Festival Guide

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February

• 2-20: Hamilton Winterfest
• 3-5: Hillside Inside (Guelph)
• 15-20: Frost Bites (Hamilton)
• 20: Inside & Outside Family Day Festival (Dundas)
• 25: I Heart Beer & Taco Festival (Hamilton)
• 28: Soupfest (Hamilton)

March

• 3-4: Winter Beer Festival (Burlington)

April

• 29: Doors Open Guelph
• 13-15: Eat and Drink Norfolk
• 17-29: Hamilton Music Festival
• 20-23: Elvis Festival (Niagara Falls)
• ?: Oscar Peterson International Jazz Festival (Niagara Region)

May

• Door Open Hamilton
• Food and Drink Fest (Hamilton)
• Binbrook Ribfest
• Sew Hungry (Hamilton)
• Eden Mills Arts Festival
• 2Rivers Festival (Guelph)
• Mel Brown Festival @ Kitchener-Waterloo
• Hohner Avenue Porch Party (Kitchener)
• Concession Street Sidewalk Sounds (Hamilton)

June

• MellowFest (Cambridge)
• Open Ears Festival (Kitchener)
• Niagara Regional Exhibition (Welland)
• 2Rivers Festival (Guelph)
• Hamilton Arts Week 
• Niagara Falls Music Live
• Mudcat Festival (Dunnville)
• In the Soil Arts Festival (St. Catharines) 
• Multicultural Festival (Guelph)
• Norfolk Night Market with Live Music
• Concession Streetfest 
• Barton Village Festival (Hamilton)
• Ancaster Heritage Days
• Georgetown Highland Games
• Sound of Music Festival (Burlington)
• Grand Porch Party (Waterloo)
• FrancoFEST (Hamilton) 
• Strawberry Folk Festival (Stoney Creek) 
• Niagara Falls Ribfest
• Downtown Milton Street Fest 
• For the Love of Fathers and Food Trucks (Milton)
• Artsfest (Hamilton)
• Oakville Family Ribfest 
• Hot Springs Music Festival (Cambridge)
• Art on the Street (Guelph)
• KW Multicultural Festival (Kitchener) 
• Dundas Buskerfest
• Summer Lights Festival (Waterloo/Kitchener)
• Boris Brott Music Festival 
• Milton Ribfest
• Concession Street Sidewalk Sounds (Hamilton)

July

• It's Your Festival (Hamilton) 
• Sundays Unlocked (Hamilton)
• Burlington Canada Day Celebrations
• Oakville Canada Day Celebrations
• Brantford Canada Day Celebrations
• Cambridge Canada Day Celebration
• Kitchener Canada Day Celebrations
• Waterloo Canada Day Celebration
• Oh Canada Ribfest (Waterdown) 
• Rock 'N Blues on the Battlefield (Thorold)
• Arthur Village 150th Birthday Celebration (Arthur, ON)
• Welland Floatfest
• Brantford International Villages Festival
• Kultrún World Music Festival (Kitchener)
• Georgetown Ribfest
• Cruising on King (Kitchener)
• Pelham Summerfest
• Because Beer Festival (Hamilton)
• Welland Ribfest
• Cambridge Scottish Festival
• Norfolk Ram Rodeo
• Something Else! Festival of Creative Music (Hamilton) 
• Hamilton Fringe
• Niagara Jazz Festival
• Dusk Dances (Hamilton)
• Grand River Pow Wow (Ohsweken)
• Hillside Festival (Guelph)
• Uptown Waterloo Jazz Festival
• Hagersville Rocks
• Festival of Friends (Hamilton)
• Ancaster Ribfest
• St. Catharines Ribfest
• Canal Days Marine Heritage Festival (Port Colbourne) 
• Friendship Festival (Simcoe)
• Halton Black History Awareness Freedom Celebration Festival (Burlington)
• Pirate Festival (Guelph)
• Kitchener Ribfest & Craft Beer Show
• Concession Street Sidewalk Sounds (Hamilton)
• Jazz in the Creek + Car & Motorcycle Show @ Stoney Creek

