Live Performance & Music

The International Choral Kathaumixw is a 5-day choral festival. Enjoy concerts, learn from peers and from world renowned choral artists, watch competitions and connect during social events.

Music, drag, comedy, podcasts, wrestling and winter? Winterruption YEG lives up to its name, with a festival that will lift you out of the January blahs.

Glow Edmonton takes you back to the childhood wonder of Christmas, at the Edmonton Expo Centre. Activities include a scavenger hunt through a lighted maze, an LED dance floor, over 100 live performances on the Glow stage, a market and food and drink vendors.

Sundog Festival brings two days of music and the arts to Vernon, in their location at Civic Memorial Park 

Fridays throughout summer, enjoy free live music in Osoyoos, lakeside at Gyro Park Bandshell.

The Sunshine Music Festival is two days of great tunes during the Labour Day weekend, set along Palm Beach in Powell River. Pack your dancing shoes and get ready for a great time.

Fridays throughout summer, enjoy free live music in Osoyoos, lakeside at Gyro Park Bandshell.

Celebrate all things craft beer at the Squamish Beer Festival. Brews, food, music and amazing times await.

Calgary Reggaefest brings the city to the island, for island jams and soulful grooves on The Rise at St. Patrick's Island.

Fridays throughout summer, enjoy free live music in Osoyoos, lakeside at Gyro Park Bandshell.

Get ready for mud, motors and mayhem, as Extreme Mudfest takes over Cold Lake this August 2026.

Whoop-Up Days is an annual festival and exhibition, held for five days in the last full week of August, now over 125 years running!

Come to Castle Mountain's Annual Huckleberry Festival to enjoy music and entertainment and ride the chairlift for some of the best huckleberry picking around.

Fridays throughout summer, enjoy free live music in Osoyoos, lakeside at Gyro Park Bandshell.

Fridays throughout summer, enjoy free live music in Osoyoos, lakeside at Gyro Park Bandshell.

Great venue, amazing live performances and island vibes... the annual Five Acre Shaker in Port Alberni is always a bash! 

One of the world's premier folk festivals, the Edmonton Folk Fest brings folk music to summer 2026!

Calgary's annual New Orleans themed, family-friendly street festival fills the street with live music entertainment, street performers, art, bicycles, and a kids quarter. 

The Nanaimo Blues Festival is held annually in the heart of downtown beautiful Nanaimo. Bring your lawn chairs and picnic blankets to casually listen to over 20 acts that take to the open-air stage in Maffeo Sutton Park.

The Wapiti Music Festival is all about Canadian indie music. Enjoy great acts from across Canada in this two-day music extravaganza.

The Burnaby Blues and Roots Festival has attracted festival-goers of all ages for its soulful lineup of music by some exceptional artists.

Rock'n August is an international car show and music festival and one of the largest events to take place in the province of Alberta. The event showcases nearly 550 classic car entries and more than 50,000 people attending.

Fridays throughout summer, enjoy free live music in Osoyoos, lakeside at Gyro Park Bandshell.

Bringing exquisite folk music to the Alberta Rockies since 1978, the Canmore Folk Music Festival is a destination for residents of Alberta and beyond!

The largest multiculturalism celebration in the world returns to Edmonton's Hawrelak Park for 2026, featuring food, dance, music and performances representing over 85 unique cultures.

Soak in the sounds of bluegrass in Stony Plain, Aug, 2026.

The Kaslo Jazz Fest is not your everyday music festival experience—with a floating stage on the lake, friendly small town vibes, mountains as your backdrop and tons of great live music, it's one for the bucket list.

Kaslo Jazz Fest is cancelled for 2026, but festival organizers are working to reimagine the festival in coming years.

MoM Festival (formery Music on the Mountain) is an annual music and arts festival featuring original and independent music and art from all over BC, Canada and around the world.

Voted the Canadian Country Music Association’s Country Music Event of The Year in 2001, 2004, 2006, 2009, and 2010, the Big Valley Jamboree is non-stop action. 

Some of the best country music acts in the world are on the main stage from morning till night. 

Fridays throughout summer, enjoy free live music in Osoyoos, lakeside at Gyro Park Bandshell.

A new Lethbridge music festival to entertain everyone over a two-day event, featuring diverse musical acts

The journey Home begins! The 27th Annual Shambhala Music Festival is back. See you on the dance floor July 24-27, 2026.

The first Great International World Championship Bathtub Race took place in Nanaimo BC in 1967. The Great International World Championship Bathtub Race runs every July in Nanaimo BC.

During the heart of summer, the grounds at Edmonton's Northlands are transformed into an arena of endless games, rides, entertainment, concerts, shopping, food and family activities. 

Get thee to ye olde Edson Renaissance Faire for medieval song, dance, jousts and merriment! 

Salmon Arm is the centre of the action in BC's interior, hosting the ROOTS&BLUES Festival, attracting thousands of music lovers to the quiet little town on the shores of Shushwap Lake.

Treat yourself to a good old-fashioned country fair this July in Lac La Biche at the Lakeland Agricom.

The Inglewood Sunfest is an annual outdoor festival that celebrates the unique nature of the Inglewood community.

The Vermillion Agriculture Fair returns for the 120th year and includes a parade, trade show, animal judging, pony chuckwagon and chariot races, entertainment and agricultural/horticultural displays.

Fridays throughout summer, enjoy free live music in Osoyoos, lakeside at Gyro Park Bandshell.