Charlottetown 
PEI is a great place for a summer vacation and a great place to spend a few days — why not take in a festival while you’re there? Whether it’s folk music or seafood, or potatoes, you’re sure to enjoy some great weather and a great time with that famous Island hospitality.
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So, plan to join the fun at the festivals listed below and celebrate the amazing things that make the Island unique.
Summer Music Festivals on PEI
- Festival of Small Halls: June 9 to 18, 2023 @ Various locations through PEI
- Under the Spire Music Festival: June 16 – September 10, 2023 @ Historic St. Mary’s Church, 1374 Hamilton Rd. Indian River
- Stompin’ Tom Fest: June to September 2023 @ Stompin’ Tom Centre, 14024 Route 14, Skinners Pond
- Cavendish Beach Music Festival: July 6 – 8, 2023 @ Cavendish Beach, PEI
- PEI Bluegrass & Old Time Music Festival: July 7 – 9, 2023 @ Dundas Plowing Match Grounds, 260 Little River Road, Dundas
- Rollo Bay Fiddle Festival: July 21 – 23, 2023 @ 961 Veteran’s Memorial Hwy, Souris
- Sommo Festival: July 14 – 15, 2023 @ 8779 Route 6, Cavendish
- Rock The Boat Music Festival: August 2 to 6, 2023 @ 364 Green Park Road, Tyne Valley
- Festival Route 11: August 3 – 6, 2023 @ Union Corner Provincial Park, 1, Union Corner Park Road, Wellington
- Cloggeroo Folk Festival: August 11-13, 2023 @ West Street Park, Georgetown
The Charlottetown Festival
All summer long, the Confederation Centre of the Arts showcases Canadian theatre. This year, “The Play That Goes Wrong” and “Maggie” are on stage all season long. Through the season, lots of shows will take the stage for shorter runs.
Details
Confederation Centre of the Arts, Charlottetown
June 14 – September 23, 2023
Starting at $35
Island Tides Yoga & Wellness Festival
This health and wellness festival in Charlottetown combines yoga, fitness, workshops, and scenic activities. It offers a chance to relax, learn, and indulge in nourishing food while embracing the magic of the island. Whether you’re an experienced yogi or a curious newcomer, this festival provides an opportunity to unwind and explore the wellness world in a picturesque setting. Local food vendors and chefs will be available to offer high-quality, delicious fare to keep participants energized throughout the event.
Details
June 22 – 25, 2023
Charlottetown
Starting at $15
Tignish Irish Moss Festival
Spend the Canada Day Weekend with your family and friends enjoying some rural fun in beautiful Tignish. There will be beach parties, lobster suppers, and farming competitions for every member of your family to enjoy.
Details
Tignish
June 23 – July 2, 2023
PEI Street Rod Show n’ Shine Festival
Do you love antique cars? Then you’ll definitely love PEI’s small “Show and Shine” Festival. This festival is all about people showing off their beautiful old antique cars. From old trucks to gorgeous antique cars, the Show and Shine Festival, which is put on by the PEI Street Rod Association has it all for car lovers to enjoy. This is the oldest outdoor car show east of Montreal.
Details
PEI Street Rod Association, Cotton Road, Cardigan
June 30 – July 2, 2023
$5
Summerside Lobster Carnival
While the name would lead you to believe this carnival is all about lobster, there is lots more taking at the annual Summerside Lobster Carnival. There will be harness racing, live music, baking contests, demonstrations, lobster-eating competitions and much more!
Details
July 6 – 8, 2023
511 Notre Dame Street, Summerside
Pride PEI Week
During late July, beautiful rainbow flags blow in the winds across Charlottetown. Throughout the week, there are fun events located around the city for people to attend like the Pride Unplugged performance series and the main event, Pride After Dark.
Details
July 21 to 30, 2023
Charlottetown
Charlottetown Race Week
Celebrating 38 years of keel boat racing at Charlottetown Race Week. Spend the weekend with friends at the Charlottetown Yacht Club watching the best sailboat racing and waterfront fun in Atlantic Canada.
Details
Charlottetown Yacht Club, 2 Pownal Street, Charlottetown
July 12 – 15, 2023
Georgetown Summer Days
The Georgetown Summer Days Festival is a hit among locals and visitors alike. The festival began last year with a mackerel jigging off Government Wharf. This year there will be a car rally, a strawberry social, laser tag, a teen dance, a parade, as well as a ‘Carnival’ with a free BBQ, games, waterslide inflatables, and live music.
Details
Georgetown
July 11 – 16, 2023
Somerset Festival
The 41st Somerset Festival is a popular community celebration for families. There will be a ‘PEI Beach Day’ Street parade, fun kids activities, an antique tractor pull and car show, a spectacular fireworks display and much more.
Details
Somerset
July 16 – 23, 2023
PEI Potato Blossom Festival
PEI Potato Blossom Festival
It is a well-known fact that PEI is famous for one major thing, it is their delicious potatoes! What better way to mark the harvest of potatoes in mid-July than with a festival? The PEI Potato Blossom Festival is a great time for any lover of potatoes. There will be a potato peeling contest, a cribbage tournament, a beauty pageant, pool tournaments, and delicious pancake breakfasts for everyone to enjoy.
