Hello June! We’ve rounded up the top family festivals in Toronto and the surrounding area to kick off summer. You’ll find loads of fun to add to your family calendar. Head out to food festivals, community fairs, ethnic and cultural celebrations and let’s not forget Father’s Day Ribfests! We are always adding to these listings so keep checking back!
June Family Festivals
GTA and Southern Ontario
Rotary Harbor Arts Waterfront Festival
May 13, 2025
to May 13, 2025
Cobourg Waterfront
Mark your calendars! June 28th to July 1st, 2025 The Rotary Harbor Arts Waterfront Festival is set to return in 2025, promising an unforgettable celebration of arts, culture, and community. Hosted by the Rotary Club of Cobourg, this annual event will take place from June 28th to July 1st, 2025, ...
WeeFestival of Arts & Culture
May 22, 2025
to Jun 8, 2025
WeeFestival will celebrate it’s 11th anniversary with a sparkling programme of 6 productions created especially for very young audiences by leading artists and companies from around the world and across the Country! The line up offers a dynamic range of performance including music theatre, installation, dance, object and shadow puppetry ...
Sing! The Toronto Vocal Arts Festival
May 24, 2025
to Jun 2, 2025
Multiple Locations in Toronto
SING! brings the a cappella world to YOU – in concerts halls, parks, clubs and at home! Breathtaking concerts and inspiring workshops. SING! has been our shared experience for 13 seasons. From breathtaking performances delivered by groups across Canada and around the world, inspiring workshops about music and the music ...
Orangeville Blues & Jazz Festival
May 30, 2025
to Jun 1, 2025
Downtown Orangeville
The award-winning and highly successful Orangeville Blues & Jazz Festival is back from May 3oth to June 1st turning downtown Orangeville once again into the region’s largest musical festival and special event venue! The Orangeville Blues & Jazz Festival has been consistently recognized as one of the Top 100 Festival ...
Newmarket Rib Fest
May 30, 2025
to Jun 1, 2025
Upper Canada Mall
Join us for a weekend of mouth-watering, finger-lickin’, belly-rubbin’ good BBQ! Live music featuring Country Night, Rock the Park, and Music Mash-Up and Ribs! Don’t forget to try all of our delicious foods, including pork ribs, beef ribs, beef brisket, pulled pork, BBQ chicken, coleslaw, cornbread, funnel cakes, blooming onions, ...
Luminato Festival
Jun 4, 2025
to Jun 22, 2025
Multiple Locations in Toronto
Luminato Festival Toronto, the city’s international festival of arts and ideas, returns this summer from June 5th to June 16th with an exceptional program set to invigorate Toronto with creativity. Experience free performances and installations that will take over the city like you’ve never seen before, in addition to extraordinary ...
Brooklin Spring Fair
Jun 5, 2025
to Jun 8, 2025
Luther Vipond Arena — Brooklin Memorial Park
The Brooklin Spring Fair theme for 2025 is Let’s Go Hog Wild! We are so excited to bring the Brooklin Spring Fair back to our community after many months of planning. The Demo Derby, Tractor Pull and Rodeo are gearing up. Performers are booked. Supporters, sponsors and volunteers are ready ...
LaSalle Strawberry Festival
Jun 5, 2025
to Jun 8, 2025
Vollmer Culture and Recreation Complex
The LaSalle Strawberry Festival brings together people of all ages to enjoy live entertainment, carnival rides, games, LaSalle’s cherished parade, fireworks, and plenty of delicious foods, including local strawberries, of course! Dates and Times: Thursday, June 5 from 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm Friday, June 6 from 3:00 pm to ...
Bread and Honey Festival
Jun 6, 2025
to Jun 8, 2025
Streetsville Milk & Honey Festival
Hello Everyone! The Bread and Honey Festival is proud to be back and celebrating it’s 53rd anniversary!! Since 1973 our festival has been held annually on the first weekend in June in the Village of Streetsville, Mississauga, Ontario. Features: Main Stage with Live Performances Beer Garden Kids Stage Food Midway ...
