Riverfest Elora, everyone’s favourite “big-little” festival returns to Ontario’s most beautiful village this August!
The beloved three-day, outdoor event continues its run as one of Canada’s premier boutique music, community & arts festivals, offering top-tier headliners, up-and-coming acts of all genres, local artisans, food trucks, and great brews, all within a majestically natural setting along the banks of the famed Grand River in Elora, Ontario.
Heading into the 13th annual installment, Riverfest Elora, which started as a backyard festival in 2009 with an attendance of around 700 people, has grown exponentially since then to see crowds of more than 5,000 a day over the August weekend. Get tickets here.
Riverfest Elora credits its success over the years to the ongoing contributions from its artistic partnerships and the unwavering support of Elora’s small but mighty local community.
“We are incredibly grateful to the community of Elora & Centre Wellington as a whole for continuing to support us with their enthusiasm, encouragement, and their time! Our team of over 500, mostly local volunteers, runs one of the best events in the country. With their efforts, we get to welcome area residents and people from across Canada to a truly magical experience each and every year!” Says Spencer Shewen, Festival & Artistic Director.
The community-run music and arts festival looks to continue the incredible success of past installments, which have included performances by world-class touring acts Alessia Cara, The Flaming Lips, City and Colour, MGMT, Carly Rae Jepsen, Arkells, Blue Rodeo, Walk Off The Earth, Donovan Woods, and many more, with an incredibly well-rounded lineup of household names, up-and-comers, and Riverfest fan favourites!
The Headliners
With fan favourites, METRIC (Saturday), returning to the festival for the first time since their legendary 2015 performance and first-timers, FEIST (Sunday) and THE REKLAWS (Friday), Ontario’s most epic party of the summer are sure to deliver on its promise!
Key Points
• Metric returns to Riverfest for the first time since their legendary performance at Riverfest Elora 2015
• Feist to perform at Riverfest for the first time
• Local’s faves, The Reklaws, to be the first country music headliner in Riverfest history
• The 2023 lineup boasts 10 Juno Awards nominations from this past year with Metric, The Reklaws, Rêve, Boslen, and SonReal all receiving nods and Rêve winning for Dance Recording of the year
• RFE2023 features an almost entirely Canadian lineup, with only two of 47 performers, The Aggrolites (Los Angeles) and Mobley (Austin) coming up from the U.S.
• Love for the local Scene: Local acts large and small throughout the lineup featuring: The Reklaws, JJ Wilde, Shebad, Jiggity James, The Bearskins, Animal Boy, The Boo Radley Project (Booraoke Live!), The Shawn Connerys, Adrian Jones & Peter Piper
2023’s full lineup
Friday, August 18, 2023
THE REKLAWS
Matt Mays
Spoons
Renforshort
Adam Baldwin|
Shred Kelly
Myst Milano.
Friday After Parties
Shania Twink
Atay & Jax
Housewife
Myst Milano. (DJ Set)
The Bearskins
Saturday, August 19, 2023
METRIC
JJ Wilde
Talk
Rêve
The Aggrolites
Aviv
Boogey the Beat
Fast Romantics
Fake Shark
CJ Wiley
Vince The Messenger
Animal Boy
Michael Costantini
The Paddling Puppeteers
Saturday After Parties
Birds of Bellwoods
The Skamones (K-man Ramones Set)
Vince The Messenger
Fame Cartel
The Shawn Connerys
Sunday, August 20, 2023
FEIST
Charlotte Cardin
SonReal
Leif Vollebekk
Mobley
Boslen
Sebastian Gaskin
Kellie Loder
Skye Wallace
K-Man & The 45s
Anna Paddock & The Lay Awakes
Shebad
Jiggity James
The Paddling Puppeteers
Sunday Wrap Party
The Darcys