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2026

July

• July 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 (Fridays): Tea 'n' Tales @ Guelph Enabling Garden
• July 4, 1pm: The Little Kitchener-Waterloo Flamenco Fest $?
• July 5-Sept 6 (Saturdays), 11am-3pm: Dundas Live & Local
• July 5, 10am: Welland Floatfest
• July 5, 2-9pm: Pin -Up Picnic & Car Show @ Powell Park (Port Dover)
• July 8-11: Brantford International Villages Festival
• July 10-11: Because Beer Festival @ Pier 4 Park (Hamilton) $?
• July 10-12: Hamilton Food Truck Festival (with live music) @ Gage Park FREE
• July 10, 5pm: Artcrawl @ James Street North (Hamilton)
• July 10-26: Elora Festival
• July 10-12: Kultrún World Music Festival @ Waterloo Park (St. Jacobs)
• July 11-12: Hamilton AfroJazz FEST @ Bayfront Park (Hamilton) FREE
• July 13: Barton Village Sunday Market (with live music) @ Barton & Birch (Hamilton) (2nd & 4th Mon - June-Oct)
• July 15-26: Hamilton Fringe Festival
• July 16-19: Pelham Summerfest @ Downtown Fonthill
• July 17-19: Dances at the Bay @ Bayfront Park (Hamilton)
• July 17-19: The Stoney Creek Rib and Beer Festival @ Eastgate Square (Hamilton) $2 /Kids under 5 FREE
• July 17, 6-9pm: Concession Street Sidewalk Sounds (Hamilton)
• July 17-19: Burlington Waterfront Festival @ Spencer Smith Park
• July 17-18: Paris Night Market & Summer Fest @ Paris Fairgrounds $10 
• July 17-18: Fergus Cheesecake & Taco Fest @ Centre Wellington Sportsplex $5.61
• July 17-19: Hillside Festival @ Guelph Lake Island (Guelph)
• July 17-19: Kitchener Ribfest & Craft Beer Show @ Victoria Park
• July 17-19: Uptown Waterloo Jazz Festival
• July 17-19: Norfolk Pro Rodeo @ Timmermans Ranch (Simcoe) $?
• July 18: Downtown Palooza @ Georgetown
• July 18: Cambridge Scottish Festival @ Churchill Park
• July 18: Brantford Beats & Eats
• July 19, 10am-5pm: Sundays Unlocked @ Locke Street (Hamilton)
• July 22-25: Lions Carnival @ Lion's Park (St. David's)
• July 23-25: Mackenzie Creek Music Festival @ 72 King St. N (Oakland) $?
• July 24-25: Freak Fest @ Niagara Artist Centre (St. Catharines) $?
• July 24-25: CallHome Music Festival @ Lion's Park (Brantford) $?
• July 24-26: Oakville Latino Festival @ Bronte Heritage Waterfront Park
• July 24-25: Wayback Festival @ City Hall, Carl Zehr Square (Kitchener)
• July 24-26: Milton Rib & Beer Fest @ Community Sports Park $2
• July 26: 11am-9pm: Davids & DeLaat Downtown Block Party @ Downtown St. Catharines
• July 26-27: Grand River Pow Wow @ Ohsweken Speedway
• July 27: Barton Village Sunday Market (with live music) @ Barton & Birch (Hamilton) (2nd & 4th Mon - June-Oct)
• July 30: Party in the Park @ Rockmosa Community Centre (Rockwood)
• July 31-August 2: Festival of Friends @ Gage Park (Hamilton)
• July 31-August 3: St. Catharines Ribfest @ Montebello Park
• July 31-Aug 1: Canal Days Marine Heritage Festival (Port Colbourne) 
• July 31-Aug 3: Simcoe Heritage Friendship Festival @ Wellington Park

