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
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| Date | Event | Location | Amount Received |
| March 2 - September 8 | Unbelievably Fun Science! | Sudbury | $75,000 |
| April 1 - April 21 | TIFF Kids: DigiPlaySpace 2.0 | Toronto | $75,000 |
| April 1 - October 31 | Stratford Festival | Stratford | $350,000 |
| April 10 - December 31 | Writers Festival 2013 Enhancements | Ottawa | $74,175 |
| April 11 - April 20 | 2013 Images Festival | Toronto | $23,000 |
| April 16 - April 21 | 2013 Players' Championship of the Grand Slam of Curling | Toronto | $100,000 |
| April 22 - April 28 | 2013 TELUS Cup National Midget Hockey | Sault Ste. Marie | $100,000 |
| April 25 - May 5 | Hot Docs - 20th Anniversary Program Enhancements | Toronto | $300,000 |
| April 26 - April 28 | The Flavour Festival | Peterborough | $23,365 |
| April 26 - April 28 | In the Soil Arts Festival | St. Catharines | $36,000 |
April 29 – October 25 | 2013 Art Gallery of Hamilton World Arts Festival | Hamilton | $75,000 |
| May 2013 - March 2018 | Giant Panda Exhibit | Toronto | $500,000 |
May 1 - May 31 | Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival - Thematic Programming | Toronto | $75,000 |
| May 3 - May 20 | The Canadian Tulip Festival | City of Ottawa | $200,000 |
May 9 - May 12 | Toronto International Deaf Film and Arts Festival | Toronto | $40,000 |
May 9 - October 27 | The Who’s Tommy | Stratford | $700,000 |
May 10 - May 11 | Music On Main Festival | South Simcoe | $40,000 |
May 11 - April 26, 2014 | Muskoka Chautauqua | Muskoka | $75,000 |
May 11 - July 7 | Portugal Week 2013 | Toronto | $74,000 |
May 15 – October 20 | Victoria Playhouse Petrolia Summer Festival | Petrolia | $75,000 |
May 17 – October 31 | Hastings Founders Week: Rural Arts Festival | Village of Hastings | $32,700 |
May 17 - August 31 | IlluminAqua Arts and Culture Series | Welland | $72,500 |
May 23 - June 2 | 23rd Annual Toronto LGBT Film Festival | Toronto | $75,000 |
May 24 - May 25 | Perth County Forbidden Ride | Shakespeare, Mitchell, Stratford, Listowel, St.Marys | $25,000 |
May 24 - May 26 | Carassauga Festival | Mississauga | $60,000 |
May 25 | desiFEST - South Asian Music Week | Toronto area | $75,000 |
May 25 - May 26 | Hockey Night in Canada's Play On! London | London | $75,000 |
May 28 - June 2 | Ottawa International Children's Festival | Ottawa | $74,000 |
May 31 - June 9 | Hamilton War of 1812 bicentennial - Re-enactment and Canadian International Military Tattoo | Hamilton | $75,000 |
May 31 - June 2 | International Federation of Sport Climbling - Bouldering World Cup Toronto | Toronto | $75,000 |
| June 1 - June 9 | Cobourg Anniversaries Week 2013 | Cobourg | $4,500 |
June 1 - June 2 | The Great Canadian Cheese Festival | Picton, Prince Edward County | $40,000 |
June 1 - June 2 | Waterloo Air Show 2013 | Region of Waterloo | $74,300 |
June 6 - June 8 | New Music Fest Sudbury | Sudbury | $40,000 |
June 7 - June 23 | Carrousel of the Nations | Windsor | $75,000 |
June 8 - June 9 | Oshawa Peony Festival | Oshawa | $12,000 |
June 8 | Huntsville Half: Band on the Run | Huntsville | $40,000 |
June 10 - June 16 | NXNE at Yonge-Dundas Square | Toronto | $350,000 |
June 13 – August 17 | St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival | Leeds-Grenville | $15,650 |
