"Running since 1989 on Gwich'in and Inuvialuit lands in the remote Arctic town of Inuvik, this five-day pan-Arctic arts gathering is North America's longest-running festival of Arctic art and music, bringing over 50 workshops, two stages, intricate beadwork, carvings and wearable art made from sealskin and moose hide."
Great Northern Arts Festival
"A grassroots two-day community arts festival held in the tiny Cariboo village of Horsefly, celebrating local and regional visual and performing arts in a remote lakeside setting."
Arts on the Fly
"Artists from around the world spend a week painting outdoors along the shores of the Bay of Fundy at Parrsboro, where the world's highest tides create a dramatic and ever-changing canvas that draws both painters and visitors to this small Nova Scotia town."
Parrsboro International Plein Air Festival
"A much-loved artisan and music festival set within the heritage gardens of Filberg Lodge in Comox, showcasing fine craft, juried artisans, and live music in an idyllic Vancouver Island setting."
Filberg Festival
"A four-day literary festival set in the tiny heritage village on the shores of Bonne Bay within Gros Morne National Park, bringing celebrated Canadian and international writers together for readings, poetry, and storytelling under some of the most dramatic scenery in Eastern Canada."
Writers at Woody Point Festival
"The inaugural Yukon Fringe Festival brings theatre, dance, comedy, storytelling, circus and puppetry to downtown Whitehorse in October 2026, expanding the Canadian Fringe circuit to the country's far north for the first time."
Yukon Fringe Festival