August

• June 25-Dec 17: Boris Brott Music Festival (Hamilton)
• June 26-? (Fridays): Tea 'n' Tales @ Guelph Enabling Garden
• July 5-Sept 6 (Saturdays): Dundas Live & Local
• July 31-August 2: Festival of Friends @ Gage Park (Hamilton)
• July 31-August 3: St. Catharines Ribfest @ Montebello Park
• July 31-Aug 1: Canal Days Marine Heritage Festival (Port Colbourne)
• July 31-Aug 3: Simcoe Heritage Friendship Festival @ Wellington Park 
• August 1, 1-11pm: Halton Halton Emancipation Celebration Festival @ Spencer Smith Park (Burlington)
• August 1-3: Pirate Festival @ Marden Park (Guelph)
• August 3, 10pm-5pm: Art in Park @ Bronte Heritage Waterfront Park (Oakville)
• August 3, 11am-3pm: The Past is Present Heritage Festival (some live music) @ NOTL Museum (Niagara-on-the-Lake)
• August 6-9: Guelph Fringe Festival
• August 6-9: Kitchener Blues Festival
• August 7-9: ArtsWest @ Westdale Village (Hamilton)
• August 7-9: Jazz on the Plaza @ Burlington Performing Arts Centre
• August 7-9: Brantford Ribfest @ Brantford Civic Centre
• August 7-9: Fergus Scottish Festival
• August 7-9: Cambridge Ribfest & Craft Beer Show @ Riverside Park 
• August 8, 10am-4pm: Doors Open Burlington
• August 8-9: African Caribbean Food & Music Festival (Welland)
• August 9, 9am-3pm: Cops N' Rodders Car Show (with some live music) @ Bayfront Park (Hamilton)
• August 9, Acton Leathertown Festival
• August 10: Barton Village Sunday Market (with live music) @ Barton & Birch (Hamilton) (2nd & 4th Mon - June-Oct)
• August 14, 5pm: Artcrawl (Hamilton, Upper James)
• August 14, 5-8pm: Living Rock presents Arts of August (some live music) @ Gasworks (Hamilton) FREE
• August 14-16: Hamilton Greek Fest @ Panagia Greek Church
• August 14-16: Hamilton Latino Festival @ Gage Park
• August 14-15: Paris Drinks Fest @ Two Rivers Stadium $?
• August 14-16: South Coast Jazz (Brantford/Port Dover)
• August 14-16: Jarvis CornFest @ Lion's Park
• August 14-15: Norwich TNT Pull @ 365701 Evergreen St $?
• August 15, 7-10pm: HipFest @ Harmony Square (Brantford)
• August 15-16: Port Dover Summer Festival
• August 15-23: Niagara Sunflower Festival for Ukrainian Relief @ London Born Wine Co (Lincoln) $?
• August 21, 6-9pm: Concession Street Sidewalk Sounds (Hamilton)
• August 21-23: Dundas Cactus Festival
• August 21-22: Boots in the Creek Country Music Festival @ Downtown Stoney Creek
• August 22-23: Niagara Irish Festival @ Firemen's Park (Niagara Falls) $?
• August 22-23: Burlington Latin Festival @ Central Park FREE
• August 22-23: AFROJAZZ FEST @ Milton Community Sports Park
• August 22-23: Three Fires Homecoming Pow Wow and Traditional Gathering @ 2789 Mississauga Road (Hagersville)
• August 24: Barton Village Sunday Market (with live music) @ Barton & Birch (Hamilton) (2nd & 4th Mon - June-Oct)
• August 27-30: Waterloo Busker Carnival
• August 28-30: Winona Peach Festival @ Winona Park
• August 28-30: Guelph Ribfest @ Riverside Park 
• August 28-29: Wellesley Township Fall Fair 
• ?:Schneider Creek Porch Party (Kitchener)