June 13 - June 15 | Festival franco-ontarien | Région de la Capitale nationale | $75,000 |
June 13 - June 17 | Burlington's Sound of Music Festival | Burlington | $211,000 |
June 14 - September 2 | TALL SHIPS® 1812 Tour | Pan-provincial | $880,000 |
June 14 - June 16 | Taste of Little Italy - Enhancing the Italian Experience | Toronto | $25,000 |
June 14 - June 16 | Red, White & Blues in The County | Prince Edward County | $10,000 |
June 14 - June 16 | Mississauga Waterfront Festival | Mississauga | $75,000 |
June 14 - June 16 | Brockville Tall Ships Festival | Brockville | $74,800 |
June 15 | The 20th Annual Gravenhurst Car Show | Gravenhurst | $25,000 |
June 15 - September 15 | JT Amphitheatre Festival 2013 | Niagara | $75,000 |
June 20 - June 23 | Summer Solstice Aboriginal Arts Festival | Ottawa | $75,000 |
June 20 - June 23 | Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival | Ottawa | $75,000 |
June 20 - September 15 | Christian Louboutin | Toronto | $75,000 |
June 20 - July 1 | TD Ottawa Jazz Festival | Ottawa | $350,000 |
June 20 - June 23 | Redpath Waterfront Festival Toronto | Toronto Waterfront | $350,000 |
June 20 - June 29 | TD Toronto Jazz Festival | Toronto | $350,000 |
June 21 - June 23 | Stratford Blues and Ribfest | Stratford | $40,000 |
June 21 - June 23 | Heritage Fair | Spencerville | $38,525 |
June 21 - June 23 | Salsa at Blue Mountain | Blue Mountain Village | $40,000 |
June 21 - June 23 | Summer Solstice: Pride in the 1000 Islands | Gananoque | $40,000 |
June 21 - June 23 | Relocalisation de la Franco-Fête de Toronto | Toronto | $75,000 |
June 21 - June 30 | Pride Week 2013 | Toronto | $350,000 |
June 22 - June 23 | Dragons Tour Ontario Waters | Greater Toronto Area | $75,000 |
June 22 – October 12 | Heritage Mica Days | Tay Valley Township, Perth | $39,300 |
June 23 - September 22 | Fort Henry Summer Concert Series | Kingston | $75,000 |
June 23 - July 21 | The Launch of Ontario and Canada Squares | Toronto | $350,000 |
June 25 - July 2 | Kirkland Lake Homecoming | Kirkland Lake | $75,000 |
June 26 - December 22 | 10th Anniversary Season | City of Kawartha Lakes | $40,000 |
June 28 - July 1 | 1000 Islands Family Ribfest 2013 | Gananoque | $39,950 |
June 28 - June 30 | New Performance Piano and Gala Weekend Celebration | Trent Hills | $52,100 |
June 29 - September 2 | DINOSAURS RETURN 2013! | Peterborough | $30,000 |
June 29 - July 1 | Artfest Kingston | Kingston | $24,389 |
June 29 – August 24 | Musicfest | Peterborough | $16,000 |
June 29 - June 30 | Taste of Asia Festival | City of Markham | $75,000 |
| July 1 - July 3 | Look Up Way Up Festival | Kenora | $40,000 |
July 2 - August 25 | Festival Players of Prince Edward County | Prince Edward County | $38,500 |
July 2 - August 24 | 2013 Summer Season | Millbrook | $75,000 |
July 3 - July 14 | 25th Anniversary of the Toronto Fringe Festival | Toronto | $75,000 |
July 4 - July 7 | TD Sunfest 2013 | London | $75,000 |
July 4 - July 14 | Music and Beyond 2013 Festival Enhancement | Ottawa | $75,000 |
July 4 - July 14 | 2013 RBC Royal Bank Bluesfest | Ottawa | $350,000 |
July 4 - July 7 | Bancroft Wheels, Water & Wings! | Bancroft | $5,975 |
July 5 - July 7 | Mariposa Folk Festival | City of Orillia | $29,000 |
July 5 - July 26 | Cultura 2013 | North York/Toronto | $30,000 |
