Festivals By City
| City | Founded | Website | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrie, Ontario | 1979 | Originally the Barrie Music Scholarship Competitions, the local Kiwanis chapter assumed operations in 1987. | |
| Calgary, Alberta | 1917 | Kiwanis became actively involved in 1954, and was formally named the Kiwanis Music Festival in 1968. | |
| Chatham, Ontario | 1945 | ||
| Edmonton, Alberta | 1908 | ||
| Guelph, Ontario | 1981 | ||
| Halifax, Nova Scotia | 1935 | Originally entitled Halifax Music Festival. | |
| Kelowna, British Columbia | 1926 | Originally the Okanagan Valley Music Festival, which was hosted in a 3-year cycle among Kelowna, Penticton and Vernon. Kelowna's festival became fully autonomous in 1981. | |
| Kingston, Ontario | 1973 | ||
| Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario | 1948 | ||
| Lethbridge, Alberta | 1931? (2008 marks the 78th festival) | Originally the Lethbridge Music Festival, the Kiwanis Club has operated the festival since 1953. | |
| London, Ontario | 1959 | First year a small, limited competition. 2008 is indicated as 40th anniversary, where 1960 was the first of regular annual competitions. | |
| Ottawa, Ontario | 1945 | Originally Ottawa Music Festival Association until 1985 when Kiwanis became actively involved. | |
| Penticton, British Columbia | 1926 | Originally the Okanagan Valley Music Festival, which was hosted in a 3-year cycle among Kelowna, Penticton and Vernon. | |
| Peterborough, Ontario | 1946 | ||
| Prince Edward Island | 1946 | Four local festivals (Kings County, Queens County, West Prince and East Prince) lead to provincial finals, then to the national finals. | |
| St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador | 1952 | ||
| Toronto, Ontario | unknown | ||
| Vancouver, British Columbia | 1923 | Originally the British Columbia Music Festival, established by the fraternal order of the Knights of Pythias. There are several smaller festival events from February each year (Jazz, Concert Band, Choral) leading up to the Main Festival in April. |
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