The ultimate guide to Canadian fibre festivals in 2025

Fibre festivals are the perfect place to connect with fellow makers, discover beautiful yarns, and get inspired by talented artisans. Whether you're a knitter, crocheter, spinner, or weaver, there's nothing quite like the experience of wandering through a festival filled with colour, texture, and creativity. To help you plan your year, I've put together a list of all the fibre festivals happening across Canada in 2025—so you can mark your calendar and start planning your next yarn-filled adventure!

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I’ve grouped festivals by province. I couldn’t find any fibre events for the territories of Northwest territories, Nunavut and Yukon, if you are aware of any, please share them with me as I would love to add them to this list!

More information for each events can be found through the links provided. Thank you to everyone that as contributed more events to this list since I first published it!

Provinces in alphabetical order….

Alberta

• The Fibre Shindig - April 6, 2025 - NE Calgary

  https://fibreshindig.com/#shindiginfo

• Rose City Fibre Festival - May 3, 2025, Camrose

  https://www.facebook.com/people/Rose-City-Fibre-Fest/100089710466808/?_rdr

• Prairie fibre festivals - June 14, 2025, Olds and September 13, 2025, Lacombe.

  https://www.prairiefibrefestival.ca

• Foothills fibre festivals - September 6 2025,  Millarville

  https://www.facebook.com/people/Foothills-Fibre-Festival/61556365498653/#

British Columbia

• Fibres West - March 21-22, Surrey.

  https://www.fibreswest.com/ 

• Peace Fibre Fest - April 27, Dawson.

  https://www.peacefibrefest.com/ 

• 100 Mile Fleece and Fibre - May 25, Parksville

  https://www.facebook.com/groups/251161528384915/about

• XOXO Fibre fest - June 7, North Vancouver.

  https://ponnster.wixsite.com/mysite 

• Entwined - July 19, Langford

  https://thespinnacleyarns.ca/pages/entwined-market-2024

• Fibrations Festival - August 17, Victoria.

  https://www.kbnfibres.ca/fibrations

• Great Northwest Fibre Fest - September 7,  Prince George.

  https://greatnwfibrefest.ca/

• Knit City Vancouver - September 26-28, Vancouver.

  https://www.knitsocial.ca/event-info-van 

• Cowichan Fleece and Fibre Festival - October 18, Duncan

https://cowichanstation.org/3020-2/

MANITOBA

• Bluehills Fibre festival - June 7, Carberry.

https://bluehillsfibrefestival.wordpress.com/

• Manitoba Fibre Festival - September 5 & 6, Winnipeg.

https://www.manitobafibrefestival.com/

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New Brunswick

• Fiddlehead Fibre festival - April 11-12, Bristol.

  https://www.fiddleheadfibrefestival.ca/ 

• Brigadoons Fibre Day - April 26, Fredericton.

  https://www.frederictoncapitalregion.ca/see-do/festivals-events/calendar-events/brigadoons-fibre-day

• Atlantic Yarn and Fibre festival - June 15, Shédiac

  https://www.atlanticyarnfibre.ca/

• Gagetown Fibre Gathering - September 20, Gagetown

  https://www.facebook.com/GagetownFibreGathering

Newfoundland and Labrador

• Clarenville Regional fibre fest - August 22-24, Clarenville.

https://www.facebook.com/people/Clarenville-Regional-Fibre-Festival/61572903122820/#

Nova Scotia

• Wool stock East - September 4-6, New Glasgow

https://www.sisterhoodfibres.com/woolstockeast

• Memory Lane Fibre arts festival - October 18, Lake Charlotte.

https://discoverhalifaxns.com/event/memory-lane-fibre-arts-festival-2/

• Nova Scotia Fibre arts festival - October 14-18, Amherst.

https://nsfibre.blogspot.com/

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ONTARIO

• Fibre Forge - March 23, Hamilton

  https://www.thefibreforge.ca/

• Arts and Sweaters - Spring Edition - April 6, Toronto

  https://www.facebook.com/events/1858380724918412?post_id=1864801164276368&acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22surface%22%3A%22external_search_engine%22%7D%2C%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22footer_attachment%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22newsfeed%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D

• Peterborough Fibre Fest - April 12, Peterborough

  http://www.ptbo-hwsg.com/events/fibrefest/

• Sunshine Fibre Fest - May 3, Orilla

  https://sunshinefibrefest.ca/

• The Forecast Calls for Yarn - May 3, Spencerville

  https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Forecast-Calls-For-Yarn-and-Fiber/61572345879244/#

• WEFT Fest -May 16-19, Waterloo

  https://weftfest.ca/

• Fergus fibre festival - May 31, Fergus.

https://www.facebook.com/FergusFibreFestival/

• Gather in the County - June 7, Picton

  https://gatherinthecounty.weebly.com/

• Kawartha Yarn and Fibre Festival -June 14, 2025, Fenalon Falls

https://www.kyaff.ca/

• Muskoka Fibre Fest - June 21, Muskoka

  https://muskokafibrefest.com/

• Newboro Fibre Festival (part of the Sheepover Retreat) -October 4, Newboro

  https://newborofibrefestival.weebly.com/#/

• The Sound of Fibre - June 21, Parry Sound

  https://stockeycentre.com/event/the-sound-of-fibre-yarn-fibre-festival/

• Fibre Spirit festival - August 23, Barrie. 

https://www.fibrespirit.ca/

• Stash-it - August 23, Kemptville

• https://stash-itfibreevent.ca/

• FibreFest - September 6-7, Almonte

  https://mvtm.ca/whats-on/fibrefest/

• Kitchener-Waterloo Knitter’s Fair - September 13, Kitchener

  https://www.kwkg.ca/fair/

• Woolstock - October 18, Binbrook

  https://woolstockon.com/

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

• PEI Fibre festival - October 23-25, Charlottetown.

https://peifibrefestival.com/

QUEBEC

• Grand Vie ta Laine en Folie - 12-13 April, Quebec City

  https://www.vietalaineenfolie.com/

• Salon Aiguilles et Passion - 3-4 May, Terrebonne

  https://www.aiguillesetpassion.com/about

• Knit City Montreal - May 16-18, Montreal.

https://www.knitsocial.ca/event-info-mtl 

• Twist Fibre Festival- August 8-10 2025, Saint-André-Avellin.

https://festivaltwist.org/fr?srsltid=AfmBOooFPSWcv0is05AUxCqk25Z_Pe47-RZjY2Wr5pCrwQR0ega4mAOc

• La folie des fils - 23-24 August, Trois-Rivières

  https://foliedesfils.com/

• Pommes de Laine - 6-7 September, Henryville

  https://www.facebook.com/Pommesdelaine/?locale=fr_CA

• Festival de la petite laine - October 4-5, Rivière-du-Loup

  https://festivalptitelaine.com/

SASKATCHEWAN

• Queen City Fibre Festival - October 18, Regina.

https://yarnover.ca/pages/queen-city-fibre-festival-2023?srsltid=AfmBOorNEH301YTPovXyFPaUvzHl_L0LVBsqceFvPkl86Cd9DO-T6YKy 

• Silver Willow fibre fest- Oct 4, Saskatoon

https://silverwillowfibrefestival.ca/

• Biggar Fibre Fair - TBD, Biggar. (at time of posting, no 2025 date was listed)

https://www.biggarfibrefair.com/

I hope you’ve found an event local to you. If you are aware of any other fibre-based events in Canada, please share in the comments below and I’ll update my list!

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Enjoy any and all of the events you attend.