Northern Lights Festival Boréal

Northern Lights Festival Boréal
Melbourne Ska Orchestra performing at Northern Lights Festival Boréal in 2014
GenreFolk, rock, roots music, jazz, blues, Indigenous music
LocationsSudbury, Ontario, Canada
Years active1972–present
WebsiteNorthern Lights Festival Boréal

Northern Lights Festival Boréal is an annual summer music festival in Sudbury, Ontario. One of Canada's oldest continuous music festivals, it has been staged every year since 1972 including during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The bilingual festival is held on the shores of Ramsey Lake at Bell Park, home of the Grace Hartman Amphitheatre. A diverse program of music is presented in a variety of genres including arts, crafts and children's entertainment. Northern Ontario, national, and international artists and performers are featured. in concert performances as well as collaborative workshops.

In addition to the summer festival, the organizing committee sponsors concerts and other cultural events in Sudbury throughout the year.

The festival is normally held over three days in the first weekend of July, although occasionally it has also taken place over one, two or four days.

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