The Harbourfront Reading Series welcomes a great range of writers and authors from all over the world to the Harbourfront Centre on Toronto's waterfront....
The Stratford Festival in the city of Stratford, Ontario, stages Shakespearean and other plays throughout the year in several different theatres. The...
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Theatre & Film
, Entertainment
, Spectacle
The Charlottetown Festival takes place at the three stages of the Confederation Centre of the Arts. It features professional musical theatre and free...
Spring and Fall (autumn) are the main wine festivals in the scenic Okanagan area (but Summer and Icewine festivals also take place as well). The Spring...
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Food & Drink
, Entertainment
, Exhibitions
The strong links between the Netherlands and Canada were forged during World War II, when Canada provided refuge for the Dutch Royal Family and Canadian...
Vancouver's own city marathon follows a mostly flat, paved, spectator-friendly course starting on Pacific Boulevard at the south side of BC Place Stadium....
Packed with music, theatre, dance, storytelling, puppetry, circus arts and much more, the Vancouver International Children's Festival embodies the buoyant...
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Kids' Stuff
, Theatre & Film
, Dance
, Entertainment
, Exhibitions
In tented pavilions at an evocative waterfront venue, the Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival is a season of four professionally-produced plays by...
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Theatre & Film
, Art & Literature
, Entertainment
Regina's culturally diverse population includes Scottish, Ukrainian, Polish, Hungarian, Irish and Afro-Caribbean roots, among many others. Approximately...
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Culture
, Music
, Dance
, Food & Drink
, Entertainment
, History
, Exhibitions
, Spectacle
British Columbians of Portuguese backgrounds have been a part of the province since the 1800s, and what better way to celebrate this heritage than a festival...
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Theatre & Film
, History
, Sport
, Entertainment
, Music
, Art & Literature
, Dance
, Culture
, Exhibitions
, Business
The Red River Exhibition Park is owned and operated by a not-for-profit community organization and hosts a series of farmer's markets and family events...
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Food & Drink
, Kids' Stuff
, Entertainment
, Business
, Exhibitions
The Canadian Grand Prix is a Formula One auto race which was first held back in 1967. It takes place at the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve on the Ile de Notre...
In the Niagara wine region, close to the famous falls, a series of three wine festivals takes place offering visitors a chance to sample the juice of...
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Food & Drink
, Entertainment
, Exhibitions
Nunavut means "Our Land" in the Inuit language and the province occupies approximately one fifth of the landmass of Canada. There is a lot of food out...
Up to a million people take to the streets to enjoy this week-long, fun festival of arts and culture celebrating humanity's diverse sexual and gender...
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Music
, Entertainment
, Dance
, Gay & Lesbian
, Spectacle
, Exhibitions
This tiny settlement on the mainland coast invites visitors to "relive our history on a magical journey through the roads, lanes and historic sites of...
For many years the International Freedom Festival, celebrated jointly by Windsor and its cross-border neighbour Detroit, was one of the biggest entertainment...
This summer-long festival takes place at The College of Piping and Celtic Performing Arts of Canada. The season of "Highland Storm" concerts runs every...
Saskatoon in summer is filled with the sounds of jazz - with a bit of hip hop, blues, world, and gospel music thrown in for good measure. Famous and not-so-famous...
The Fete nationale du Quebec (Quebec National Holiday) is the official holiday of the city of Quebec. It falls on the same day as that of the saint, John...
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Entertainment
, Culture
, History
, Religion
, Spectacle
The first Montreal International Jazz Festival was held in 1980 and attracted 12,000 people. Since then it has grown to become one of the biggest jazz...
This popular music and firework fair has grown from modest beginnings to a major regional event attracting over 70,000 people. Over a long weekend a succession...
The Harbourfront Centre is a showpiece venue where a profusion of entertainments and shows from around the world are assembled and presented at a summer-long...
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Music
, Entertainment
, Food & Drink
, Exhibitions
, Home & Fashion
The Open Sky Arts Festival celebrates the Deh Cho area artists, and recognizes the unique quality and stylistic form of art from this region. The events...
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Food & Drink
, Music
, Dance
, Entertainment
, Art & Literature
Visitors come from all over to see the Williams Lake Stampede, one of Canada's top rodeo events, that's staged in a showground in the centre of town....
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Sport
, Entertainment
, Spectacle
, Exhibitions
Canada Day - the anniversary of the birth of the nation - is celebrated with music, pageantry and popular participation, and nowhere more so than in the...
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Music
, Kids' Stuff
, History
, Pop(ular)
, Entertainment
, Spectacle
In the extreme north of the Canadian mainland, this festival is noteworthy as much for its location as its content - a visit here will be an unforgettable...
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Entertainment
, Food & Drink
, Dance
, History
, Culture
, Music
, Spectacle
, Religion
An entertainment extravaganza, it involves not only military displays and entertainments but a wide range of civilian acts too. It features over 2,000...
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Dance
, Music
, Entertainment
, Pop(ular)
, History
, Spectacle
, Exhibitions
On the North Shore of Nova Scotia, on a beautiful natural harbour at the mouth of the Pugwash River, the village of Pugwash has celebrated its Scottish...
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Food & Drink
, Music
, Dance
, Kids' Stuff
, Entertainment
, Sport
, Culture
, History
, Spectacle
, Exhibitions
Since 1979, the Stephenville Theatre Festival has brought a summer season of quality productions to the town of the same name and attracted large numbers...
Themes:
Theatre & Film
, Entertainment
, Spectacle
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