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(March 2, 2014) Festivals and Events Ontario (FEO) is proud to announce the 2014 Top 100 Festivals & Events in Ontario, presented by VIA Rail Canada. These Top 100 recipients represent festivals and events that excel within the industry. Included in the Top 100 are the Festivals & Events of Distinction, a select group which represent some of the most well-known and respected celebrations in the province; celebrations which draw both an international and domestic audience.
Submissions from FEO members were received for consideration in the fall of 2013 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 2014 Top 100 Awards were given out on Saturday, March 1 during FEO’s Annual Conference Excite & Energize in Richmond Hill, ON.
FEO would like to congratulate the 2014 Top 100 Festivals & Events in Ontario:
Luminato Festival (Toronto)
Stratford Festival (Stratford)
Toronto Fringe Festival (Toronto)
Other winners include:
10th Annual Oshawa Peony Festival (Oshawa)
Alliston Potato Festival (Alliston)
Bala Cranberry Festival (Bala)
Canadian National Exhibition (CNE - Toronto)
Carrot Fest (Bradford)
Collingwood Elvis Festival (Collingwood)
Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest (Kitchener)
LaSalle Strawberry Festival (LaSalle)
Luminato Festival (Toronto)
Mariposa Folk Festival (Orillia)
Port Elgin Pumpkinfest (Port Elgin)
Pride Toronto (Toronto)
Sioux Lookout Blueberry Festival (Sioux Lookout)
The Kingston Sheep Dog Trials Festival (Kingston)
The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair (Toronto)
Niagara Wine Festival (St. Catharines)
Toronto International Film Festival (Toronto)
Winterlude (Ottawa-Gatineau)
Excite & Energize 2014 FEO Conference was held at the Sheraton Parkway Toronto North Hotel and Suites in Richmond Hill, ON.
About FEO
FEO provides education, marketing and advocacy services and operates Canada's largest dedicated festival and event Conference. FEO also publishes and distributes an annual 250,000 circulation (plus on-line exposure) consumer guide to Ontario festivals & events, another guide to promote its industry supplier goods and services, facilitates industry-leading marketing research, oversees an industry-leading awards recognition program, manages a dynamic on-line website, markets a weekly festivals & events industry news-brief with a distribution exceeding 2,500 email recipients and advocates at the provincial and federal level for an improved operating environment within which its members can successfully conduct their business.
The festivals and events industry in Ontario is estimated to generate in excess of $2 billion annually in contribution to regional GDP, create/sustain in excess of 50,000 full-year-equivalent jobs and foster hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes at all levels of government.
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