Celebrate Ontario 2020 – Successful Applicants Listing - 1
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Celebrate Ontario 2020 Successful Applicants Listing
Celebrate Ontario 2020 – Successful Applicants Listing - 2
Event Name Location Funding
#BollywoodMonster Mashup Mississauga $35,000
1000 Islands Regatta Brockville $13,727
1000 ISLANDS Waterfront Festival Gananoque $2,500
12th Annual Great Canadian Kayak Challenge & Festival Timmins $9,397
166th Lindsay Exhibition Kawartha Lakes $12,500
2020 Capital Pride Festival Ottawa $32,813
2020 Capital Ukrainian Festival Ottawa $25,000
2020 International Plowing Match & Rural Expo Kawartha Lakes $100,000
2020 Muskoka Summer Season Gravenhurst $9,462
2020 Red Lake Norseman Festival Red Lake $4,400
2020 Stonebridge Wasaga Beach Blues Festival Wasaga Beach $6,350
2020 TAIWANfest Toronto $15,714
2020 TD Markham Jazz Festival Markham $5,500
2021 Kingston Canadian Film Festival Kingston $20,000
21st imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival Toronto $90,863
23rd Annual Community Pow Wow Toronto $2,500
25th Anniversary Ashkenaz Festival Toronto $46,500
46th Annual Ball's Falls Thanksgiving Festival Lincoln $10,000
4th Line Theatre's 2020 Season Cavan Monaghan $57,895
'90s Nostalgia: Electric Circus Edition Vaughan $45,000
Afro Carib Fest (ACF) Toronto $24,512
Animation de la rue Principale Hawkesbury $1,985
AGH Film Festival Hamilton $50,000
Celebrate Ontario 2020 – Successful Applicants Listing - 3
Event Name Location Funding
Artfest Kingston Kingston $11,448
ArtsFest Hamilton $15,000
Bay Block Party North Bay $3,536
Because Beer Craft Beer Festival Hamilton $20,000
Bell Capital Cup Ottawa $47,750
BIG on Bloor Festival of Arts and Culture Toronto $11,374
BlackFly Festival Pickle Lake $1,052
Bloom 3 Greater Sudbury $5,261
Bluewater BorderFest Music Festival Sarnia $29,060
Blyth Festival 2020 Summer Season North Huron $59,500
Brampton KiteFest Brampton $3,041
Brantford International Jazz Festival Brantford $6,395
Budweiser New Music Fest Greater Sudbury $12,500
Burlington's Sound of Music Festival Burlington $100,000
Canadian Music Week Toronto $75,000
Canadian Tulip Festival Ottawa $53,000
Carassauga Festival of Cultures - 35th Anniversary Celebration Mississauga $41,000
Caribbean Carnival and Grand Street Parade Ottawa $9,715
Carp Fair Ottawa $37,000
Celebration of Nations - A gathering of Indigenous Arts, Culture
and Tradition St. Catharines $10,552
Chautauqua Artists-in-Residence, Family Fun, and Festivals Muskoka Lakes $14,436
Cherry Beach Sundays Toronto $20,975
Cinefest Sudbury International Film Festival Greater Sudbury $39,625
Celebrate Ontario 2020 – Successful Applicants Listing - 4
Event Name Location Funding
CityFolk Ottawa $100,000
Classic Theatre Festival Perth $29,610
Coldwater Steampunk Festival Severn $5,809
Collective Arts Festival Hamilton $23,063
Comedy Country 2020 Prince Edward County $2,696
Concerts at The Barn Trent Hills $26,600
Corks & Forks - Kingston's International Wine Festival Kingston $14,797
CosmoFEST Richmond Hill $49,000
Country Music Week Hamilton $100,000
Cuvée Grand Tasting Weekend Niagara-On-The-Lake $11,180
Deep River Summerfest 2020 Admaston/Bromley $6,500
Delta Fair Rideau Lakes $10,825
desiFEST Toronto $16,232