August

• Dunnville Fair
• Sundays Unlocked (Hamilton)
• Oakville's Children's Festival
• Festival of Friends (Hamilton)
• Guelph Fringe Festival
• Kitchener Blues Festival
• Brantford Ribfest
• Bash on Nash (Hamilton)
• Cambridge Ribest 
• ArtsWest (Hamilton)
• Fergus Scottish Festival
• Summer Streetfest (Woodstock)
• Hamilton Latino Festival
• Niagara Music & Food Expo Street Party (Niagara Falls)
• 13 for 13 Festival (Niagara Region)
• Mount Forest Fall Fair
• Hamilton Ribfest
• Hamilton Greek Fest
• Dundas Cactus Festival
• Riverfest (Elora)
• Paris Drinks Fest
• Jarvis Fest
• Norwich Tractor Pull
• Strummerfest (In memory of Joe Strummer) (Waterloo)
• Concession Street Sidewalk Sounds (Hamilton)
• Port Dover Summer Festival
• Waterloo Busker Carnival
• Winona Peach Festival
• Jalopy Jam Up (Rockton)
• Guelph Ribfest 
• Motors ‘N Music (Car Show & Music Festival) (Grassie)
• Jazz in the Creek + Car & Motorcycle Show @ Stoney Creek
• 905 Fest (Hamilton)

September

• Rock 'N Rumble (Thorold)
• Niagara Greek Festival
• Canada's Largest Ribfest (Burlington)
• Country Heritage Park Fall Fair (Milton)
• WelcomeFest (Waterloo) 
• African Women Acting Festival (Niagara Falls)
• Stupercrawl (Hamilton)
• Labour Day Parade and Picnic
• Kerrfest (Oakville)
• Arthur Fall Fair
• Guelph Poutine Feast
• Cambridge Fall Fair
• Supercrawl (Hamilton) 
• The West Niagara Fair (Grassie, ON)
• Georgetown Fall Fair
• Aberfoyle Fall Fair
• Welly Cask Fest(Guelph)
• Doors Open Burlington
• Wellesley Township Fall Fair
• Welland Poutine Feast
• Guelph Jazz Festival
• Jazz in the Creek + Car & Motorcycle Show @ Stoney Creek
• Binbrook Fall Fair 
• Biketoberfest (Welland)
• Hope in the Street (Guelph)
• Fergus Fall Fair
• Belmont Village Bestival (Kitchener)
• South Coast Jazz (Port Dover)
• Concession Street Sidewalk Sounds (Hamilton)
• Radfest (Milton)
• Head for the Hills Craft Beer Festival (Georgetown)
• Harvest Pioneer Day (Lincoln)
• Sundays Unlocked (Hamilton)
• Ancaster Fair
• Milton Fall Fair.
• Niagara Grape & Wine Festival
• Hops and Harvest Festival (Milton)
• Enchanted Forest of Fergus
• Blocktoberfest (St. Jacob's)
• Ottawa Street Sidewalk Sale
• Fall Rural Romp (Rockwood)
• Telling Tales Festival (Rockton)
• Schneider Creek Porch Party (Kitchener)
• Tesla Electric City Festival (Hamilton)
• Appleby Street Festival (Burlington)
• Brantford International Jazz Festival
• Culture Days (Across Canada)
• Oktoberfest (Kitchener)
• Caledonia Fair 
• OktoberWest
• Paris Night Market (Fall Edition)

October

• Ottawa Street Fall Fest Block Party (Hamilton)
• Applefest Fall Fair (Burlington)
• Flamborogh Chili Fest
• Cicada Music Festival (St. Catharines)
• Culture Days (Across Canada)
• Oktoberfest (Kitchener) 
• Caledonia Fair 
• OktoberWest
• Paris Night Market (Fall Edition)
• Norfolk County Fair (Simcoe) 
• Erin Fall Fair
• Rockton World's Fair
• Balls Fall's Thanksgiving Festival
• Canal Bank Blues Festival (Thorold)
• AGH Festival (Hamilton)
• Waterford Pumpkinfest

November

• Arts Dundas Weekend
• Fresh Up R&B Festival (Hamilton) 
• Pints & Plaid: Beer Festival  (Port Dover)
• Winter Wonders (Live Music Tent) (Burlington)
• International Pop Overthrow (Hamilton)
• Winter Wander (Hamilton)

December

• Winter Wonders (Live Music Tent) (Burlington)
• Let it Glow - A Celebration of Light (with some Live Music) @ St. Catharines & Port Dalhousie
• Downtown Milton Holiday Fest
• Winter Wonders (Live Music Tent) (Burlington)
• Let it Glow - A Celebration of Light (with some Live Music) @ St. Catharines & Port Dalhousie
• Wrapped in Local (Caledonia)

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2023

January

• Winter Wonders (Live Music Tent) (Burlington)
• Let it Glow - A Celebration of Light (with some Live Music) @ St. Catharines & Port Dalhousie
• Niagara Icewine Festival
• ArtsEverywhere Festival (Guelph)