# Festivals in Guelph 2026 | Culture & Street Fairs

- **Subtitle**: Your guide to festivals in Guelph 2026 — cultural celebrations, street fairs and food festivals. Find dates, locations and what to expect.
- **Category**: Festivals
- **Type**: category

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The best things to do in the world include attending top-notch festivals in Guelph. Be it a rocking music festival or scrumptious food festival in Guelph, you will have a gala time of your life with a few of your close friends or your family. With the best of fun, entertainment, and food, the experience in festivals lets the enthusiasts immerse in the local culture and vibe. Ranging from the biggest outdoor beach parties to crazy music festivals, the festivals fall under various categories to suit everybody’s tastes. If you are looking for the best events and festivals in Guelph listed on one platform - we have you covered.

Immerse yourself in the mega dance festivals, electrifying music festivals, theatre & film festivals, quirky local festivals and more with us!

## Festivals Events in Guelph

- **Event Name**: 2026 Guelph Ribfest - Magical Midway All Day Midway Ride Pass
  - **Description**: Guelph Ribfest - Magical Midway All Day Midway Ride PassAbout this EventAdvance Purchase All Day Midway Ride Pass. Purchase an all you can ride pass for $25 (+ fees). Regular price $35 onsite.Good for
  - **Date**: Fri Aug 28 2026 at 04:00 pm – Sun Aug 30 2026 at 07:30 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/guelph/2026-guelph-ribfest-magical-midway-all-day-midway-ride-pass/100001997988138306
  - **Venue**: Riverside Park
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  - **Price**: CAD 28
  - **Categories**: fitness
- **Event Name**: Live at Guelph Ribfest
  - **Description**: Country Night and Ribs!!! 🤠🙌
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 81
  - **Date**: Fri Aug 28 2026 at 05:30 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/guelph/live-at-guelph-ribfest/200030019146237
  - **Venue**: Ribfest Guelph
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- **Event Name**: Guelph Jazz Festival 2026
  - **Description**: Guelph Jazz Festival 2026Dance into a weekend of awe-inspiring collaborations and sonic exploration. The 2026 Guelph Jazz Festival proudly presents The Secret Lives of Colour, an ensemble of exemplary improvisers led by Canadian clarinetist François Houle
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 2
  - **Date**: Fri Sep 11 2026 at 12:00 am – Sun Sep 13 2026 at 11:59 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/guelph/guelph-jazz-festival-2026/2200030365076416
  - **Venue**: Royal City Mission
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  - **Price**: CAD 10 to 80
  - **Categories**: Entertainment, Music, Festivals, Art, Concerts
- **Event Name**: Eden Mills Writers' Festival (Early Bird Tickets)
  - **Description**: The Sunday Street Festival is our signature open-air event: a day of readings, writing workshops, panels, book signings, Publishers’ Way, and local food vendors — all nestled in the heart of downtown Eden Mills.
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 37
  - **Date**: Fri Sep 18 2026 at 07:00 pm – Sun Sep 20 2026 at 10:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/guelph/eden-mills-writers-festival-early-bird-tickets/200030292721758
  - **Venue**: Eden Mills
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  - **Categories**: festivals, art, literary-art, workshops
- **Event Name**: Hear Today - Twist & Crawl
  - **Description**: Power-pop prophets, synth dreamers and garage-rock delinquents under one roof. Buy a ticket. Join the beautiful noise.About this EventHear Today – Twist & Crawl 2026 — Guelph's One-Day Indie Deto
  - **Date**: Sat Sep 12 2026 at 05:00 pm – Sat Sep 12 2026 at 11:30 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/guelph/hear-today-twist-and-crawl/100001990790108806
  - **Venue**: Red Chevron Club
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  - **Price**: CAD 12 to 17
  - **Categories**: music, entertainment, dog
- **Event Name**: GC Sportsfest
  - **Description**: Game On, Guelph!
Game on, Guelph!  A day of team games & friendly competition. New to Guelph or curious about GC? Come play!About this EventGC SportsFest is here — and it's game time.
  - **Date**: Sat Sep 19 2026 at 09:00 am – Sat Sep 19 2026 at 05:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/guelph/gc-sportsfest/100001998253435818
  - **Venue**: W.E. Hamilton Park
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  - **Price**: CAD 10
  - **Categories**: fitness, Contests, Sports
- **Event Name**: 2026 Guelph Walk for Apraxia
  - **Description**: Please join us for FREE at the 2026 Guelph Walk for Apraxia!

