August 2 to 4 (Friday 1pm to 7pm, Saturday and Sunday 1pm to 11pm)
Downtown Cambridge (Water St. and Main St.), ON

The 21st Annual Mill Race Festival is a free event that celebrates the diversity of folk music from around the world, showcasing local and internationally renowned performers from the Irish music of Comas to local band Love Banshee. The festival also includes a tasty choice of foods and refreshments to enjoy while exploring workshops, sing-arounds and sessions for the whole family!

The festival is set around an amphitheatre naturally created among the ruins of an old mill and the streets are filled with the sounds of fiddles. Toes, defying restraint, must tap merrily to lively jigs, reels and hornpipes while colourfully costumed dancers parade through the downtown. Come out and join us!

All venues are walking distance and continue rain or shine! Find us on Facebook and Twitter!

519-621-7135
www.millracefolksociety.com

June 21 to June 24
St-James Theatre, 265 St-Jacques St.
Old Montreal, QC

Montreal Baroque is a unique early music festival that takes place in historic Old Montreal, in dusty 17th-century attics, gardens, crypts, chapels, chateaux, museums and banks! Along with the dozen concerts, you can join a grand parade through the streets of the Old City and come to the late-night musical café! The 2013 edition, New Worlds, will include the Canadian premiere performances of Vivaldi’s opera Motezuma and of Mexican baroque ensemble La Fontegara; Rebel’s Elemens, complete with baroque ballet and circus acts, in Comedia del Arte tradition; and an evening when Baroque Goes Wild with a DJ and a VJ.

514-845-7171
www.montrealbaroque.com

July 13 to August 10
89 Collier’s Rd.
Milford, ON

2013 marks Music at Port Milford’s  27th year of bringing promising 12- to 18-year-olds with a passion for chamber music together with an internationally renowned faculty to create an inspiring summer music experience. This experience is proudly shared with Prince Edward County, as the students and faculty prepare vigorously for their multiple performances throughout July and August, bringing the highest caliber chamber music to Ontario. This summer’s faculty includes the prestigious Linden String Quartet and Tokai String Quartet, the rapidly rising piano quartet Ensemble Made in Canada, esteemed Canadian pianist Peter Longworth, and Marie Berard, the concertmaster of the Canadian Opera Company.

914-439-5039 or 613-476-7735
www.mpmcamp.org

July 12 to August 11

Music Niagara presents a five week summer festival of classical, jazz, vocal, choral and country music in unique venues in and around the town of Niagara-on-the-Lake, in the heart of Niagara’s beautiful wine country. Musicians come from around the world to perform for audiences of locals and the thousands of visitors who visit the remarkable community, known for its history, arts, wine and culinary delights. The 2013 program includes notable artists Anúna, Stewart Goodyear, André Laplante, Jay Leonhart, Brent Carver, Quartetto Gelato, the Horse Flies, the Gryphon Trio, the Elora Festival Singers, the Karakoro Drums of Japan, the New Zealand String Quartet, the Vienna Piano Trio, the Sunparlour Players, the New Orford String Quartet and Robert Silverman. Ticket prices range from $20 to $50 and are available by phone or through our website.

1-800-511-7429
www.musicniagara.org

July 4 to September 7
Venues throughout Nova Scotia; office in Lunenburg, NS

Musique Royale is a summertime celebration of Nova Scotia’s musical heritage. A cross-province festival now in its 28th season, Musique Royale brings performances of early and traditional music to settings of historic and cultural significance in communities ranging from the small fishing towns to the magnificent highlands. Artists this year include Anúna (Irish National Choir), Boxwood group led by Chris Norman, Peter Togni’s Responsia with a vocal quartet led by Suzie Leblanc, organist Robert Quinney, Parthenia Viol Quartet and Maritime Brass.

902-634-9994
www.musiqueroyale.com