The list of 2019 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 centered around these best festivals of Ontario!
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Ongoing Event
- Doors Open Ontario (Province Wide) Apr 27 – Oct 30, 2019
APRIL 2019
- Eat & Drink Norfolk (Simcoe) April 4 – 6, 2019
- Stratford Festival (Stratford) Apr. 16-Nov. 3, 2019
- Tweed & Company Theatre Season (Tweed): April 13, 2019-Feb. 17, 2020
MAY 2019
- Canadian Tulip Festival (Ottawa) May 10-20, 2019
- Carassauga Festival of Cultures (Mississauga): May 24-26, 2019
- SING! The Toronto Vocal Arts Festival (Toronto): May 24-June 2, 2019
- Creemore Springs Turas Mór (Creemore): May 25, 2019
- The Streetsville Founders’ Bread and Honey Festival (Mississauga): May 31-June 2, 2019
- Orangeville Blues and Jazz Festival (Orangeville) May 31 – June 2, 2019
JUNE 2019
- Re-Enactment of the Battle of Stoney Creek (Stoney Creek) Jun 1 – 2, 2019
- Vaughan Celebrates Concerts in the Park: June 5 – July 31, 2019
- Barrie Automotive Flea Market (Oro-Medonte) June 6-9, 2019 & Sept. 5-8, 2019
- Dundas International Buskerfest (Hamilton): June 7-9, 2019
- Luminato Festival (Toronto): June 7-23, 2019
- Sound of Music Festival (Burlington) June 8-16, 2019
- Ontario’s Best Butter Tart Festival (Midland) : June 8, 2019
- Oshawa Peony Festival (Oshawa) June 15 – 16, 2019
- Carrousel of Nations (Windsor): June 14 to 16 & 21 to 23, 2019
- TD Ottawa Jazz Festival (Ottawa) June 20-July 1, 2019
- It’s your Festival (Hamilton): June 29-July 1, 2019
- Redpath Waterfront Festival(Toronto): June 29-July 1, 2019
JULY 2019
- City of Burlington’s Canada Day Celebration: July 1st, 2019
- Richmond Hill Canada Day (Richmond Hill) July 1st, 2019
- Canada Day Celebrations (Ottawa/Gatineau)July 1st, 2019
- RBC Bluesfest (Ottawa) July 4 – 14, 2019
- TD Sunfest: Canada’s Premier Celebration of World Cultures (London): July 4-7, 2019
- TD Salsa in Toronto Festival (Toronto): July 6-7, 2019
- Toronto Caribbean Carnival: July 7-Aug. 11, 2019
- Teddy Bears Picnic (Thunder Bay):July 9, 2019
- Live on the Waterfront (Thunder Bay): July 10-Aug. 28, 2019
- Belleville Waterfront & Ethnic Festival (Belleville) July 11-14, 2019
- Guelph Hillside Festival (Guelph): July 12-14, 2019
- Lighthouse Blues Festival (Kincardine) July 12-14, 2019
- Pelham Summerfest (Fonthill): July 18 – 21, 2019
- TD Niagara Jazz Festival (NOTL): July 18-28, 2019
- Stewart Park Festival (Perth) July 19-21, 2019
- The Mount Forest Fireworks Festival (Mt. Forest, Grey County): July 19-21, 2019
- Festival of the Sound (Parry Sound) July 19-Aug. 10, 2019
- Ottawa Chamberfest: July 25-Aug. 8, 2019
- Collingwood Elvis Festival (Collingwood) July 26-28, 2019
AUGUST 2019
- Bancroft Rockhound Gemboree (Brancroft) Aug. 1-4, 2019
- Hogs for Hospice (Leamington): August 2-4, 2019
- Canal Days Marine Heritage Festival (Port Colborne) Aug. 2 -5, 2019
- Sioux Lookout Blueberry Festival: Aug. 2-11, 2019
- Rogers Cup Presented by National Bank (Toronto): Aug. 3-11, 2019
- JAMBANA™ One World Festival (GTA) Aug. 4-5, 2019
- Grace International Jerk Food and Music Festival – Jerkfest (Toronto): Aug. 8-11, 2019
- Fergus Scottish Festival & Highland Games (Fergus) Aug. 9-11, 2019
- Kingston Sheep Dog Trials Festival (Kingston) Aug. 9-11, 2019
- Sidelaunch Days (Collingwood) Aug. 10-11, 2019
- Havelock Country Jamboree (Havelock) Aug. 15-18, 2019
