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.

• Burnaby Blues + Roots Festival — August in Burnaby^[1]
• Harbour Blues 'N Roots Festival (formerly Vancouver Island Blues Bash) — Labour Day weekend in Victoria^[2]
• Hornby Island Blues Workshop — May in Hornby Island^[3]
• Pender Harbour Blues Festival — early June in Pender Harbour^[4]
• Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival — August in Salmon Arm, in B.C. Interior^[5]
• Summertime Blues Festival — August in Nanaimo^[6]

• Beaumont Blues & Roots Festival — June (previously Labour Day weekend) in Beaumont^[7]
• Calgary International Blues Festival — summer in Calgary^[8]
  • Calgary Midwinter Bluesfest — February in Calgary^[9]
• Edmonton Blues Festival — August in Edmonton

• Regina Blues Association’s Mid-Winter Blues Festival — in Regina^[10]
• Saskatoon Blues Festival — end of February in Saskatchewan^[11]

• Great Woods Music Festival — August in Beausejour^[12]
• Winnipeg BBQ & Blues Festival — August in Winnipeg^[13][14]

• Aurora Winter Blues Festival — in Aurora^[15]
• Barrie Jazz and Blues Festival — June (2nd weekend) in Barrie^[16]
  • The February Blues — February in Barrie^[17]
• Bluesfest International — July in Windsor and London
• Bluesfest Windsor — July in Windsor^[18]
• Boon's House Blues & Roots Festival — July in Hamilton
• Burlington Jazz & Blues Festival — July in Burlington^[19]
• Canal Bank Shuffle — October in Thorold^[20]
• Capitol Centre's Bluesfest — in North Bay^[21][22]
• Coal Flats Blues Festival — September in Port Burwell^[23]
• Escarpment Blues Festival — mid-July in Milton^[24]
• Kitchener Blues Festival — August in Kitchener^[25]
• Limestone City Blues Festival — late August in Kingston^[26]
• London Blues Festival — August in London^[27]
• Mudcat Blues Fest — August in Dunnville
• Orangeville Blues and Jazz Festival — first weekend of June in Orangeville^[28]
• Orillia Spring Blues Festival — Orillia^[29]
• Oshawa Jazz and Blues Festival — August in Oshawa^[30]
• Ottawa Bluesfest — July in Ottawa
• Paisley Blues Fest — June (1st weekend) in Paisley, Ontario^[31]
• Porquis Blues Festival — early July in Porquis^[32]
• Port Credit Blues and Jazz Festival (also called the "Southside Shuffle") — early September in Port Credit, Mississauga^[33]
• Stratford Blues and Ribfest — June in Stratford^[34]
• Thunder Bay Blues Festival — July in Thunder Bay^[35]
• Toronto BluesFest — June in Toronto^[36]
• Twisted Pines Blues Festival — May in the Midland/Penetanguishene area^[37]
• Wasaga Beach Blues — September in Wasaga Beach^[38]
• Winterfolk Blues & Roots Festival — in Toronto^[39]
• Women in the Wilds Blues Festival — September in Atikokan, Northwestern Ontario^[40]

• Festival de Jazz et Blues de Saguenay — April in Chicoutimi^[41]
• West Island Blues Festival — June in Pierrefonds/Roxboro, Island of Montreal^[42]
• Montreal International Jazz Festival (Blues Stage) — June in Montreal^[43]
• Tremblant International Blues Festival — July in Mont-Tremblant^[44]
• Sherblues & Folk — July in Sherbrooke^[45]
• l'Ile en Blues — August in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans^[46]
• Les Nuits Blues Laurentides — August in Saint-Sauveur^[47]
• Festival de Blues de Donnacona — August in Donnacona^[48]
• Trois-Rivières en Blues — August in Trois-Rivières^[49]
• Festival de Blues de Joliette — October in Joliette^[50]

• Dutch Mason Blues Festival — August in Truro, Nova Scotia^[51]
• Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival — September in Fredericton, New Brunswick
• Wreckhouse International Jazz & Blues Festival — early July in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador^[52]
• Blues d'la Baie — July (3rd weekend) in Petit-Rocher, New Brunswick^[53]