Celebrate Ontario 2013 Events

Festivals and events funded by the Celebrate Ontario initiative. The Celebrate Ontario program gives tourists more to see and more to do at Ontario's festivals and events.

2013: April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December

2014: January - February - March

Read about Celebrate Ontario success stories

Date Event Location Amount Received
March 2 - September 8Unbelievably Fun Science!Sudbury$75,000
April 1 - April 21TIFF Kids: DigiPlaySpace 2.0Toronto$75,000
April 1 - October 31Stratford FestivalStratford$350,000
April 10 - December 31 Writers Festival 2013 Enhancements Ottawa $74,175
April 11 - April 202013 Images FestivalToronto$23,000
April 16 - April 212013 Players' Championship of the Grand Slam of Curling   Toronto$100,000
April 22 - April 282013 TELUS Cup National Midget Hockey Sault Ste. Marie$100,000
April 25 - May 5Hot Docs - 20th Anniversary Program EnhancementsToronto$300,000
April 26 - April 28The Flavour FestivalPeterborough$23,365
April 26 - April 28In the Soil Arts FestivalSt. Catharines$36,000

April 29 – October 25

2013 Art Gallery of Hamilton World Arts FestivalHamilton$75,000
May 2013 - March 2018Giant Panda ExhibitToronto$500,000

May 1 - May 31

Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival - Thematic ProgrammingToronto$75,000
May 3 - May 20The Canadian Tulip FestivalCity of Ottawa$200,000

May 9 - May 12

Toronto International Deaf Film and Arts FestivalToronto$40,000

May 9 - October 27

The Who’s TommyStratford$700,000

May 10 - May 11

Music On Main FestivalSouth Simcoe$40,000

May 11 - April 26, 2014

Muskoka ChautauquaMuskoka$75,000

May 11 - July 7

Portugal Week 2013Toronto$74,000

May 15 – October 20

Victoria Playhouse Petrolia Summer FestivalPetrolia$75,000

May 17 – October 31

Hastings Founders Week: Rural Arts FestivalVillage of Hastings$32,700

May 17 - August 31

IlluminAqua Arts and Culture SeriesWelland$72,500

May 23 - June 2

23rd Annual Toronto LGBT Film FestivalToronto$75,000

May 24 - May 25

Perth County Forbidden RideShakespeare, Mitchell, Stratford, Listowel, St.Marys$25,000

May 24 - May 26

Carassauga FestivalMississauga$60,000

May 25

desiFEST - South Asian Music WeekToronto area$75,000

May 25 - May 26

Hockey Night in Canada's Play On! LondonLondon$75,000

May 28 - June 2

Ottawa International Children's FestivalOttawa$74,000

May 31 - June 9

Hamilton War of 1812 bicentennial - Re-enactment and Canadian International Military TattooHamilton$75,000

May 31 - June 2

International Federation of Sport Climbling - Bouldering World Cup TorontoToronto$75,000
June 1 - June 9Cobourg Anniversaries Week 2013Cobourg$4,500

