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Ontario offers many thrilling summer adventures and calm water activities like lazy river floating and cruises.
Welland FloatFest
If you want to go lazy river floating in a festive atmosphere, head to the Niagara Falls Region this Sunday for the annual Welland Float Festival.
The Welland Float Fest has been a fun family event since 2016 and is free for all ages. It has been voted the Best Local Tourist Attraction and Best Local Festival by the Reader’s Choice Awards, along with many other awards.
The 2017 Welland Floatfest attempted and won the Guinness World Record for the Longest line of water inflatables. Festival goers connected together to form a continuous line of personal floats in many shapes and sizes to achieve a record-breaking measurement of 165.74 m (543 ft 7 in).
If you are interested in participating in this year’s festival, you can join the floating caravan on your very own floatie. The festival features live entertainment throughout the day, along with a variety of delicious treats available for purchase. You can enjoy a wonderful picnic on the banks of the canal or cool down in the water. Kids will have a great time in the water and on the bouncy castles.
There will be an industrial-sized inflation station at the event, allowing you to inflate your floaties. The event is only for inflatables.
If you want to purchase inflatables, Canadian Tire Welland, a major sponsor of the festival, has a fantastic assortment of inflatables available for purchase leading up to the event.
Welland Float Fest
Registrations will begin at 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. You will be given instructions by the MC before you set out on your floaties. The caravan of brightly coloured floaties will travel from the Lincoln Street Dock to the Lincoln Street Bridge. There are 4 exit points before the final floating exit area. You will have to leave the canal at 7 p.m.
Safety boats and an ambulance will be present at all times in case of an emergency. Children under 16 must be accompanied by a parent and wear a life jacket.
Welland Float Festival
What: Spend a leisurely afternoon and evening picnicking along the canal banks, enjoying great food, amazing live entertainment all day and evening long, an artisan market for unique shopping, delicious food vendors, live entertainment and other fun for the kids, and so much more at Welland Float Festival!
When:
Sunday, July 20, 2025 | 12:00 PM
Registration will take place between 10 am – 12 pm.
All floaties must be out of the canal by 7 pm.
Entertainment:
12:00 PM – DJ Tanner
1:00 PM – The Black Sheep
2:30 PM – Red Line Radio
4:00 PM – Back to the 80s
5:30 PM – Arena Rock Circus
7:00 PM – Hard Rock Hooligans
8:30 PM – Headliner: Gwen Salami featuring Serena Pryne
How Much:
Free, register to participate
Bring non-perishable food or hygiene items to donate to Community Food Drives for local food banks.
Where:
Lincoln Street Docks / Rotary Club of Welland Park, 129 Lincoln Street, Welland
(formerly known as Scuba Park)
The floating caravan will go from Lincoln Street Docks to the Lincoln Street Bridge. There are 4 exit points before you reach the final floating exit area. You will see the exit signs on both sides of the canal.
Parking – All attendees will be asked to park at Welland Market Square. A free shuttle will run between Market Square and the event site from 9:00 a.m. to 10:45 p.m.
