Festival Guide

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2020

Many will likely be cancelled due to COVID-19

August

• Jul 3-Aug 15: Boris Brott Music Festival (Online)
• 8: Leathertown Festival (Acton) (Virtual)
• 15? - Collective Arts Festival (Hamilton)
• 21-22: Hamilton Food and Drink Fest
• 21-22: Artsfest (Hamilton) (Virtual)
• 21-23: Dundas Cactus Festival presents for the Love of Dundas (Virtual)
• 28-30: Kitchener Blues presents True Blue Summer Series (Live in venues + streaming) 

September

• 11-27: Niagara Grape and Wine Festival (St. Catharines) 
• 12: Locke Street Festival (Hamilton)
• 18-20: South Coast Jazz (Port Dover)
• 25-27: Downtown Kitchener Ribfest and Craft Beer Show
• Sept 25-Oct 25: Culture Days (Across Canada)
• 29: Flamborogh Chili Fest
• ?: Radfest (Milton)
• ?: Fall Rural Romp (Rockwood)

October

• Sept 25-Oct 25: Culture Days (Across Canada)
• Hops and Harvest Festival (Milton)
• Cicada Music Festival (St. Catharines)
• Doors Open Lincoln
• Doors Open Oxford-Woodstock
• Norfolk County Fair (Simcoe) 
• Rockton World's Fair
• Erin Fall Fair
• Balls Fall's Thanksgiving Festival
• Oktoberfest (Kitchener) 
• Canal Bank Shuffle (Thorold)
• Waterford Pumpkinfest

November

• River Arts Festival (Dunnville)
• Steel City Jazzfest (Hamilton)

December

• 5-7: Burly Calling (Burlington)

2021

January

• Twenty Valley Winter Winefest (Jordan, ON)
• Niagara Icewine Festival
• Burlington Winter Beer Festival
• Hamilton Winterfest

February

• Hamilton Winterfest
• Hillside Inside
• Soupfest
• Oscar Peterson International Jazz Festival (Niagara Region)

March

• Banjofest (Guelph)

April

• Food and Drink Fest (Hamilton)
• Eat and Drink Norfolk
• Kazoo!Fest (Guelph)
• Elvis Festival (Niagara Falls)
• Doors Open Guelph

May

• Sew Hungry (Hamilton)
• 2Rivers Festival (Guelph)
• Welland Ribfest
• Rib and Lobsterfest (Burlington)
• Eden Mills Arts Festival
• Hohner Avenue Porch Party (Kitchener)
• Open Ears Festival (Kitchener)
•  2Rivers Festival (Guelph) 

June

• 2Rivers Festival (Guelph) 
• Barton Village Festival (Hamilton)
• Downtown Milton Street Fest 
• Springtime in Paris (Paris, ON)
• Provincial Music Festival (VIRTUAL CONTEST THIS YEAR) (Niagara)
• Mudcat Festival (Dunnville)
• Dundas Buskerfest
• In the Soil Arts Festival (St. Catharines) 
• Niagara Regional Exhibition (Welland)
• Multicultural Festival (Guelph)
• Concession Streetfest 
• Sound of Music Festival (Burlington)
• Georgetown Highland Games
• Summer Lights Festival (Waterloo/Kitchener)
• Hamilton Arts Week 
• Ancaster Heritage Days
• Niagara Falls Ribfest 
• Strawberry Folk Festival (Stoney Creek) 
• Something Else! Festival of Creative Music (Hamilton) 
• Nelson Family Bluegrass Jamboree (Brant) 
• FrancoFEST (Hamilton) 
• Hot Springs Music Festival
• Oakville Family Ribfest 
• Art on the Street 
• KW Multicultural Festival (Kitchener) 
• Boris Brott Music Festival 
• Oh Canada Ribfest (Waterdown) 
• Blues on the Battlefield (Thorold) 
• It's Your Festival (Hamilton)
• 2Rivers Festival (Guelph)
• Provincial Music Festival (Niagara)
• Hamilton Arts Week 

