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List of blues festivals in Canada

This is a list of blues festivals in Canada. These festivals—which celebrate Canadian blues music, and often times roots music as well—range from small, community-based festivals that feature mostly local performers, to major corporate-sponsored festivals that draw nationally and internationally-prominent blues musicians.

Some of the larger festivals in Canada include the Ottawa Bluesfest, Bluesfest Windsor, the Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival in Fredericton, Tremblant International Blues Festival in Mont-Tremblant, and the Edmonton's Labatt Blues Festival. These festivals, which are usually organized by volunteer-based blues societies, are an important part of the Canadian blues scene.

List

British Columbia

Alberta

Saskatchewan

  • Regina Blues Association’s Mid-Winter Blues Festival — in Regina
  • Saskatoon Blues Festival — end of February in Saskatchewan

Manitoba

  • Great Woods Music Festival — August in Beausejour
  • Winnipeg BBQ & Blues Festival — August in Winnipeg

Ontario

  • Aurora Winter Blues Festival — in Aurora
  • Barrie Jazz and Blues Festival — June (2nd weekend) in Barrie
  • The February Blues — February in Barrie
  • Bluesfest International — July in Windsor and London
  • Bluesfest Windsor — July in Windsor
  • Boon's House Blues & Roots Festival — July in Hamilton
  • Burlington Jazz & Blues Festival — July in Burlington
  • Canal Bank Shuffle — October in Thorold
  • Capitol Centre's Bluesfest — in North Bay
  • Coal Flats Blues Festival — September in Port Burwell
  • Escarpment Blues Festival — mid-July in Milton
  • Kitchener Blues Festival — August in Kitchener

Lighthouse Blues Festival - Kincardine - July www.lighthousebluesfestival.com

  • Limestone City Blues Festival — late August in Kingston
  • London Blues Festival — August in London
  • Mudcat Blues Fest — August in Dunnville
  • Orangeville Blues and Jazz Festival — first weekend of June in Orangeville
  • Orillia Spring Blues Festival — Orillia
  • Oshawa Jazz and Blues Festival — August in Oshawa
  • Ottawa Bluesfest — July in Ottawa
  • Paisley Blues Fest — June (1st weekend) in Paisley, Ontario
  • Porquis Blues Festival — early July in Porquis
  • Port Credit Blues and Jazz Festival (also called the "Southside Shuffle") — early September in Port Credit, Mississauga
  • Stratford Blues and Ribfest — June in Stratford
  • Thunder Bay Blues Festival — July in Thunder Bay
  • Toronto BluesFest — June in Toronto
  • Twisted Pines Blues Festival — May in the Midland/Penetanguishene area
  • Wasaga Beach Blues — September in Wasaga Beach
  • Winterfolk Blues & Roots Festival — in Toronto
  • Women in the Wilds Blues Festival — September in Atikokan, Northwestern Ontario

Quebec

Atlantic Canada

References