Celebrate Ontario 2009
Festivals and Events funded by the Celebrate Ontario initiative

Celebrate Ontario program gives tourists more to see - more to do at Ontario’s festivals and events

 

 

Date	Event Name	City	Grant ($)
2009
Mar. 28-Apr 5/09	Festival des Sucres 2009	Ottawa	$17,250.00
Apr 1-Sept30/09	Le Festival de la CURD 2009	St. Albert	$67,500.00
Apr 3-5/09	Dayco National Snowcross Championships	Keswick	$37,500.00
Apr 11-Nov. 1/09	Stratford Shakespeare Festival	Stratford	$52,688.00
Apr 15-Sept. 7/09	When Women Rule the World	Toronto	$37,500.00
Apr 17-24/09	In the Soil: Niagara's Homegrown Arts Festival	St. Catharines	$7,286.00
Apr 20-25/09	Dudley Hewitt Cup	Schreiber	$23,250.00
April 24-Oct. 25/09	Ottawa International Writers Festival	Ottawa	$73,500.00
Apr 30-May 3/09	KinoArt Festival	Toronto	$37,500.00
May 1-18/09	The Canadian Tulip Festival	Ottawa	$300,000.00
May 6-31/09	desiFEST	Toronto	$60,000.00
May1-31/09	Contact Toronto Photography Festival	Toronto	$69,488.00
May 1-March 14/10	Georgina Fishing Series	Sutton	$37,500.00
May 2-10/09	Vietnamese Cultural Festival	Ottawa	$12,600.00
May 2-Aug. 22/09	Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association	Tillsonburg	$15,000.00
May 6-16/09	LulaWorld 2009	Toronto	$27,750.00
May 8-10/09	Mississauga Marathon 2009	Mississauga	$92,100.00
May 8-24/09	Niagara Folk Arts Festival	St. Catharines	$33,075.00
May 9/09	Our Greener Side Celebration	Downsview	$29,948.00
May 14-24/09	Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film and Video Festival	Toronto	$52,313.00
May14/09-Jan. 10/10	Gypsy Theatre Festival at the Falls	Fort Erie	$75,000.00
May 15-18/09	Greek Festival 2009 - A Celebration of the Arts	Toronto	$27,750.00
May 15-Aug. 6/09	Celebrate Owen Sound	Owen Sound	$37,500.00
May 16-Sept. 27/09	Vista Italia	Hamilton	$21,443.00
May17/09-Mar. 21/10	Binational Doors Open/ Niagara By Design	Niagara Falls	$75,000.00
May22-24/09	4th Annual Wings and Wheels Heritage Festival	Toronto	$37,500.00
May 22-24/09	RetroFest 2009	Chatham	$33,566.00
May 22-24/09	Odawa Festive of Aboriginal Culture	Ottawa	$12,750.00
May 22-24/09	Carassauga Multicultural Festival 2009	Mississauga	$67,785.00
May 26-30/09	Laugh Out Loud Sudbury Comedy Festival	Sudbury	$45,000.00
May 27-31 /09	Ottawa International Children's Festival	Ottawa	$75,000.00
May 28-31/09	Gregor's Crossing Medieval Faire	Chatham	$34,178.00
May 29-30/09	New Hamburg Mennonite Relief Sale	New Hamburg	$18,525.00
May 30/09	Indiafest	London	$15,750.00
June 1/09-March 31/10	Season with Dinner Theatre festival	Sudbury	$20,250.00
June 4-7 /09	Orangeville Blues and Jazz Festival	Orangeville	$28,688.00
June 5-6/09	Celtfest	North Bay	$28,004.00
June 5-7/09	Erin Rodeo	Erin	$34,838.00
June 6-7/09	Claremont Archaeology Fair	Toronto	$14,325.00
June 6-7/09	Lake of the Woods Armed Forces/RCMP Musical Ride	Kenora	$11,843.00