September

• June 25-Dec 17: Boris Brott Music Festival (Hamilton)
• June 26-? (Fridays): Tea 'n' Tales @ Guelph Enabling Garden
• September 4-7: Canada's Largest Ribfest @ Spencer Smith Park (Burlington)
• September 4-7:Niagara Greek Festival @ St. Katharine Greek Orthodox Church (St. Catharines)
• September 5-6: Afro-CariBrant Festival @ Lions Park (Paris)
• September 6: Dundas Live & Local
• September 7: Labour Day Parade and Picnic @ Bayfront Park (Hamilton)
• September 10-13: Arthur Fall Fair
• September 10-13: Cambridge Fall Fair @ Dickson Park $?
• September 11-13: Supercrawl @ James Street (Hamilton) 
• September 11-13: Kerrfest @ Westwood Park (Oakville) FREE
• September 11-13: Georgetown Fall Fair $?
• September 11-13: The West Niagara Fair (Grassie, ON)
• September 11-27: Niagara Grape & Wine Festival
• September 11-13: Guelph Jazz Festival
• September 11-12: Belmont Village Bestival (Kitchener)
• September 12, 10am: Barbershop Fest @ Gale Presbyterian Church (Elmira) FREE
• September 14: Barton Village Sunday Market (with live music) @ Barton & Birch (Hamilton) (2nd & 4th Mon - June-Oct)
• September 17: Niagara Falls Night of Art @ 5943 Sylvia Pl (Niagara Falls) FREE
• September 18, 6-9pm: Concession Street Sidewalk Sounds (Hamilton)
• September 18-20: Binbrook Fall Fair $?
• September 18-20: Misty City Music Festival @ Niagara Falls $?
• September 18-19: Grand River Arts Festival @ Glenhyrst Art Gallery (Brantford) $?
• September 18-19: Paris Night Market (Fall Edition) $?
• September 18: Hope in the Street (Guelph)
• September 18-20: Fergus Fall Fair $?
• September 18 -October 4: Culture Days (Across Canada): Burlington / Oakville / Milton / St. Catharines / Centre Wellington
• September 19-20: St. George Apple Fest
• September 19, 10am-4pm: Harvest Pioneer Day @ Lincoln Museum
• September 20, 10am-5pm:Sundays Unlocked @ Locke Street (Hamilton)
• September 20, 1-5pm: Appleby Street Festival (Burlington)
• September 22-26: International Plowing Match & Rural Expo (some live music) @ West Lincoln $? 
• September 24-27: Ancaster Fair
• September 25-27: Milton Fall Fair @ Milton Fairgrounds $?
• September 25-26: Enchanta Forest @ CW Sportsplex Campgrounds (Fergus)
• September 25-26: Fest2Fall @ Dickson Park (Cambridge) $?
• September 25-October 17: Oktoberfest (Kitchener)
• September 26, 11am-5pm: Apple Fest @ Stoney Creek Legion
• September 26: 10am-4pm: Fall Harvest Festival @ Bronte Creek Provincial Park (Oakville)
• September 26: 10am-4pm: Taste Real Fall Rural Romp (Wellington Region)
• September 26: 12-7pm: Beerstock (Port Dover) $?
• September 27, 10am-4pm: Open Streets on King (Hamilton)
• September 27, 10am-4pm: Open Streets Hamilton
• September 27-28; Oakville Fall Celtic Festival @ Toronto Rock Athletic Centre (Halton County)
• September 28: Barton Village Sunday Market (with live music) @ Barton & Birch (Hamilton) (2nd & 4th Mon - June-Oct)
• ?: Concession Street Cornfest (Hamilton)
• ?: See You in  September Car Show (some live music) @ Downtown Milton
• ?: Ottawa Street Sidewalk Sale/Craft Crawl (Hamilton)
• ?: Nurturing our Roots Pow Wow @ Meridian Centre (St. Catharines)

October 

• June 25-Dec 17: Boris Brott Music Festival (Hamilton)
• September 18 -October 4: Culture Days (Across Canada): Burlington / Oakville / Milton / St. Catharines / Centre Wellington
• September 25-October 17: Oktoberfest (Kitchener)
• October 1-4: Caledonia Fair @ Caledonia Fairgrounds $?
• October 18, 10am-5pm:Sundays Unlocked @ Locke Street (Hamilton)
• Welland Foodfest @ Merritt Island
• Roseneath Fair (Norfolk)
• Cicada Music Festival @ Henley Island (St. Catharines)
• Telling Tales Festival @ Royal Botanical Gardens (Burlington)
• Norfolk Country Fair
• Artcrawl (Hamilton)
• Balls Fall's Thanksgiving Festival
• Rockton World's Fair
• Erin Fall Fair
• Barton Village Sunday Market (with live music) @ Barton & Birch (Hamilton) (2nd & 4th Mon - June-Oct)
• Canal Bank Shuffle Blues Festival @ Thorold $?
• Waterford Pumpkinfest
• Barton Village Sunday Market (with live music) @ Barton & Birch (Hamilton) (2nd & 4th Mon - June-Oct)
• Arts Dundas Weekend

