, culturally curated outdoor event is set to return for its third year, taking over the picturesque Gull Lake Park. With a steadfast dedication to supporting homegrown talent, the Tall Pines Music & Arts Festival proudly presents an all-Canadian lineup, headlined by City and Colour and July Talk. Early bird tickets are on sale...

Set in a beautiful, accessible conservation area with campgrounds on Guelph Lake, our summer festival is world-renowned as one of Canada’s most progressive, environmentally conscious, completely non-commercial community celebrations. We create a village on Guelph Lake Island that we fill with music, dance, drumming, food, crafts, and more.   Ticket policies: Festival runs rain or...

BollywoodMonster Mashup is the LARGEST South Asian festival in Canada and features FREE concerts with international Bollywood stars, a food festival, dance performances, shopping, a laser show and more! The whole family can enjoy this monstrous event with FREE entry, FREE parking, FREE arts & sports activities and a FREE seniors area. Come dance, sing and...

The largest gem and mineral show in Canada, the Rockhound Gemboree, is held in Bancroft Ontario every year.  This event celebrates the art of rockhounding and mineral collecting, and typically includes a variety of activities, such as mineral and gemstone displays, demonstrations, lectures, workshops, and field trips. Bancroft is known as the “Mineral Capital of...

The largest gem and mineral show in Canada, the Rockhound Gemboree, is held in Bancroft Ontario every year.  This event celebrates the art of rockhounding and mineral collecting, and typically includes a variety of activities, such as mineral and gemstone displays, demonstrations, lectures, workshops, and field trips. Bancroft is known as the “Mineral Capital of...

The annual Veld Music Festival is presented by INK Entertainment, Canada’s leading lifestyle and entertainment company. Spanning across three days with internationally acclaimed Dance Music and Hip-Hop acts, this year’s Festival showcases some of the most revered names in electronic music. Prepare for Veld! The inaugural festival was held in 2012.