June 6-14/09	Bayfield Festival of Song	Toronto	$7,500.00
June 10-14/09	Dunnville Mudcat Festival	Dunville	$33,750.00
June 11-13/09	Festival franco-ontarien 2009	Ottawa	$53,250.00
June 11-14/09	Medieval Festival	Morrisburg	$37,500.00
June 11-Jul1/09	Slide Into Summer Water Festival	Port Carling	$75,000.00
June 12-14/09	TOMMfest	Kingston	$28,871.00
June 12-14/09	The Orillia Spring Blues Festival	Orillia	$37,500.00
June 12-Oct. 3/09	IlluminAqua	Welland	$67,500.00
June 13-14/09	Twenty Valley Wine Country Run	St. Catharines	$33,750.00
June 13-21/09	Niagara New Vintage Festival	St. Catharines	$51,000.00
June 16-21 /09	Worldwide Short Film Festival	Toronto	$94,875.00
June 17-21/09	North by Northeast (NXNE)	Toronto	$206,250.00
June 17-21/09	Summer Solstice Aboriginal Arts Festival	Ottawa	$33,000.00
June 18-20/09	Echoes Drum Festival	Sault Ste. Marie	$11,274.00
June 18-21. 09	Burlington's Sound of Music Festival	Burlington	$45,000.00
June 18-21/09	Ottawa Dragon Boat Race Festival	Ottawa	$41,250.00
June 18-Jul5/09	Summer Fest Windsor	Windsor	$75,000.00
June 19-21/09	Mississauga Waterfront Festival	Mississauga	$56,250.00
June 19-21/09	La Franco-Fête de Toronto	Toronto	$56,250.00
June 19-21/09	Stirling Truck Show	Stirling	$9,188.00
June 19-21/09	Taste of Little Italy	Toronto	$30,000.00
June 19-21/09	Grey Roots Good People Aboriginal Festival	Owen Sound	$30,600.00
June 19-21/09	Festival de la St-Jean de la Région de Kapuskasing	Kapuskasing	$22,500.00
June 19-21/09	Milverton Rodeo	Milverton	$18,750.00
June 21-28 /09	Ode'min Giizis Festival	Peterborough	$37,500.00
June 21-Aug 9/09	Best of Westben	Cambellford	$12,094.00
June 25-Jul5/09	TD Canada Trust Ottawa International Jazz Festival	Ottawa	$300,000.00
June 26-28/09	Oakville Waterfront Festival	Oakville	$75,000.00
June 26-28/09	Celebration by the Lake	Sarnia	$27,750.00
June 26-28/09	Tilbury Fun Fest	Tilbury	$36,000.00
June 26-July 5/09	Group of Seven Outdoor Gallery Mural Festival	Huntsville	$27,000.00
June 27-28 /09	Lindsay Scottish Festival	Lindsay	$28,500.00
June 27-July 1 and July 4/09	Canada Dry Festival of Fire	Toronto	$75,000.00
June 27-Sept. 5/09	Twilight in the Vineyard	Niagara on the Lake	$75,000.00
June 30-Aug. 30/09	4th Line Theatre Summer Season	Millbrook	$8,625.00
July 2-27Aug. /09 every Thursday	Concerts in the Park 2009	Bobcaygeon	$6,000.00
July 1-5/09	Brockville Riverfest	Brockville	$18,750.00
July 1-5/09	Homecoming	Kirkland Lake	$37,500.00
July 2-4/09	North of 49 Hornepayne Festival Revival	Hornepayne	$18,750.00
July 2-5/09	Mariposa Folk Festival	Orillia	$50,625.00
July 2-Sept. 5/09	Globus Theatre 2009 Summer Season	Bobcaygeon	$7,635.00
July 3-5 /09	Rotary Ribfest	Chatham	$31,875.00
July 3-5/09	Friendship Festival	Fort Erie	$40,500.00
July 3-5/09	Family Rib Fest & River Rat Rally	Gananoque	$14,363.00
July 3-5/09	Taste of Lawrence	Toronto	$14,250.00
July 3-5/09	Thunder Bay Blues Festival	Thunder Bay	$45,338.00