July 5 - July 7 | Jazz On The Mountain At Blue | Blue Mountains | $75,000 |
July 6 - July 7 | Antique and Classic Boat Show | Gravenhurst, 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 Carnival | Toronto / GTA | $350,000 |
July 10 - July 14 | 2013 Manulife Financial LPGA Classic | Waterloo Region | $326,000 |
July 11 - July 14 | Pirate Days in the 1000 Islands | Gananoque | $40,000 |
July 11 - July 14 | Belleville Waterfront and Ethnic Festival | Belleville | $40,000 |
July 11 - 14 | 2013 Just Add Water Festival | Port Severn | $75,000 |
July 12 - 14 | Carabram Festival | Brampton | $30,000 |
July 13 | Huntsville Festival of the Arts/Nuit Blanche North | Huntsville | $75,000 |
July 13 - July14 | Salsa on St. Clair Street Festival | Along St. Clair Avenue West in Toronto | $75,000 |
July 15 - August 25 | Stratford Summer Music's Choral Extravaganza, 2013 | Stratford | $75,000 |
July 18 - July 22 | New Music Fest Barrie | Barrie | $40,000 |
July 18 - 21 | The 2013 UNITY Festival | Toronto | $40,000 |
July 18 - 21 | Trigan Festival | Toronto, Harbourfront Centre | $75,000 |
July 19 - 21 | The International Cool Climate Chardonnay Celebration | Niagara | $70,750 |
July 19 - 21 | Ride Manitoulin 2013 | Providence Bay | $25,000 |
July 19 - 21 | Cuisine-Art 2013 | Village of Alton, Town of Caledon | $39,500 |
July 19 - 20 | Iroquois Falls Summer Festival | Iroquois Falls | $40,000 |
July 19 - 21 | T&T Waterfront Night Market | Toronto | $40,000 |
July 19 - 21 | 1812 Bicentennial HistoryFest | Sault Ste. Marie | $75,000 |
July 19 - 28 | Beaches International Jazz Festival - 25th Year Celebration Project | Toronto | $75,000 |
July 19 - 21 | The Celtic Fair 2013 | Thunder Bay | $40,000 |
July 20 | Fusion of Taste | Toronto, Albion Islington Square | $36,000 |
July 20 - 21 | IRIE OSHAWA | Oshawa | $40,000 |
July 23 – 24 | Aboriginal Adventures! | Gananoque | $40,000 |
July 25 - 28 | Kapuskasing Lumberjack Heritage Festival des bûcherons | Kapuskasing | $40,000 |
July 25 - August 4 | Festival Kompa Zouk Toronto | Toronto | $40,000 |
July 25 - 27 | Rock The Park | London | $350,000 |
July 25 - August 8 | 2013 Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival (Chamberfest) | Ottawa | $350,000 |
| August 1 – 5 | Princess Street Promenade/World Invitational Town Criers' Championship | Kingston | $40,000 |
August 1 – 4 | Bancroft Rockhound Gemboree | Town of Bancroft | $38,100 |
August 2 - 4 | Boots and Hearts Music Festival | Bowmanville | $350,000 |
August 2 – 4 | Summer in the Park | City of North Bay | $75,000 |
August 2 – 4 | Harbourfest | Kenora | $75,000 |
August 3 – 4 | PIRATEFEST and Renaissance Faire | Muskoka | $40,000 |
August 3 – 11 | Rogers Legends Cup 2 | Toronto | $350,000 |
August 4 | South Asian Festival & Bhangra Competition | Niagara Falls, Queen Victoria Park | $75,000 |
August 8 – 10 | Kenora Bass International | City of Kenora | $40,000 |
August 8 – 11 | Navan Fair | Navan | $65,500 |
August 8 – 11 | Kitchener Blues Festival - Aboriginal Blues Showcase | Kitchener | $74,999 |
August 9 – 11 | 24 Weeks of Summer | Sauble Beach | $40,000 |
August 9 – 11 | Live from the Rock Folk Festival - New Artistic Direction | Red Rock | $35,000 |
August 9 – 10 | Mudtown Music and Arts Festival | Owen Sound | $40,000 |
