List of blues festivals in Canada
# 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
* Harbour Blues 'N Roots Festival (formerly Vancouver Island Blues Bash) — Labour Day weekend in Victoria
* Hornby Island Blues Workshop — May in Hornby Island
* Pender Harbour Blues Festival — early June in Pender Harbour
* Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival — August in Salmon Arm, in B.C. Interior
* Summertime Blues Festival — August in Nanaimo

### Alberta

* Beaumont Blues & Roots Festival — June (previously Labour Day weekend) in Beaumont
* Calgary International Blues Festival — summer in Calgary
   * Calgary Midwinter Bluesfest — February in Calgary
* Edmonton Blues Festival — August in Edmonton

### Saskatchewan

* Regina Blues Association’s Mid-Winter Blues Festival — in Regina
* Saskatoon Blues Festival — end of February in Saskatchewan

### Manitoba

* Great Woods Music Festival — August in Beausejour
* Winnipeg BBQ & Blues Festival — August in Winnipeg

### Ontario

* Atomic Blues Fest — in Lindsay
* Aurora Winter Blues Festival — in Aurora
* Barrie Jazz and Blues Festival — June (2nd weekend) in Barrie
   * The February Blues — February in Barrie
* Bluesfest International — July in Windsor and London
* Bluesfest Windsor — July in Windsor
* Boon's House Blues & Roots Festival — July in Hamilton
* Burlington Jazz & Blues Festival — July in Burlington
* Calabogie Blues & Ribfest — August in Calabogie
* Canal Bank Shuffle — October in Thorold
* Capitol Centre's Bluesfest — in North Bay
* Coal Flats Blues Festival — September in Port Burwell
* Escarpment Blues Festival — mid-July in Milton
* Kitchener Blues Festival — August in Kitchener
* Limestone City Blues Festival — late August in Kingston
* London Blues Festival — August in London
* Mudcat Blues Fest — August in Dunnville
* Orangeville Blues and Jazz Festival — first weekend of June in Orangeville
* Orillia Spring Blues Festival — Orillia
* Oshawa Jazz and Blues Festival — August in Oshawa
* Ottawa Bluesfest — July in Ottawa
* Paisley Blues Fest — June (1st weekend) in Paisley, Ontario
* Porquis Blues Festival — early July in Porquis
* Port Credit Blues and Jazz Festival (also called the "Southside Shuffle") — early September in Port Credit, Mississauga
* Stratford Blues and Ribfest — June in Stratford
* Thunder Bay Blues Festival — July in Thunder Bay
* Toronto BluesFest — June in Toronto
* Twisted Pines Blues Festival — May in the Midland/Penetanguishene area
* Wasaga Beach Blues — September in Wasaga Beach
* Winterfolk Blues & Roots Festival — in Toronto
* Women in the Wilds Blues Festival — September in Atikokan, Northwestern Ontario

### Quebec

* Festival de Jazz et Blues de Saguenay — April in Chicoutimi
* West Island Blues Festival — June in Pierrefonds/Roxboro, Island of Montreal
* Montreal International Jazz Festival (Blues Stage) — June in Montreal
* Tremblant International Blues Festival — July in Mont-Tremblant
* Sherblues & Folk — July in Sherbrooke
* l'Ile en Blues — August in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans
* Les Nuits Blues Laurentides — August in Saint-Sauveur
* Festival de Blues de Donnacona — August in Donnacona
* Trois-Rivières en Blues — August in Trois-Rivières
* Festival de Blues de Joliette — October in Joliette

### Atlantic Canada

* Dutch Mason Blues Festival — August in Truro, Nova Scotia
* Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival — September in Fredericton, New Brunswick
* Wreckhouse International Jazz & Blues Festival — early July in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
* Blues d'la Baie — July (3rd weekend) in Petit-Rocher, New Brunswick