July 3-Aug. 2/09	Huntsville Festival/Huntsville Jazz Festival	Huntsville	$51,549
July 8-Aug. 28/09	Battle of the Bands	Niagara Falls	$71,250.00
July 9-19/09	Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest	Ottawa	$300,000.00
July 10-11/09	Paddle by Fire - Welland Dragonboat Challenge	Welland	$32,250.00
July 10-12 /09	Muskoka SummerFest	Bracebridge	$32,250.00
July 10-12/09	Frankford Island Blues Festival	Belleville	$9,000.00
July 10-12/09	Art of Being Green Festival	Lanark	$31,875.00
July 10-12/09	CARABRAM: Brampton's Multicultural Festival	Brampton	$16,313.00
July 10-Aug. 2/09	Elora Festival	Elora	$73,500.00
July 11-12/09	Ridgeway Summer Festival	Ridgeway	$10,220.00
July 11-12/09	AfroFest	Toronto	$36,000.00
July 11-Aug. 15/09	St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival	Prescott	$16,875.00
July 11-Aug. 23/09	1st Annual Shakespearience Festival	Toronto	$10,130.00
July 14-Aug. 23/09	York Shakespeare Festival	Newmarket	$22,318.00
July 16-19/09	RotaryFest, The Sault's Summer Festival	Sault Ste. Marie	$37,448.00
July 17-18/09	Fiesta Buckhorn	Buckhorn	$6,788.00
July 17-18/09	Cambridge Highland Games	Cambridge	$16,545.00
July 17-19 /09	Home County Folk Festival	London	$37,500.00
July 17-19/09	Smiths Falls Canal, Railway & Chocolate Festival	Smiths Falls	$18,323.00
July 17-19/09	Mount Forest Fireworks Festival	Mount Forest	$36,902.00
July 17-19/09	Le Festival du Loup	Penetanguishene	$31,403.00
July 17-19/09	Bluesfest London	London	$37,500.00
July 17-26/09	Beaches International Jazz Festival	Toronto	$75,000.00
July 18-19/09	Echoes of Niagara's Past, A Timeline Event	Niagara on the Lake	$13,050.00
July 18-24/09	Schreiber Heritage Days	Schreiber	$31,721.00
July 19-25 /09	Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship	Fort Francis	$41,250.00
July 20-26/09	RBC Canadian Open	Oakville	$300,000.00
July 20-Aug. 16/09	Stratford Summer Music	Stratford	$74,531.00
July 23-26 /09	Collingwood Elvis Festival	Collingwood	$56,250.00
July 23-26 /09	Fergus Truck Show	Fergus	$73,500.00
July 24-25 /09	Harbour Days	Oakville	$36,600.00
July 24-25/09	Gore Bay Summer Festival	Gore Bay	$32,449.00
July 30-Aug. 2/09	Rockhound Gemboree and Stone Carver's Symposium	Bancroft	$31,125.00
July 30-Aug. 2/09	Haweater Weekend	Little Current	$7,575.00
July 30-Aug. 9/09	Fabulous Festival of Fringe Film	Durham	$37,500.00
July 31-Aug. 2/09	Summer in the Park 2009	North Bay	$37,500.00
July 31-Aug. 3/09	Rideau Canal Festival	Ottawa	$75,000.00
July 31- Aug. 1-3/09	Canal Days Marine Heritage Festival	Port Colborne	$69,000.00
July 31-Aug. 9/09	Polar Bear Habitat & Heritage Village Pioneer Days	Cochrane	$37,500.00
Aug. 1-3/09	Expressions In Chalk	London	$18,375.00
Aug1-3/09	Canadian International Air Show (CIAS)	Toronto	$75,000.00
Aug. 4-10/09	Windsor Pride Festival 2009	Windsor	$25,770.00
Aug. 5-9/09	Oshawa Jazz and Blues Festival	Oshawa	$36,750.00
