Top Canada Festivals 2023

Canadian festivals are bold, vibrant, and always ready to deliver unique performances. From hip-hop festival godfather Rolling Loud to the cute and cozy Boots & Hearts, these are the festivals you can’t miss.

Here’s your ultimate guide to the top festivals in Canada in 2023.

Metro Metro Festival

Montreal

Billed as one of Canada’s biggest urban festivals, the multi-genre Metro Metro brings hip-hop’s most coveted artists to Montreal’s heart. While A-list artists like Cardi B, Lil Wayne, and Lil Baby take over the main stage, 70,000 music fans gather to the multi-day event for its stunning backdrop.

During Metro Metro, the Montreal Tower is illuminated in the festival’s colors – talk about branding.

Rolling Loud Toronto

Toronto

Toronto’s Rolling Loud Festival brings the same vibrant energy and an all-star lineup as its flagship version, making it a must-attend event for hip-hop fans.

With an extensive background in festival planning and curation, Rolling Loud continues to demonstrate its expertise in the art of talent booking – ensuring that every music event is nothing short of thrilling.

Cavendish Beach Music Festival

Southeast Canada

Also dubbed an unmissable destination for country music lovers, Cavendish Beach Music Festival took a leap of faith when it decided to serve the folk niche.

But the festival’s shot in the dark proved to be an undeniable success, as it now ranks amongst Canada’s largest outdoor events.

Veld Music Festival

Toronto

The Veld Music Festival is the pinnacle of Canada’s electronic music events, offering a unique opportunity to experience music in an entirely new and divine way.

Boasting immersive decorations and creative stages – including a 2000s-style stereo – you won’t be short on entertainment at this unforgettable festival.

Fvded In The Park

Southeast Vancouver

Canada is home to blue-blooded rappers, top-notch urban beats, and rap hits – and Fvded In The Park encapsulates that. Somewhere between edgy and laid-back, the music festival promises the kind of memories you’ll tell your grandkids about.

With stunning stage design and dozens of hip-hop and R&B artists, the Canada festival is the place to be if you’d label yourself an urban music lover.

Escapade Music Festival

Ottawa

Nothing compares with the feeling you get when the beat drops and you become one with the crowd – and Escape Music Festival knows that too well.

Dedicated to developing Canada’s bumpy music culture, the festival creates an experience where international talent, immersive stage design, and lively crowds reign supreme.

Boots & Hearts Music Festival

North Toronto

Country music heads north when Canadians dust off their western boots and cowboy hats for Boots & Hearts Festival’s rodeo.

Equipped with camping sites, culinary delights, and hard-to-score acts, the event is summer’s largest folk music celebration.

Igloofest

Montreal

Music festivals aren’t a summer-only affair – or at least this is what Igloofest says. The Canada festival takes in skiing aesthetics with punchy audio-visual systems, top-notch electronic artists and on-site activities.

Chasing Summer

Southwest Canada

Bigger and better every year, Chasing Summer isn’t your average music festival. Encompassing the whole electronic spectrum with bullet-hard EDM and booming bass, the two-day event keeps you dancing from sunrise to sunset.

Badlands Music Festival

Southwest Canada

Badlands Music Festival is where Canada’s two soundtracks mesh seamlessly. A series of hip-hop performances and foot-tapping DJ sets, the music festival dives into the summer season with more music than your stamina can handle.