Hillside Festival

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Hillside Festival
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FrequencyAnnually
Location(s) Guelph Lake Conservation Area
Inaugurated1984
Most recent2022
Website hillsidefestival.ca

The Hillside Festival is an annual three-day, five-stage (including one kids' stage) summer festival occurring in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, hosting musicians, spoken word artists, workshops and more. The Hillside Festival occurs in late July on Guelph Lake Island.

List of past performers

Sarah Harmer performing at the Hillside Festival mainstage in 2010 Sarah Harmer Hillside Mainstage.jpg
Sarah Harmer performing at the Hillside Festival mainstage in 2010

Notable performers who have played at Hillside include:

Notable spoken word artists who performed at the festival include Sandra Alland (2005), Stuart McLean (2008), Robert Priest (2005), Tony Leighton (2007, 2008), Tom King (2007), and Shane Koyczan (2010, Inside 2011, 2013). [1] Barenaked Ladies played a concert before the festival to celebrate the construction of the permanent Hillside main stage that had recently been built.

43°35′49″N80°14′35″W / 43.597°N 80.243°W / 43.597; -80.243

  1. "Past Events". Hillside Festival. Archived from the original on 2025-01-05. Retrieved 2025-01-05.

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