August 9 – 11 | The TD Festival of Friends | Ancaster | $75,000 |
August 9 – 11 | Taste of the Danforth | Danforth Avenue, Toronto | $75,000 |
August 10 | Niagara-on-the-Lake Peach Celebration | Niagara-on-the-Lake | $22,000 |
August 15 - 18 | Markham Jazz Festival | City of Markham | $40,000 |
August 15 - 18 | South Mountain Fair | South Mountain | $44,026 |
August 15 - 18 | 24th Annual Havelock Country Jamboree | Havelock | $350,000 |
August 16 - 18 | Calabogie Blues & Ribfest | Village of Calabogie | $75,000 |
August 16 - 17 | Mosaic South Asian Heritage Festival of Mississauga | Mississauga/Peel | $40,000 |
August 17 - 18 | Scarborough Afro-Caribbean Arts & Music Festival | Toronto | $39,971 |
August 17 - 18 | Balloonapalooza | Windsor | $40,000 |
| August 22 - 25 | Camping-Caravaning de la Curd | Municipalité de la Nation (Village de St-Albert) | $75,000 |
August 23 - 24 | Island Gathering: A Festival of Cultural Alliances | The Township of St. Joseph | $40,000 |
August 23 - 25 | 2013 Smooth Truck Fest | Smooth Rock Falls | $40,000 |
August 23 - 24 | Bollywood Monster Mashup | Mississauga | $20,000 |
August 23 - 25 | Tweed Tribute to Elvis Festival | Tweed | $20,800 |
August 24 - 25 | The Great Canadian Kayak Challenge & Festival | City of Timmins | $75,000 |
August 29 - September 2 | Endangered Canada Festival of Discovery | Paris | $65,400 |
August 31 - September 1 | MuslimFest 2013 | Greater Toronto Area | $40,000 |
| September 4 - r 8 | Guelph Jazz Festival World Artist Summit | Guelph | $75,000 |
September 5 - 8 | Shores of Erie International Wine Festival | Amherstburg | $75,000 |
September 5 - 8 | Russell Fair | Russell | $71,000 |
September 5 - 8 | 2013 Ottawa Folk Festival | Ottawa | $350,000 |
September 5 - 15 | Toronto International Film Festival | Toronto | $350,000 |
September 6 - 8 | The Niagara Food Festival | Welland | $64,100 |
| September 7 | Prairie Day 2013 | Alderville First Nation | $16,150 |
September 7 - 9 |
Water Buffalo Food Festival | Stirling-Rawdon | $22,600 |
September 14 - 16 | Kitchener Ontario Independent Music Festival | Kitchener | $32,950 |
September 13 - 15 | Bloor West Village Toronto Ukrainian Festival | Toronto | $75,000 |
September 13 - 15 | Supercrawl | Hamilton | $75,000 |
September 14 - 15 | 2013 Roncesvalles Polish Festival | Toronto | $75,000 |
September 14 - 22 | Cinefest Sudbury International Film Festival | Sudbury | $75,000 |
September 14 - 29 | The Niagara Wine Festival | Niagara Region | $22,100 |
September 17 - 21 | 2013 International Plowing Match & Rural Expo | Perth County, Mitchell, | $350,000 |
September 19 - 22 | Canada's Walk of Fame 15th Year Anniversary Festival | Toronto/GTA | $350,000 |
September 19 - 21 | The Barrie International Comedy Festival | Barrie | $40,000 |
September 19 - 22 | Hike Haliburton Festival 2013 | Haliburton | $11,200 |
September 19 - 28 | JFL42 | Toronto | $350,000 |
September 20 - 28 | 10th annual Prince Edward County Music Festival | Picton | $8,000 |
September 20 - 22 | Tom Thomson Arts Festival | Owen Sound | $40,000 |
September 20 - 22 | Savour Stratford Perth County Culinary Festival 2013 | Stratford and Perth County | $75,000 |
September 20 - 22 | Pan American Food and Arts Festival | Toronto | $75,000 |
September 21 - 22 | Festival de la Bine de Plantagenet 2013 | Plantagenet, Prescott-Russell | $33,000 |
