Theatre of Canada - Summer Festivals

Summer Festivals

Major summer theatre festivals include:

• Gabriola Theatre Festival (Gabriola Island, British Columbia)

Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival, based in Vancouver, British Columbia.

• The Blyth Festival Theatre, based in Blyth, Ontario
• The Stratford Festival of Canada, based in Stratford, Ontario.
• The Shaw Festival, based in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario.
• The Thousand Islands Playhouse, based in Gananoque, Ontario.
• The Charlottetown Festival, based in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.
• Festival Antigonish Summer Theatre, based in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.
• Shakespeare by the Sea, based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
• The Magnetic North Theatre Festival, based in Ottawa, Ontario and held annually, alternating between Ottawa and another Canadian city.
• The Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan Festival in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Canada also has more fringe theatre festivals than any other country, forming a summer fringe circuit running from the St-Ambroise Montréal Fringe in June and heading westward to the Vancouver Fringe Festival in September. The circuit includes the two largest fringe festivals in North America, the Winnipeg Fringe Festival and the Edmonton International Fringe Festival. Other fringe theatre festivals include the Saskatoon Fringe Theatre Festival, the Calgary Fringe Festival, the London Fringe Theatre Festival (Ontario), the Toronto Fringe Festival and the Atlantic Fringe Festival.