June 1 - June 2

The Great Canadian Cheese FestivalPicton, Prince Edward County $40,000

June 1 - June 2

Waterloo Air Show 2013Region of Waterloo$74,300

June 6 - June 8

New Music Fest SudburySudbury$40,000

June 7 - June 23

Carrousel of the NationsWindsor$75,000

June 8 - June 9

Oshawa Peony FestivalOshawa$12,000

June 8

Huntsville Half: Band on the RunHuntsville$40,000

June 10 - June 16

NXNE at Yonge-Dundas SquareToronto$350,000

June 13 – August 17

St. Lawrence Shakespeare FestivalLeeds-Grenville$15,650

June 13 - June 15

Festival franco-ontarienRégion de la Capitale nationale$75,000

June 13 - June 17

Burlington's Sound of Music FestivalBurlington$211,000

June 14 - September 2

TALL SHIPS® 1812 TourPan-provincial$880,000

June 14 - June 16

Taste of Little Italy - Enhancing the Italian ExperienceToronto$25,000

June 14 - June 16

Red, White & Blues in The CountyPrince Edward County$10,000

June 14 - June 16

Mississauga Waterfront FestivalMississauga$75,000

June 14 - June 16

Brockville Tall Ships FestivalBrockville$74,800

June 15

The 20th Annual Gravenhurst Car ShowGravenhurst$25,000

June 15 - September 15

JT Amphitheatre Festival 2013Niagara$75,000

June 20 - June 23

Summer Solstice Aboriginal Arts FestivalOttawa$75,000

June 20 - June 23

Ottawa Dragon Boat FestivalOttawa$75,000

June 20 - September 15

Christian LouboutinToronto$75,000

June 20 - July 1

TD Ottawa Jazz FestivalOttawa$350,000

June 20 - June 23

Redpath Waterfront Festival TorontoToronto Waterfront$350,000

June 20 - June 29

TD Toronto Jazz FestivalToronto$350,000

June 21 - June 23

Stratford Blues and RibfestStratford$40,000

June 21 - June 23

Heritage Fair Spencerville$38,525

June 21 - June 23

Salsa at Blue MountainBlue Mountain Village$40,000

June 21 - June 23

Summer Solstice: Pride in the 1000 IslandsGananoque$40,000

June 21 - June 23

Relocalisation de la Franco-Fête de TorontoToronto$75,000

June 21 - June 30

Pride Week 2013Toronto$350,000

June 22 - June 23

Dragons Tour Ontario WatersGreater Toronto Area$75,000

June 22 – October 12

Heritage Mica DaysTay Valley Township, Perth$39,300

June 23 - September 22

Fort Henry Summer Concert SeriesKingston$75,000

June 23 - July 21

The Launch of Ontario and Canada SquaresToronto$350,000

June 25 - July 2

Kirkland Lake HomecomingKirkland Lake$75,000

June 26 - December 22

10th Anniversary SeasonCity of Kawartha Lakes$40,000

June 28 - July 1

1000 Islands Family Ribfest 2013Gananoque$39,950

June 28 - June 30

New Performance Piano and Gala Weekend CelebrationTrent Hills$52,100

June 29 - September 2

DINOSAURS RETURN 2013!Peterborough$30,000

June 29 - July 1

Artfest KingstonKingston $24,389

June 29 – August 24

MusicfestPeterborough$16,000

June 29 - June 30

Taste of Asia FestivalCity of Markham$75,000
July 1 - July 3Look Up Way Up FestivalKenora$40,000

July 2 - August 25

Festival Players of Prince Edward CountyPrince Edward County$38,500

July 2 - August 24

2013 Summer SeasonMillbrook$75,000

July 3 - July 14

25th Anniversary of the Toronto Fringe FestivalToronto $75,000

July 4 - July 7

TD Sunfest 2013London$75,000

July 4 - July 14

Music and Beyond 2013 Festival EnhancementOttawa$75,000

July 4 - July 14

2013 RBC Royal Bank BluesfestOttawa$350,000

July 4 - July 7

Bancroft Wheels, Water & Wings!Bancroft$5,975

July 5 - July 7

Mariposa Folk FestivalCity of Orillia$29,000

July 5 - July 26

Cultura 2013North York/Toronto$30,000

July 5 - July 7

Jazz On The Mountain At BlueBlue Mountains$75,000

July 6 - July 7

Antique and Classic Boat ShowGravenhurst, Muskoka$40,000

July 6 - July 7

TD Festival of South Asia--South Asia's Got Talent!Toronto$25,000

July 9 - August 12

Scotiabank Toronto Caribbean CarnivalToronto / GTA$350,000

July 10 - July 14

2013 Manulife Financial LPGA ClassicWaterloo Region$326,000

July 11 - July 14

Pirate Days in the 1000 IslandsGananoque$40,000

July 11 - July 14

Belleville Waterfront and Ethnic FestivalBelleville$40,000

July 11 - 14

2013 Just Add Water FestivalPort Severn$75,000

July 12 - 14

Carabram FestivalBrampton$30,000

July 13

Huntsville Festival of the Arts/Nuit Blanche NorthHuntsville$75,000

July 13 - July14

Salsa on St. Clair Street FestivalAlong St. Clair Avenue West in Toronto$75,000

July 15 - August 25

Stratford Summer Music's Choral Extravaganza, 2013Stratford$75,000

July 18 - July 22

New Music Fest BarrieBarrie$40,000

July 18 - 21

The 2013 UNITY FestivalToronto$40,000

July 18 - 21

Trigan FestivalToronto, Harbourfront Centre$75,000

July 19 - 21

The International Cool Climate Chardonnay CelebrationNiagara$70,750

July 19 - 21

Ride Manitoulin 2013Providence Bay$25,000

July 19 - 21

Cuisine-Art 2013Village of Alton, Town of Caledon$39,500

July 19 - 20

Iroquois Falls Summer FestivalIroquois Falls$40,000

July 19 - 21

T&T Waterfront Night MarketToronto$40,000

July 19 - 21

1812 Bicentennial HistoryFestSault Ste. Marie$75,000

July 19 - 28

Beaches International Jazz Festival - 25th Year Celebration ProjectToronto$75,000

