Montreal Jazz Festival
One of the most vivacious Canada festivals, this carnival is a paradise for Jazz lovers and musicians. This is the biggest Jazz festival in the world and also holds a Guinness Book record for it. It is a ten-day musical fiesta in the city of Montreal and hosts 20 or more stages for the performers and musicians from the world over. The audience attending this Jazz fete has recorded to be in millions. The festival holds hundreds of free jazz concerts for the locals and tourists. More than seven to eight hundred concerts are conducted within these ten days usually in June or July.
Dates: Jun -Jul
Winterlude
Winterlude is a three-week-long winter festival which usually starts in the first week of February each year. This is a carnival of ice – ice sports, ice art, and cheerful music. Ice skating at Rideau Canal Skateway is a unique experience in itself, as it is the world’s largest skate rink. Ice sculptures, various musical events, and kids activities are the central attraction of this festival. It is a huge tourist attraction in Canada.
Dates: Feb
Celebration Of Light
The celebration of life is fireworks and musical extravaganza which usually takes places in the period of July – August. Usually, it is a week-long festival in which the fireworks teams from three selected countries perform and compete with each other. Fireworks during the celebration are phenomenal and breathtaking. The whole celebration is usually around a special theme and the fireworks will stir your heart with their grandiosity and colors. Top rock bands have performed in this festival year on year.
Dates: July
The Ex
The Ex is one if the artistic Canada festivals, and doesn’t celebrate any body’s ex. No, it is a short way of referring to The Canadian National Exhibition, which is an eighteen-days-long magnificent exhibition promoting technology, agriculture, and diversity of Canada. It is a family festival which takes place at Lake Ontario every year and culminates on the Labor Day.
Pride Toronto
This stunning carnival is the celebration of the freedom and diversity of the LGTB community in Canada and the world. It is one of the biggest festivals in Canada in 2022 and is dedicated and celebrated by LGTB community in Greater Toronto area. This festival started in 1981 as a protest over now-infamous bathhouse raids in Canada and has become an annual celebration since then.
Dates: June