Festivals and Events Ontario (FEO) has named its 2025 Top 100 Festivals and Events with four Amherstburg events listed.
The FEO “SYNERGY” Conference ran from Feb. 24-26 in Kitchener. During the Awards Gala, the winners were announced. According to a press release from FEO, submissions “from FEO members were received for consideration in the fall of 2024 and were judged by an independent panel of judges. Festivals and events of all kinds from every corner of Ontario were represented in the submissions – from community festivals to internationally recognized events.”
The listing of events were divided into different regions with nine events of the Top 100 being from the Southwest Ontario Tourism Region. Four of those nine were Amherstburg events, including Open Air Weekends, the River Lights Winter Festival, the TRUE Festival and the Amherstburg Uncommon Festival.
Other events recognized in this region were Bright Lights Windsor, the Chatham Retrofest, Eat and Drink Norfolk, the Norfolk County Fair & Horse Show and the Oxford Renaissance Festival.
Inductees to the FEO Hall of Fame were Peter Gismondi of the Superior Events Group and Pat Silver from “Sing! The Toronto International Vocal Arts Festival.” Sadie Phillips from Riverfest Elora was Youth Volunteer of the Year and Steve Deighton of the Dundas Cactus Festival won Volunteer of the Year.
Municipalities of the Year were the Town of Georgina (population less than 50,000), the City of Pickering (50,000-150,000) and the City of Markham (150,000-plus).
Four Amherstburg events finish among FEO’s Top 100 Festivals and Events
By RTT Staff
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