July 19 - 21

The Celtic Fair 2013Thunder Bay$40,000

July 20

Fusion of TasteToronto, Albion Islington Square$36,000

July 20 - 21

IRIE OSHAWAOshawa$40,000

July 23 – 24

Aboriginal Adventures!Gananoque$40,000

July 25 - 28

Kapuskasing Lumberjack Heritage Festival des bûcheronsKapuskasing$40,000

July 25 - August 4

Festival Kompa Zouk TorontoToronto$40,000

July 25 - 27

Rock The ParkLondon$350,000

July 25 - August 8

2013 Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival (Chamberfest)Ottawa$350,000
August 1 – 5Princess Street Promenade/World Invitational Town Criers' ChampionshipKingston $40,000

August 1 – 4

Bancroft Rockhound GemboreeTown of Bancroft$38,100

August 2 - 4

Boots and Hearts Music FestivalBowmanville$350,000

August 2 – 4

Summer in the ParkCity of North Bay$75,000

August 2 – 4

HarbourfestKenora$75,000

August 3 – 4

PIRATEFEST and Renaissance FaireMuskoka$40,000

August 3 – 11

Rogers Legends Cup 2Toronto$350,000

August 4

South Asian Festival & Bhangra CompetitionNiagara Falls, Queen Victoria Park$75,000

August 8 – 10

Kenora Bass InternationalCity of Kenora$40,000

August 8 – 11

Navan FairNavan$65,500

August 8 – 11

Kitchener Blues Festival - Aboriginal Blues ShowcaseKitchener$74,999

August 9 – 11

24 Weeks of SummerSauble Beach$40,000

August 9 – 11

Live from the Rock Folk Festival - New Artistic DirectionRed Rock$35,000

August 9 – 10

Mudtown Music and Arts FestivalOwen Sound$40,000

August 9 – 11

The TD Festival of FriendsAncaster$75,000

August 9 – 11

Taste of the DanforthDanforth Avenue, Toronto$75,000

August 10

Niagara-on-the-Lake Peach CelebrationNiagara-on-the-Lake$22,000

August 15 - 18

Markham Jazz FestivalCity of Markham$40,000

August 15 - 18

South Mountain FairSouth Mountain$44,026

August 15 - 18

24th Annual Havelock Country JamboreeHavelock$350,000

August 16 - 18

Calabogie Blues & RibfestVillage of Calabogie$75,000

August 16 - 17

Mosaic South Asian Heritage Festival of MississaugaMississauga/Peel$40,000

August 17 - 18

Scarborough Afro-Caribbean Arts & Music FestivalToronto$39,971

August 17 - 18

BalloonapaloozaWindsor$40,000
August 22 - 25Camping-Caravaning de la Curd Municipalité de la Nation (Village de St-Albert)$75,000

August 23 - 24

Island Gathering:  A Festival of Cultural AlliancesThe Township of St. Joseph$40,000

August 23 - 25

2013 Smooth Truck FestSmooth Rock Falls$40,000

August 23 - 24

Bollywood Monster MashupMississauga$20,000

August 23 - 25

Tweed Tribute to Elvis FestivalTweed$20,800

August 24 - 25

The Great Canadian Kayak Challenge & FestivalCity of Timmins$75,000

August 29 - September 2

Endangered Canada  Festival of DiscoveryParis$65,400

August 31 - September 1

MuslimFest 2013Greater Toronto Area$40,000
September 4 - r 8Guelph Jazz Festival World Artist SummitGuelph$75,000

September 5 - 8

Shores of Erie International Wine FestivalAmherstburg$75,000

September 5 - 8

Russell FairRussell$71,000

September 5 - 8

2013 Ottawa Folk FestivalOttawa$350,000

September 5 - 15

Toronto International Film FestivalToronto$350,000

September 6 - 8

The Niagara Food FestivalWelland$64,100
September 7Prairie Day 2013Alderville First Nation$16,150

