List of music festivals in Canada explained

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This is an incomplete list of music festivals in Canada.

Sublists

By type

• List of classical music festivals#North America
• List of electronic music festivals
• List of folk festivals#Canada
  • List of blues festivals in Canada
• List of jazz festivals#Canada

Music festivals

See main article: article.

Sortable table

! Festival name! City/venue! Province! 1st
year! Genre/type

		British Columbia
		Quebec	2005
		British Columbia		Heavy metal festival
		Alberta		Arts festival
		British Columbia
		Ontario		Jazz festival
		Ontario		Country music festival
		British Columbia
				Folk festival
	Calgary	Alberta		Blues festival
	Calgary	Alberta		Reggae festival
		Ontario
		Alberta		Folk festival
	Ottawa	Ontario		Country music festival
		Prince Edward Island		Country music festival
	Toronto	Ontario
				Celtic music festival
Centre of Gravity		British Columbia
Chasing Summer		Alberta	2012	Electronic dance music
Choral Mosaic 2020	Mississauga	Ontario	2020	Choral ensemble
Classics by the Bay		Nova Scotia		classical music festival
		Ontario
Contact Winter Music Festival	Vancouver	British Columbia		Teen friendly
Connect Music Festival
		British Columbia
	Toronto	Ontario
		British Columbia
	Vancouver	British Columbia
		Ontario
	Edmonton	Alberta
		Alberta
		British Columbia
Escapade Music Festival	Ottawa	Ontario
	Kitchener	Ontario
	Penticton	British Columbia
Festival of Small Halls				Music and dance festival at various locations featuring folk/country/indie artists
		British Columbia
		British Columbia
Future Forest Music & Arts Festival	Outside of Fredericton	New Brunswick		Electronic
		Saskatchewan
		Ontario
		Alberta
		British Columbia
		British Columbia
	Halifax	Nova Scotia
		Nova Scotia
		British Columbia
		Ontario
	Montreal	Quebec
	Guelph Lake	Ontario
		British Columbia
	London	Ontario
Indie Week Canada	Toronto	Ontario	2002	Music festival and industry conference
		Quebec	1985	First Nations music
		British Columbia
		British Columbia
	Winnipeg	Manitoba
	Toronto	Ontario
	Lethbridge	Alberta
		Nova Scotia
		Ontario
		Ontario
		Nova Scotia	1950	Folk music/Step Dance festival
		Saskatchewan
		British Columbia
Montreal International Jazz Festival (Festival International de jazz de Montréal)	Montreal	Quebec
	Montreal	Quebec
	Saskatoon	Saskatchewan
		British Columbia
	Ottawa	Ontario
	Montreal	Quebec
	Toronto	Ontario
		Ontario	1972^[1]
		Ontario
		Ontario
		British Columbia
	Montreal	Quebec
	Ottawa	Ontario
	Ottawa	Ontario
	Ottawa	Ontario
	Ottawa	Ontario
	Ottawa	Ontario
	Whitehorse	Yukon
	Montreal	Quebec
	Edmonton	Alberta	2013	Rock, punk, shoegaze, post-punk, hardcore, metal, etc
		Quebec
		Saskatchewan
		Alberta
		Alberta
	Merritt	British Columbia
		Manitoba
		British Columbia
		British Columbia		Experimental Electronic Music and art
		British Columbia
		British Columbia		Blues festival
		New Brunswick
		Ontario
	Saskatoon	Saskatchewan		Jazz festival
		Ontario
		British Columbia		EDM
	Vancouver	British Columbia
	Calgary	Alberta
Sommo Fest		Prince Edward Island	2023	Indie music
		British Columbia		Bluegrass festival
Squamish Constellation Festival		British Columbia
		Nova Scotia
		British Columbia
		Ontario
		Ontario
	Toronto	Ontario
	Toronto	Ontario
		British Columbia
	Toronto	Ontario
		British Columbia
		Ontario
	Vancouver	British Columbia
	Vancouver	British Columbia
VELD Music Festival	Toronto	Ontario	2012	Electronic / Hip Hop
	Victoria	British Columbia
	Toronto and Vancouver
Wanderlust Festival		British Columbia
		British Columbia		Folk / Indie / Rock
	Various	Various
	Toronto	Ontario
	Calgary	Alberta
		Alberta
	Winnipeg	Manitoba	1974	Folk festival
	Winnipeg	Manitoba	1992	Contemporary classical music festival
	Portage la Prairie	Manitoba	2015	Folk festival (Alternative / Blues / Francophone / Folk / Indie / Indigenous / Pop / Rock / Roots / World)

Organized by province or territory

• Lilith Fair, a traveling festival

Alberta

See also: List of festivals in Alberta.

