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2025 Festivals in British Columbia, mostly

February 2025

Coldsnap Winter Music Festival, Prince George, BC, February 05–09, 2025

Song & Surf Music Festival, Port Renfrew, BC, February 14–16, 2025

Puget Sound Guitar Workshop: PSGW Winter Retreat, Port Orchard, WA, February 14–17, 2025

Wintergrass Music Festival, Bellevue, WA, February 20–23, 2025

Maple Sugar Festival, Nanaimo, BC, February 21–23, 2025
 

March 2025

Festival du Bois, Coquitlam, BC, March 07–09, 2025

Georgia Strait Music Camp Spring Jam, Crescent Beach, BC, March 07–09, 2025
 

April 2025

World Ski & Snowboard Festival, Whistler, BC, April 07–13, 2025

Choro Northwest Workshop, Port Townsend, WA, April 22–27, 2025
 

May 2025

Ukulele Festival Workshop, Port Townsend, WA, May 01–05, 2025

Puget Sound Guitar Workshop: PSGW Spring Retreat, Port Orchard, WA, May 01–04, 2025

Hornby Island Blues Workshop, Hornby Island, BC, May 05–10, 2025

Red Hot Strings Workshop, Port Townsend, WA, May 14–18, 2025

Northwest Folklife Festival, Seattle, WA, May 23–26, 2025

Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts (JJFA), Port Angeles, WA, May 23–25, 2025

Chamber Music Intensive, Port Townsend, WA, May 25– 02, 2025

Tiny Lights Festival, Ymir, BC, May 30–June 01, 2025
 

June 2024 / 2025

Folktoria, Centennial Square, Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC, June 01–02, 2024•••

Georgia Strait Music Camp, Summer Instructional Camp, Crescent Beach, BC, June 06–08, 2025

Summerland Action Festival, Summerland, BC, June 06–08, 2025

Cowichan Valley Bluegrass Festival, Lake Cowichan, Vancouver Island, BC, June 13–15, 2025

Victoria Ska & Reggae Festival, Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC, June 18–22, 2025

Seaside Music Festival, Sidney, Vancouver Island, BC, June 20–22, 2025

Campbell Bay Music Fest, Mayne Island, BC, NO Festival in 2025

Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Vancouver, BC, June 20–29, 2025

Victoria International JazzFest, Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC, June 20–29, 2025

Voice Works Workshop, Port Townsend, WA, June 23–28, 2025

The 39 Days of July, Duncan, Vancouver Island, BC, June 27–August 04, 2025

Fiddle Tunes Workshop, Port Townsend, WA, June 29–July 06, 2025
 

July 2024 / 2025

Peace Valley Folk Fest, Hudson's Hope, BC, July 04–06, 2025

Smithers Midsummer Music Festival, Smithers, BC, July 04–06, 2025

Chemainus Valley Blues Festival, Chemainus, Vancouver Island, BC, July 06–07, 2024•••

NimbleFingers Bluegrass Workshops and Festival, Sorrento Centre, BC,
· NimbleFingers Workshop Week 1, July 06–11, 2025
· NimbleFingers
Bluegrass and Old-Time Music Festival, SATURDAY, July 12, 2025
· NimbleFingers Workshop Week 2, July 13–18, 2025

(on Shuswap Lake)

CULTIVATE Music Festival, Gabriola Island, BC, July 10–14, 2024•••

Arts on the Fly Festival, Horsefly, BC, July 11–12, 2025

Atlin Arts & Music Festival, Atlin, BC, July 11–13, 2025

Bass Coast Festival, Merritt, BC, July 11–14, 2025

Harrison Festival of the Arts, Harrison Hot Springs, BC, July 11–20, 2025

July Keremeos Bluegrass Jamboree, Keremeos, BC, July 12–14, 2024•••

Vancouver Island MusicFest, Courtenay, Vancouver Island, BC, no festival in 2025

Jam Camp on the River, Mabel Lake Community Hall on the Shuswap River, BC, July 13–18, 2025

The Bella Coola Music Festival, Bella Coola, BC, July 18–20, 2025

The Pachena Bay Music Fest, Pachena Bay, BC, July 18–20, 2025

Vancouver Music Festival, Vancouver, BC, July 18–20, 2025

Starbelly Jam Music Festival, Crawford Bay, on the east shore of Kootenay Lake, BC, July 18–20, 2025

Jazz Port Townsend Workshop, Port Townsend, Washington July 21–27, 2025

Islands Folk Festival, Duncan, Vancouver Island, BC, July 25–27, 2025

Chemainus Bluegrass Extravaganza & Festival, Chemainus, Vancouver Island, BC, July 19, 2025

