FEO 2023 Award Winners and Top 100
Best Greening of a Festival or Event
$500,000 or more
Hillside Festival
Sound of Music Festival
Best New Festival or Event
$100,000 or less – Belleville Diwali Festival
$100,001 to $500,000 – Chatham Crowfest
$100,001 to $500,000 – Indigenous Tourism Ontario – National Day of Truth and Reconciliation
$500,001 or more – Blue Mountain Film Festival
Best Promotional Campaign
$100,000 or less – Hamilton Day
$100,001 to $500,000 – Vaughan Celebrates Canada Day
$500,001 or more – Redpath Waterfront Festival
Best Social Media Campaign
Hamilton Day
FEO Impact Award
$100,000 or less – The Sound Waterfront Festival
$100,000 or less – East Gwillimbury Nature Day
$100,001 to $500,000 – Indigenous Tourism Ontario – National Day of Truth and Reconciliation
$100,001 to $500,000 – Fan EXPO Canada
FEO Innovation Award
$100,000 or less – Owen Sound River District Holiday Magic
$100,001 to $500,000 – Port Elgin Pumpkinfest
$100,001 to $500,000 – Stouffville Holiday Market
Sponsor of the year
$100,000 or less – Amherstburg River Lights Winter Festival sponsored by: Enbridge
$100,001 to $500,000 – Hamilton Winterfest sponsored by: Hamilton Oshawa Port Authority
Best Volunteer Program
Lucknow’s Music in the Fields
Niagara Falls Winter Festival of Lights
Service Excellence Award winners:
Production Services
DC Inc. Live Events
Promotional & Specialty Products
Classic Displays
Entertainment – Agency
Incirque
FEO Innovation Award
Rescounts
On-Site Professional Service
London Security
Entertainment – Performers
Incirque
Foundational Product Provider
Modu-Loc Fence Rentals
Administrative Service Providers
Place My Booth
Entertainment – Alternative Entertainment
Grand River Party Rentals
FEO Impact Award
Incirque
Municipality of the Year
Population less than 50,000
Town of Amherstburg
Population more than 50,000 and less than 150,000
Town of Newmarket
Population of 150,000 or more
City of Richmond Hill
Hall of Fame
Joanne Robbins – Port Elgin Pumpkinfest
2023 Top 100 Ontario Festivals & Events:
RTO 1 - SOUTHWEST ONTARIO TOURISM REGION
Norfolk County Fair & Horse Show
Eat and Drink Norfolk
Amherstburg River Lights Winter Festival
Amherstburg Open Air Weekends
TD Sunfest: Canada's Premier Celebration of World Cultures
Western Fair
Carrousel of the Nations
Kingsville Open Streets
Kingsville Migration Festival
Dresden Night Market
LaSalle Strawberry Festival
City of Windsor Bright Lights
Waterford Lions Pumpkinfest
RTO 2 - NIAGARA FALLS AND WINE COUNTRY TOURISM REGION
Port Colborne Canal Days Marine Heritage Festival
Niagara Grape and Wine Festival
OPG Niagara Falls Winter Festival of Lights
Pelham Summerfest
Pelham Summer Chill Series
TD Niagara Jazz Festival
RTO 3 - HAMILTON, HALTON AND BRANT TOURISM REGION
Dundas Cactus Festival
Paris Fair
St. George AppleFest
Sound of Music Festival
Supercrawl
Telling Tales Festival
Hamilton Winterfest
Winona Peach Festival
Because Beer Festival
RTO 4 - HURON, PERTH, WATERLOO AND WELLINGTON TOURISM REGION
Fergus Scottish Festival & Highland Games
Guelph Hillside Festival
Sun Life Waterloo Busker Carnival
Stratford Festival
The Mount Forest Fireworks Festival
Riverfest Elora
Goderich Canada Day
RTO 5 - GREATER TORONTO AREA TOURISM REGION
Canadian National Exhibition
Carassauga Festival of Cultures
TD Jerk Food and Music Festival
Luminato Festival
National Bank Tennis Open presented by Rogers
SING! The Toronto Vocal Arts Festival
TD Salsa in Toronto Festival
The Streetsville Founders' Bread and Honey Festival Inc
Toronto Caribbean Carnival
Toronto Garlic Festival
Muslimfest
The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair
Fan EXPO Canada
Redpath Waterfront Festival
Afrofest
Mississauga Italfest
World of Jazz Festival
Southside Shuffle Blues & Jazz Festival
Crane Creations Theatre Company – Bridges Festival
RTO 6 - YORK, DURHAM AND HILLS OF HEADWATERS TOURISM REGION
Aurora's Concerts in the Park
Aurora's Haunted Forest
Aurora’s Multicultural Festival
Richmond Hill Ribfest
Richmond Hill Merry Marketplace
Orangeville Blues and Jazz Festival
Oshawa Peony Festival
Vaughan Celebrates Concerts in the Park
Vaughan Celebrates Canada Day
Markham Fair
Markham-Milliken Children’s Festival
Stouffville Holiday Market
RTO 7 - BRUCE PENINSULA, SOUTHERN GEORGIAN BAY AND LAKE SIMCOE TOURISM
REGION
Barrie Automotive Flea Market
Carrot Fest
Collingwood Art Crawl
St. Marie Among the Hurons – First Light Festival
Creemore Springs Turas Mor
Ontario's Best Butter Tart Festival Midland
Port Elgin Pumpkinfest
Pumpkinferno
Clearview Small Halls Festival
The Sound Waterfront Festival
Kempenfest
Boots and Hearts Music Festival
Lighthouse Blues Festival
Mariposa
Lucknow’s Music in the Fields
Paisley Blues Festival
RTO 8 - KAWARTHA AND NORTHUMBERLAND TOURISM REGION
Brooklin Harvest Festival
Port Hope Arts Festival
Port Hope Candlelight Festival
RTO 9 - SOUTH EASTERN ONTARIO TOURISM REGION
Belleville Waterfront & Multicultural Festival
Quinte West Hops on the Water
Glengarry Highland Games
RTO 10 - OTTAWA AND COUNTRYSIDE TOURISM REGION
RBC Bluesfest
TD Ottawa Jazz Festival
Winterlude (Ottawa/Gatineau)
The Great India Festival
RTO 11 - HALIBURTON HIGHLANDS TO THE OTTAWA VALLEY TOURISM REGION
Tweed & Company Theatre Season
Hike Haliburton Festival
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
International Plowing Match & Rural Expo
Thunder Bay Live on the Waterfront
Timmins Multicultural Festival