Details
Main Street, O’Leary
July 17 – 23, 2023
Arts & Culture Festival Montague Waterfront
Spend a fun 3-days of celebrating arts, culture, and community in Three Rivers! This festival features music and dance performances on the waterfront stage, an awesome parade, fun kids’ activities, and an outdoor market with local artisans and food vendors. The weekend wraps up with a fantastic fireworks show over the Montague Marina.
Details
Montague Waterfront, 1Station Street, Montague
July 28 – 30, 2023
River Clyde Pageant
The River Clyde Pageant is a spectacular outdoor performance in New Glasgow that unites community members, and professional and emerging artists in its creation and presentation. Each summer’s Pageant features giant puppets, stilt walkers, musicians and performers of all ages.
Details
New Glasgow
July 27 – 30 & August 3 – 6, 2023
St. Peter’s Wild Blueberry Festival
Are you a blueberry lover? Then you must pay a visit to St. Peter’s Wild Blueberry Festival held in St. Peter’s Bay at the end of July and beginning of August. The festival draws in many blueberry lovers from all around the Island and beyond, and in recent years has incorporated a float parade into the festival along with concession stands and various games for children. Details
July 28 to August 6, 2023
Saint Peter’s Bay
Mermaid Tears Sea Glass Festival
Have a great time learning about everything Sea Glass/Nautical during the 14th Annual Mermaid Tears Sea Glass Festival. There will be a large variety of vendors, a sea glass bingo, fun children’s activities, awesome inflatables, fantastic food vendors, as well as FREE access to the Souris Historical Lighthouse. This year’s guest speaker is Sea Glass Archaeologist, Mike Baran from Cape Breton
Details
Souris Historic Lighthouse Grounds, 134 Breakwater Street, Souris
July 29 – 30, 2023
Tyne Valley Oyster Festival
The Tyne Valley Oyster Festival is the Canadian Oyster Shucking Championship with many top shuckers competing to represent Canada at the world championships in Galway, Ireland this coming September. There will also be an Oyster-themed street parade on Saturday.
Details
Cavendish Farms Community Events Centre, 7085 Rt. 12, Tyne Valley
August 2 – 6, 2023
Island Fringe Festival
This is an interesting Festival where pretty much anything in the way of performance art goes. This is where people with unique stories from all across Canada can tell them in many different ways. This popular Fringe festival features fantastic musical performances, theatrical performances, comedies and tragedies, dance performances and so much more for everyone to enjoy.
Details
Charlottetown
August 2 – 6, 2023
Highland Games & Scottish Festival
The Highland Games! A celebration of everything Scottish comes to PEI. If you’re of Scottish ancestry, or simply like the idea of the Highland Games, or are just looking for a great festival to attend this summer — make it the Highland Games and Scottish Festival! Details
Early August. 2023 TBA
Lord Selkirk Campgrounds,
Lord Selkirk Provincial Park, Belfast
Old Home Week PEI’s Family Fun Fair
Have fun with your family and friends at Old Home Week, which is a popular 10-day event. PEI’s Family Fun Fair has something for everyone to enjoy from awesome midway amusements, a variety of food vendors, fantastic live entertainment, fun educational activities, livestock and horse shows, exciting harness racing, competitions, a magic show and even Kid’s Pedal Tractor Pulls.
Details
Eastlink Centre, 46 Kensington Road, Charlottetown
August 11 – 19, 2023
$12 – $25
Panmure Island Annual Pow Wow
The 29th Annual Mawiomi on Panmure Island is a rejoicing of life through feasting and dancing to the “Heart Beat of Mother Earth,” which is represented in the Sacred Drum. The Pow Wow will end on Sunday evening with a traditional Mi’kmaq Feast that is open to the public with a donation. Pow Wow attendees are able to camp for free, use serviced washrooms and enjoy spending time on one of the most beautiful beaches on the Island.
Details
Panmure Island
August 19th & 20th, 2023
PEI Ploughing Match & Agricultural Fair
Prince Edward Island is well-known for its agriculture and the town of Dundas has taken full advantage of that with an annual agricultural fair and a ploughing match! Who can plough the land the fastest? Is the question on everyone’s lips. Aside from the ploughing match, there’s also various farm animals brought in by local farmers for the children to look at and various food items also procured from local farmers. For those with any interest in agriculture, or simply seeing the ploughing races, a visit to the PEI Agricultural Fair is not to be missed! Details
August 20 to 27, 2023
Dundas, PEI
Agricultural Exhibition and Acadian Festival of the Evangeline Region
This annual event is a popular Labour Day Weekend that was founded in 1902. This festival has activities for the entire family that celebrate the Island’s agricultural heritage and unique Acadian culture. Everyone is sure to enjoy the delectable local cuisine, awesome musical events, a craft show, a fun talent competition, exhibitions and so much more.
Details
Abram-Village, 1745 Route 124
August 31 to September 3, 2023
PEI International Shellfish Festival
Cap off your fun-filled summer with scrumptious seafood at the annual PEI International Shellfish Festival. Watch the hottest culinary competitions and party at the roof- raising kitchen parties during this fantastic four-day festival.
Details
September 14 – 17, 2023
Charlottetown
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