Niagara Jazz Festival is an award-winning not-for-profit music festival dedicated to celebrating jazz and world music throughout the year with a summer festival in June. Now in its 12th season, the festival aims to inspire, educate, and develop jazz audiences by combining live music with an immersive Niagara experience: food, wine, culture, attractions, and natural wonders. Niagara Jazz Festival also hosts LIVE.LEARN.JAZZ educational events that include Master Class workshops and the popular JAZZ 4 the AGES Youth Competition - keeping jazz music alive for generations to come. The Niagara Jazz Festival is supported by Presenting Sponsor TD Bank Group through the TD Ready Commitment.

 

Be Bavarian with us and join us for K-W Oktoberfest September 26 – October 18, 2025!

Please note: Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest runs from September 26th to October 18th, but events are not held every day. To make the most of your Oktoberfest experience, be sure to check the event calendar for specific dates and times!

Check our website www.oktoberfest.ca  | or any social media channel @kwoktoberfest.

Join us at the annual Ball’s Falls Thanksgiving Festival featuring 150+ unique craft and artisan vendors, the best in local food and craft beverages, live music and entertainment, and so much more!

2025 3 Day Bala Cranberry Festival from Friday, October 17th - Sunday, October 19th! Hours: Friday - 10am to 5pm Saturday - 9am to 6pm Sunday - 9am to 3pm

Fall Fling celebrates all things Fall with pumpkin painting, photo stops, fall décor, miniature train rides, Halloween costume contests, trick-or-treating, hands-on crafts, and local artisans in the vendor market.

This event runs two consecutive Saturdays in October

October 18, 2025 - 11:30am to 3:00pm

October 25, 2025 - 11:30am to 3:00pm

Guelph Musicfest welcomes the renowned Zemlinsky String Quartet from Prague for its first-ever performance in Guelph. The quartet will appear at the Recital Hall of the Guelph Youth Music Centre on Saturday, October 25. The program: Beethoven’s Quartet in F minor “Serioso” Op. 95; Janáček’s Quartet No. 1 “Kreutzer Sonata”; and Dvořák’s famous “American” Quartet, Op. 96 in F major. This concert is the first of Guelph Musicfest’s Encore series, which includes a recital by violinist Sadie Fields (from Brussels, Belgium) with festival director/pianist Ken Gee on Friday, November 7, at the GYMC. More information at https://www.guelphmusicfest.ca

Violinist Sadie Fields returns to Canada from Belgium to join friend/pianist/Musicfest director Ken Gee for another Musicfest ENCORE recital as Guelph Musicfest 2025 continues its musical journey Around the World! East to West—a Musical Journey presents music from Japan to Canada. The concert in the Recital Hall of the Guelph Youth Music Centre includes Takemitsu, Distance de Fée; Bartók, Romanian Folk Dances; Brahms, Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major; Weinberg, Two Songs without Words; Raminsh, Aria (1987); Enman, Imagined Shapes (2022). This concert is the first of Guelph Musicfest’s Encore series, which includes a concert by the Zemlinsky String Quartet (from Prague) on Saturday October 25 at the GYMC. More information at https://guelphmusicfest.ca

Violinist Sadie Fields returns to Canada from Belgium to join friend/pianist/Musicfest director Ken Gee for another Musicfest ENCORE recital as Guelph Musicfest 2025 continues its musical journey Around the World! East to West—a Musical Journey presents music from Japan to Canada. The concert at Grace United Church, Thornbury, includes Takemitsu, Distance de Fée; Bartók, Romanian Folk Dances; Brahms, Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major; Weinberg, Two Songs without Words; Raminsh, Aria (1987); Enman, Imagined Shapes (2022). This concert is the first of Guelph Musicfest’s Encore series, which includes a concert by the Zemlinsky String Quartet (from Prague) on Saturday October 25 at the GYMC. More information at https://www.guelphmusicfest.ca/encore2025.html