Aug. 6-9/09	TD Canada Trust Kitchener Blues Festival	Waterloo	$53,925.00
Aug. 6-Sept. 5/09	The Mollycoddlers Project	Gananoque	$22,500.00
Aug. 7-8 /09	Manitoulin Country Fest	Little Current	$75,000.00
Aug. 7-9/09	Kingston Sheep Dog Trials	Kingston	$19,350.00
Aug. 7-9/09	Fergus Scottish Festival & Highland Games	Fergus	$74,357.00
Aug. 7-9/09	Downtown Oakville Jazz Festival	Oakville	$33,750.00
Aug. 7-9/09	Rotary Ribfest - Celebrating 100 Years of Mining	Timmins	$37,500.00
Aug. 8/09	MuslimFest 2009	Mississauga	$19,500.00
Aug. 8-9/09	Festival of Friends	Hamilton	$75,000.00
Aug. 8-9/09	Puppets Up! International Puppet Festival	Almonte	$10,050.00
Aug. 8-9/09	Jerk Food Festival	Brampton	$4,500.00
Aug. 9/09	The Shaw Summer Stars Concert	Niagara on the Lake	$299,438.00
Aug. 13-16/09	Buckhorn Fine Art Festival	Buckhorn	$9,803.00
Aug. 13-28/09	Summer Theatre Festival 2009	Barrie	$30,000.00
Aug. 14-16/09	Markham Jazz Festival	Markham	$12,375.00
Aug. 14-16/09	Prescott Loyalist Days	Prescott	$36,150.00
Aug. 14-16/09	Festa Italiana A Taste of Italy in Downtown London	London	$37,500.00
Aug. 15/09	Minden 150 Bike Tour	Minden	$5,250.00
Aug 15-17/09	Moparfest	Kitchener	$25,564.00
Aug. 18-22/09	Movies Under the Stars	Kenora	$12,974.00
Aug. 20-23/09	Ottawa Folk Festival	Ottawa	$61,350.00
Aug. 20-23/09	Iron Horse Festival	St. Thomas	$18,750.00
Aug. 21-23/09	TD Canada Trust Festival of South Asia	Toronto	$19,200.00
Aug 21-23/09	Sleeping Giant Writers Festival	Thunder Bay	$33,694.00
Aug. 22-23/09	Passion	Niagara on the Lake	$33,375.00
Aug. 22-23/09	Valentia Dodge Rodeo & Harvest Days	Little Britain	$14,625.00
Aug. 22-23/09	Toronto African Dance Festival 2009	Toronto	$22,500.00
Aug. 27-30/09	Limestone City Blues Festival	Kingston	$75,750.00
Aug. 27-30/09	Scotiabank Toronto International Buskerfest	Toronto	$75,000.00
Aug. 28-30/09	Fan Expo Canada	Toronto	$75,000.00
Aug. 28-30/09	151st Markdale Fall Fair	Markdale	$18,750.00
Aug. 29-30/09	Aviation Expo 2009	Waterloo	$37,500.00
Sept. 4-5/09	Maynooth Madness Weekend	Maynooth	$6,375.00
Sept. 4-6/09	Downtown Sudbury Ribfest	Sudbury	$18,750.00
Sept. 4-6/09	Fare on the Square Local Food Festival	Kingston	$10,500.00
Sept. 10-13/09	Shores of Erie International Wine Festival	Amherstburg	$75,000.00
Sept. 10-13/09	Russell Fair	Russell	$30,000.00
Sept. 10-13/09	The Lambeth & Community Harvest Festival	London	$7,500.00
Sept. 10-19/09	Toronto International Film Festival	Toronto	$285,500.00
Sept. 11-12/09	Peterborough Downtown Jazz Festival	Peterborough	$31,635.00
Sept. 11-13/09	Southside Shuffle Blues & Jazz Festival	Mississauga	$25,669.00
Sept. 11-13/09	Durham Central Fair	Orono	$37,350.00
Sept. 11-13/09	Oshawa Rotary Ribfest	Oshawa	$18,750.00
Sept. 11-13/09	Multicultural Festival	Alexandria	$5,021.00
Sept. 11-13/09	Kawartha Powersports Show	Sutton	$37,500.00
Sept11-13/09	Wye Marsh Rhythms Festival	Midland	$27,563.00
