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List of music festivals in Canada

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Music festivals of Canada
External sublists
By type
Regional types
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This is an incomplete list of music festivals in Canada.

Sublists

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By locale

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By type

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Music festivals

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Sortable table

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Festival name City/venue Province 1st
year
Genre/type
Action Music Fest Summerland British Columbia
Adstock Maple Ridge British Columbia
Amnesia Rockfest Montebello Quebec 2005 Rock festival
Armstrong Metal Fest Armstrong British Columbia Heavy metal festival
Astral Harvest Music & Arts Festival Driftpile Alberta Arts festival
Bass Coast Merritt British Columbia
Beaches International Jazz Festival Toronto Ontario Jazz festival
Big Sky Music Festival Oro-Medonte Ontario
Boots and Hearts Music Festival Oro-Medonte Ontario Country music festival
Bushwacked Beaverdell British Columbia
Calgary Folk Music Festival Calgary Alberta Folk festival
Calgary International Blues Festival Calgary Alberta Blues festival
Calgary International Reggae Festival Calgary Alberta Reggae festival
Canadian Music Week Toronto Ontario
Canmore Folk Fest Canmore Alberta Folk festival
Capital Hoedown Ottawa Ontario Country music festival
Cavendish Beach Music Festival Cavendish Prince Edward Island Country music festival
CBC Music Festival Toronto Ontario
Celtic Colours Cape Breton Island Nova Scotia Celtic music festival
Centre of Gravity Kelowna British Columbia
Chasing Summer Calgary Alberta 2012 Electronic dance music
Choral Mosaic 2020 Mississauga Ontario 2020 Choral ensemble
Classics by the Bay Parrsboro Nova Scotia classical music festival
CMT Music Fest Kitchener Ontario
Come Together Music Festival Durham Ontario
Contact Winter Music Festival Vancouver British Columbia Teen friendly
Connect Music Festival Mortlach Saskatchewan
Craven Country Jamboree Regina Qu'Appelle Valley Saskatchewan
Dawson City Music Festival Dawson City Yukon
Desert Live Music Festival Osoyoos British Columbia
Digital Dreams Music Festival Toronto Ontario
Dream Music Festival Penticton British Columbia
East Van Summer Jam Vancouver British Columbia
Edgefest Toronto and Barrie Ontario
Edmonton Folk Music Festival Edmonton Alberta
Electric Eye Music Festival Lethbridge Alberta
Enderby Arts Festival Enderby British Columbia
Escapade Music Festival Ottawa Ontario
Ever After Music Festival Kitchener Ontario
Evolve Festival Atlantic Canada
Fest of Ale Penticton British Columbia
Festival of Small Halls Prince Edward Island Music and dance festival at various locations featuring folk/country/indie artists
Funtastic Vernon British Columbia
Fusion Festival Surrey British Columbia
Future Forest Music & Arts Festival Outside of Fredericton New Brunswick Electronic
Gateway Music Festival Bengough Saskatchewan
Goderich Celtic Roots Festival Goderich Ontario
Golden West Music Fest Bonnyville Alberta
GrizFest Tumbler Ridge British Columbia
The Groove Music Festival Midway British Columbia
Halifax Jazz Festival Halifax Nova Scotia
Halifax Pop Explosion Halifax Nova Scotia
Harrison Festival Harrison Hot Springs British Columbia
Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival Fredericton New Brunswick
Havelock Country Jamboree London Ontario
Heavy MONTRÉAL Montreal Quebec
Hillside Festival Guelph Lake Ontario
Hornby Island Festival Hornby Island British Columbia
Home County Folk Festival London Ontario
Indie Week Canada Toronto Ontario 2002 Music festival and industry conference
Innu Nikamu Mani-Utenam Quebec 1985 First Nations music
Island Musicfest Comox Valley British Columbia
Islands Music Festival Duncan British Columbia
Jazz Winnipeg Festival Winnipeg Manitoba
The Junction Summer Solstice Festival Toronto Ontario
Love & Records - Lethbridge Music Festival & Record Fair Lethbridge Alberta
Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival Lunenberg Nova Scotia
Manitoulin Country Fest Little Current Ontario
Mariposa Folk Festival Orillia Ontario
Maritime Fiddle Festival Dartmouth Nova Scotia 1950 Folk music/Step Dance festival
MazzFest Saskatoon Saskatchewan
Mission Folk Festival Mission British Columbia
Montreal International Jazz Festival
(Festival International de jazz de Montréal)
Montreal Quebec
Montreal International Reggae Festival Montreal Quebec
MoSo Fest Saskatoon Saskatchewan
Motion Notion Golden British Columbia
Mushtari Begum Festival New Westminster British Columbia
Music and Beyond Ottawa Ontario
MusicFest Canada
Mutek Montreal Quebec
Nakusp Music Fest Nakusp British Columbia
Ness Creek Music Festival Big River Saskatchewan
North by Northeast Toronto Ontario
Northern Lights Festival Boreal Sudbury Ontario 1972[1]
La Nuit sur l'étang Sudbury Ontario
OM Festival Southern Ontario Ontario
Open Air Performances Lake Country British Columbia
Osheaga Montreal Quebec
Ottawa Bluesfest Ottawa Ontario
Ottawa Chamber Music Festival Ottawa Ontario
Ottawa Folk Festival Ottawa Ontario
Ottawa Jazz Festival Ottawa Ontario
Ottawa Reggae Festival Ottawa Ontario
Paradise Music Festival Whitehorse Yukon
Pop Montreal Montreal Quebec
Purple City Music Festival Edmonton Alberta 2013 Rock, punk, shoegaze, post-punk, hardcore, metal, etc
Quebec City Summer Festival Quebec City Quebec
Regina Folk Festival Regina Saskatchewan
Reignbough Fiddle Arts & Music Festival Smoky Lake Alberta
River Rats Festival Athabasca Alberta
Rockin’ River Musicfest Merritt British Columbia Rock festival
Rockin' the Fields of Minnedosa Minnedosa Manitoba Rock festival
Rock the Shores Victoria British Columbia Rock festival
Pretty Good Not Bad Victoria British Columbia Experimental Electronic Music and art
Rock of the Woods Music Festival Cowichan Valley British Columbia Rock festival
Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival Salmon Arm British Columbia Blues festival
Sappyfest Sackville New Brunswick
Sarnia Bayfest Sarnia Ontario
Sasktel Saskatchewan Jazz Fest Saskatoon Saskatchewan Jazz festival
SCENE Music Festival St. Catharines Ontario
Shambhala Salmo British Columbia EDM
Shorefest Vancouver British Columbia
Sled Island Calgary Alberta
Sommo Fest Cavendish Prince Edward Island 2023 Indie music
Sooke River Bluegrass Festival Sooke British Columbia Bluegrass festival
Squamish Constellation Festival Squamish British Columbia
Stan Rogers Folk Festival Canso Nova Scotia
Steamboat Mountain Music Festival Edgewater British Columbia
Summerfest Charlottetown Prince Edward Island
Sunfest London Ontario
Supercrawl Hamilton Ontario
Tdot Fest Toronto Ontario
Time Festival Toronto Ontario
Tiny Lights Festival Ymir British Columbia
Toronto Jazz Festival Toronto Ontario
Unity Music Festival Slocan British Columbia
Up Here Festival Sudbury Ontario
Vancouver Folk Music Festival Vancouver British Columbia
Vancouver International Jazz Festival Vancouver British Columbia
VELD Music Festival Toronto Ontario 2012 Electronic / Hip Hop
Victoria Ska Fest Victoria British Columbia
Virgin Festival Toronto and Vancouver
Wanderlust Festival Whistler British Columbia
Wapiti Music Festival Fernie British Columbia Folk / Indie / Rock
Warped Tour Various Various
WEMF Toronto Ontario
WestFest Calgary Alberta
Wild Mountain Music Festival Hinton Alberta
Winnipeg Folk Festival Winnipeg Manitoba 1974 Folk festival
Winnipeg New Music Festival Winnipeg Manitoba 1992 Contemporary classical music festival
Whoop & Hollar Folk Festival Portage la Prairie Manitoba 2015 Folk festival (Alternative / Blues / Francophone / Folk / Indie / Indigenous / Pop / Rock / Roots / World)