DesignTO Festival Toronto $12,500
Digital Dynamics 2020: SOUND Kitchener $27,038
DIWALI RAZZMATAZZ - Canada Diwali Niagara Falls $42,500
East York Jamfest Toronto $48,072
Electric Eclectics Festival Meaford $4,800
Elevate Toronto $100,000
Empire Rockfest 2020 Belleville $27,550
Escapade Music Festival Ottawa $100,000
Ever After Music Festival Kitchener $100,000
Fall for Dance North 2020 Toronto $85,463
Celebrate Ontario 2020 – Successful Applicants Listing - 5
Event Name Location Funding
Fergus Scottish Festival and Highland Games Centre Wellington $33,000
Festa Italiana 2020 Timmins $2,250
Festival Central 2020 Toronto $20,366
Festival de la Curd 2020 The Nation $29,976
Festival de la St-Jean Kapuskasing $5,000
Festival des Sucres 2020 Ottawa $11,750
Festival Kompa Zouk Toronto (12ie Edition) Toronto $27,411
Festival of Colours, Thunder Bay Thunder Bay $5,689
Festival of India Thunder Bay $13,320
Festival Players’ 2020 Theatre Season Marmora And Lake $25,664
Flavours of Ontario Huntsville $2,500
foldA Kingston $10,000
FrancoFEST Hamilton $15,014
Franco-Festival Thunder Bay $2,500
Franco-Fête 2020: Le Canada d'Est en Ouest Toronto $17,011
Francophonie en Fête Toronto $10,547
French Fest 2020 Greater Sudbury $7,385
Global T20 Canada (GT20) Brampton $100,000
Guelph Jazz Festival 2020 Guelph $15,065
GWN Dragon Boat Challenge Toronto $8,500
Hagersville Rocks Music Festival Haldimand County $15,249
Hamilton Fringe Festival Hamilton $32,000
Harbourfest 2020 Kenora $6,250
Celebrate Ontario 2020 – Successful Applicants Listing - 6
Event Name Location Funding
Haunting Season at Saunders Farm Ottawa $47,875
Hillside Festival Guelph/Eramosa $69,516
HITSFEST Uxbridge $21,419
Hogs for Hospice Leamington $36,850
Holiday Fair in the Square Toronto $24,500
Horton Hoedown Renfrew $9,012
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival Toronto $98,294
Huntsville Festival of the Arts 2020/21 Huntsville $45,750
Huron Waves Music Festival North Huron $20,659
ICFF 2020 Toronto $53,240
Indigenous Fashion, Cultural, Arts Festivals 2020-2021 Toronto $2,500
Inside Out Toronto 2020 LGBT Film Festival Toronto $77,320
Italian Week Ottawa Ottawa $4,903
Jazz Sudbury Festival 2020 Greater Sudbury $15,750
JFL42 – Toronto’s Comedy Festival Toronto $100,000
Kawartha Craft Beer Festival Peterborough $6,822
Kawartha KidsFest Kawartha Lakes $3,208
Kemptville Live Music Festival North Grenville $75,000
Kitchener Blues Festival Kitchener $41,250
Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest Kitchener $100,000
Latin Sparks Ottawa Ottawa $21,206
Latin Sparks Toronto 2020 Toronto $13,463
Le Franco 2020: Le Franco s'éclate! Ottawa $55,512
Celebrate Ontario 2020 – Successful Applicants Listing - 7
Event Name Location Funding
Light Up Niagara 2020 Niagara Falls $100,000
Lighthouse Festival Summer Season Port Colborne $34,949
LiUNA Bluesfest Windsor Windsor $85,531
Long Winter 20-21 Season Series Toronto $6,109
Lucknow's Music in the Fields Huron-Kinloss $60,624
Mariposa Folk Festival Orillia $62,500
Mattamy Homes Canada Day in Barrhaven Ottawa $9,234
Mattawa Voyageur Days Nipissing $3,750
Mill St. Market Leamington $4,088
Moose n' Fiddle Music Festival
Sioux Narrows-Nestor
Falls $5,727
Mosaic - South Asian Festival of Mississauga Mississauga $25,875
