Some enjoyable summer season festivals in southern Ontario to take a look at

June 18 — Open Streets Hamilton

Open Streets Hamilton is on King Avenue East from John Avenue to Gage Avenue between 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sunday. Occasions and exercise for the entire household. The King Avenue closure is from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Alongside the route, residents can cease numerous hubs for household pleasant actions, together with the Gage hub at Bernie Morelli rec centre, for a scavenger hunt, native plant giveaway, a curler derby demo, and extra.

It takes over downtown Burlington and Spencer Smith Park on the Waterfront each June. This 12 months guarantees delight for the complete household. There are VIP tickets, a parade, avenue pageant and household zone, distributors, battle of the bands, halfway and naturally, the free music all weekend lengthy. Streetfest and household zone hours are Saturday, 1 to six:30 p.m. and Sunday, 12 to six:30 p.m. For extra data, go to soundofmusic.ca.

• The Grand Competition Parade begins at Central Park on New Avenue, travels west alongside Caroline to Elizabeth streets, south on Elizabeth to James Avenue, west on James and marches north on Brant to Baldwin, ending at Central Excessive Faculty. It begins Saturday at 11 a.m.

June 16-18 — FrancoFEST Hamilton

The biggest celebration of francophone artwork and tradition within the space. This free three-day pageant is in Gage Park by the Bandshell, parking off Lawrence Street by the Greenhouse. en.francofesthamilton.ca

June 17 — Strawberry People Fest

Downtown Stoney Creek BIA hosts reside music, artisans, household enjoyable and extra. It’s alongside King Avenue from 11 a.m. to five p.m.

Hamilton’s Summer time Live performance Sequence options free outside live shows with every live performance hosted in a brand new location. The weekend options are on Saturday, Wreckless Harbour in Stoney Creek on King Avenue at 1 p.m.; and Sunday, Miles from Nowhere at Ferguson Station Worldwide Village at 4 p.m.

The tenth Annual One thing Else! Competition is three days and 12 units of music and artwork over 4 ticketed occasions. Newer traditions in jazz, improvised, music, world traditions, dance, movie, poetry, textual content. It’s at Saint Cuthbert’s, 2 Bond St., in Westdale. Tickets are $25 upfront, or $35 on the door. A weekend cross is $65. somethingelsefestival.com

Sonic Unyon Presents the Recent Up R&B Competition. Headliners embody: Loony, Haviah Mighty, and Zach Zoya. It’s at Bridgeworks, 200 Caroline St. N. A day cross is $33.22 and weekend cross $63.90. Tickets on eventbrite.ca

Chuckle. Quite a bit. Right here’s the Clean Comedy Competition operating at Hamilton’s Staircase Theatre 27 Dundurn St. N. Clean Comedy — Hamilton’s favorite month-to-month comedy present — is doing a full weekend and is bringing a few of Canada’s finest performers alongside to placed on three unforgettable performances. Tickets are $22.63. eventbrite.ca

Within the coronary heart of Westdale Village, alongside King Avenue West, ArtsFest is an arts and music pageant which incorporates meals, an artisan market, outside reside music on the patios, an aerial artist and household actions, all open for the general public to get pleasure from the complete weekend. Hours are Friday from 6 to 10 p.m., Saturday from 12 to 10 p.m., and Sunday from 12 to six p.m. artsfest.ca

Rejoice and soak within the tradition on the Hovering Spirit Pow Wow taking place at Battlefield Home and Museum & park, 77 King St. W., Stoney Creek. Take part on the land at Creekside and have a good time with the normal Indigenous singers and musicians for a day of music and dancing. Hours are 11:30 a.m. to six p.m. There are not any admission charges. hamilton.ca

Your favorite meals paired with native skills, the Paris Sounds and Bites Competition is a two-day affair within the Paris Fairgrounds, 139 Silver St., Paris. Hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. each days. Options are reside music, buskers, beer backyard, touch-a-truck, meals vans, strawberries and extra. Admission is $10 (money solely on the gate), kids 10 and below are free. The venue is requesting service canine solely.

Brott Music Competition’s thirty sixth season openers introduced with Indigenous focus. The motion begins on Saturdayat 11 a.m. with a free pop-up live performance given by the BMF’s Nationwide Academy Orchestra brass and woodwind ensembles on the Bayfront Park Pier 7 Pavilion close to the Williams Recent Café. Tickets can be found for all live shows at brottmusic.com.

Ribs, reside music and group. That’s what it’s all about this Canada Day weekend in Waterdown. Admission is free however you’ll wish to style the wares and be a part of within the halfway, distributors and extra. Don’t miss the fireworks on Friday at nightfall. The 2023 ‘Oh Canada’ Ribfest in Memorial Park, 266 Principal St. N., Waterdown is open Friday from 4 to 11 p.m., Saturday and Sunday from 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m., and Monday from 11:30 a.m. to eight p.m.

June 30-July 2 — Hamilton Mountain Rib & Beer Fest

A weekend of mouth-watering, finger-lickin’, belly-rubbin’ good BBQ. It’s bought an upgraded Children Zone and Canine Present this 12 months. Admission is $2. Hamilton Mountain Rib & Beer Fest is within the parking zone at CF Lime Ridge, 999 Higher Wentworth St.

