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The list of 2023 top 100 festivals and events in Ontario – awarded by Festivals and Events Ontario (FEO).
Credit: Salsa in Toronto
Festivals & Events Ontario (FEO) was established in 1987 as an association devoted to the growth and stability of the festival and event industry in Ontario.
Plan a day trip or a weekend getaway centred around these best festivals of Ontario!
Click on the festival name for more details.
Ongoing — Spring to Fall
- Amherstburg Open Air Weekends — May to October
- Dresden Night Market
- TD Niagara Jazz Festival @ Niagara Falls
- Pelham Summer Chill Series @ Pelham
- Stratford Festival — April to @ Stratford
- Aurora’s Concerts in the Park @ Aurora
- Vaughan Celebrates Concerts in the Park @ Vaughan
- Kingsville Open Streets @ Kingsville
- Tweed & Company Theatre Season @ Tweed
- Festivals at Fort William Historical Park – Anishinaabe Keeshigun @ Thunder Bay
- Thunder Bay Live on the Waterfront @ Thunder Bay
April 2023
- Eat & Drink Norfolk — April 13-15, 2023 @ Simcoe
May 2023
- SING! The Toronto Vocal Arts Festival — May 29 to June 4, 2023 @ Toronto
- Carassauga Festival of Cultures — May 26 to 28, 2023 @ Mississauga
- Timmins Multicultural Festival — May @ Timmins
- Creemore Springs Turas Mor — May 13 @ Creemore
June 2023
- The Streetsville Founders’ Bread and Honey Festival — June 2 to 4, 2023 @ Mississauga
- Barrie Automotive Flea Market — June 1 to 4, 16 to 18, 2023 @ Bonfield
- Orangeville Blues and Jazz Festival — June 2 to 4, 2023 @ Orangeville
- Paisley Blues Festival — June 2 to 4, 2023 @ Paisley
- Luminato Festival — June 7 to 18 @ Toronto
- LaSalle Strawberry Festival — June 8 to 11, 2023 @ LaSalle
- Peony Festival — June 10 to 11, 2023 @ Oshawa
- Ontario’s Best Butter Tart Festival — June 10, 2023 @ Midland
- Sound of Music Festival — June 15 to 18, 2023 @ Burlington
- Carrousel of the Nations @ Windsor
- The Sound Waterfront Festival — June 30 to July 1 @ Owen Sound
- TD Ottawa Jazz Festival — June 23-30, 2023 @ Ottawa
- Festival of the Sound @ Parry Sound
July 2023
- Canada Day — July 1, 2023 @ Vaughan
- Canada Day — July 1, 2023 @ Goderich
- TD Sunfest: Canada’s Premier Celebration of World Cultures — July 6 to 9, 2023 @ London
- RBC Bluesfest — July 6 to 16, 2023 @ Ottawa
- Afrofest — July 7 to 9, 2023 @ Toronto
- TD Salsa in Toronto Festival — July 8 & 9, 2023 @ Toronto
- Mariposa Folk Festival — July 7 to 9, 2023 @ Orillia
- Belleville Waterfront & Multicultural Festival — July @ Belleville
- Pelham Summerfest — July 13 to 16, 2023 @ Pelham
- Lighthouse Blues Festival — July 14 to 16, 2023 @ Kincardine
- Because Beer Festival — July 14 to 15, 2023 @ Hamilton
- The Mount Forest Fireworks Festival — July 14 to 16, 2023 @ Mount Forest
- Richmond Hill’s Ribfest — July 21 to 23, 2023 @ Richmond Hill
- Guelph Hillside Festival — July 28 to 30 @ Guelph
August 2023
- Canal Days Marine Heritage Festival — Civic Day Weekend @ Port Colbourne
- Toronto Caribbean Carnival — August 3rd to 7th, 2023 @ Toronto
- Kempenfest — August 4 to 7, 2023 @ Barrie
- Glengarry Highland Games — August 4-5, 2023 @ Maxville
- National Bank Tennis Open presented by Rogers — August 5 to 13, 2023
- TD Jerk Food and Music Festival — August 10 to 13, 2023 @ Toronto
- Boots and Hearts Music Festival — August 10 to 13, 2023 @ Oro-Medonte
- Fergus Scottish Festival & Highland Games — August 11 to 13, 2023 @ Fergus
- Mississauga Italfest — August 11 to 12 @ Mississauga
- Dundas Cactus Festival — August 18 to 20, 2023 @ Dundas
- Riverfest Elora — August 18 to 20, 2023 @ Elora
- Canadian National Exhibition — August 18 to September 4, 2023
- Carrot Fest — August 19, 2023 @ Bradford
- Fan EXPO Canada — August 24 to 27, 2023 @ Toronto
- Music in the Fields — August 24 to 26, 2023 @ Lucknow
- Paris Fair — August 31 to September 4, 2023 @ Paris
- Telling Tales Festival — August @ Burlington
- Sun Life Waterloo Busker Carnival — August 24 to 27, 2023 @ Waterloo
- Winona Peach Festival — August 25 to 27, 2023 @ Hamilton
- Port Hope Arts Festival — August @ Port Hope
- The Great India Festival — August @ Ottawa
September 2023
- Western Fair— September 8-17, 2023 @ London
- Niagara Grape and Wine Festival — September @ Niagara Falls/St. Catharines
- Markham-Milliken Children’s Festival @ Markham
- World Of Jazz Festival — September 9 & 10, 2023 @ Brampton
- Southside Shuffle Blues and Jazz Festival — September 8 to 10, 2023 @ Mississauga
- St. George AppleFest — September 16 to 17 @ St. George