Movie Expo Toronto $33,350
Murder on Main Street
Dysart et al, United
Townships Of $25,337
Music@OIAF Ottawa $9,250
Muskoka Maple Festival Huntsville $2,500
Muskoka Music Festival Gravenhurst $7,000
Navan Fair Navan $43,964
Newmarket National Ten-Minute Play Festival Newmarket $2,875
Next Stage Theatre Festival Toronto $25,486
Niagara Grape & Wine Festival St. Catharines $46,000
Norfolk County Fair & Horse Show Norfolk County $27,500
Northern Lights Festival Boréal Greater Sudbury $35,000
Celebrate Ontario 2020 – Successful Applicants Listing - 8
Event Name Location Funding
Nowruz Festival 2021 Toronto $39,487
Nuit Blanche Toronto Toronto $100,000
NXNE 2020 Toronto $99,000
Ontario Culture Days 2020 Sault Ste. Marie $19,800
Ontario Festival of Small Halls Almonte $42,125
Ottawa Beerfest Ottawa $15,500
Ottawa Chamberfest 2020/2021 Concert Series Winterfest Ottawa $23,840
Ottawa Children's Festival de la Jeunesse Ottawa $45,000
Ottawa Christmas Market Ottawa $34,500
Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival Ottawa $54,375
Ottawa Greek Fest Ottawa $44,855
Ottawa Ice Dragon Boat Festival Ottawa $17,763
Ottawa International Buskerfest Ottawa $3,932
Ottawa International Writers Festival Ottawa $31,500
Ottawa Jewish Food Festival Ottawa $13,875
Ottawa LGBT Film Festival Ottawa $11,788
OttScot Festival Ottawa $8,309
Palmer Rapids River Festival Whitewater Region $1,570
Paris Drinks Fest Brant $7,960
Paris Fair Brant $9,125
Peterborough Musicfest Peterborough $35,463
Pizza Fest Canada Vaughan $30,000
Porch View Dances Toronto $6,157
Celebrate Ontario 2020 – Successful Applicants Listing - 9
Event Name Location Funding
Port Elgin Pumpkinfest Saugeen Shores $5,500
Portugal Week 2020 Toronto $65,000
Pride Toronto Festival Toronto $100,000
Prince Edward County Chamber Music Festival Prince Edward County $5,000
Pumpkins After Dark Milton $41,269
Rainy Lake Square Summer Series Fort Frances $2,500
RBC Bluesfest Ottawa $100,000
RBC Canadian Open Toronto $100,000
Redpath Waterfront Festival. presented by Billy Bishop Airport Toronto $47,000
Rendezvous with Madness Festival Toronto $24,250
Renfrew's Annual Bluegrass Festival Renfrew $6,548
River & Sky Music/Camping Festival & Wind Down West Nipissing $17,909
Riverfest Elora Centre Wellington $86,000
Rock on the River Timmins $51,000
Rock The Park London $100,000
Rogers Cup presented by National Bank Toronto $100,000
Roncesvalles Polish Festival Toronto $24,352
Roots North Music Festival Orillia $2,500
Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival Toronto $96,071
SCREEMERS Toronto $32,500
Shakespeare in High Park Toronto $26,250
Shaw Festival Niagara-On-The-Lake $100,000
SING! The Toronto Vocal Arts Festival Toronto $24,111
Celebrate Ontario 2020 – Successful Applicants Listing - 10
Event Name Location Funding
Skeleton Park Arts Festival Kingston $9,948
Small World Festival Toronto $24,285
Smoke 'N' Spurs Festival Powassan $18,500
Snow Globe Soiree Niagara Falls $21,000
Snyder's Farm & Fear Farm Blandford-Blenheim $72,500
South Grenville Bluegrass Festival Edwardsburgh/Cardinal $3,352
South Mountain Fair South Dundas $24,625
South Western International Film Festival Sarnia $7,613
Spotlight on Local Toronto $84,000
Stewart Park Festival Perth $6,300
