Delight in the dazzling array of festivals, events and fairs from world-renowned to unique and local. You'll discover year-round in Ontario. Bundle up for a winter carnival and be entranced by beautifully intricate ice sculptures. Witness the drama of history unfolding during authentic battle re-enactments. Attend the theatre and experience the excitement of a Broadway musical or enjoy the intimacy of an avant-garde fringe festival. Pay homage to the "King" at an annual Elvis Festival. Come harvest time, the land is filled with fall fairs where you can lose yourself in a corn maze and watch world records tumble at a monster pumpkinfest. In Ontario, you'll find over 3,000 festivals and fairs for every season and every reason. |
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Celebrate the Seasons
Design your own scarecrow at a harvest festival, challenge yourself in a winter carnival snowshoe race and enchant your senses with a bounty of vibrant springtime blossoms. Come to Ontario where there's always something to celebrate.
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Celebrate the Arts
Stretch out for Shakespeare in the Park. Listen in reverie to a smoldering jazz solo or attend one of the world's great film festivals. Ontario has great heart for the arts.
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Celebrate the Sporting Life
Do the wave with 20,000 cheering fans at a major league game, thrill to the Grand Prix of Toronto race or compete in a local fishing derby. Whatever your game, Ontario has it.
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Celebrate Heritage and Culture
Experience the pageantry of an Aboriginal Pow Wow or the Celtic flavour of the Highland Games. Sway to the steel drums of North America's largest Caribbean Festival. Come celebrate Ontario's unique and diverse heritage.
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Summer Festivals
Ontario is absolutely bursting with fun summer festivals to suit every fancy. Here are some favourites that continue to fascinate and captivate people from all over the world every year.
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Did you know?
One of the world's longest and most colourful shows of holiday season lighting is the Niagara Falls Festival of Lights that stretches along the Niagara Parkway.
Festival and Events Resources
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