November

• June 25-Dec 17: Boris Brott Music Festival (Hamilton)
• Artcrawl @ James Street North (Hamilton)
• November 12-13: Friday the 13th Festival @ Port Dover
• Fresh Up R&B Festival @ Bridgeorks (Hamilton) $?
• art+music+food Festival @ Art Gallery of Hamilton
• Handmade Market (some Live Music) @ Niagara Falls Convention Centre $?
• Winter Festival of Lights (some live music) @ Niagara Falls 
• Winter Wonders (Live Music Tent) @ Royal Botanical Gardens (Burlington) $?
• Westdale Winter Wander (Hamilton)
• Let it Glow - A Celebration of Light (with some Live Music) @ St. Catharines & Port Dalhousie

December

• June 25-Dec 17: Boris Brott Music Festival (Hamilton)
• Winter Solstice Festival @ Corktown Park (Hamilton) 
• Winter Festival of Lights (some live music) @ Niagara Falls
• Let it Glow - A Celebration of Light (with some Live Music) @ St. Catharines & Port Dalhousie
• Winter Wonders (Live Music Tent) (Burlington)

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2027

January

• Winter Solstice Festival @ Corktown Park (Hamilton) 
• Winter Festival of Lights (some live music) @ Niagara Falls
• Let it Glow - A Celebration of Light (with some Live Music) @ St. Catharines & Port Dalhousie
• Winter Wonders (Live Music Tent) (Burlington)
• Niagara Icewine Festival
• Hillside Inside (Guelph)
• Hamilton Winterfest
• Niagara Icewine Festival
• Hillside Inside (Guelph)
• Hamilton Winterfest
• Friday the 13th Festival @ Port Dover
• Artcrawl @ James Street North (Hamilton)
• Golden Horseshoe Music Fest @ Mohawk College, McIntyre Performing Arts Centre (Hamilton) $?
• I Heart Beer & Taco Festival @ Convention Centre (Hamilton) $?
• Soupfest @ Convention Centre (Hamilton)

February

• Taste of Oakville (some live music)
• Roots En Route Arts Festival @ Music Hall (Hamilton) $?
• Frost Bites (Hamilton)
• Because Brrr Craft Beer Sessions @ Bridgeworks (Hamilton) $?

March

• Taste of Oakville (some live music)
• Roots En Route Arts Festival @ Music Hall (Hamilton) $?
• Irish Life Festival (Kitchener)
• I Heart Beer & Taco Festival @ Bingemans Convention Centre (Kitchener) $?

April

• Eat and Drink Norfolk @ Norfolk County Fairgrounds (Simcoe)
• Artcrawl @ James St. North (Hamilton)
• KW Wine & Food Show @ Kitchener Memorial Auditorium $?
• GritLIT: Readers & Writers Festival (Hamilton)
• Elvis Festival @ Greg Frewin Theatre (Niagara Falls)
• Gainfest (Guelph)
• I Heart Beer & Taco Festival @ Sleeman Centre (Guelph)
• 10am-4pm: Doors Open Guelph

May

• Hamilton Music Festival
• ArtsEverywhere Festival (Guelph)
• 5pm: Artcrawl @ James Street N (Hamilton)
• Pelham Art Festival (Some Live Music)
• Why Not Wine, Wine Tasting Festival @ Lasalle Park (Burlington) $?
• 11am-9pm: Sew Hungry @ Ottawa St (Hamilton)
• Niagara Children's Festival
• Binbrook Ribfest @ Binbrook Fairgrounds $2/Kids Free
• Concession Street Sidewalk Sounds (Hamilton)
• Meadows Music Festival @ Centre Wellington Community Sportsplex (Fergus) $?
• Paris Cheesecake & Taco Festival @ Paris Fairgrounds
• Hohner Avenue Porch Party (Kitchener)