Do West Fest
Jun 6, 2025
to Jun 8, 2025
Dundast West
Do West Fest is Toronto’s start to the summer, in the heart of Little Portugal (Little Portugal Toronto BIA). This annual celebration of music, arts, food, fun, and community takes place along Dundas Street West, from Ossington Avenue to Lansdowne Avenue, covering 16 blocks of downtown Toronto. Do West Fest ...
Niagara Regional Exhibition
Jun 6, 2025
to Jun 8, 2025
Niagara Regional Exhibition
The Niagara Regions Annual Spring Fair features home crafts, Junior and Senior divisions, Horticulture and Education, Poultry and Animal exhibits, Baby Show, returning this year, Monster Trucks and Impact Motorsports and Welland’s own Danny Zzzz! Concessions and Vendors, and Beer Garden and Midway and more!
Peony Festival
Jun 7, 2025
to Jun 8, 2025
Oshawa Valley Botanical Garden
Experience the allure of Oshawa at the award-winning Peony Festival, a captivating free two-day event hosted by the City of Oshawa. Immerse yourself in the splendour of the Oshawa Valley Botanical Garden and The Michael and Judi Denny Peony Garden. Visit the peony garden to experience a variety of handmade ...
Unionville Festival
Jun 7, 2025
to Jun 8, 2025
Historic Main Street Unionville
Kick off the summer with the Unionville Festival! This annual event takes place on historic Main Street Unionville and is a celebration of the local community, featuring live music, delicious food, and a wide range of activities for people of all ages. Whether you’re looking to enjoy some great entertainment ...
Re-enactment of the Battle of Stoney Creek
Jun 7, 2025
to Jun 8, 2025
Battlefield House Museum & Park
Witness the re-enactment of the Battle of Stoney Creek June 6, 1813, a significant turning point in the War of 1812. Bring the whole family for period games, food, demonstrations, historical music and fireworks. Visit the merchants and military encampment and discover traditional pastimes. The event features Indigenous programming including ...
11th Brampton KiteFest
Jun 7, 2025
to Jun 8, 2025
Greenbriar Park S
Brampton KiteFest is an eco-friendly, family-friendly event that celebrates multiculturalism – especially South and East Asian cultures – in an accessible way that encourages participation from all ages! Children can learn the joys of building and flying their own kite, and parents and grandparents can reconnect with their inner child! ...
Inclusive Fun Fair
Jun 7, 2025
to Jun 7, 2025
Shannon Park
oin us for the Second Annual Inclusive Fun Fair presented by the Inclusive Play Project in partnership with the City of Kingston! This free, family-friendly event is designed to celebrate inclusion, accessibility, and community while raising funds to build Kingston’s first fully inclusive playground. Bring the whole family for a ...
Georgina Pride Day
Jun 7, 2025
to Jun 7, 2025
The ROC
All Pride No Prejudice is a family-friendly Pride event designed to create a safe, inclusive and welcoming space for people of all ages and backgrounds to celebrate LGBTQ+ pride. With a focus on positivity and community, the event will feature kid-friendly activities like face painting, craft stations, and bouncy castles, ...
Lakeshore Village Grilled Cheese Challenge
Jun 7, 2025
to Jun 7, 2025
Lakeshore Village
The Lakeshore Village Grilled Cheese Festival is hosted by the Lakeshore Village BIA and welcomes over 40,000 guests with live musical programming, amazing food, family fun zones, dog shows, shopping, a Great Lakes Brewery Garden, and so much more! The Grilled Cheese Challenge is Ontario’s largest celebration of grilled cheese ...
Downtown Milton SummerFest
Jun 7, 2025
to Jun 7, 2025
Downtown Milton
Downtown Milton SummerFest is happening on Saturday, June 7th! Hosted by the Downtown Milton Business Improvement Area, with support from the Town of Milton, the event features local businesses and vendors, live entertainment, family fun and more! Main St. will be closed for the event.
