List of blues festivals in Canada
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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=
File:Matt Andersen entertaining the Burnaby Blues and Roots Festival.jpg
- Burnaby Blues + Roots Festival — August in Burnaby{{Cite web|url=https://www.burnabybluesfestival.com/|title=Burnaby Blues + Roots Festival|website=Burnabybluesfestival.com|access-date=June 9, 2021}}
- Harbour Blues 'N Roots Festival (formerly Vancouver Island Blues Bash) — Labour Day weekend in Victoria{{Cite web |title=Harbour Blues 'n Roots – Victoria Jazz Society |url=https://jazzvictoria.ca/harbour-blues/ |access-date=2022-07-31 |language=en-US}}
- Hornby Island Blues Workshop — May in Hornby Island[http://www.hornby-blues.bc.ca/ Hornby Island Blues Workshop]
- Pender Harbour Blues Festival — early June in Pender Harbour[http://www.penderharbourbluesfestival.com/ Pender Harbour Blues Festival]
- Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival — August in Salmon Arm, in B.C. Interior[http://www.rootsandblues.ca/ Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival]
- Summertime Blues Festival — August in Nanaimo[http://www.nanaimobluesfestival.com/ Summertime Blues Festival]
=Alberta=
- Beaumont Blues & Roots Festival — June (previously Labour Day weekend) in Beaumont[http://www.beaumontblues.net/ Beaumont Blues & Roots Festival]
- Calgary International Blues Festival — summer in Calgary[http://www.calgarybluesfest.com/ Calgary International Blues Festival]
- Calgary Midwinter Bluesfest — February in Calgary{{Cite web |title=Midwinter Blues – Calgary International Blues Festival |url=https://calgarybluesfest.com/midwinter-blues/ |access-date=2022-07-31 |language=en-US}}
- Edmonton Blues Festival — August in Edmonton
=Saskatchewan=
- Regina Blues Association’s Mid-Winter Blues Festival — in Regina{{Cite web |title=Regina Blues Association |url=https://reginablues.ca/ |access-date=2022-07-31 |website=Regina Blues Association |language=en}}
- Saskatoon Blues Festival — end of February in Saskatchewan[http://www.saskatoonbluessociety.ca/ Saskatoon Blues Festival]
=Manitoba=
- Great Woods Music Festival — August in Beausejour[http://www.greatwoodspark.com/Festival-greatwoods/index.htm Great Woods Music Festival]
- Winnipeg BBQ & Blues Festival — August in Winnipeg{{Cite web |last=Ltd |first=True North Sports & Entertainment |title=Winnipeg BBQ & Blues Festival |url=https://www.burtoncummingstheatre.ca/events/winnipeg-bbq-blues-festival/ |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=Burton Cummings Theatre for the Performing Arts |language=en-CA}}{{Cite web |last=Lizard |first=Visual |title=BBQ and Blues Festival |url=https://www.tourismwinnipeg.com/things-to-do/only-in-the-peg/read,post/38/bbq-and-blues-festival |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=www.tourismwinnipeg.com |language=en}}
=Ontario=
- Aurora Winter Blues Festival — in Aurora{{Cite web |title=Aurora Winter Blues Festival {{!}} Where music connects |url=https://www.musicaurora.ca/ |access-date=2022-07-31 |language=en}}
- Barrie Jazz and Blues Festival — June (2nd weekend) in Barrie[http://www.barriejazzbluesfest.com/ Barrie Jazz and Blues Festival]
- The February Blues — February in Barrie{{Cite web |title=The February Blues Festival |url=http://www.barriejazzbluesfest.com/The%20February%20Blues%20Festival.htm |access-date=2022-07-31 |website=www.barriejazzbluesfest.com}}
- Bluesfest International — July in Windsor and London
- Bluesfest Windsor — July in Windsor[http://www.bluesfestwindsor.com/ Bluesfest Windsor]
- Boon's House Blues & Roots Festival — July in Hamilton
- Burlington Jazz & Blues Festival — July in Burlington[http://www.burlingtonjazzbluesfestival.ca/ Burlington Jazz & Blues Festival]
- Canal Bank Shuffle — October in Thorold[http://www.canalbankshuffle.com/ Canal Bank Shuffle]
- Capitol Centre's Bluesfest — in North Bay{{Cite web |title=Capitol Centre announces the return of Bluesfest |url=https://www.baytoday.ca/local-news/capitol-centre-announces-the-return-of-bluesfest-4178195 |access-date=2022-07-31 |website=BayToday.ca |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2021-07-29 |title=Bluesfest makes its return |url=https://www.mynorthbaynow.com/84138/news/bluesfest-makes-its-return/ |access-date=2022-07-31 |website=My North Bay Now |language=en-CA}}
- Coal Flats Blues Festival — September in Port Burwell[http://www.coalflatsblues.com/ Coal Flats Blues Festival]
- Escarpment Blues Festival — mid-July in Milton[http://www.escarpmentblues.ca/ Escarpment Blues Festival]
