List of music festivals in Canada

This is an incomplete list of music festivals in Canada.

Sublists

By locale

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

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+ Festival name City/venue Province 1styear Genre/typeAction 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 festivalAstral Harvest Music & Arts Festival Driftpile Alberta Arts festivalBass Coast Merritt British Columbia Beaches International Jazz Festival Toronto Ontario Jazz festivalBig Sky Music Festival Oro-Medonte Ontario Boots and Hearts Music Festival Oro-Medonte Ontario Country music festivalBushwacked Beaverdell British Columbia Calgary Folk Music Festival Calgary Alberta Folk festivalCalgary International Blues Festival Calgary Alberta Blues festivalCalgary International Reggae Festival Calgary Alberta Reggae festivalCanadian Music Week Toronto Ontario Canmore Folk Fest Canmore Alberta Folk festivalCapital Hoedown Ottawa Ontario Country music festivalCavendish Beach Music Festival Cavendish Prince Edward Island 2009 Country music festivalCBC Music Festival Toronto Ontario 2013 Celtic Colours Cape Breton Island Nova Scotia 1997 Celtic music festivalCentre of GravityKelowna British Columbia 2008 Chasing SummerCalgary Alberta 2012 Electronic dance musicChoral Mosaic 2020MississaugaOntario2020Choral ensembleCityFolk FestivalOttawaOntario Classics by the Bay Parrsboro Nova Scotia classical music festivalCMT 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 2010Electronic dance musicEver After Music Festival Kitchener Ontario Evolve Festival Atlantic Canada Fest of Ale Penticton British Columbia Festival d'été de QuébecQuebec CityQuebec1968 Festival of Small Halls Prince Edward Island Music and dance festival at various locations featuring folk/country/indie artistsFestivent de LévisLévisQuebecFestiVoix de Trois-RivièresTrois-RivièresQuebecFuntastic Vernon British Columbia Fusion Festival Surrey British Columbia Future Forest Music & Arts FestivalOutside of FrederictonNew BrunswickElectronic dance musicGateway 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 IgloofestGatineau Quebec2025Electronic dance musicIgloofestMontrealQuebec2007Electronic dance musicIndie Week Canada Toronto Ontario 2002 Music festival and industry conferenceInnu 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 festivalMazzFest Saskatoon Saskatchewan Mission Folk Festival Mission British Columbia Montreal International Jazz Festival 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 La Nuit sur l'étang Sudbury Ontario OM Festival Southern Ontario Ontario Open Air Performances Lake Country British Columbia Osheaga Festival Montreal Quebec Ottawa Bluesfest Ottawa Ontario 1994Ottawa Chamber Music 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, etcRegina Folk Festival Regina Saskatchewan Reignbough Fiddle Arts & Music Festival Smoky Lake Alberta River Rats Festival Athabasca Alberta Riverside FestivalGatineauQuebec2013Electronic dance musicRockin’ 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 festivalSappyfest Sackville New Brunswick Sarnia Bayfest Sarnia Ontario Sasktel Saskatchewan Jazz Fest Saskatoon Saskatchewan Jazz festivalSCENE Music Festival St. Catharines Ontario Shambhala Salmo British Columbia Electronic dance musicShorefest Vancouver British Columbia Sled Island Calgary Alberta Sommo Fest Cavendish Prince Edward Island 2023 Indie music Sooke River Bluegrass Festival Sooke British Columbia Bluegrass festivalSquamish 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 Electro FestQuebec CityQuebecElectronic dance musicUnity 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 FestivalTorontoOntario2012Electronic dance musicVictoria Ska Fest Victoria British Columbia Virgin Festival Toronto and Vancouver Wanderlust Festival Whistler British Columbia Wapiti Music Festival Fernie British Columbia Folk / Indie / RockWarped Tour Various Various WEMF Toronto Ontario WestFest Calgary Alberta Wild Mountain Music Festival Hinton Alberta Winnipeg Folk Festival Winnipeg Manitoba 1974 Folk festivalWinnipeg New Music Festival Winnipeg Manitoba 1992 Contemporary classical music festivalWhoop & 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

Lilith Fair, a traveling festival

Alberta

Astral Harvest, Driftpile Beaumont Music Festival, Beaumont Big Valley Jamboree, Camrose Block Heater Festival, Calgary Blues on Whyte Block Party, Edmonton Calgary Folk Music Festival, Calgary Calgary International Blues Festival, Calgary Canmore Folk Festival, Canmore Chasing Summer Music Festival, Calgary Country Thunder Alberta, Calgary Edmonton Folk Music Festival, Edmonton Jasper Folk Music Festival, Jasper North Country Fair, Driftpile Pigeon Lake Concert Series, Mulhurst Bay Pigeon Lake Music Festival, Mulhurst Bay Reignbough Fiddle Arts & Music Festival, Smoky Lake Rockin' Thunder Alberta, Edmonton Scream Halloween, Edmonton Sled Island, Calgary South Country Fair, Fort Macleod Sasquatch Gathering, Rangeton Park, Evansburg TD Edmonton International Jazz Festival, Edmonton The Warm Up, Canmore Up and DT Festival, Edmonton Wild Mountain Music Festival, Hinton Loud As Hell Open Air Metal Festival, Drumheller Decimate Metal Festival, Millet

British Columbia CannaFest Music Festival, Grand ForksCannaFest Music Festival Constellation Festival, Squamish FVDED In the Park, Surrey Shambhala Music Festival, Shambhala ValhallaFest, Terrace Vancouver Folk Music Festival, Vancouver Wapiti Music Festival, Fernie Glacial Mutilation Metal Festival, Vancouver Armstrong Metal Festival, Armstrong Hyperspace Metal Festival, Vancouver

Manitoba

Big Fun Festival, Winnipeg Harvest Moon Festival, Clearwater Jazz Winnipeg Festival, Winnipeg Manitoba Electronic Music Exhibition, Winnipeg Matlock Festival of Music Art and Nature, Matlock Rainbow Trout Music Festival, 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 YES FEST, Winnipeg Manitoba Metal Festival, Winnipeg

New Brunswick

List of festivals in New Brunswick

Newfoundland and Labrador Tuckamore Festival, St. John's Churchill Park Music Festival, St.John's Iceberg Alley Performance Tent, St.John's George Street Festival, St.John's

Northwest Territories Folk on the Rocks

Nova Scotia

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

Ontario

Prince Edward Island

Cavendish Beach Music Festival, Cavendish

Quebec

Eclipse Festival, Sainte-Thérèse-de-la-Gatineau Festival d'été de Québec, Quebec City Festivent de Lévis, Lévis FestiVoix de Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières Heavy Montréal, Montreal Igloofest, Gatineau Igloofest, Montreal ÎleSoniq Music Festival,Île Soniq Montreal Les Francos de Montréal, Montreal Longueuil International Percussion Festival, Longueuil M for Montreal, Montreal Montreal International Jazz Festival, Montreal Mundial, Montreal MUTEK, Montreal Osheaga Festival, Montreal Piknic Électronik, Montreal Pop Montreal, Montreal Riverside Festival, Gatineau Rockfest, Montebello Unity Electro Fest, Quebec City

See also List of festivals in Canada List of music festivals in the United States

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