September 24 - November 24 | WE ARE CULTURE! | Waterloo Region | $40,000 |
| September 26 - 28 | NorthWords Literary Festival | Huntsville | $40,000 |
September 26 - November 2 | Fort Fright | Kingston | $75,000 |
September 27 - 29 | TASTE community grown | Prince Edward County | $70,839 |
September 28 | Small World in the Square Enhancement | Toronto | $40,000 |
| October 3 - 6 | 14th Canadian comedy Awards Festival | Ottawa | $295,000 |
October 3 - November 2 | PUMPKINFERNO at UPPER CANADA VILLAGE | Morrisburg | $75,000 |
October 4 - November 3 | Algoma Fall Festival | Sault Ste. Marie | $75,000 |
October 5 | Scotiabank Nuit Blanche | Downtown Toronto | $350,000 |
October 5 - October 6 | Port Elgin Pumpkinfest | Saugeen Shores | $75,000 |
October 8 - 14 | Norfolk County Fair & Horse Show | Simcoe | $349,000 |
October 12 - 14 | Fall into Nature | Halton Region | $28,000 |
October 12 - November 3 | Shaw Festival Theatre | Niagara-on-the-Lake | $75,000 |
October 16 - 20 | imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival | Toronto | $64,000 |
October 19 | ByWard Market Oktoberfest | Ottawa | $40,000 |
October 21 - 26 | World MasterCard Fashion Week | Toronto | $350,000 |
October 24 - November 3 | New Voices, New Perspectives | Toronto | $75,000 |
| November | La Releve 2013 | Clarence-Rockland | $40,000 |
| November 1 - 10 | The Royal Culinary Tourism Program, Royal Winter Fair | Toronto | $350,000 |
November 5 - 16 | Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival | Toronto, Richmond Hill, Markham | $50,000 |
November 8 - 10 | Huntsville Girlfriends' Getaway Weekend | Huntsville | $75,000 |
November 8 | STRUTT Wearable Art Weekend | St. Catharines | $23,000 |
November 14 - January 5, 2014 | Royal Botanical Gardens - Holiday Traditions | Burlington | $75,000 |
November 24 - 27 | 2013 Global Cabaret Festival | Toronto | $75,000 |
November 28 - December 1 | Festival de Noël de Casselman 2013 | Casselman | $40,000 |
November 29 - December 15 | Toronto Christmas Market | Toronto | $75,000 |
November 30 - January 5, 2014 |
ALIGHT at NIGHT - Upper Canada Village | Dundas County, Stormont, dundas & Glengarry Townships of Eastern Ontario | $75,000 |
| 2014 | |||
| January 9 - 11 | Red Bull Crashed Ice Niagara Falls 2014 | Niagara Falls | $350,000 |
January 10 - 19 | Theatre Cambrian Dinner Theatre Festival Expansion | Greater Sudbury | $43,000 |
January 11 - 12 | Winter WineFest | Village of Jordan | $23,000 |
January 31 - 1 | Brrrrr Winter Music Festival | Toronto | $75,000 |
| February 1 - 2 | Barrie Winterfest 2014 | Barrie | $40,000 |
February 1 - 3 | Marmora SnoFest | Marmora | $40,000 |
February 5 - 8 | Laugh Out Loud Sudbury Comedy Festival | City of Greater Sudbury | $75,000 |
February 7 - 9 | Comics On the Rocks - Huntsville's Winter Comedy Carnival | Huntsville | $65,000 |
| February 27 - March 2 | Historic Venue Project | Kingston | $28,000 |
| 2014 Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival | Toronto | $35,500 | |
March 21 – 30 | Latin American Film Festival | Ottawa | $25,000 |
March 21 – 23 | Maple in the County | Prince Edward County | $33,339 |
March 28 – 30 | Can-Am All Breeds Equine Emporium | Town of Mono | $75,000 |
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