• Astral Harvest, Driftpile
• Beaumont Blues and Roots Festival, Beaumont
• Big Valley Jamboree, Camrose
• Blues on Whyte Block Party, Edmonton
• Calgary Folk Music Festival, Calgary
• Chasing Summer Music Festival, Calgary
• Edmonton Folk Music Festival, Edmonton
• Calgary International Blues Festival, Calgary
• Interstellar Rodeo, Edmonton
• North Country Fair, Driftpile
• Reignbough Fiddle Arts & Music Festival, Smokey Lake
• Sled Island, Calgary
• South Country Fair, Ft Macleod
• Sasquatch Gathering, Rangeton Park
• TD Edmonton International Jazz Festival, Edmonton
• Up and DT Festival, Edmonton
• Wild Mountain Music Festival, Hinton

British Columbia

• CannaFest Music Festival, Grand Forks^[2]
• Constellation Festival, Squamish
• FVDED In the Park^[3]
• Shambhala Music Festival
• ValhallaFest
• Vancouver Folk Music Festival
• Wapiti Music Festival, Fernie

Manitoba

See also: List of festivals in Manitoba.

• Big Fun Festival, Winnipeg
• Harvest Moon Festival,^[4] Clearwater
• Jazz Winnipeg Festival, Winnipeg
• Manitoba Electronic Music Exhibition, Winnipeg
• Matlock Festival of Music Art and Nature,^[5] Matlog
• Rainbow Trout Music Festival,^[6] St. Malo
• Real Love Summer Fest, Teulon
• sākihiwē festival, Winnipeg
• Winnipeg Folk Festival, Winnipeg
• Winnipeg Music Festival, Winnipeg
• Winnipeg New Music Festival, Winnipeg
• Whoop & Hollar Folk Festival, Portage la Prairie ^[7]
• YES FEST, Winnipeg

New Brunswick

• List of festivals in New Brunswick

Newfoundland and Labrador

• Tuckamore Festival, St. John's

Northwest Territories

• Folk on the Rocks

Nova Scotia

• Evolve Festival, Antigonish
• Halifax Pop Explosion, Halifax
• Maritime Fiddle Festival, Dartmouth

Prince Edward Island

• Cavendish Beach Music Festival, Cavendish

Quebec

• Eclipse Festival, Sainte-Thérèse-de-la-Gatineau
• Heavy MTL, Montreal
• Île Soniq,^[8] Montreal
• Kinetik Festival, Montreal
• Les Francos de Montréal, Montreal
• Longueuil International Percussion Festival, Longueuil
• M for Montreal,^[9] Montreal
• Montreal International Jazz Festival, Montreal
• Mundial,^[10] Montreal
• MUTEK, Montreal
• Osheaga Festival, Montreal
• Piknic Électronik, Montreal
• Pop Montreal, Montreal
• Quebec City Summer Festival, Quebec City
• Rockfest, Montebello

See also

• List of festivals in Canada
• List of music festivals in the United States

Notes and References

1. News: Northern Lights Festival Boreal finalizes 45th anniversary performance roster . May 25, 2017 . Village Media . April 20, 2016.
2. http://www.cannafest.ca CannaFest Music Festival
3. News: O’Kane . Josh . B.C.’s Fvded in the Park music fest, once home to 50,000 fans, cancelled amid soaring costs . 5 March 2023 . The Globe and Mail . 2 March 2023 . en-CA.
4. Web site: Harvest Moon Festival 2014 | September 12–14 in Clearwater MB . Harvestmoonfestival.ca . 2014-06-09.
5. Web site: Matlock Festival of Music Art and Nature . Matlockfestival.ca . 2014-06-09.
6. Web site: Winnipeg, Manitoba . Rainbow Trout Music Festival . 2014-06-09.
7. Web site: Home . whoopandhollar.com.
8. http://ilesoniq.com/ Île Soniq
9. Web site: M Pour Montreal Homepage. Mformontreal.com. 2015-04-10.
10. Web site: SENSIBILISER & CONNECTER AVEC SON PUBLIC EN 2014 - Mundial Montréal . Mundialmontreal.com . 2014-11-18 . 2015-04-10.