The 2026 Guelph Walk for Apraxia will be taking place this year at Riverside Park, Red Roofed Shelter. We are so excited to be able to come together as a community and share in a collective cel
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 33
  - **Date**: Sat Sep 26 2026 at 09:00 am – Sat Sep 26 2026 at 12:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/guelph/2026-guelph-walk-for-apraxia/200030058624440
  - **Venue**: 709 Woolwich St, Guelph, ON N1H 3Y8, Canada
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  - **Categories**: kids, charities
- **Event Name**: Luna Halloween Market | Night of the Vampire
  - **Description**: A haunting Halloween market with vampire vibes, spooky vendors, Blood Bar cocktails, costumes, and photo ops.About this Event🩸🦇 LUNA HALLOWEEN MARKET 🦇🩸✨ NIGHT OF TH
  - **Date**: Fri Oct 23 2026 (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/guelph/luna-halloween-market-night-of-the-vampire/100001990039736422
  - **Venue**: Royal Canadian Legion Branch 234
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  - **Price**: Free
  - **Categories**: halloween, night-markets, trips-adventures, trick-or-treat, contests, kids, shopping, costume-parties
- **Event Name**: Begonia: The Fantasy Life Tour | Guelph
  - **Description**: Sonic Hall Presents
Begonia: The Fantasy Life Tour

Begonia is your best friend. She’s the whimsical fairy on your shoulder making you feel all at once comfortable to be yourself while simultaneously making you think wtf is this fairy doing here and what
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 14
  - **Date**: Sat Oct 03 2026 at 07:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/guelph/begonia-the-fantasy-life-tour-guelph/200030363792108
  - **Venue**: 12 Wyndham St, Guelph, ON, Canada, Ontario
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  - **Categories**: festivals, art, music, entertainment, theatre, pop
- **Event Name**: Hillside Festival 2027
  - **Description**: Hillside Festival brings together acclaimed and groundbreaking artists for the ultimate musical celebration!About this EventTicket policies:Festival runs rain or shine. No refunds.
  - **Date**: Fri Jul 16 2027 at 04:30 pm – Sun Jul 18 2027 at 11:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/guelph/hillside-festival-2027/100001993938503740
  - **Venue**: Guelph Lake Conservation Area
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  - **Price**: CAD 160 to 219
  - **Categories**: fitness, Festivals, health-wellness
- **Event Name**: 2nd Annual "End of Summer" Bazaar
  - **Description**: BBQ, Corn Roast,  Activities for the kids and more....
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 38
  - **Date**: Sat Sep 26 2026 at 11:00 am – Sat Sep 26 2026 at 04:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/guelph/2nd-annual-end-of-summer-bazaar/200030325197727
  - **Venue**: Trinity United Church Guelph
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  - **Categories**: kids

## Trending Events in Guelph

- **Event Name**: Candlelight: Coldplay vs. Imagine Dragons
  - **Description**: ⭐ Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Guelph. Get your tickets now to discover the music of Coldplay vs. Imagine Dragons at Guelph Little Theatre under the g
  - **Venue**: Guelph Little Theatre
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- **Event Name**: 2026 Guelph Ribfest - Magical Midway All Day Midway Ride Pass
  - **Description**: Guelph Ribfest - Magical Midway All Day Midway Ride PassAbout this EventAdvance Purchase All Day Midway Ride Pass. Purchase an all you can ride pass for $25 (+ fees). Regular price $35 onsite.Good for
  - **Venue**: Riverside Park
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- **Event Name**: 17+ | GUELPH FROSH NIGHT 2026 | OFFICIAL BACK TO SCHOOL MEGA PARTY !
  - **Description**: WE'RE OFFICIALLY BACK!!!About this EventGUELPH'S OFFICIAL UNIVERSITY & COLLEGE CLUB NIGHT !★ GUELPH FROSH NIGHT 2026 ★@ Club TBA - Frid
  - **Venue**: Guelph
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- **Event Name**: Candlelight: The Best of Hans Zimmer
  - **Description**: ⭐ Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Guelph. Get your tickets now to discover the music of Hans Zimmer at Guelph Little Theatre under the gentle glow of can
  - **Venue**: Guelph Little Theatre
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- **Event Name**: Sunday Antique Market
  - **Description**: Discover Timeless Treasures at Aberfoyle Antique Market!