- Kitchener Blues Festival — August in Kitchener[http://www.kitchenerbluesfestival.com/ Kitchener Blues Festival]
- Limestone City Blues Festival — late August in Kingston[http://www.kingstonblues.com/ Limestone City Blues Festival]
- London Blues Festival — August in London[http://www.londonbluesfest.com/ London Blues Festival]
- Mudcat Blues Fest — August in Dunnville
- Orangeville Blues and Jazz Festival — first weekend of June in Orangeville[http://www.orangevillebluesandjazz.ca/ Orangeville Blues and Jazz Festival]
- Orillia Spring Blues Festival — Orillia[http://www.orilliaspringblues.com/ Orillia Spring Blues Festival]
- Oshawa Jazz and Blues Festival — August in Oshawa[http://www.oshawajazzandbluesfestival.com/ Oshawa Jazz and Blues Festival]
- Ottawa Bluesfest — July in Ottawa
- Paisley Blues Fest — June (1st weekend) in Paisley, Ontario[http://www.paisleyrocks.com/the-artists.html Paisley Blues Fest]
- Porquis Blues Festival — early July in Porquis[http://www.porquis.ca/web-content/ Porquis Blues Festival]
- Port Credit Blues and Jazz Festival (also called the "Southside Shuffle") — early September in Port Credit, Mississauga[http://www.southsideshuffle.com/ "Southside Shuffle"]
- Stratford Blues and Ribfest — June in Stratford[http://www.stratfordbluesandribfest.ca/ Stratford Blues and Ribfest]
- Thunder Bay Blues Festival — July in Thunder Bay[http://www.tbayblues.ca/ Thunder Bay Blues Festival]
- [https://torontobluesfest.com/ Toronto BluesFest] — June in Toronto{{Cite web |title=Toronto BluesFest |url=https://torontobluesfest.com/ |access-date=2023-03-27 |language=en-US}}
- Twisted Pines Blues Festival — May in the Midland/Penetanguishene area[http://www.twistedpines.com/ Twisted Pines Blues Festival]
- Wasaga Beach Blues — September in Wasaga Beach[http://www.wasagabeachblues.com/ Wasaga Beach Blues]
- Winterfolk Blues & Roots Festival — in Toronto{{Cite web |date=2020-12-18 |title=Winterfok XX |url=https://www.winterfolk.com/ |access-date=2022-07-31 |website=Winterfolk XX |language=en-US}}
- Women in the Wilds Blues Festival — September in Atikokan, Northwestern Ontario[http://www.atikokanarts.ca/ Women in the Wilds Blues Festival]
=Quebec=
- {{Langx|fr|Festival de Jazz et Blues de Saguenay|label=none}} — April in Chicoutimi[http://jazzetblues.com/ Festival de Jazz et Blues de Saguenay]
- West Island Blues Festival — June in Pierrefonds/Roxboro, Island of Montreal[http://www.westislandbluesfestival.com/home.html West Island Blues Festival]
- Montreal International Jazz Festival (Blues Stage) — June in Montreal[https://web.archive.org/web/20160301073455/http://www.montrealjazzfest.com/default-en.aspx Montreal International Jazz Festival]
- Tremblant International Blues Festival — July in Mont-Tremblant[http://www.tremblantblues.com/home/ Tremblant International Blues Festival]
- Sherblues & Folk — July in Sherbrooke[http://sherblues.ca/ Sherblues & Folk]
- {{Langx|fr|l'Ile en Blues|label=none}} — August in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans[http://www.lileenblues.ca/programmation.html l'Ile en Blues]
- {{Langx|fr|Les Nuits Blues Laurentides|label=none}} — August in Saint-Sauveur[http://nuitsblues.ca/ Les Nuits Blues Laurentides]
- Festival de Blues de Donnacona — August in Donnacona[http://www.donnaconablues.com/ Festival de Blues de Donnacona]
- Trois-Rivières en Blues — August in Trois-Rivières[http://3renblues.com/ Trois-Rivières en Blues]
- Festival de Blues de Joliette — October in Joliette[http://www.centrevilledejoliette.qc.ca/october-blues Festival de Blues de Joliette]
=Atlantic Canada =
- Dutch Mason Blues Festival — August in Truro, Nova Scotia{{Cite web|url=http://www.dutchmason.com/festival/|title=Dutch Mason Blues Festival|website=Dutchmason.com|access-date=June 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140207064955/http://www.dutchmason.com/festival/sandbox/ |archive-date=7 February 2014 |url-status=usurped}}
- Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival — September in Fredericton, New Brunswick
- Wreckhouse International Jazz & Blues Festival — early July in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador{{Cite web |url=http://wreckhousejazzandblues.com/ |title=Wreckhouse International Jazz & Blues Events |access-date=2013-03-31 |archive-date=2013-06-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130625193707/http://wreckhousejazzandblues.com/ |url-status=usurped }}
- Blues d'la Baie — July (3rd weekend) in Petit-Rocher, New Brunswick{{Cite web |title=Festival Blues d'la Baie {{!}} 21 au 23 juillet 2022 |url=https://www.bluesdlabaie.com/ |access-date=2022-07-31 |website=Blues d’la Baie |language=fr}}