Links to Folk and Traditional Music

Festivals Across Canada

(Updated January 25, 2009)

• Alianait Arts Festival in Iqualuit, Nunavut

• Apple Hollow Music Fest in Franklin Centre, Quebec

• The ArtsWells Festival in Wells/Barkerville, British Columbia

• Atlin Music Festival in Atlin, British Columbia

• BarrieFolk: Roots Music Festival in Barrie, Ontario

• Blueberry Bluegrass and Country Music Festival in Stoney Plain, Alberta 

• Brampton Folk Festival in Brampton, Ontario

• Brandon Folk, Music and Art Festival in Brandon, Manitoba

• Bulkley Valley Folk Music Society's Midsummer Music Festival in Smithers, British Columbia

• Calgary Folk Festival in Calgary, Alberta

• Canmore Folk Festival in Alberta

• Canterbury Folk Festival in Ingersoll, Ontario

• Celtic College and Festival in Goderich, Ontario

• Celtic Colours International Festival in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

• Dawson City Music Fest in Dawson City, Yukon

• Discovery Coast Music Festival in Bella Coola, British Columbia

• Eaglewood Folk Festival in Pefferlaw, Ontario

• Edge of the World Music Festival in Haida Gwaii, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia

• Edmonton Chante in Edmonton, Alberta

• Edmonton Folk Music Festival in Edmonton, Alberta

• Fergus Scottish Festival in Fergus, Ontario

• Festival du Bois in Maillardville, British Columbia

• Festival du Voyageur in St. Boniface, Manitoba

• Festival Mémoires et Racines in Joliette, Quebec

• Festival of Friends in Hamilton, Ontario

• FilKONtario - Science Fiction Folk Festival in Toronto, Ontario

• Folk on the Rocks Festival in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

• Folklorama in Winnipeg, Manitoba

• Frostbite Music Festival in Whitehorse, Yukon

• Great Woods Music Festival in Beausejour, Manitoba

• Harrison Festival of the Arts in Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia

• Hillside Festival in Guelph, Ontario

• Home County Folk Festival in London, Ontario

• ICA FolkFest in Victoria, British Columbia

• Islands Folk Festival in Duncan, British Columbia

• Jasper Heritage Folk Festival in Jasper National Park

• KingFest in King City, Ontario

• Live from the Rock Folk Festival in Red Rock, Ontario

• Lose Yer Shoes in Kearney, Ontario

• Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

• Mariposa Folk Festival in Orillia, Ontario

• Midsummer Festival in Smithers, British Columbia

• The Mill Race Festival of Tradition Folk in Cambridge, Ontario

• Miramichi Folksong Festival in Miramichi, New Brunswick

• Mission Folk Festival in Mission, British Columbia

• Ness Creek Music Festival in Big River, Saskatchewan

• Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival in St. John’s Newfoundland

• North Country Fair in Joussard, Alberta

• Northern Lights Bluegrass & Old Tyme Music Festival in Big River, Saskatchewan

• Northern Lights Festival Boréal in Sudbury, Ontario

• Open Door Festival in Toronto, Ontario

• Ottawa Folk Festival in Ottawa, Ontario

• Peterborough Folk Festival in Peterborough, Ontario

• Prince George Coldsnap Music Festival in Prince George, British Columbia

• Quebec City International Summer Fest in Quebec City, Quebec

• Regina Folk Festival in Regina, Saskatchewan

• Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival in Salmon Arm, British Columbia

• Saltspring Festival on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

• Shelter Valley Folk Festival in Grafton, Ontario

• South Country Fair in Fort McLeod, Alberta

• Stan Rogers Folk Festival in Canso, Nova Scotia

• Starbelly Jam Music Festival in Crawford Bay, British Columbia

• Stewart Park Festival in Perth, Ontario

• Summerfolk in Owen Sound, Ontario

• Summerland Folk Festival in Summerland, British Columbia

• Sunshine Music Festival in Powell River, British Columbia

• Tongue on the Post Folk Fest in Medicine Hat, Alberta

• Toronto City Roots Song Celebration in Toronto, Ontario

• Tottenham Bluegrass Festival in Ontario

• Trout Forest Music Festival in Ear Falls, Ontario

• Vancouver Folk Music Festival in Vancouver, British Columbia

• Vancouver Island Musicfest in Courtenay, British Columbia

• Whatshan Lake Music Festival in British Columbia

• Winnipeg Folk Festival in Winnipeg, Manitoba

• Winterfolk in Toronto, Ontario

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