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Photo Credit: Cavendish Beach Music Festival
Warmer days are coming and the fun festivals are returning after a two-year break. From the amazing beaches to great festivals, the beautiful province of PEI is the place to be all summer long. Listed below are 15 summer festivals to get you excited for a fun summer season.
The Charlottetown Festival
All summer long, the Confederation Centre of the Arts showcases Canadian theatre. This year, “Anne of Green Gables, the Musical” and “Tell Tale Harbour” are on stage all season long. Through the season, lots of shows will take the stage or shorter runs.
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June 18 – September 3, 2022
Confederation Centre of the Arts, Charlottetown
$35 & up
Island Tides Yoga & Wellness Festival
Chill out this summer around Charlottetown during the Island Tides Yoga & Wellness Festival. Choose your own adventure of yoga and wellness workshops, along with great food and wine.
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June 16 – 19, 2022
Charlottetown
Tignish Irish Moss Festival
Spend the Canada Day Weekend enjoying some rural fun in Tignish. From beach parties to lobster suppers to farming competitions, there are lots of family fun activities that will be taking place throughout the community.
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June 27 – July 2, 2022
209 Phillip Street, Tignish
Cedar Dunes Sandcastle Building Competitions
Grab your bucket and shovel and head to Cedar Dunes Provincial Park for the annual Sandcastle Building Competitions. Test your skills and see amazing sandcastles across the beach on Canada Day.
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July 1, 2022
Cedar Dunes Provincial Park, 265 Cedar Dunes Park Road, West Point
Cavendish Beach Music Festival
The largest party of the summer is Cavendish Beach Music Festival. The weekend is paced with the best county music from across North America. With its huge lineup, it’ss no wonder thousands of people travel to PEI from across Canada.
July 7 – 9, 2022
Cavendish Beach, Cavendish
$85 & up
PEI Potato Blossom Festival
PEI Potato Blossom Festival
Next to Anne of Green Gables, PEI is most known for its delicious potatoes. This year, potatoes are expected to be harvested in mid- to late July. What better way to mark the abundant potato harvest than with a fun festival! From the potato peeling contest to the cribbage tournament to the beauty pageants, the pool tournaments, and pancake breakfasts, there is an event for all ages to take part in at this popular festival.
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July 18 – 24, 2022
O’Leary
Island Fringe Festival
Performers go off the cuff on the many stages located around Downtown Charlottetown during the Island Fringe Festival. Anything goes at this festival, so you never know what is going to happen! Whether you leave laughing, or crying, it is going to be a great time had by all.
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July 27 – 31, 2022
Downtown Charlottetown
River Clyde Pageant
An event so big that it needs two weekends to be celebrated! During the River Clyde Pageant, New Glasgow is the stage for giant puppets, stilt-walkers, musicians and other performers from across PEI. The stage overlooks the beautiful Gardens of Hope.
July 28 – 31 & August 4 – 7, 2022
New Glasgow
Annual Mermaid Tears Seaglass Festival
PEI’s beaches are world famous and you can often find gorgeous seaglass and weathered beach wood washed up on shore. Spend a fun Sunday afternoon combing the beach to try to find the best piece sea glass. Of course there will be mermaids and pirates to meet over the weekend, along with fun community events.
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July 30 – 31, 2022
134 Breakwater Street, Souris
Tyne Valley Oyster Festival – Rock the Boat Music Festival
Foodies and music lovers come together for four days packed with activities around Tyne Valley. Test your oyster shucking skills at the all-you-can-eat tent and dance the food off at the Rock the Boat Music Festival. The music lineup is packed with great Canadian artists like Our Lady Peace, The Road Hammers and Andrew Waite.
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August 3 – 7, 2022
Ellerslie
Cloggeroo Folk Festival
Next to potatoes and beaches, PEI is well-known for its fantastic folk music, and the Cloggeroo Folk Festival is the newest festival on the island. The 2022 lineup has yet to be announced, but the festival previously welcomed Amanda Jackson and the Beck Sisters, among others, and that’s some quality folk artistry.
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August 11-14 2022
West Street Park, Georgetown
Old Home Week
Celebrating PEI’s agricultural roots, Old Home Week brings the farm to the city. This fair has everything from live entertainment, educational activities, live stock and horse shows, harness racing, midway amusements, food vendors, and other competitions for everyone to enjoy.
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August 12 – 20, 2022
Charlottetown
Love this list, but you missed one of the Island’s most delicious and beloved festivals, The PEI Fall Flavours Festival, which runs from Sept 15 to Oct 9!