Every Sunday, explore 100+ dealers at Canada’s largest outdoor antique market — offering vintage furniture, folk art, collectibles & more.

Over 60 years strong, Aberfoyle Antique Market is a m
  - **Venue**: Aberfoyle Antique Market
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- **Event Name**: Live at Guelph Ribfest
  - **Description**: Country Night and Ribs!!! 🤠🙌
  - **Venue**: Ribfest Guelph
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- **Event Name**: Arboretum Expo: Tree Day + Plant Sale
  - **Description**: A community celebration of trees with an in-person plant sale, live music, food trucks, tours of the Arboretum grounds, and more!About this Event​Looking for a way to get outside this fall and enjoy a family-friendly even
  - **Venue**: 250 Arboretum Rd
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- **Event Name**: Candlelight: Tribute to Queen and The Beatles
  - **Description**: ⭐ Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Guelph. Get your tickets now to discover the music of Queen and The Beatles at Royal City Mission Church under the gent
  - **Venue**: Royal City Mission Church
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- **Event Name**: University of Guelph FROSH WEEK Party Buses
  - **Description**: WE'RE OFFICIALLY BACK!!!About this Event★ UGuelph FROSH WEEK Party Buses ★Friday September 11th (17+ to Enter | 19+ to Drink)Party Buses from University of Guelph to Club TB
  - **Venue**: Guelph
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## FAQs

- **Q**: What are the top Festivals events in Guelph?
  - **A:** 2026 Guelph Ribfest - Magical Midway All Day Midway Ride Pass (Fri Aug 28 2026 at 04:00 pm at Riverside Park), Live at Guelph Ribfest (Fri Aug 28 2026 at 05:30 pm at Ribfest Guelph), Guelph Jazz Festival 2026 (Fri Sep 11 2026 at 12:00 am at Royal City Mission), Eden Mills Writers' Festival (Early Bird Tickets) (Fri Sep 18 2026 at 07:00 pm at Eden Mills), Hear Today - Twist & Crawl (Sat Sep 12 2026 at 05:00 pm at Red Chevron Club).
- **Q**: What are the top free Festivals events in Guelph?
  - **A:** Luna Halloween Market | Night of the Vampire (Fri Oct 23 2026 at Royal Canadian Legion Branch 234).
- **Q**: What Festivals events are happening in Guelph this weekend August 28–30, 2026?
  - **A:** Live at Guelph Ribfest (Fri Aug 28 2026 at 05:30 pm at Ribfest Guelph).
- **Q**: What Festivals events are happening in Guelph in August 2026?
  - **A:** 2026 Guelph Ribfest - Magical Midway All Day Midway Ride Pass (Fri Aug 28 2026 at 04:00 pm at Riverside Park), Live at Guelph Ribfest (Fri Aug 28 2026 at 05:30 pm at Ribfest Guelph).
- **Q**: How can I find Festivals events in Guelph?
  - **A:** You can discover upcoming Festivals events in Guelph on AllEvents.in. Browse by date, venue, or price to find events that match your interests.
- **Q**: How do I buy tickets for Festivals events in Guelph?
  - **A:** You can buy tickets directly through AllEvents.in. Many events offer online booking with options for free, paid, and early-bird tickets.
- **Q**: What are the popular venues for Festivals events in Guelph?
  - **A:** Some popular venues hosting Festivals events in Guelph include Riverside Park, Ribfest Guelph, Royal City Mission.
- **Q**: What is the price range for Festivals events in Guelph?
  - **A:** Prices for Festivals events in Guelph range from CAD 10 to CAD 219. Many events also offer free entry.
- **Q**: Who are the top organizers for Festivals events in Guelph?
  - **A:** Popular organizers hosting Festivals events in Guelph include Rotary Club of Guelph Trillium, Evermile, TicketsCandy.
- **Q**: Are there any online Festivals events available?
  - **A:** Yes, many Festivals events are available online. You can filter for virtual events on AllEvents.in to attend from anywhere.
- **Q**: How can I get notified about new Festivals events in Guelph?
  - **A:** Follow the Festivals category on AllEvents.in to get notified when new Festivals events are listed in Guelph.

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