Calgary Folk Music Festival, Calgary, AB, July 24–27, 2025

Kamloops International Buskers Festival, Kamloops, BC, July 24–27, 2025

Mission Folk Music Festival, Mission, BC, July 25–27, 2025
(in the Fraser River Valley)

Kispiox Valley Music Festival, between Prince George and Prince Rupert, BC, July 25–27, 2025

Salmon Arm Roots & Blues Festival, Salmon Arm, BC, July 25–27, 2025
(centrally located on the Trans-Canada Highway halfway between Calgary, AB, and Vancouver, BC)

Shambhala Music Festival, Salmo, BC, July 25–28, 2025

Puget Sound Guitar Workshop: PSGW Session 1, Port Orchard, WA, July 26–August 01, 2025

BC Fiddle ’Treat, Gavin Lake, BC, July 28–Aug 01, 2025

Acoustic Blues Workshop, Port Townsend, WA, July 28–August 03, 2025

Hornby Island Music Festival, Hornby Island, BC, July 31–August 09, 2025

Sunfest Country Music Festival, Cowichan Lake, Vancouver Island, BC, July 31–August 03, 2025
 

August 2024 / 2025

Coombs Bluegrass Festival, Coombs, Vancouver Island, BC, August 01–03, 2025

The Filberg Festival, Comox, Vancouver Island, BC, August 01–03, 2025

Kaslo Jazz etc Festival, Kaslo, BC, August 01–03, 2025

Ladysmith Days Summer Festival, Ladysmith, Vancouver Island, BC, August 02–03, 2025

The Mosaic Arts & Culture Festival, Pender Island, BC, August 02–04, 2024•••

Texada Island Blues and Roots Festival, Gillies Bay Ball Park, Texada Island, BC, August 02–03, 2025

Canmore Folk Music Festival, Canmore, AB, August 02–04, 2025

Puget Sound Guitar Workshop: PSGW Session 2, Port Orchard, WA, August 02–08, 2025

Penticton Peach Festival, Penticton, BC, August 06–10, 2025

Edmonton Folk Music Festival, Edmonton, AB, August 07–10, 2025

Edge of the World Music Festival, (Haida Gwaii) Queen Charlotte Islands, BC, August 08–10, 2025

MoM Festival, Fort St. James, BC, August 08–10, 2025

Nanaimo Blues Festival, Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, BC, August 08–10, 2025

Sooke Music & Arts Festival, Sooke, Vancouver Island, BC, August 08–09, 2025

Wapiti Music Festival, Fernie, BC, August 08–09, 2025

Love Fest 2024•••, Linnaea Farm, Cortes Island, BC, August 10, 2024•••

Jam Camp on the Island, Camp Gilwell Scouts Camp near Courtenay, BC, August 10–15, 2025

Puget Sound Guitar Workshop: PSGW Session 3, Port Orchard, WA, August 09–15, 2025

Puget Sound Guitar Workshop: PSGW Session 4, Port Orchard, WA, August 16–22, 2025

Summer Acoustic Music In the Pines, Port Orchard, WA, August 25–30, 2024•••

The Robson Valley Music Festival, Dunster, BC, August 29–31, 2025

Sunshine Music Festival, Powell River, BC, August 30–31, 2025
(on BC's Sunshine Coast.)

Denim on the Diamond Festival, Kelowna, BC, August 30–September 01, 2024•••
 

September 2024 / 2025

American Banjo Camp, Port Orchard, WA, September 04–07, 2025

September Keremeos Bluegrass Jamboree, Keremeos, BC, September 06–08, 2024•••

Desert Daze Music Festival, Spences Bridge, BC, September 05–06, 2025

The Nanaimo International Jazz Festival, Nanaimo, BC, September 12–14, 2025

Rifflandia Festival, Victoria, BC, September 12–14, 2025

Vancouver Folk Song Society Retreat, Crescent Beach, South Surrey, BC, September 27–29, 2024•••
 

October 2025

The Crisp Festival, Pender Island, BC, October 03–04, 2025
 

November 2024 / 2025

Woodstove Festival, Cumberland, Vancouver Island, BC, November 01–03, 2024•••

VFMS Autumn Retreat, Camp Pringle, Shawnigan Lake, Vancouver Island, BC, November 08–10, 2024•••

Georgia Strait Music Camp: Fall Jam, Camp Alexandra, Crescent Beach, BC, November 07–09, 2025
 


 

. . . and see the Victoria Bluegrass Association's Festivals in Western Canada and the Western U.S. webpage!

 

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