Organized by province or territory

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Alberta

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British Columbia

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Manitoba

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New Brunswick

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Newfoundland and Labrador

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Northwest Territories

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Nova Scotia

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Ontario

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Prince Edward Island

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Quebec

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Northern Lights Festival Boreal finalizes 45th anniversary performance roster". Village Media. April 20, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
  2. ^ CannaFest Music Festival
  3. ^ O’Kane, Josh (2 March 2023). "B.C.'s Fvded in the Park music fest, once home to 50,000 fans, cancelled amid soaring costs". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Harvest Moon Festival 2014 | September 12–14 in Clearwater MB". Harvestmoonfestival.ca. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
  5. ^ "Matlock Festival of Music Art and Nature". Matlockfestival.ca. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
  6. ^ "Winnipeg, Manitoba". Rainbow Trout Music Festival. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
  7. ^ "Home". whoopandhollar.com.
  8. ^ Ever After Music Fest
  9. ^ Field Trip
  10. ^ Forge Fest
  11. ^ "Northern Lights Festival Boreal finalizes 45th anniversary performance roster". Village Media. April 20, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
  12. ^ RiverFest
  13. ^ Veld Electronic Music Festival
  14. ^ Île Soniq
  15. ^ "M Pour Montreal Homepage". Mformontreal.com. Retrieved 2015-04-10.
  16. ^ "SENSIBILISER & CONNECTER AVEC SON PUBLIC EN 2014 - Mundial Montréal". Mundialmontreal.com. 2014-11-18. Retrieved 2015-04-10.
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