- Dundas Cactus Festival (Hamilton): Aug. 16-18, 2019
- Summerfolk Music & Crafts Festival (Owen Sound): Aug. 16-18, 2019
- Carrot Fest (Bradford) Aug. 16-17, 2019
- Mississauga Italfest: Aug. 16-17, 2019
- Canadian National Exhibition: Aug. 16-Sept. 2, 2019
- Oakville Children’s Festival: Aug. 17, 2019
- Buckhorn Fine Art Festival (Buckthorn) Aug. 17-18, 2019
- Burlington’s Children’s Festival: Aug. 18, 2019
- Tecumseh Corn Festival (Tecumseh) Aug. 23-25, 2019
- Winona Peach Festival (Winona) Aug. 23-25, 2019
- The Great Canadian Kayak Challenge & Festival (Timmins) Aug. 23-25, 2019
- Paris Fair: Aug. 29-Sept. 2, 2019
- Canada’s Largest Ribfest (Burlington) Aug. 30 – Sept.2, 2019
- MuslimFest (Mississauga): Aug. 30-Sept. 1, 2019
SEPTEMBER 2019
- Toronto International Film Festival: Sept. 5-15, 2019
- Western Fair (London) Sept 7 – 16, 2019
- Meaford Scarecrow Invasion & Family Festival (Meaford) Early September – Thanksgiving Weekend
- Supercrawl (Hamilton): Sept. 13-15, 2019
- Niagara Wine Festival (St. Catharines) Sept 14 – 29, 2019
- Brooklin Harvest Festival: Sept. 14, 2019
- Cobble Beach Concours d’Elegence Sept. 14-15, 2019
- Telling Tales Festival (Hamilton) Sept. 15, 2019
- International Plowing Match & Rural Expo (Verner, West Nipissing): Sept. 17-21, 2019
- St. George AppleFest (St. George) Sept. 21 to 22, 2019
- The Word on the Street Toronto (Toronto) Sept. 21-22, 2019
OCTOBER 2019
- Pumpkinferno: Oct. 3-30, 2019
- Small Halls Festival (Township of Clearview) Oct 3-6, 2019
- Haunted Fort Night (Thunder Bay) Oct. 3-27, 2019
- Port Elgin Pumpkinfest (Port Elgin): Oct. 5-6, 2019
- Norfolk County Fair and Horse Show (Simcoe) Oct. 8-14, 2019
- Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest: Oct. 11-19, 2019
- Bala Cranberry Festival (Bala) Oct. 18-20, 2019
- Arts Walk of Fame Brampton: Fall 2019
- Aurora’s Haunted Forest (Aurora) Oct. 26, 2019
NOVEMBER 2019
- OPG Winter Festival of Lights (Niagara Falls) Nov. 2, 2019 – Jan. 31, 2020
- Remembrance Day Parade and Service(Brampton) Nov. 11, 2019
- River Lights Winter Festival (Amherstburg) — Nov. 16-Dec. 23, 2019
- First Light at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons (Midland) Nov. 21-Dec. 6, 2019
- Simcoe Christmas Panorama (Simcoe) — Nov. 30, 2019-Jan. 5, 2020
- Christmas in Cambridge Festival of Events: Nov. 29-Dec. 31, 2019
- Aurora’s Tree Lighting Ceremony (Aurora) Nov 29-Dec 1, 2019
WINTER DEC 2019 TO MAR 2020
- Christkindl Market Dec. 5-8, 2019
- Brampton New Year’s Eve: Dec. 31, 2019
- Fire & Ice Festival (Bracebridge): Jan. 25, 2020
- Winterlude (Ottawa/Gatineau) Jan 31-Feb. 17, 2020
- Barrie Winterfest (Barrie) Feb. 1-2, 2019
- Voyageur Winter Carnival (Thunder Bay): Feb. 15-17, 2020
The festivals and events industry in Ontario is estimated to generate in excess of $2.3 billion annually in contribution to regional GDP, create/sustain approximately 50,000 full-year-equivalent jobs and foster approximately $1 billion dollars in taxes at all levels of government.
Doors open was really great. Had a great time there.
Found this listing extra ordinarily helpful.I would have liked to attend the International Grace Jerkfest & Music Festival.I’m now viewing # 34 Live on the waterfront, # 59 Canadian National Exhibition. # 67 Canada’s Largest Ribfest.Or maybe # 80 # 81 for my birthday weekend
TD Niagara Jazz Festival July 28-30, 2017
Great resource . Thank you