Sept. 11-13/09	Summer Blast	St. Thomas	$37,500.00
Sept. 17-19/09	Canada DanceSport 2009	Kingston	$17,025.00
Sept. 17-20 /09	Manifesto Festival	Toronto	$37,500.00
Sept. 17-20/09	Carnegie Days	Barrie	$27,975.00
Sept. 18-19/09	The Orillia Beatles Celebration	Orillia	$27,750.00
Sept. 18-20/09	Toronto Ukrainian Festival	Toronto	$27,263.00
Sept. 19-20/09	Bushplane Days 2009	Sault Ste. Marie	$6,975.00
Sept. 19-20/09	Brantford International Jazz Festival	Brantford	$22,500.00
Sept. 20/09	Concert for a Cure Six Nations	Oshweken	$37,500.00
Sept. 22-26/09	International Plowing Match & Rural Expo	New Liskeard	$59,250.00
Sept. 24-Oct. 3/09	IMPACT 09	Waterloo	$26,250.00
Sept. 25-Nov. 7/09	Fort Fright - The Festival of Fear	Kingston	$75,000.00
Sept. 26-27/09	Savour Stratford	Stratford	$36,788.00
Sept. 26-27/09	Ruthven Apple Festival	Essex	$3,000.00
Sept. 26/09-Feb. 28/10	Ontario Science Centre	Toronto	$300,000.00
Sept. 27/09	The Word on the Street	Toronto	$75,000.00
Oct. 2-4/09	FestivAsia	Ottawa	$32,400.00
Oct. 2-4/09	Niagara Food Festival	Welland	$34,204.00
Oct. 3-4/09	Scotiabank Nuit Blanche	Toronto	$300,000.00
Oct. 3-4/09	Port Elgin Pumpkinfest	Port Elgin	$48,750.00
Oct. 3-12/09	Sensational Elora	Elora	$18,000.00
Oct. 10-18/09	Fall into Nature	Milton	$37,463.00
Oct. 11/09	Pioneer Day	Jordon	$1,500.00
Oct. 14-18/09	imagineNATIVE Film & Media Arts Festival	Toronto	$29,925.00
Oct. 14-18/09	Ottawa International Animation Festival	Ottawa	$18,750.00
Oct. 15-25/09	Quantum to Cosmos Festival	Waterloo	$300,000.00
Oct. 19-Nov. 9/09	The 4x4 Festival	Toronto	$18,750.00
Oct. 20-25/09	Planet in Focus Festival	Toronto	$75,000.00
Oct. 22-25/09	DocFest Stratford	Stratford	$45,000.00
Oct. 22-25/09	X Avant Festival	Toronto	$35,625.00
Oct. 23-25/09	Soup-A-Licious	Bradford-West Gwillimbury/King Township	$37,500.00
Nov. 4-Dec. 4/09	Winter Magic	Toronto	$22,725.00
Nov. 7-21/09	River Arts Festival	Cayuga	$10,125.00
Nov. 7/09-Jan4/10	Winter Festival of Lights	Niagara Falls	$299,377.00
Nov. 14-21/09	Festival Coup de Coeur francophone de Hearst	Hearst	$31,778.00
Nov. 19/09-Jan. 3/10	River Lights Winter Festival	Amherstburg	$37,389.00
Nov. 19/09-Jan. 4/10	Festival of Lights & Santa's Festival Village	Ingersoll	$27,281.00
Nov. 21/09-Apr 4/10	Tutankhamum The Golden King & the Great Pharaohs	Toronto	$297,950.00
Nov. 29-Dec. 6/09	Festival de Noël	Casselman	$37,875.00
Dec. 4-6/09	Canadian Snowcross Championships	Keswick	$33,737.00
Dec. 31/09	2009 New Years Eve Celebration	Brampton	$37,459.00
2010
Jan. 16/10-Feb. 28/10	New Launch of Canadian Jazz Hall of Fame	Niagara on the Lake	$37,500.00
Feb. 2-7/10	Febfest 2010	Kingston	$67,500.00
Feb. 12-21/10	Carnaval de Hearst Carnival	Hearst	$30,750.00
Mar. 6/10	Sleeping Giant Loppet (formerly Sibley Ski Tour)	Thunder Bay	$19,875.00
Mar. 25-28/10	Cavendish University Cup presented by TBAYTEL	Thunder Bay	$75,000.00