September 7 - 9

Water Buffalo Food FestivalStirling-Rawdon$22,600

September 14 - 16

Kitchener Ontario Independent Music FestivalKitchener$32,950

September 13 - 15

Bloor West Village Toronto Ukrainian FestivalToronto$75,000

September 13 - 15

SupercrawlHamilton$75,000

September 14 - 15

2013 Roncesvalles Polish FestivalToronto$75,000

September 14 - 22

Cinefest Sudbury International Film FestivalSudbury$75,000

September 14 - 29

The Niagara Wine FestivalNiagara Region$22,100

September 17 - 21

2013 International Plowing Match & Rural ExpoPerth County, Mitchell,$350,000

September 19 - 22

Canada's Walk of Fame 15th Year Anniversary FestivalToronto/GTA$350,000

September 19 - 21

The Barrie International Comedy FestivalBarrie$40,000

September 19 - 22

Hike Haliburton Festival 2013Haliburton$11,200

September 19 - 28

JFL42Toronto$350,000

September 20 - 28

10th annual Prince Edward County Music FestivalPicton$8,000

September 20 - 22

Tom Thomson Arts FestivalOwen Sound$40,000

September 20 - 22

Savour Stratford Perth County Culinary Festival 2013Stratford and Perth County$75,000

September 20 - 22

Pan American Food and Arts FestivalToronto$75,000

September 21 - 22

Festival de la Bine de Plantagenet 2013Plantagenet, Prescott-Russell $33,000

September 24 - November 24

WE ARE CULTURE! Waterloo Region$40,000
September 26 - 28NorthWords Literary FestivalHuntsville$40,000

September 26 - November 2

Fort FrightKingston$75,000

September 27 - 29

TASTE community grownPrince Edward County$70,839

September 28

Small World in the Square EnhancementToronto$40,000
October 3 - 614th Canadian comedy Awards FestivalOttawa$295,000

October 3 - November 2

PUMPKINFERNO at UPPER CANADA VILLAGEMorrisburg$75,000

October 4 - November 3

Algoma Fall FestivalSault Ste. Marie$75,000

October 5

Scotiabank Nuit BlancheDowntown Toronto$350,000

October 5 - October 6

Port Elgin PumpkinfestSaugeen Shores$75,000

October 8 - 14

Norfolk County Fair & Horse ShowSimcoe$349,000

October 12 - 14

Fall into NatureHalton Region$28,000

October 12 - November 3

Shaw Festival TheatreNiagara-on-the-Lake$75,000

October 16 - 20

imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts FestivalToronto$64,000

October 19

ByWard Market OktoberfestOttawa$40,000

October 21 - 26

World MasterCard Fashion WeekToronto$350,000

October 24 - November 3

New Voices, New PerspectivesToronto$75,000
NovemberLa Releve 2013Clarence-Rockland$40,000
November 1 - 10The Royal Culinary Tourism Program, Royal Winter FairToronto$350,000

November 5 - 16

Toronto Reel Asian International Film FestivalToronto, Richmond Hill, Markham$50,000

November 8 - 10

Huntsville Girlfriends' Getaway WeekendHuntsville$75,000

November 8

STRUTT Wearable Art WeekendSt. Catharines$23,000

November 14 - January 5, 2014

Royal Botanical Gardens - Holiday TraditionsBurlington$75,000

November 24 - 27

2013 Global Cabaret FestivalToronto$75,000

November 28 - December 1

Festival de Noël de Casselman 2013Casselman$40,000

November 29 - December 15

Toronto Christmas MarketToronto$75,000

November 30 - January 5, 2014

ALIGHT at NIGHT - Upper Canada VillageDundas County, Stormont, dundas & Glengarry Townships of Eastern Ontario$75,000
2014
January 9 - 11Red Bull Crashed Ice Niagara Falls 2014Niagara Falls$350,000

January 10 - 19

Theatre Cambrian Dinner Theatre Festival ExpansionGreater Sudbury$43,000

January 11 - 12

Winter WineFestVillage of Jordan$23,000

January 31 - 1

Brrrrr Winter Music FestivalToronto$75,000
February 1 - 2Barrie Winterfest 2014Barrie$40,000

February 1 - 3

Marmora SnoFestMarmora$40,000

February 5 - 8

Laugh Out Loud Sudbury Comedy FestivalCity of Greater Sudbury$75,000

February 7 - 9

Comics On the Rocks - Huntsville's Winter Comedy CarnivalHuntsville$65,000
February 27 - March 2Historic Venue ProjectKingston$28,000

March 6 - 16

2014 Toronto Sketch Comedy FestivalToronto$35,500

March 21 – 30

Latin American Film Festival Ottawa$25,000

March 21 – 23

Maple in the CountyPrince Edward County$33,339

March 28 – 30

Can-Am All Breeds Equine EmporiumTown of Mono$75,000