Niagara Falls, Ontario (February 28, 2024) Festivals and Events Ontario (FEO) is proud to announce the 2024 Top 100 Festivals & Events in Ontario. These Top 100 recipients represent festivals and events that excel within the industry.
Submissions from FEO members were received for consideration in the fall of 2023 and were judged by an independent panel of judges. Festivals and events of all kinds from every corner of Ontario were represented in the submissions – from community festivals to internationally recognized events. The 2024 Top 100 Awards were given out on Wednesday, February 28th during FEO’s Annual Conference “IMAGINE” in Niagara Falls, Ontario.
FEO would like to congratulate the 2024 Top 100 Ontario Festivals & Events:
RTO 1 - SOUTHWEST ONTARIO TOURISM REGION
Amherstburg River Lights Winter Festival
Amherstburg Uncommon Festival
Carrousel of the Nations
Chatham Retrofest – Rims & Ribs
Eat and Drink Norfolk
Essex Fun Fest
Kingsville Migration Fall Festival
LaSalle Strawberry Festival
Norfolk County Fair & Horse Show
Western Fair London
RTO 2 - NIAGARA FALLS AND WINE COUNTRY TOURISM REGION
Niagara Falls Winter Festival of Lights
Niagara Grape and Wine Festival
Pelham Summer Chill Series
Pelham Summerfest
Port Colborne Canal Days Marine Heritage Festival
St. Catharines Holi Festival of Colour
TD Niagara Jazz Festival
RTO 3 - HAMILTON, HALTON AND BRANT TOURISM REGION
Because Beer Craft Beer Festival
Brantford International Villages Cultural Festival
Downtown Milton Summerfest
Dundas Cactus Festival
Hamilton Day
Hamilton Winterfest
Paris Fair
Re-Enactment of the Battle of Stoney Creek
St. George AppleFest
Supercrawl
RTO 4 - HURON, PERTH, WATERLOO AND WELLINGTON TOURISM REGION
Blyth Festival Season
Fergus Scottish Festival & Highland Games
Goderich Celtic Roots Festival
Goderich Children’s Festival
Guelph Hillside Festival
Kultrun World Music Festival St. Jacobs
Riverfest Elora
The Mount Forest Fireworks Festival
RTO 5 - GREATER TORONTO AREA TOURISM REGION
#BollywoodMonster Mashup
Brampton KiteFest
Carassauga Festival of Cultures
Celebrate Toronto
Mississauga Italfest
Muslimfest
TD Jerk Food and Music Festival (Jerkfest)
SING! The Toronto Vocal Arts Festival
Southside Shuffle Blues & Jazz Festival
Sugar Shack T.O
TD Salsa in Toronto Festival
Toronto Caribbean Carnival
Toronto Waterfront Festival
RTO 6 - YORK, DURHAM AND HILLS OF HEADWATERS TOURISM REGION
Aurora’s Christmas Market
Aurora's Haunted Forest
Aurora’s Multicultural Festival
Brooklin Harvest Festival
Caledon Day
Markham Canada Day
Markham Fair
Markham-Milliken Children’s Festival
Orangeville Blues and Jazz Festival
Oshawa Kars on King
Oshawa Peony Festival
Richmond Hill Canada Day
Richmond Hill Retro Ribfest
Stouffville Holiday Market
Stouffville Ribfest
Vaughan Celebrates Concerts in the Park
Vaughan Celebrates Canada Day
Vaughan Celebrates Winterfest
Whitchurch-Stouffville Antique & Classic Car Show
RTO 7 - BRUCE PENINSULA, SOUTHERN GEORGIAN BAY AND LAKE SIMCOE TOURISM REGION
Barrie Automotive Flea Market
Barrie Winterfest
Clearview Small Halls Festival
Collingwood Art Crawl
Collingwood Sidelaunch Days
Collingwood, Wasaga Beach and Clearview Township - Trail Tunes
Gran Fondo Lake Huron
International Plowing Match & Rural Expo
Kempenfest
Lighthouse Blues Festival
Lucknow’s Music in the Fields
Ontario's Best Butter Tart Festival Midland
Owen Sound River District Holiday Magic
Pirates of the Bay Discovery Harbour
Port Elgin Pumpkinfest
Pumpkinferno Discovery Harbour
Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons – First Light Festival
Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury Carrot Fest
RTO 8 - KAWARTHA AND NORTHUMBERLAND TOURISM REGION
Buckhorn Festival of the Arts
Port Hope Arts Festival
Port Hope Candlelight Festival
RTO 9 - SOUTHEASTERN ONTARIO TOURISM REGION
Belleville Waterfront & Multicultural Festival
Quinte West Hops on the Water
RTO 10 - OTTAWA AND COUNTRYSIDE TOURISM REGION
Ottawa Jazz Festival
The Great India Festival
RTO 11 - HALIBURTON HIGHLANDS TO THE OTTAWA VALLEY TOURISM REGION
Bancroft Rockhound Gemboree
Hike Haliburton Festival
Tweed & Company Theatre Season
RTO 12 - MUSKOKA, PARRY SOUND AND ALGONQUIN PARK TOURISM REGION
Bala Cranberry Festival
Festival of the Sound
RTO 13 - NORTHERN ONTARIO TOURISM REGION
Fort William Historical Park - Anishinaabe Keeshigun
Thunder Bay Live on the Waterfront
Thunder Bay SnowDay on the Waterfront
The “IMAGINE" 2024 Festivals & Events Ontario Conference was held in Niagara Falls, Ontario from February 26-28, 2024.
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About Festivals & Events Ontario
Festivals & Events Ontario (FEO) was established in 1987 as an association devoted to the growth and stability of the festival and event industry in Ontario. FEO supports a lively, engaged and dedicated festival and events industry by sharing knowledge, enabling networking and providing leadership on education, advocacy and promotion. FEO operates Canada’s largest dedicated festival and event Conference, publishes and distributes an annual consumer guide, promotes its industry festival supplier goods and services and oversees an industry-leading awards recognition program. The festivals and events industry in Ontario is estimated to generate in excess of $2.3 billion annually in contribution to regional GDP, create/sustain approximately 50,000 full-year-equivalent jobs and foster approximately $1 billion dollars in taxes at all levels of government