Spring Into Spice
Jun 7, 2025
to Jun 7, 2025
What better way to spread the Spice Food & Wine Event experience than through an outdoor food and wine festival! Spring Into Spice – The Social, is our chance to bring 45 ethnic food vendors, wineries and wine importers together in an open air environment. While the DJ plays, you’ll ...
Riverside Eats & Beats Streetfest
Jun 7, 2025
to Jun 7, 2025
Riverside Toronto
Taste the Eats and feel the Beats in Toronto’s Riverside neighbourhood – it’s all coming back Saturday, June 7th, 2025, 12pm-6pm! Riverside Eats & Beats Streetfest will span 10 vibrant blocks along Queen Street East between the Don Valley Parkway to just past the world-famous De Grassi Street. It all ...
Sound of Music Festival in Burlington
Jun 12, 2025
to Jun 15, 2025
Spencer Smith Park
The Sound of Music has exploded in size since its modest beginnings in 1980 as a marching band parade. Operating as a not-for-profit corporation, the Sound of Music organization stages Canada’s Largest Free Music Festival every year in June. Streetfest & family zone give people of all ages an eclectic ...
Springtide Music Festival
Jun 12, 2025
to Jun 14, 2025
Multiple Location in Uxbridge
Springtide Music Festival is back this year, showcasing live music along a 750m strip of downtown Uxbridge. Presenting 12 stages that include a diverse set of Canadian Musicians across multiple genres of music for visitors to discover while exploring an eclectic mix of venues in downtown Uxbridge. With headliners including ...
Mississauga Halal Food Festival
Jun 13, 2025
to Jun 14, 2025
Mississauga Celebration Square
Mississauga Halal Food Festival (MHFF) is a celebration of halal food connecting a diverse variety of halal cuisines with fun and entertainment. Running successfully from past ten years, MHFF is one of the largest celebrations of the region and is attended by more than 20,000 attendees every year from various ...
Taste of Little Italy
Jun 13, 2025
to Jun 15, 2025
Little Italy in Toronto
Taste of Little Italy is back for 2025! The massive weekend festival will transform the heart of Little Italy into a bustling street festival. Located in the beautiful neighbourhood of Little Italy on College St. in Toronto, Ontario. Enjoy live music on multiple street corners and on the main stage, ...
Toronto Beaches Rib & Beer festival
Jun 13, 2025
to Jun 15, 2025
Woodbine Beach Park
Hot Dang! The Toronto Beaches Rib & Beer festival is back for 2025. Get ready for MOUTH WATERIN’, FINGER LICKIN’, BELLY RUBBIN’ GOOD BBQ! Savour the best BBQ ribs at the Toronto Beaches leg of the Northern Heat Rib Series! Indulge in perfectly cooked ribs from from the best BBQ ...
Caledon Fair
Jun 13, 2025
to Jun 15, 2025
Caledon Fairgrounds
The Caledon Fair, held annually, is intended to promote and showcase our community’s agricultural traditions, talents, diversity and heritage. Attractions include: Bavarian Gardens Hall Exhibits Midway Truck Pull Live Music All British Classic and Antique Car Show Antique Power equipment display and demos OPP, MTO and Hunters/Anglers displays Blacksmith demonstrations ...
Pickering Village Jam Fest
Jun 13, 2025
to Jun 15, 2025
Old Kingston Road
Join us for Father’s Day weekend at this year’s Pickering Village Jam Fest. Pickering Village’s favourite FREE ADMISSION music festival, will fill the streets with music along closed to traffic Old Kingston Road between Elizabeth and Linton. There will be amazing music. There will be delicious food and most importantly, ...
Country Heritage Park Fair
Jun 13, 2025
to Jun 15, 2025
Country Heritage Park
Get ready for a rip-roaring good time at Country Heritage Park’s Summer Fair, happening June 14 and 15, 2025. We’re thrilled to announce that 2025 sees the return of Tractors In Technicolour: The All Colours Show! Experience the charm of rural life as we showcase farming heritage and highlight the ...