Right here’s a wrap of space Canada Day celebrations within the space.

Hamilton — Bayfront Park, 200 Harbourfront Dr. Fireworks (10 p.m.), Meals Truck Rally, inflatables, face portray, group cubicles and extra. hamilton.ca

Burlington — Spencer Smith Park, 1400 Lakeshore Rd. Rejoice the Metropolis of Burlington’s one hundred and fiftieth Anniversary and Canada Day collectively. Festivities begins at 4 p.m. See and listen to the Teen Tour Band, meals and market distributors, reside music, and fireworks are at 10 p.m. The citizenship ceremony will probably be held at Metropolis Corridor Civic Sq., 426 Brant St. burlington.ca

Caledonia — Caledonia Kinsmen Park, 49 Caithness St. W. Competition celebrating Caledonia and Canada Day begins with a parade, breakfast, Steven Younger Duck race, meals and craft distributors, reside leisure, airbounce and extra. Evening concludes with fireworks over the river. 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Brantford — Lions Park Steve Brown Sports activities Advanced. Kim Mitchell and Sass Jordan will probably be performing their hit music on the OLG Principal Stage adopted by a firework show at 10 p.m. As well as, there will probably be a great deal of children leisure, KidZone and halfway, meals vans and distributors and far more. brantford.ca

Take a garden chair or blanket to the Canada Day Navy Tattoo on the lawns of Dundurn Citadel, 610 York Blvd. It’s from 5 to 7 p.m. A musical celebration for the complete household that includes the Regimental Band of the Royal Hamilton Gentle Infantry, the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders of Canada Pipes & Drums, the Argyllshire Dancers, and extra. hamilton.ca

The Canada Day EID Competition is on the Ancaster Fairgrounds, 630 Trinity Rd. S. Meals vans, distributors, leisure and extra. Runs 2 to 10 p.m. Admission is $3 per particular person. Kids 5 and below are free.

Canada Day celebrations abound in Hamilton’s Gage Park over the Canada Day lengthy weekend. This free pageant again after a three-year hiatus and takes on Canada’s 156th birthday in grand model eh. 4 levels for reside music — contains the New Music Expo, distributors, meals vans, child zone and extra. It’s free. itsyourfestival.ca

Hamilton’s Summer time Live performance Sequence options free outside live shows with every live performance hosted in a brand new location. The weekend characteristic is Saturday in Dundas’ Memorial Sq., Alfie Smith at 2 p.m. and Christopher Claus at 3 p.m.

Skip down the 401 to Harris Park in London for one of the vital anticipated outside music festivals this summer season. Onstage: Mumford & Sons, Vance Pleasure, Bahamas, the Trews, Ludacris, Ashanti, Papa Roach, Default, Alexisonfire. www.rockthepark.ca

James Avenue North is hopping on the second Friday each month for Hamilton Artwork Crawl.

Hamilton’s Summer time Live performance Sequence options free outside live shows with every live performance hosted in a brand new location. Come down throughout Artwork Crawl on Friday for Duckai at 7 p.m. and Spookyguava at 8. On Saturday, take a look at the Robe & Gavel facet patio for Melissa Dutch at 4 p.m. and Gillian Nicola at 5. Sunday head to Herkimer and Locke avenue for Sabian (grooves) Crosswell at 1 p.m. and Crunchy Pickle at 3.

Hamilton’s Summer time Live performance Sequence options free outside live shows with every live performance hosted in a brand new location. It’s in Waterdown on Saturday at 2 p.m. at Memorial Corridor, 315 Dundas St. E., for Luckystickz; and Solstice Trio at 3.

It’s billed as the largest music occasion of the 12 months in Haldimand County with two days of reside music. Hagersville Rocks Music Competition runs Friday and Saturday within the Heaslip Ford Amphitheatre at Grant Kett Memorial Park, 36 Sherring St. N., Hagersville. Onstage are Jess Moskaluke, Shawn Austin, Colin James, David Wilcox, Large Sugar, Daniel Lanois, My Son the Hurricane and extra. Tickets are $54.50 for basic admission on Friday and $89.50 for basic admission on Saturday. A weekend basic admission cross is $134. hagersvillerocks.com

Town is sizzling for the humanities with the largest providing of unabashed and unjuried theatre produced proper right here in Hamilton. Hamilton Fringe Competition is again with greater than 50 reveals, taking up 11 iconic Hamilton levels, starting from epic family-friendly musicals to dramedies set in area, there’s one thing for everybody to get pleasure from. hftco.ca

Centuries of tradition come collectively for this three-day pageant that includes dancers from throughout North America competing to turn into the Champion of Champions. It’s at Ohsweken Speedway, 1987 Chiefswood Rd., Ohsweken. Over 30 Native meals distributors, 100 Native craft distributors and 400 dancers from throughout North America. Opens every day at 10 a.m. Admission is $15 per day for adults or $25 for a two-day cross, $5 for kids below 12. Rain web site is Gaylord Powless Area. grpowwow.ca

With 30 meals vans, this pageant will take up Burlington’s Spencer Smith Park, 1400 Lakeshore Rd.

