Hants County Exhibition
Founded in 1765, the Hants County Exhibition is the oldest continuously running agricultural fair in North America, still drawing communities together across two weekends in Windsor for livestock competitions, horticultural displays, crafts, and carnival entertainment.
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"The world's oldest Acadian festival, now in its seventh decade, stretches across two weeks on Nova Scotia's French Shore with concerts, art and quilt expositions, kitchen parties, and the exuberant Tintamarre noisemaking parade on National Acadian Day."
Festival acadien de Clare
"Set in the charming Annapolis Valley university town of Wolfville, this beloved annual celebration of folk, roots, and acoustic music blends the founding musical cultures of Nova Scotia with modern roots talent across intimate indoor and outdoor stages."
Deep Roots Music Festival
"Celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2026, this nine-day festival sends fiddles, pipes, and song echoing through dozens of Cape Breton villages against a backdrop of peak autumn foliage, with 52 concerts and hundreds of community cultural experiences."
Celtic Colours International Festival
"Nova Scotia's longest-running folk music festival brings more than 35 years of traditional and contemporary roots music to the UNESCO World Heritage waterfront of Old Town Lunenburg, with concerts, waterfront jams, and an intimate Maritime atmosphere."
Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival
"A beloved waterfront celebration of the scallop-fishing industry that put this Fundy Shore town on the culinary map, featuring parades, live music, carnival rides, lobster boat races, and fresh scallop suppers on the Digby wharf."
Digby Scallop Days
"Canada's largest wooden boat show transforms the picturesque three-church waterfront of Mahone Bay each August with a spectacular parade of heritage vessels, shipbuilding demonstrations, boat races, and traditional Maritime craftsmanship."
Mahone Bay Classic Boat Festival
"A cherished Eastern Townships agricultural fair rooted in the farming traditions of the Cookshire-Eaton region, offering livestock displays, local produce tastings, and the close-knit community spirit of rural Quebec."
Exposition agricole de Cookshire
"Now in its 189th year, the Woodstock Fair is one of Ontario's oldest agricultural societies in action, bringing the Oxford County community together for free with animal showcases, homecraft competitions, and a midway over three August days."
Woodstock Fair
"A 106-year-old four-day northern BC agricultural fall fair featuring a BCRA rodeo, parade, livestock shows, rides, and entertainment at the Smithers fairgrounds in the scenic Bulkley Valley."
Bulkley Valley Exhibition
"One of southwestern Ontario's most beloved agricultural fairs, the Paris Fair has gathered the farming community of Brant County for generations across four days of livestock shows, midway rides, and homecraft competitions."
Paris Fair
"Quebec's largest rural agricultural fair, held every Labour Day weekend in the Eastern Townships village of Brome, drawing over 35,000 visitors for livestock competitions, craft exhibits, carnival rides, and live music."
Expo Brome Fair
"A classic small-village fall fair in the Restigouche region of northern New Brunswick, bringing the community together with live entertainment, agricultural displays, and the warm traditions of a genuine rural gathering."
Charlo Fall Fair