List of festivals in Ontario

Northern Ontario

• Algoma Fall Festival (Sault Ste Mari)
• Bay Street Film Festival (Thunder Bay)
• Bon Soo Winter Carnival (Sault Ste Marie)
• Boots and Hearts Music Festival (Oro-Medonte)
• Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival (Sudbury)
• Festival of Northern Lights (Owen Sound)
• Jazz Sudbury (Sudbury)^[1]
• Manitoulin Country Fest (Little Current, Manitoulin Island)
• Mariposa Folk Festival (Orillia)
• Northern Lights Festival Boréal (Sudbury)
• La Nuit sur l'étang (Sudbury)
• Sundridge Sunflower Festival (Sundridge)^[2]
• Rock 'N' Ribs Music and Rib Festival (Sturgeon Falls)^[3]
• WayHome Music & Arts Festival (Oro-Medonte)

Southern Ontario

Ice sculptures in Confederation Park are illuminated nightly.

Shot of the twin stages at the Havelock Country Jamboree in 2005

• Alliston Potato Festival (August - Alliston)
• Ball's Falls Thanksgiving Festival, Lincoln^[4]
• The Big Feastival Canada (August - Burl's Creek, Oro-Medonte)
• Bluesfest International Windsor (Windsor)
• Blyth Festival (Blyth)
• Bradford Carrot Fest (August - Bradford)
• Brantford International Villages Festival (July - Brantford)
• Brantford Ribfest (Brantford)^[5]
• Brighton Applefest (Brighton)
• Canada Dance Festival (Ottawa)
• Canada Day
• Canadian Filmmakers' Festival (Toronto)
• Canada's Largest Ribfest (Burlington)
• Canal Days (August Civic Holiday Weekend - Port Colborne)
• Capital Ukrainian Festival (July - Ottawa)
• Carabram (Brampton)
• Carassauga (May - Mississauga)
• Carnival of Cultures (Ottawa)
• Carrousel of Nations (June - Windsor)
• CayugaFest (July - Cayuga)
• CMT Music Fest (Kitchener)
• Cultivate: A Festival of Food and Drink (September Port Hope)
• Downtown Oakville Jazz Festival (Oakville)
• Dunnville Mudcat Festival (June - Dunnville)
• Elmira Maple Syrup Festival (April - Elmira)
• Ever After Music Festival (Kitchener)
• Festival of India, Ottawa^[6]
• Fergus Scottish Festival and Highland Games (Fergus)
• Forest City Film Festival (October - London)
• Flinton Community Jamboree (flintonjamboree.ca)
• Friendship Festival (Fort Erie)
• Goderich Celtic Roots Festival (Goderich)
• Grand River Film Festival (October - Cambridge)
• Guelph & District Multicultural Festival (Guelph)
• Guelph Musicfest (Guelph)
• Halal Food Fest Toronto (Mississauga)
• Hamilton Music and Film Festival (Hamilton)
• Havelock Country Jamboree (August - Havelock)
• Heatwave (Bowmanville)
• Home County Folk Festival (London)
• Huntsville Festival of the Arts (Huntsville)^[7]
• Ice Cream Carnival (August - Westfield Heritage Village, Hamilton)
• Illuminate Barrie Festival (September Labour Day Weekend - Barrie)
• The International Food Festival (London)
• Iron Horse Festival (August - St. Thomas)
• The Island Unplugged Music Festival, (Pelee Island)
• Jarvis Cornfest (August - Jarvis)
• Jewish Music Week (May - Toronto)

Ribfests typically attract large crowds.

• Kaleidoscope Gathering (Eganville)^[8]
• Kitchener Blues Festival (August -Kitchener)
• Kitchener RibFest and Craft Beer Show (July - Kitchener)
• Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest (October - Kitchener)
• KOI Music Festival (Kitchener)
• Lakefield Literary Festival (Lakefield)
• London Ontario Live Arts Festival (London)
• London Ribfest (August Civic Holiday Weekend - London)
• Luminato Festival (June - Toronto)
• Lynn River Music and Arts Festival (Simcoe)
• Mill Race Festival of Traditional Folk Music (August - Guelph)
• Mississauga Waterfront Festival (June - Port Credit, Mississauga)
• Moparfest - Canada's Largest All Mopar Car Show (August - New Hamburg)
• Music at Port Milford Chamber Music Festival (Milford)
• MuslimFest (Mississauga)
• Newmarket Fiddle and Step Dance Festival (July - Newmarket)
• Niagara Falls Buskerfest (Niagara Falls)
• North by Northeast / NXNE (Toronto)
• Nuit Blanche (September - Toronto)
• Oakville Family Ribfest (Oakville)
• Oh Canada Ribfest (July Canada Day Weekend - Waterdown)
• Orangeville Blues and Jazz Festival (June - Orangeville)
• Ottawa Bluesfest (Ottawa)
• Ovation Music Festival (Stratford)
• Peterborough Summer Festival of Lights (Peterborough)
• Pride Week (Toronto)
• Rhythmfest (August - Barrie)
• River and Sky Music and Camping Festival (Field)
• Riverfest Elora (Elora)
• www.rockingontheriver.com Rocking On The River (Blind River)
• Rockton World's Fair (October Thanksgiving Weekend - Flamborough)
• St. George AppleFest (September - St. George)
• St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival (St. Lawrence)
• Scotiabank Caribbean Carnival Caribana (Toronto)
• Shaw Festival (Niagara-on-the-Lake)
• Shelter Valley Folk Festival (Grafton)
• Sound of Music Festival (June - Burlington)
• Southside Shuffle Blues and BBQ Festival (September - Port Credit Village, Mississauga)
• Steam Era (September Labour Day Weekend - Milton)
• Stratford Shakespeare Festival (Stratford)
• Strawberry Festival (Canada Day Weekend - Whitchurch-Stouffville)
• Strawberry Fields Festival (Aug. 1970 - Bowmanville)
• Sunfest (July - London)
• Supercrawl (September - Hamilton)
• Taste of the Kingsway (September - Toronto)
• Taste of the Danforth (August - Toronto)
• Toronto African Film & Music Festival, (Toronto)
• Toronto Chinese Lantern Festival (Toronto)
• Toronto Design Offsite Festival (Toronto)^[9]
• Toronto Garlic Festival (Toronto)
• Toronto International Film Festival (Toronto)
• Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival (Toronto)
• Toronto Ribfest (July Canada Day Weekend - Centennial Park, Etobicoke)
• Toronto Rock and Roll Revival (Toronto)
• Toronto Ukrainian Festival (September - Bloor West Village, Toronto)
• Vaughan Pizzafest (Vaughan)
• Wallaceburg Antique Motor Boat Outing (Wallaceburg)
• Waterloo Festival for Animated Cinema (Waterloo)
• Windsor–Detroit International Freedom Festival (Windsor)
• Winterlude (February - Ottawa)
• The Word on the Street Festival (September - Toronto)
• WTFest Music Festival (Brantford)