- Brooklin Harvest Festival — September 16, 2023 @ Whitby
- International Plowing Match & Rural Expo — September 19 to 23 @ Bowling Green
- Collingwood Art Crawl — September @ Collingwood
- Hike Haliburton Festival — September 21 to 24, 2023 @ Haliburton County
- Multicultural Festival — September 23, 2023 @ Aurora
- Supercrawl — September @ Hamilton
- Toronto Garlic Festival @ Toronto
- Mississauga MuslimFest @ Mississauga
- Redpath Waterfront Festival @ Toronto
- Markham Fair @ Markham
- Clearview Small Halls Festival — September to November @ Clearview Township
October 2023
- Norfolk County Fair & Horse Show — October 3 to 9, 2023
- Port Elgin Pumpkinfest — October @ Port Elgin
- Bala Cranberry Festival — October 13 to 15 @ Bala
- Hops on the Water — October 14 @ Quinte West
- Aurora’s Haunted Forest — October 28, 2023 @ Aurora
- Pumpkinferno — October @ Penetanguishene
- Kingsville Migration Festival @ Kingsville
- Waterford Lions Pumpkinfest — October 13 to 15 @ Waterford
Winter 2023 – 2024
- The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair — November @ Toronto
- Richmond Hill Merry Marketplace — November @ Richmond Hill
- City of Windsor Bright Lights — November to January @ Windsor
- Stouffville Holiday Market — November @ Whitchurch-Stouffville
- St. Marie Among the Hurons – First Light Festival — November/December @ Midland
- Port Hope Candlelight Festival — November to December @ Port Hope
- Amherstburg River Lights Winter Festival — November 18, 2023 till January 8, 2024 @ Downtown Amherstburg
- OPG Niagara Falls Winter Festival of Lights — November to February @ Niagara Falls
- Hamilton Winterfest — February @ Hamilton
- Winterlude — February @ Ottawa
- Crane Creations Theatre Company – Bridges Festival — March Break @ Mississauga
Upcoming 10 Festivals in Ontario
Queen Street, Stratford
April 21, 2026 To November 1, 2026
Varies
North America’s largest classical repertory theatre, presenting the works of William Shakespeare and other great writers. »
Blyth Festival, 377 Gypsy Lane, Blyth
June 10, 2026 To September 13, 2026
The Flex Pass (4) $225.00 + HST
Blyth Festival’s 2025 season features powerful storytelling, Canadian voices, and bold new works tthat ake centre stage. Nestled in the heart of rural Ontario, the Blyth Festival ... »
Exhibition Place, Toronto, ON
August 21, 2026 To September 7, 2026
416-263-3330
$25.11 & up
Taking place over the 18 days leading up to and including Labour Day, the CNE offers a wide variety of entertainment and events including Bandshell concerts, celebrity chef ... »
Various Venues, Ottawa
August 22, 2026 To August 30, 2026
Free & Ticketed
Capital Pride celebrates the rich and diverse 2SLGBTQ+ community in the National Capital Region. “Together, We Shine” celebrates the power of visibility, connection, and community. Inspired by ... »
Located behind Waterloo City Hall at 100 Regina Street South and William Street East
August 27, 2026 To August 30, 2026
Free; Tips to artists appreciated
The Waterloo Busker Carnival is fun for the whole family with something for all ages. »
Mississauga Celebration Square, 300 City Centre Drive, Mississauga
August 28, 2026 To August 30, 2026
Free
MuslimFest is back and we are so excited to host you and your families for a fun-filled day of celebrating arts and community! MuslimFest celebrates the best ... »
Whistling Gardens, 698 Concession 3 Townsend, Wilsonville
August 28, 2026 To September 26, 2026
$20 to $32.50 + taxes and fees
Festival of Fountains – The Night Gardens introduces guests to a highly visual immersive visitor experience to indulge all your senses! This interpretive storytelling experience of music, water, ... »
Thorndale Fairgrounds, 21737 Fairview Rd, Thorndale
August 29, 2026 To August 30, 2026
WEEKEND PASS - $37.80
A weekend celebration of the Renaissance era that promises to transport you back in time. Immerse yourself in the colorful world of jousting knights, princesses, and rogues ... »
Various venues across Toronto
August 30, 2026 To September 6, 2026
Free & Ticketed
North America’s largest festival of global Jewish music, arts and culture has taken place biennially at Harbourfront Centre since 1995. This year’s celebration once again spotlights ... »
Paris Fairgrounds, 139 Silver St, Paris
September 3, 2026 To September 7, 2026
+1 519-442-2823
$10 - $22
Midway rides and games, carnival food, demolition derbies, agricultural competitions, live family entertainment and so much more! »