Year of Festivals
Great music, mouth-watering eats and a Maritime vibe are all waiting for you at Fredericton’s festivals! From the top international festival experience on Canada’s East Coast, the Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival, to Atlantic Canada’s largest winter celebration, Fredericton FROSTival, there’s something to pique everyone’s interest!
Experience the vibrancy of the local filmmaking community with over 100 films by local, national and international filmmakers.
Canada’s oldest Spirits Festival, this event offers special tastings hosted by world-leading authorities on whiskies and premium spirits, as well as appreciation techniques.
Enjoy a Handmade Christmas and support local crafters!
Come support the Fine Craft students at NBCCD during their Annual Christmas Craft Sale, featuring stunning work from the second-year students of the Ceramic, Jewelry, and Textile departments.
Great for gifts or a treat for yourself!
Have fun while shopping for arts, crafts, and antiques.
Take part in a Treasure Hunt and look out for Santa Claus and carolers.
A lighted Christmas parade to welcome Santa Claus! Get bundled up and enjoy the sights of parade floats and the sounds of marching bands playing your favourite Christmas tunes.
You may even get a candy cane (or two)!
Join music and literary fans from across Atlantic Canada and beyond, enveloped in stories and song, surrounded by warm acoustics and architectural ambiance.
Grab your hat and mittens!
Atlantic Canada's largest winter celebration is back! More than 100 events over three jam packed weekends!
The Fredericton Craft Beer Festival (FCFB) has quickly become one of the fastest growing festivals in the Maritimes!
The UNB Varsity Reds will try to make it 3 in a row as they defend their University Cup Championship from 2016 and 2017 against Canada's top university hockey teams over a 4 day period.
Don’t miss out on a full day of exciting events for the whole family, activities and stage shows are geared towards families in Fredericton.
Admission: $4
Over 120 vehicles from rods, antiques, customs, trucks, street machines, bikes, imports and race cars will be on display.
The Maritime Provinces longest running marathon; half-marathon, 10 km and 5 km options also available.
Come and run this fast, flat scenic river route! Youth Fun Run May 12.
A roots festival taking place in several small venues including living rooms, cafes, restaurants, parks, street corners or anywhere else.
The Maritime’s largest Food and Music Festival where Professional rib teams compete and serve some of the best ribs, chicken, and pulled pork in the country.
Come hear the Drum Beat of Mother Earth and listen to the voices of the ancestors of the Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) people as they share their culture through music and dance.
In celebration of Canadian Multiculturalism Day, take in dance and music performances, food, displays, a parade and family activities during the Cultural Expressions Festival in downtown Fredericton.
55km from downtown Fredericton, the Village of Gagetown transforms for three days each year as it hosts Feels Good Folly Fest.
Celebrate Oromocto Pioneer Days and Canada Day during this week-long event that includes community suppers, midway rides and games, live music, bingo, food vendors and more!
Join us in downtown Fredericton on June 30 & July 1st to ring in the nation’s birthday with two FREE days of music!
River Jam features more than 20 local bands on four stages with a focus on folk, bluegrass, rhythm & blues, and classic rock.
The night finishes out with a jam session that brings the musicians together for an all-star performance.
Held just 25 minutes outside of Fredericton in Tay Creek, enjoy a variety of Folk, Country, Celtic, Bluegrass, Blues and Soul; jam sessions; musical & environmental workshops; BBQ; coffee shop; hiking trails;
Producing exciting new theatre from both amateur and seasoned locals, the NotaBle Acts Summer Theatre Festival puts New Brunswick’s playwrights at centre stage.
Take in a play from the lineup on stages across Fredericton.
A fun-filled family weekend on the grounds of historic Government House.
A New Brunswick Day long-weekend Music Festival.
Enjoy East Coast Music, Camping, Arts Crafts Village, Food vendors,
Children’s play area and jam tents. Clean, safe, and fun!
A two-week long festival, the NB Summer Music Festival celebrates classical chamber music, featuring the works of selected composers played by Canada’s most talented classical musicians.
Live music, great food, beer/wine garden, arts and craft vendors, free admission.
A variety of activities for the whole family to celebrate Acadian language, culture and joie de vivre! Music, games for kids, fl ag raising ceremony, and a tintamarre (parade).
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Held annually since 1851, The Stanley Fair is Canada's longest running agricultural fair.
The premier fine craft festival in NB held annually in the heart of downtown Fredericton. The best in pottery, textiles, jewelry, wrought iron, and much more.
A tradition since 1827, the New Brunswick Provincial Exhibition is fun for all ages.
Step back in time and enjoy a historical wine-tasting walk through the Village of Gagetown.
Visit various locations in the Village as you sip your way through town.
Enjoy an afternoon of gourmet food, drink, and live entertainment from New Brunswick’s finest in support of Ability New Brunswick.
It’s the best international festival experience on Canada’s East Coast, with the best in jazz, blues and world music taking centre stage.
Midway, light and heavy horse shows, hauling matches, ox pull, antique tractor display, livestock exhibits, musical entertainment, woodsmen's competition and much more.
An opportunity for the whole family to meet farmers, view modern farm operations, and to discuss many issues related to modern food production.
Word Feast is Fredericton’s Literary Festival, brings together some of the best national and local authors for readings, school visits, workshops and talks in both official languages.
Celebrate, words, music and the arts.
This is your opportunity to see some of Fredericton’s most historically and culturally interesting buildings that are not usually open to the public.
