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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!
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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. »
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, ... »
Various Venues, Ottawa
September 15, 2026 To September 20, 2026
Varies
Celebrate modern Indigenous arts at the annual Asinabka Film & Media Arts Festival, a local grassroots festival showcasing diverse Indigenous arts from Turtle Island and beyond. »
Bayshore Community Centre,1900 3rd Ave E, Owen Sound
September 18, 2026 To September 20, 2026
$5
Owen Sound Ribfest 2026 Presented by Ontario Festival Group will take place at the Bayshore Community Centre convenient for area residents and visitors from all over. We are ... »
242 Dalhousie St., Amherstburg
September 18, 2026 To September 20, 2026
5197301309
Free
One of the most anticipated events of the year! Experience one of the most outrageous festivals in Southwest Ontario. Dress up in your favorite wizardry or steampunk ... »
Village of Eden Mills, ON
September 18, 2026 To September 20, 2026
Early Bird $10 to $35
Annual literary festival for all ages in an idyllic outdoor setting near Guelph. The Eden Mills Writers’ Festival is a magical celebration of literature in a warm, ... »
Glenhyrst Art Gallery, 20 Ava Rd., Brantford
September 18, 2026 To September 19, 2026
$0 - $40
The Grand River Arts Festival is a celebration and exhibition of visual arts, music, and theatre, held on the historic grounds of Glenhyrst Art Gallery in Brantford, ... »
Hamilton Convention Centre, 1 Summers Ln, Hamilton
September 19, 2026 To September 20, 2026
$15 - $35
Hamilton Comic Con is Hamilton's premier pop culture event. Over 100,000 square feet of vendors, artists, celebrities, autographs, photo ops, attractions, Q&As and panels, cosplay contest and ... »
Holiday Beach Conservation, Amherstburg
September 19, 2026 To September 20, 2026
519-776-5209/ 1-888-487-4760
$20/car
Watch thousands of birds of prey flying overhead, experience programs that cover a wide range of birding and nature topics and see hawks and owls up close. ... »
Waterloo Park West, Westmount Rd Entrance, Waterloo
September 19, 2026
%5 - $10
The Royal Medieval Faire brings the magical Kingdom of Mearth alive in Waterloo Park! »