It’s WTfest with a brand new identify. Crewfest 2023 rock pageant is on at Lions Park in Brantford. Featured are Our Girl Peace, Headstones, and Bif Bare. Tickets begin at $69.99. crewfest.ca

Can’t get extra hometown than this. The Paris Poutine and Mac & Cheese Fest runs two days on the Paris Fairgrounds, 139 Silver St. Admission is $5. You’ll discover one of the best of one of the best poutine + mac n cheese, meals vans, reside music all weekend, an indoor/outside vendor and artisans market, inflatable video games and extra. Hours are 11 to 7 p.m. Saturday and 11 to five p.m. Sunday. parisfairgrounds.com

Iconic Hamilton. The Competition of Associates is again for 3 full days of music, meals, arts, crafts, and extra. It’s in Gage Park, 1000 Principal St. E. Admission is free. Distributors, meals vans, reside music and the only real of the three day occasion.

Hamilton’s Summer time Live performance Sequence options free outside live shows with every live performance hosted in a brand new location. It’s Saturday on Concession Avenue at 1 p.m. for Carrie Clark Band. And Sunday, head to the guts of Westdale for Shaylyn at 1 p.m. and Ben Somer at 3.

Tickle your tastebuds with this family-friendly pageant taking place on the Brantford & District Civic Centre, 79 Market St. S., Brantford. Hosted by the Brantford Kinsmen. Hours are 4 to 11 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, and 11 to 7 p.m. Sunday. Test our the Rib Consuming Contest on Friday and Saturday, 5 to five:30 p.m. brantfordribfest.com

This Hamilton arts pageant options virtually 40 artists portray murals reside at over 20 websites throughout town. The self-guided tour continues throughout sunlight hours Saturday and Sunday. Use the map or obtain an inventory of the location addresses earlier than you head out the door. This initiative is in full collaboration and assist with the Metropolis of Hamilton. concretecanvasfest.com

The Latin American Competition celebrates in Gage Park, 1000 Principal St. E. Three days of distributors, reside leisure, meals and enjoyable. Hours are 1 to 10 p.m. on Friday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is free. eventbrite.ca

This annual avenue pageant kicks off Thursday with a parade at 6:45 p.m. by way of downtown Dundas. Competition occasions options buskers, reside leisure, cleaning soap field, distributors and a lot extra. You’ll discover this three day pageant on the streets of Dundas. King Avenue is closed to visitors through the occasion. Admission is free for all and the occasion hours are 6 to 11 p.m. on Friday, 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Saturday, and 12 to 4 p.m. on Sunday. dundascactusfestival.ca

Hamilton’s Summer time Live performance Sequence options free outside live shows with every live performance hosted in a brand new location. It’s Saturday in Binbrook on the Binbrook Parkette for Ian James Bain at 1 p.m. and Leo Dragtoe at 2 p.m.

Peter and Paula have been the mascots of the Winona Peach Competition since 1981. Come out and meet these siblings on the free pageant open Friday from 5 to 11 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m., and Sunday from 10 a.m. to six p.m. The Competition contains halfway, arts and crafts, kids’s enjoyable manufacturing unit, pageant, parades, automobile present and extra. Pre-Competition low cost halfway tickets is $40 for 35 tickets, accessible at Winona Gardens, 1381 Freeway 8, till Aug. 24. You could find the pageant at 1328 Barton St., Winona, simply west of fifty Street. Additionally, you will wish to make word of the free HSR shuttle specific between Eastgate Sq. and the pageant. winonapeach.com

Northern Warmth is bringing one of the best barbecue in Canada to Gage Park. The weekend is stuffed with mouth-watering, finger-lickin’, belly-rubbin’ good barbecue. Gage Park is at 1000 Principal St. E. Admission is $2, kids 12 and below are free. Hours are 4 to 11 p.m. on Friday, 12 to 11 p.m. on Saturday, and 12 to 7 p.m. on Sunday. northernheatribseries.ca

Competition of Fountains — The Evening Gardens introduces you to a extremely visible immersive expertise to indulge all of your senses. This interpretive storytelling expertise of music and water. Whistling Gardens, 698 Concession 3 Townsend, Wilsonville. whistlinggardens.ca

Delight Hamilton is internet hosting its first outside occasion in additional than three years at Pier 4 Park from 12 to eight p.m.

Everybody’s favorite James Avenue North occasion will probably be again once more this 12 months. Test supercrawl.ca for particulars within the months to come back.

Get your palms saucy at Canada’s Largest Halal meals occasion. It’s three days of reside music, carnival, video games and 100 per cent Halal southern barbecue. Hours are Friday from 4 to 10 p. m., Saturday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Lime Ridge Mall, 999 Higher Wentworth Rd. Admission begins at $9.93. eventbrite.ca

Editor’s word: This text has been corrected to say Delight Hamilton is on Aug. 27, 2023.