June

• Downtown Guelph Exotic Car Show (Big Brothers Big Sisters Fundraiser) @ Prince Adventures
• Open Ears Festival (Kitchener/Waterloo)
• 3-10pm: Norfolk Night Market (Some Live Music)- Summer Edition @ Norfolk County Fairgrounds $5
• 11am-6pm: Concession Streetfest (Hamilton)
• 11am-8pm: Dundas Live & Local (Open Streets)
• 12-8pm: Downtown Milton Summer Fest 
• Battle of Stoney Creek Re-Enactment (Some Live Music) @ Battlefield House Museum & Park National Historic Site (Stoney Creek)
• Hamilton Arts Week
•  Art on Locke @ Locke Street (Hamilton)
•  Handmade Market (some Live Music) @ 13th Street Winery (St. Catharines) $?
• 12-6pm: ONTARIO CRAFT GIN FESTIVAL (some live music) @ Elora Centre for the Arts $?
• Mudcat Festival (Dunnville)
• 5pm: Artcrawl (Hamilton)
• Taste of Philippines Food and MUSIC Festival @ Gage Park (Hamilton)
• Multicultural Festival @ Riverside Park (Guelph)
• 11am-6pm: Barton Bash @ Barton Street (Hamilton)
• Ancaster Heritage Days
• Boots 'n Benchlands @ Puddicombe Farms (Stoney Creek)
• Georgetown Highland Games @ Georgetown Fair Grounds
• Greek Food Festival (Kitchener)
• 1-5pm: Grand Porch Party (Waterloo)
• Cambridge Celebration of the Arts @ City Hall Lakeshore Music & Arts Festival @ Spence Smith Park (Burlington)
• 11am-3pm: Holi Festival of Colour @ Meridian Centre Lot (St. Catharines) FREE
• Something Else! Festival of Creative Music (Hamilton) 
• FrancoFEST @ Gage Park (Hamilton) 
• Concession Street Sidewalk Sounds (Hamilton)
• Strawberry Fair @ Milton Fairgrounds
• Art on the Street (Guelph)
• KW Multicultural Festival (Kitchener) 
• Trail Mix: Live & Local Festival @ The Exchange (Niagara Falls)
• Caledonia Ribfest @ Caledoina Fairgrounds $2
• Worship in the Wild with some live music @ Church At The Falls (Niagara Falls)
•  Oakville Film Festival 
•  Boris Brott Music Festival (Hamilton)
• Niagara Jazz Festival
• Fridays: Tea 'n' Tales @ Guelph Enabling Garden (Guelph)
• Oakville Family Ribfest @ Sheridan College, Trafalgar Road 
• In the Soil Arts Festival (St. Catharines)
•  Oh Canada Ribfest @ Memorial Park (Waterdown) 
• 5:30-9pm: Cruising on King @ King St b/w Water & Frederick Sts (Kitchener)
• It's Your Festival @ Gage Park (Hamilton) 
• Knighton Real Estate Presents Party in the Park @ Lake Point Park (Stoney Creek)
• 4-10pm: Rock N Blues on the Battlefield @ Beaverdams Park (Thorold)
• 5-10pm: East Coast Kitchen Party (Kitchener)

July

• June 25-Dec 17: Boris Brott Music Festival (Hamilton)
• It's Your Festival @ Gage Park (Hamilton)
• 8:30am-10pm: Burlington Canada Day Celebrations @ Spencer Smith Park
• July 1, 4-10pm: Oakville Canada Day Celebrations @ Bronte Heritage Waterfront Park
• July 1, 11am-10pm: Bronte Legion Canada Day Event
• July 1, 12-10pm: St. Catharines Canada Day Celebration @ Montebello Park
• July 1, 1:30-10pm: Canada Day Celebrations @ Charles Daley Park (Lincoln)
• July 1, 1-10pm: Thorold Canada Day Celebrations 
• July 1, 3-10:15pm: West Lincoln Canada Day Celebrations @ Leisureplex Township Park (Smithville)
• July 1: 10am-10pm: Brantford Canada Day Celebrations @ Lion's Park
• July 1, 7:45am-10pm: Cambridge Canada Day Celebration @ Riverside Park
• July 1, 12-11pm: Kitchener Canada Day Celebrations @ Carl Zehr Square

September

• Head for the Hills Craft Beer Festival (Georgetown) $?