Service Excellence Awards

Niagara Inflatables
Entertainment Alternative Entertainment Providers

Mega Magic
Entertainment Performers

The Feldman Agency
Entertainment- Entertainment Agency

3L Sound & Lighting
Operational - Production Service Providers

Modu-Loc Fence Rentals
Operational - Foundational Product Providers

ISM
Operational - On-Site Professional Service Providers

Best Community Partner Outreach Program

100,000 or less
Apple Harvest Festival & Apple Pie Festival partner Blue Moutain The Apple Pie Trail, Blue Mountain Village Assoc.

500,000 or more
Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest partner Rogers Hometown Hockey, K-W Oktoberfest Inc.

Best Fundraising Idea

Festival of the Sound

Best Greening of a Festival or Event

100,000 or less
Braden's Hot Chocolate Festival

100,000-500,000
Canada's Largest Ribfest – Burlington

500,000 or more
Hillside Festival

Best New Festival or Event

100,000 or less
Woodland Disco & Glow Fest, City of Oshawa

100,000-500,000
Village Noel Temiskaming, City of Temiskaming Shores

500,000 or more
Hamilton Kicks It Up! Off-the-field-action, City of Hamilton

Best New Single Sponsorship Opportunity

Metroland Media Sponsor / Norfolk County Fair & Horse Show

Best Promotional Campaign

100,000 or less
Braden's Hot Chocolate Festival, Greening Marketing Inc.

100,000 - 500,000
Small Halls Festival, Township of Clearview

500,000 or more
Norfolk County Fair and Horse Show

Sponsor of the Year

100,000 or less
Braden's Hot Chocolate Festival - Tim Hortons Sponsor

500,000 or more
Western Fair - M&T Printing Sponsor

Best Social Media Campaign

Western Fair

Best Volunteer Program

Tennis Canada/Rogers Cup presented by National Bank

Best Youth Initiative

Food Frenzy, City of Thunder Bay

Hall of Fame Recipients

Michael Langford and Judi McIntyre

Municipality of the Year

Less than 50,000
County of Brant

50,000-150,000
The Corporation of the City of Kingston

150,000 or more
The Corporation of the City of Burlington

Volunteer of the Year

Wanda Restivo - Rogers Cup

Youth Volunteer

Brendan Stroop-Bowes - It’s Your Festival

2016 Top 100 Festivals or Events

Alight at Night (Upper Canada Village)
Aurora's Haunted Forest
Bala Cranberry Festival
Bancroft Rockhound Gemboree
Barrie Automotive Flea Market
Barrie Winterfest
Beau's Oktoberfest
Belleville Waterfront & Ethnic Festival
Blue Mountains Apple Harvest Festival
Bronte Creek Maple Syrup Festival
Buckhorn Fine Art Festival
Canada Day Celebrations (Ottawa/Gatineau)
Canada's Only Guitar Trail
Canadian National Exhibtion
Canal Days Marine Heritage Festival
Carassauga Festival
Carrot Fest
Carrousel of Nations
Christkindl Market
City of Burlington's Canada Day Celebrations
City of Burlington's Children's Festival
Cobourg Sandcastle Festival
Collingwood Elvis Festival
Dundas Cactus Festival
Dundas International Buskerfest
Dunnville Mudcat Festival
Eat & Drink Norfolk
Festival Kompa Zouk
Festival of the Sound
First Light
Float Your Fanny Down The Ganny
Fort Fright (Fort Henry)
Hillside Festival
Harbourfest
Havelock Country Jamboree
Home County Music And Art Festival
International Plowing Match
It's Your Festival
JAMBANA One World Festival
JerkFest
Kapuskasing Lumberjack Heritage Festival
Kingston Sheep Dog Trials Festival
Kirkland Lake Homecoming
Kirkland Lake Winter Carnival
Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest
Lighthouse Blues Festival
Luminato Festival
Meaford Scarecrow Invasion & Family Festival
Mississauga Italfest
Mississauga Waterfront Festival
Mount Forest Fireworks Festival
MuslimFest 2015
Newmarket Jazz+ Festival
Niagara Falls Canada Day Celebration
Niagara Falls Santa Parade
Niagara Wine Festival
Norfolk County Fair and Horse Show
OPG Winter Festival of Lights
Orangeville Blues and Jazz Festival
Oshawa Peony Festival
Ottawa International Chamber Festival
Pelham Summerfest
Pumpkinferno (Upper Canada Village)
RBC Bluesfest
Redpath Waterfront Festival Toronto
Re-Enactment of the Battle of Stoney Creek
Ribfest 2015
Richmond Hill Canada Day Celebration
Richmond Hill Ribfest
Richmond Hill Tastes of the Hill
River Lights Winter Festival
Rogers Cup Presented by National Bank (Toronto)
Salsa At Blue
Scotiabank Caribbean Carnival Toronto
SING! The Toronto Vocal Arts Festival
Sound of Music Festival
St. George AppleFest
Stratford Festival
Supercrawl
TD Kitchener Blues Festival
TD Ottawa Jazz Festival
TD Sunfest: Canada's Premier Celebration of World Cultures
TD Toronto Jazz Festival
Tecumseh Corn Festival
Teddy Bears Picnic
Telling Tales Festival
The Great Canadian Kayak Challenge & Festival
The Sioux Lookout Blueberry Festival
The Streetsville Founder's Bread and Honey Festival
The Toronto Fringe Festival
Tim Hortons Southside Shuffle
Toronto International Film Festival
Toronto Ribfest
Tweed Tribute to Elvis Festival
Vaughan Celebrates: Canada Day
Voyageur Winter Carnival
Western Fair
Wine & Food Show
Winterlude (Ottawa/Gatineau)
World Heritage Sunset Ceremonies (Fort Henry)