Ontario's Best Butter Tart Festival
Jun 14, 2025
to Jun 14, 2025
Downtown Midland
If you love butter tarts you don’t want to miss this festival! Thousands of butter tarts will be available for sale at Ontario’s Best Butter Tart Festival, so if you like them with or without raisins or with a firm or runny filling (elbow lickers), you’ll find your perfect butter ...
Toronto International Dragon Boat Race Festival
Jun 14, 2025
to Jun 15, 2025
Centre Islands Toronto
From the humble beginning of only 27 teams participating in the first festival back in 1989, the Toronto International Dragon Boat Race Festival has evolved to a much bigger operation over the past two decades. Organized by the Toronto Chinese Business Association in collaboration with GWN Dragon Boat, the Festival ...
Blooms & Berries Festival
Jun 14, 2025
to Jul 15, 2025
Benares Historic House
Enjoy a free outdoor market full of local charm – shop handmade, homegrown, and heartfelt.Enjoy a free outdoor market full of local charm – shop handmade, homegrown, and heartfelt. Inspired by Clarkson Village’s history as the strawberry capital of Ontario and the summer strawberry socials that took place here, Mississauga’s ...
Celebrate Pride at the Toronto Zoo
Jun 14, 2025
to Jun 14, 2025
Toronto Zoo
Celebrate Pride at Your Toronto Zoo with special appearances by iconic Toronto Drag Queens! Prepare for a memorable event filled with pride-themed enrichment activities and more taking place throughout the zoo! Drag Queen Storytime 2:00pm to 3:00pm FREE with Zoo Admission Celebrate Pride by joining drag performers Juice Boxx & ...
Haliburton County Fair
Jun 14, 2025
to Jun 14, 2025
Minden Fairgrounds
The Haliburton County Fair, sponsored by the Minden Agricultural Society, will brings hundreds of fairgoers to the Minden fairgrounds on June 10. The event featured live music, games, beef on a bun, agricultural displays, a horse pull and so much more.
Highland Creek Heritage Festival
Jun 14, 2025
to Jun 14, 2025
Highland Creek Community Park
A three-day festival, parade, street festival, park festival; the History of The Highland Creek Heritage Festival dates back to 1986. Currently in its 37th year, Our festival is free to attend. The Highland Creek Heritage Festival celebrates one of the earliest settlements in the Scarborough community with a fun filled ...
Kettle Creek Food Truck Festival
Jun 14, 2025
to Jun 14, 2025
Dan Patterson Conservation Area
The 4th annual Kettle Creek Food Truck Festival returns to the Dan Patterson Conservation Area this June! This year’s festival, taking place on Saturday, June 14, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., will feature 11 local food trucks, live musical performances, wildlife and science demonstrations, and other family-friendly activities! As ...
Oakville Film Festival
Jun 18, 2025
to Jun 25, 2025
Film.ca Cinemas
The 2025 Oakville Film Festival is celebrating 12 years as Oakville’s only independent film festival and will run from June 18th – 25th 2025. Over 8 days, The Oakville Film Festival presents over 100 specially curated Canadian, local, and international narrative and documentary films, as well as short films and ...
Oakville Family Ribfest
Jun 19, 2025
to Jun 22, 2025
Sheridan College Oakville Campus
Oakville’s Largest Outdoor Event is Coming Back! We are excited to invite you to attend the Annual Oakville Family Ribfest. This year the Rotary Club of Oakville Trafalgar has again joined forces with the Oakville Lions Club to host Ribfest at the beautiful Sheridan College campus on Trafalgar Road. This ...
Salsa at Blue
Jun 20, 2025
to Jun 22, 2025
Blue Mountain Village
Feel the Rhythm. Taste the Heat. Viva la Fiesta! The 14th Annual TD Salsa at Blue returns June 20–22, igniting the Village with the spirit of Latin culture. For one unforgettable weekend, Blue Mountain comes alive with sizzling rhythms, passionate performances, and non-stop dancing under the open sky. From salsa ...