Destination Canada Calendar
If you’re keen to head to Canada, you will want to ensure that you experience as much as you can. So, to help you plan ahead, here’s what’s happening in Canada over the coming months.
May 2016
May 13 – Gertie’s Opening Night (Yukon)
May 18-22 Manito Ahbee
May 20- 21- International Gold Show (Yukon)
Weekends, May 12-23 Canadian Tulip Festival
June 2016
June 3- 5 Weekend on the Wing (Yukon)
June 24 Solstice St-Jean Baptiste
June 15 -24 Great Northern Arts Festival
June 17 – 19 The Concord Pacific Vancouver Dragon Boat Festival
June 17-25 Waterton Wildflower Festival
June 24 – July 3 TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival
June 24-26 Fiddles on the Tobique
June 30–July 7 Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo, Halifax
July 2016
CANADA DAY (July 1, 2016) – 150th Anniversary / Sesquicentennial Celebrations
July 1–3 Stan Rogers Folk Festival, Canso
July 6-10 Shediac Lobster Festival
July 7 – 10 Winnipeg Folk Festival
July 8-17 Calgary Stampede
July 13 – 24 Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival
July 16-25 Taste of Edmonton
June 30 – July 3 Williams Lake Stampede
June 24 – July 3 TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival
June 25 Aboriginal Day Live and Celebration
July 2–9 KitchenFest! | Feis a’ Chidsin!,various locations around Cape Breton
July 3–10 Antigonish Highland Games, Antigonish
July 13–17 TD Halifax Jazz Festival, Halifax
July 15 – 17 Folk on the Rocks Yellowknife
July 15 – 17 Quality Foods Canadian Open Sand Sculpting Competition & Exhibition
July 21-24 Calgary Folk Festival
July 22-24 New Brunswick Highland Games Festival
July 22-24 Adrenaline Bike Festival
July 23 – 24 Bella Coola Music Festival
July 28 – August 1 Wanderlust Whistler
July 28 – August 1 ArtsWells Festival Of All Things Art
July 27-31 La Foire Brayonne
July 28 – 30 Lamèque International Baroque Music Festival
July 31 Victoria Symphony Splash
July 31 – August 13 Folklorama
All July Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival
August 2016
August 1-15 Acadian Festival & Tintamarre
August 1-8 Chocolate Fest
August 3–7 Festival de l’Escaouette, Cheticamp
August 5 – 7 Edge of the World Music Festival
August 5–6 Seaport Beerfest, Halifax
August 11 – 14 Yukon Riverside Arts Festival
August 11 – 14 The Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts
August 12 – 21 Crankworx Mountain bike festival at Whistler Mountain Bike Park
All of August Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival
September 2016
All of September: Yellowknife international film festival
All of September: Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival
September 10 -11, 17-18, 24-25 Niagara Wine Festival
September 8 – 18 Toronto International Film Festival
September 3 Fall Colours Coffee House
September 9-11 Atlantic International Balloon Fiesta
September 11 Hills Garlic Festival
September 13-18 Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival
September 28 – October 2 BrewLoops, an annual Kamloops fest
October 2016
October 1-31 Dark Skies Festival
1 October Nuit Blanche Winnipeg
October 14-16 Indulge
October 15 Nocturne: Art at Night, Halifax & Dartmouth
November 2016
November 2–6 Devour! The Food Film Fest, Wolfville
Mid-November dates TBA The New Brunswick Spirits Festival
January 2017
All of January Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra New Music Festival
January 13-29 Jasper in January
February 2016
February 16-19, 2017 World Pond Hockey Championship
February 17 – 26 Festival du Voyageur
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Spectacular Canadian Rockies 2016 Explore the Columbia Icefield aboard an Ice Explorer with an expert, who’ll explain the effects of climate change and its impact as you take your first steps onto the jaw-dropping Athabasca Glacier. |
Yellowknife Nature Discovery Experience Yellowknife is a city where you can experience rustic nature and traditional culture without forgoing urban amenities. |