Stratford Blues and Ribfest Stratford $5,745
Stratford Festival's 2020 season Stratford $100,000
Sudbury Poutine Fest Greater Sudbury $6,838
Sugar Shack TO, presented by Redpath Toronto $11,500
Summer Solstice Indigenous Festival Ottawa $42,225
Summerfest 2020 - North of 49 Cochrane $6,039
SummerWorks Performance Festival 30th Anniversary Toronto $46,700
Supercrawl Hamilton $100,000
Symphony in the Barn Events for Every Season West Grey $7,830
Tapestry of Taste East Gwillimbury $4,720
Taste of the Danforth Toronto $49,047
Taste of the Middle East Toronto $7,160
TD Niagara Jazz Festival (summer festival) Niagara-On-The-Lake $21,781
Celebrate Ontario 2020 – Successful Applicants Listing - 11
Event Name Location Funding
TD Ottawa Jazz Festival Ottawa $100,000
TD Salsa in Toronto featuring the TD Salsa on St. Clair Street
Festival Toronto $61,000
TD Toronto Jazz Festival Toronto $100,000
Telling Tales Hamilton $21,500
The 49th Huron Country Playhouse Theatre Festival South Huron $80,044
The 7th Annual Hamilton Family Theatre Cambridge Cambridge $64,823
The Bentway Bash Toronto $25,000
The Bentway Frost Fair Toronto $25,000
The Big River Festival Brockville $3,763
The Capital Fair Ottawa $45,500
The City of Om Ottawa $8,370
The Elora Festival Centre Wellington $40,750
The Festival of Cool Toronto $18,400
The International Jerk Food & Music Festival Toronto $45,620
The Island Unplugged Pelee $5,000
The Kick and Push Festival 2020 Kingston $18,636
The Toronto Caribbean Carnival Toronto $100,000
The Toronto Fringe Festival Toronto $35,500
The Word On The Street Toronto Toronto $40,000
TIFF Festival Street 2020 Toronto $100,000
Tim Hortons Southside Shuffle Blues & Jazz Festival Mississauga $38,000
Torchlight Shakespeare in the Park Tour of The Tempest Ottawa $10,047
Toronto Bird Celebration Toronto $8,225
Celebrate Ontario 2020 – Successful Applicants Listing - 12
Event Name Location Funding
Toronto Cider Festival 2020: Treasure Island Toronto $23,799
Toronto Garlic Festival Toronto $5,700
Toronto Light Festival Toronto $41,250
Toronto Outdoor Picture Show 2020 Toronto $18,825
Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival Toronto $27,432
Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival 2021 Toronto $11,375
Toronto Triathlon Festival Toronto $9,575
Toronto's Festival of Beer Toronto $93,147
Trius Red Presents Niagara-On-The-Lake $10,032
Troubadour Festival Barrie $11,000
Tweed & Company Theatre 2020 Season Hastings $4,918
Tweed Elvis Festival Hastings $6,622
Tweed Stampede & Jamboree Hastings $15,000
Twenty Valley Winter WineFest 2021 Lincoln $16,125
UJA Street Fest Toronto $25,337
Up Here 6 Greater Sudbury $24,167
Veld Music Festival Toronto $100,000
VFF Awards Vaughan $20,222
Victoria Playhouse Petrolia Spring to Fall Season Petrolia $59,813
Wake The Giant Music Festival Thunder Bay $25,000
Wavelength Winter Music & Arts Festival 2021 Toronto $16,375
Western Fair London $100,000
WIFF 2020 Windsor $50,566
Celebrate Ontario 2020 – Successful Applicants Listing - 13
Event Name Location Funding
Wiikwemkoong 60th Annual Cultural Festival Nairn And Hyman $4,946
Winter Event Series The Blue Mountains $48,312
Winterfest Vaughan $100,000
Wordstock Sudbury Literary Festival 7th Edition Greater Sudbury $2,500