July

• 1: Burlington Canada Day Celebrations
• 1: Oakville Canada Day Celebrations
• 1: Brantford Canada Day Celebrations
• 1: Cambridge Canada Day Celebration
• 1: Kitchener Canada Day Celebrations
• 1: Waterloo Canada Day Celebration
• 16-17: Cambridge Scottish Festival
• 23-25: Grand River Pow Wow (Ohsweken)
• 24: Hagersville Rocks
• July 30-Aug 7: Pirate Festival (Guelph)
• Oh Canada Ribfest (Waterdown)
• Blues on the Battlefield (Thorold)
• It's Your Festival (Hamilton)
• Brantford International Villages Festival
• Cambridge Arts Festival
• Hamilton International Guitar Festival and Competition 
• Welland Floatfest
• Cherry Festival (Kitchener)
• Because Beer Festival (Hamilton)
• Hillside Festival (Guelph)
• CayugaFest
• Ancaster Ribfest
• Cruising on King (Kitchener)
• Pelham Summerfest
• Country Rose Jamboree (Welland)
• Milton Ribfest
• Summer Fair and Farm Expo (Milton)
• Strangewaves Music and Art Festival (Paris)
• Uptown Waterloo Jazz Festival
• Hamilton Fringe Festival
• Dusk Dances (Hamilton)
• Give Proof to Our Youth (Hamilton)
• Rock and Rumble Motorcycle Show (Kitchener)
• Schneider Creek Porch Party (Kitchener)
• Niagara Jazz Festival
• Kultrún World Music Festival (Kitchener)

August

• July 30-Aug 7: Pirate Festival (Guelph)
• 20-21: Paris Drinks Fest
• 20-22: Riverfest (Elora)
• Festival of Friends (Hamilton)
• St. Catharines Ribfest  
• Lynn River Music and Arts Festival (Simcoe)
• Canal Days Marine Heritage Festival (Port Colbourne) 
• Kitchener Blues Festival  
• Hamilton Ribfest
• Brantford Ribfest
• Cambridge Ribest 
• Fergus Scottish Festival 
• Carnival @ Simcoe
• Summer Streetfest (Woodstock)
• Renaissance Music (Hamilton)
• Burlington Downtown Jazz Festival
• Dunnville Fair
• Hamilton Greek Fest
• Georgetown Ribfest
• Norwich Tractor Pull
• Midsummer's Dream (Hamilton)
• Oakville's Children's Festival
• Mount Forest Fall Fair
• Waterloo Busker Carnival
• Woodstock Fair
• Winona Peach Festival
• Guelph Ribfest 
• LINK Picnic Festival (Kitchener)

September

• 23-26: Ancaster Fair
• Appleby Street Festival (Burlington)
• Country Heritage Park Fall Fair (Milton)
• Niagara EggFest (St. Catharines)
• Canada's Largest Ribfest (Burlington)
• Cambridge Fall Fair
• Arthur Fall Fair
• The West Niagara Fair (Grassie, ON)
• Kerrfest (Oakville)
• Georgetown Fall Fair
• Aberfoyle Fair
• Wellesley Township Fall Fair
• Guelph Jazz Festival
• Supercrawl (Hamilton) 
• Binbrook Fall Fair 
• Brantford International Jazz Festival
• Fergus Fall Fair
• Head for the Hills Craft Beer Festival (Georgetown)
• Belmont Village Bestival @ Kitchener
• Telling Tales Festival (Rockton)
• Biketoberfest (Welland)
• Acton Fair
• Doors Open Grimsby
• Doors Open Waterloo Region
• Applefest Fall Fair (Burlington)
• Caledonia Fair 
• Milton Fall Fair
• Doors Open Burlington
• Cultural Diversity Festival (Burlington)
• Doors Open Halton Region
• Guelph Lobsterfest
• Tesla Electric City Festival (Hamilton)