Top 100 Festivals & Events in Ontario – 2026

The list of 2026 top 100 festivals and events in Ontario, awarded by Festivals and Events Ontario (FEO).

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

• Welland Concerts on the Canal — June to September @ Welland
• Pelham Summer Chill Series — June 11 to September 10, 2026 @ Pelham
• Tweed & Company Theatre Season – June to September

April 2026

• Eat & Drink Norfolk — April 9 to 11, 2026

May 2026

• SING! The Toronto Vocal Arts Festival — May 20 to June 1 @ Toronto
• Meadows Music Festival — May 29 to 30, 2026  @ Fergus
• Oshawa Indigenous Cultural Celebration —May 30, 2026

June 2026

• Orangeville Blues and Jazz Festival — June 5 to 7, 2026  @ Orangeville
• Brampton Kitefest — June 6 to 7, 2026
• Barrie Troubadour Festival Series —  Saturdays, June 6,  July 25,  Aug. 15,  Sept. 12, 2026
• Peony Festival — June  6 & 7, 2026 @ Oshawa
• Thunder Bay Kite Festival – June 7, 2026
• LaSalle Strawberry Festival — June 11 to 14, 2026
• Barrie Airshow — June 13 to 14, 2026
• Ontario’s Best Butter Tart Festival — June 13, 2026  @  Midland
• Salsa at Blue Mountain – June (TBA)
• Re-Enactment of the Battle of Stoney Creek — June  (TBA) @ Stoney Creek/Hamilton
• Pelham Summer Chill Series — June 11 to September 10, 2026
• Yorkville Exotic Car Show — Father’s Day (TBA) @ Toronto
• Thamesville Threshing Festival — June 19 to 20, 2026
• Kitchener-Waterloo Multicultural Festival — June 20 – 21, 2026
• Stouffville Main Street 5K — June 21, 2026
• Toronto Waterfront Festival — June TBA
• Peterborough Musicfest — June 27 to August 19, 2026
• Westben Summer Festival – June to August, 2026

July 2026

• Essex Fun Fest — July 2 to 5, 2026
• Vaughan International Film Festival — July 6 to 8, 2026
• Because Beer Craft Beer Festival — July 10 to 11, 2026
• Toronto Outdoor Art Fair — July 10 to 12, 2026
• Toronto Summer Music Festival — July 9 to August 1, 2026
• Fort William Historical Park  The Great Rendezvos  – July 10 to 12, 2026 @ Thunder Bay
• Festival of South Asia — July 11 & 12, 2026 @ Toronto
• Salsa on St Clair Street Festival — July 11 & 12, 2026 @ Toronto
• Pelham Summerfest —  July 16th to 19th, 2026
• Hillside Festival Guelph — July 17 to 19, 2026
• Richmond Hill Retro Ribfest — July 17 to 19, 2026
• Kitchener Ribfest and Craft Beer Show – July 17-19, 2026
• PanAmerican Food and Music Festival — July  24 to 26, 2026 @ Toronto
• Port Colborne Canal Days Marine Heritage Festival — July 31 – August 3, 2026
• Festival of Friends – Civic Day Weekend @ Hamilton
• Kempenfest — Civic Day Weekend/July 31 – August 3, 2026 @ Barrie

August 2026

• Hayloft Music Festival – August 1 to 2, 2026 @ Listowel
• Port Hope Arts Festival — August 8, 2026  @ Port Hope
• Paris Fair — August (Dates TBA)
• Fergus Scottish Festival & Highland Games — August 7 to 9, 2026 @ Fergus
• Carrot Fest — August 14-15, 2026 @ Bradford West Gwillimbury
• Sioux Lookout Blueberry Festival — August (TBA) @ Sioux Lookout
• Buckhorn Festival of the Arts — August 15 & 16, 2026 @ Buckhorn
• Canadian National Exhibition —  August 21 to September 7, 2026 @ Toronto
• Mississauga ItalFest — August 21 t0 22, 2026 @ Mississauga
• Music in the Fields — August 27 to 29, 2026 @ Lucknow
• Winona Peach Festival — August 28 – 30, 2026 @ Hamilton
• Kitchener Kidspark – August (Dates TBA)
• Sun Life Waterloo Busker Carnival — August 27 to 30, 2026
• Wasaga Beach Memories of Summer – August (TBA)

September 2026

• Goderich Salt and Harvest Festival —  September 3 to 6, 2026 @ Goderich
• Markham-Milliken Children’s Festival — September @ Markham
• Cabbagetown Festival — September 12 to 13, 2026 @ Toronto
• Southside Shuffle Blues and Jazz Festival —  September 11 to 13, 2026 @ Mississauga
• Western Fair — September 11 to 22, 2026
• Supercrawl — September  11 to 13, 2026 @ Hamilton
• Whitby Brooklin Harvest Festival – September (TBA)
• Amherstburg Uncommon Festival —  September 18-20, 2026 @ Downtown Amherstburg
• Chatham Crowfest —  September 17 to 20, 2026 @ Downtown Chatham
• Niagara Grape and Wine Festival — September @ Niagara Falls/St. Catharines
• Oshawa Convergence Music and Art Festival — September 19 to 20, 2026
• St. George AppleFest — September  @ St. George
• Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest — September 25 – October 17, 2026 @ KW Region
• Vaughan Culture Days —  September
• Clearview Small Halls Festival —  September to November
• Brighton Applefest @ September 24 to 27, 2026
• Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour — September 26 & 27, 2026
• Hike Haliburton Festival — September @ Haliburton County

Markham Olympic and Paralympic Celebration – September 22, 2025

October 2026

• Caledonia Fair — October 1 – 4, 2026
• Norfolk County Fair & Horse Show — Thanksgiving weekend @ Simcoe
• Balls Falls Thanksgiving Festival — Thanksgiving weekend / Jordan Station
• Erin Fall Fair — Thanksgiving weekend
• Medieval Madness — October 17 @ Quinte West
• Aurora’s Haunted Forest — October 24, 2026 @ Aurora
• Oshawa Halloween Boo Bash – October
• Fort William Historical Park  Halloween Hoot – October @ Thunder Bay
• Fort Henry Fort Fright – October @ Kingston
• Pumpkinferno – October to November @ Morrisburg

Winter 2026 – 2027

• Port Hope Candlelight Festival – November 27, 2026
• Kitchener Christkindl Market — December
• Aurora’s Christmas Market — November/December
• Fresh Up Festival Hamilton — November
• Amherstburg River Lights Winter Festival — November 14, 2026 to January 3, 2027 @ Downtown Amherstburg
• Bright Lights Windsor — November to January @  Windsor
• Alight at Night — November to January @  Morrisburg
• Niagara Falls Winter Festival of Lights — November to January @ Niagara Falls
• Markham Jazzlicious – January 14 to March 15, 2026
• Wiarton Willie Festival – February 2, 2027
• Thunder Bay SnowDay on the Waterfront – Family Day
• Georgina SnoFest — February 7, 2026
• Vaughan Winterfest — February 7 to 8, 2026
• Kingstonlicious – February 2 – March 31, 2026
• Celebrate Toronto – March 7, 2026

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