Some of this area’s biggest and smallest festivals have been named among Ontario’s best.
Festivals and Events Ontario has released its list of the province’s top 100 festivals of the year.
The list is announced in chronological order, based on when the festivals are occurring this year. It does not rank the 100 festivals in any way.
Among the local and regional festivals named to the 2016 edition of the list are:
- Eat and Drink Norfolk (April 7 to April 9 in Simcoe)
- Orangeville Blues and Jazz Festival (June 2 – June 5)
- Dunnville Mudcast Festival (June 9 – June 12)
- Salsa at Blue Mountain (June 17 – June 19)
- Lighthouse Blues Festival (July 8 – July 10 in Kincardine)
- Mount Forest Fireworks Festival (July 15 – July 17)
- Hillside Festival (July 22 – July 24 at Guelph Lake)
- TD Kitchener Blues Festival (Aug. 4 – Aug. 7)
- Canada’s Only Guitar Trail (Sept. 10 in Blue Mountains)
- Meaford Scarecrow Invasion and Family Festival (Sept. 16 – Oct. 16)
- St. George Applefest (Sept. 17 – Sept. 18)
- Norfolk County Fair and Horse Show (Oct. 4 – Oct. 10 in Simcoe)
- Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest (Oct. 7 – Oct. 15)
- Blue Mountains Apple Harvest Festival (Oct. 8 – Oct. 10)
- Christkindl Market (Dec. 1 – Dec. 4 in Kitchener)
