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
- Burnaby Blues + Roots Festival — August in Burnaby[1]
- Harbour Blues 'N Roots Festival (formerly Vancouver Island Blues Bash) — Labour Day weekend in Victoria[2]
- Hornby Island Blues Workshop — May in Hornby Island[3]
- Pender Harbour Blues Festival — early June in Pender Harbour[4]
- Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival — August in Salmon Arm, in B.C. Interior[5]
- Summertime Blues Festival — August in Nanaimo[6]
Alberta
- Beaumont Blues & Roots Festival — June (previously Labour Day weekend) in Beaumont[7]
- Calgary International Blues Festival — summer in Calgary[8]
- Calgary Midwinter Bluesfest — February in Calgary[9]
- Edmonton Blues Festival — August in Edmonton
Saskatchewan
- Regina Blues Association’s Mid-Winter Blues Festival — in Regina[10]
- Saskatoon Blues Festival — end of February in Saskatchewan[11]
Manitoba
- Great Woods Music Festival — August in Beausejour[12]
- Winnipeg BBQ & Blues Festival — August in Winnipeg[13][14]
Ontario
- Aurora Winter Blues Festival — in Aurora[15]
- Barrie Jazz and Blues Festival — June (2nd weekend) in Barrie[16]
- The February Blues — February in Barrie[17]
- Bluesfest International — July in Windsor and London
- Bluesfest Windsor — July in Windsor[18]
- Boon's House Blues & Roots Festival — July in Hamilton
- Burlington Jazz & Blues Festival — July in Burlington[19]
- Canal Bank Shuffle — October in Thorold[20]
- Capitol Centre's Bluesfest — in North Bay[21][22]
- Coal Flats Blues Festival — September in Port Burwell[23]
- Escarpment Blues Festival — mid-July in Milton[24]
- Kitchener Blues Festival — August in Kitchener[25]
Lighthouse Blues Festival - Kincardine - July www.lighthousebluesfestival.com
- Limestone City Blues Festival — late August in Kingston[26]
- London Blues Festival — August in London[27]
- Mudcat Blues Fest — August in Dunnville
- Orangeville Blues and Jazz Festival — first weekend of June in Orangeville[28]
- Orillia Spring Blues Festival — Orillia[29]
- Oshawa Jazz and Blues Festival — August in Oshawa[30]
- Ottawa Bluesfest — July in Ottawa
- Paisley Blues Fest — June (1st weekend) in Paisley, Ontario[31]
- Porquis Blues Festival — early July in Porquis[32]
- Port Credit Blues and Jazz Festival (also called the "Southside Shuffle") — early September in Port Credit, Mississauga[33]
- Stratford Blues and Ribfest — June in Stratford[34]
- Thunder Bay Blues Festival — July in Thunder Bay[35]
- Toronto BluesFest — June in Toronto[36]
- Twisted Pines Blues Festival — May in the Midland/Penetanguishene area[37]
- Wasaga Beach Blues — September in Wasaga Beach[38]
- Winterfolk Blues & Roots Festival — in Toronto[39]
- Women in the Wilds Blues Festival — September in Atikokan, Northwestern Ontario[40]
Quebec
- Festival de Jazz et Blues de Saguenay — April in Chicoutimi[41]
- West Island Blues Festival — June in Pierrefonds/Roxboro, Island of Montreal[42]
- Montreal International Jazz Festival (Blues Stage) — June in Montreal[43]
- Tremblant International Blues Festival — July in Mont-Tremblant[44]
- Sherblues & Folk — July in Sherbrooke[45]
- l'Ile en Blues — August in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans[46]
- Les Nuits Blues Laurentides — August in Saint-Sauveur[47]
- Festival de Blues de Donnacona — August in Donnacona[48]
- Trois-Rivières en Blues — August in Trois-Rivières[49]
- Festival de Blues de Joliette — October in Joliette[50]
Atlantic Canada
- Dutch Mason Blues Festival — August in Truro, Nova Scotia[51]
- Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival — September in Fredericton, New Brunswick
- Wreckhouse International Jazz & Blues Festival — early July in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador[52]
- Blues d'la Baie — July (3rd weekend) in Petit-Rocher, New Brunswick[53]
References
- ^ "Burnaby Blues + Roots Festival". Burnabybluesfestival.com. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
- ^ "Harbour Blues 'n Roots – Victoria Jazz Society". Retrieved 2022-07-31.
- ^ Hornby Island Blues Workshop
- ^ Pender Harbour Blues Festival
- ^ Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival
- ^ Summertime Blues Festival
- ^ Beaumont Blues & Roots Festival
- ^ Calgary International Blues Festival
- ^ "Midwinter Blues – Calgary International Blues Festival". Retrieved 2022-07-31.
- ^ "Regina Blues Association". Regina Blues Association. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
- ^ Saskatoon Blues Festival
- ^ Great Woods Music Festival
- ^ Ltd, True North Sports & Entertainment. "Winnipeg BBQ & Blues Festival". Burton Cummings Theatre for the Performing Arts. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
- ^ Lizard, Visual. "BBQ and Blues Festival". www.tourismwinnipeg.com. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
- ^ "Aurora Winter Blues Festival | Where music connects". Retrieved 2022-07-31.
- ^ Barrie Jazz and Blues Festival
- ^ "The February Blues Festival". www.barriejazzbluesfest.com. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
- ^ Bluesfest Windsor
- ^ Burlington Jazz & Blues Festival
- ^ Canal Bank Shuffle
- ^ "Capitol Centre announces the return of Bluesfest". BayToday.ca. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
- ^ "Bluesfest makes its return". My North Bay Now. 2021-07-29. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
- ^ Coal Flats Blues Festival
- ^ Escarpment Blues Festival
- ^ Kitchener Blues Festival
- ^ Limestone City Blues Festival
- ^ London Blues Festival
- ^ Orangeville Blues and Jazz Festival
- ^ Orillia Spring Blues Festival
- ^ Oshawa Jazz and Blues Festival
- ^ Paisley Blues Fest
- ^ Porquis Blues Festival
- ^ "Southside Shuffle"
- ^ Stratford Blues and Ribfest
- ^ Thunder Bay Blues Festival
- ^ "Toronto BluesFest". Retrieved 2023-03-27.
- ^ Twisted Pines Blues Festival
- ^ Wasaga Beach Blues
- ^ "Winterfok XX". Winterfolk XX. 2020-12-18. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
- ^ Women in the Wilds Blues Festival
- ^ Festival de Jazz et Blues de Saguenay
- ^ West Island Blues Festival
- ^ Montreal International Jazz Festival
- ^ Tremblant International Blues Festival
- ^ Sherblues & Folk
- ^ l'Ile en Blues
- ^ Les Nuits Blues Laurentides
- ^ Festival de Blues de Donnacona
- ^ Trois-Rivières en Blues
- ^ Festival de Blues de Joliette
- ^ "Dutch Mason Blues Festival". Dutchmason.com. Archived from the original on 7 February 2014. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
- ^ "Wreckhouse International Jazz & Blues Events". Archived from the original on 2013-06-25. Retrieved 2013-03-31.
- ^ "Festival Blues d'la Baie | 21 au 23 juillet 2022". Blues d’la Baie (in French). Retrieved 2022-07-31.