2019 Top 100 Festivals & Events in Ontario

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.