List of blues festivals in Canada

This is a list of blues festivals in Canada. These festivals—which celebrate Canadian blues music, and often times roots music as well—range from small, community-based festivals that feature mostly local performers, to major corporate-sponsored festivals that draw nationally and internationally-prominent blues musicians.

Some of the larger festivals in Canada include the Ottawa Bluesfest, Bluesfest Windsor, the Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival in Fredericton, Tremblant International Blues Festival in Mont-Tremblant, and the Edmonton's Labatt Blues Festival. These festivals, which are usually organized by volunteer-based blues societies, are an important part of the Canadian blues scene.

List British Columbia

Burnaby Blues + Roots Festival — August in Burnaby Harbour Blues 'N Roots Festival (formerly Vancouver Island Blues Bash) — Labour Day weekend in Victoria Hornby Island Blues Workshop — May in Hornby IslandHornby Island Blues Workshop Pender Harbour Blues Festival — early June in Pender HarbourPender Harbour Blues Festival Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival — August in Salmon Arm, in B.C. InteriorSalmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival Summertime Blues Festival — August in NanaimoSummertime Blues Festival

Alberta Beaumont Blues & Roots Festival — June (previously Labour Day weekend) in BeaumontBeaumont Blues & Roots Festival Calgary International Blues Festival — summer in CalgaryCalgary International Blues Festival Calgary Midwinter Bluesfest — February in Calgary

Saskatchewan Regina Blues Association’s Mid-Winter Blues Festival — in Regina Saskatoon Blues Festival — end of February in SaskatchewanSaskatoon Blues Festival

Manitoba Great Woods Music Festival — August in BeausejourGreat Woods Music Festival Winnipeg BBQ & Blues Festival — August in Winnipeg

Ontario Aurora Winter Blues Festival — in Aurora Barrie Jazz and Blues Festival — June (2nd weekend) in BarrieBarrie Jazz and Blues Festival The February Blues — February in Barrie Bluesfest International — July in Windsor and London Bluesfest Windsor — July in WindsorBluesfest Windsor Boon's House Blues & Roots Festival — July in Hamilton Burlington Jazz & Blues Festival — July in BurlingtonBurlington Jazz & Blues Festival Canal Bank Shuffle — October in ThoroldCanal Bank Shuffle Capitol Centre's Bluesfest — in North Bay Coal Flats Blues Festival — September in Port BurwellCoal Flats Blues Festival Escarpment Blues Festival — mid-July in MiltonEscarpment Blues Festival Kitchener Blues Festival — August in KitchenerKitchener Blues Festival Lighthouse Blues Festival - Kincardine - July www.lighthousebluesfestival.com Limestone City Blues Festival — late August in KingstonLimestone City Blues Festival London Blues Festival — August in LondonLondon Blues Festival Mudcat Blues Fest — August in Dunnville Orangeville Blues and Jazz Festival — first weekend of June in OrangevilleOrangeville Blues and Jazz Festival Orillia Spring Blues Festival — OrilliaOrillia Spring Blues Festival Oshawa Jazz and Blues Festival — August in OshawaOshawa Jazz and Blues Festival Ottawa Bluesfest — July in Ottawa Paisley Blues Fest — June (1st weekend) in Paisley, OntarioPaisley Blues Fest Porquis Blues Festival — early July in PorquisPorquis Blues Festival Port Credit Blues and Jazz Festival (also called the "Southside Shuffle") — early September in Port Credit, Mississauga"Southside Shuffle" Stratford Blues and Ribfest — June in StratfordStratford Blues and Ribfest Thunder Bay Blues Festival — July in Thunder BayThunder Bay Blues Festival Toronto BluesFest — June in Toronto Twisted Pines Blues Festival — May in the Midland/Penetanguishene areaTwisted Pines Blues Festival Wasaga Beach Blues — September in Wasaga BeachWasaga Beach Blues Winterfolk Blues & Roots Festival — in Toronto Women in the Wilds Blues Festival — September in Atikokan, Northwestern OntarioWomen in the Wilds Blues Festival

Quebec — April in ChicoutimiFestival de Jazz et Blues de Saguenay West Island Blues Festival — June in Pierrefonds/Roxboro, Island of MontrealWest Island Blues Festival Montreal International Jazz Festival (Blues Stage) — June in MontrealMontreal International Jazz Festival Tremblant International Blues Festival — July in Mont-TremblantTremblant International Blues Festival Sherblues & Folk — July in SherbrookeSherblues & Folk — August in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléansl'Ile en Blues — August in Saint-SauveurLes Nuits Blues Laurentides Festival de Blues de Donnacona — August in DonnaconaFestival de Blues de Donnacona Trois-Rivières en Blues — August in Trois-RivièresTrois-Rivières en Blues Festival de Blues de Joliette — October in JolietteFestival de Blues de Joliette

Atlantic Canada Dutch Mason Blues Festival — August in Truro, Nova Scotia Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival — September in Fredericton, New Brunswick Wreckhouse International Jazz & Blues Festival — early July in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Blues d'la Baie — July (3rd weekend) in Petit-Rocher, New Brunswick

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