Hamilton hosted an Asian night market over the August long weekend at the Bayfront Park for the…read morefirst time ever. The Hamilton Habourfront Night Market had about 30 different food vendors this weekend. My girlfriend and I decided to check the food festival out. The event is pretty much a smaller scale version of Night It Up in Markham and the Ontario Place, Waterfront Night Market. They had vendors like Golden Bubbles Waffle, Nam Wan, Yummy Korean Food, Yosh.TO and my girlfriend's favourite (kissing, she actually hates it) Wei's Stinky Tofu. She hates the smell of stinky tofu. Almost no vendors we visited took debit or credit, strictly cash. Please make sure you have cash on you since we didn't see any ATM machines. Parking is limited but if you camp properly, you will get one. The event is absolutely free entrance!

Went there for the First Time this past Summer and we received 5 Star Treatment. We bought a…read morepackage with a one night stay at the White Oaks hotel. Upon arriving we received our Swag bags full of Goodies with coupons for the outlet stores, dinner for two, free drinks, wine tasting tickets for a few of the Best Wineries. The Dixie Land Band Brunch on Sunday was absolutely Incredible, Great Buffet Food, Free Mimosa and incredible Music. We were so wowed with the experience, listened to some of the most beautiful talented musicians. We have decided to make this an Annual Event, except next time we will make it a Full weekend and will be taking a couple of friends along. This is one of those Festivals that you will be Wowed even if you are not that into Jazz.

From the owner: The TD Niagara Jazz Festival will take place this July 19th-22nd and July 27th-29th 2018 in the…read morebeautiful Niagara Region of Canada. Please join us for our 5th annual festival, which will include an incredible lineup of musical talent at stunning venues from the wine vineyards of Niagara-on-the-Lake to the Performing Arts Centre in St. Catharines.

Great time at 2022 Niagara Falls Blues Festival…read more Bands were great. Otis Cadillac had us dancing in the isles

We have been down on old falls street for music before but they actually had it going on this…read moreweekend. They had a main stage for the bigger named bands but also a smaller stage under a tent. Speaking of tents the also had a tent with tables and chairs. Any place you were you had a great place for listening. They also sold beer and wine. Also pop and water if you were the designated driver. Farther down on old falls street there were restaurants and food trucks. So if you spent many hours just listening you didn't go hungry. The one band we listened to the woman's voice was unbelievable. It was just a great time sitting and relaxing, people watching. Oh and listening to music. Weather was also perfect for the whole weekend.

I'd heard of the festival for ages, but finally checked it out. It's a bigger event than I'd…read moreexpected, with several blocks set aside for a few stages and vendors and tents galore. It turned out that the band playing the main stage when I came was a Blues band. That's fairly typical of Jazz festivals too - though I personally prefer Jazz and would've hoped to have caught that. There was a great vibe, and wonderful to see so may people coming out enjoying it together and supporting local business. Will be back for sure.

This was such a fun, spontaneous evening! It had a cool Oriental night market vibe with tons of…read morefood stalls, bouncy houses, and two live DJs. The food was tasty but definitely pricey, especially after the entrance fee (which wasn't cheap). Highlight was launching lanterns into the water such a sweet little moment with my kid. It felt like a cool blend of culture-meets-festival energy. Would totally go again, just maybe pre-game with snacks first .

The website: I wasn't impressed with this waterfront night…read moremarket. I had such high hopes though. Their marketing & pictures of past events looked so good. Hubby & I bought tickets for this year's event. Firstly, their website doesn't have any FAQs. Other than a link to buy tickets & what the cost of the ticket gets you there's not much more information. First Impressions: We arrived just after 4pm & lined up. We got through pretty quickly because there wasn't much of a lineup. The device they were using to scan tickets wouldn't scan ours so they took a picture instead. We had VIP tickets so we got the "nicer" red lantern with tealight candle (the kind with a battery & a switch to turn on). They did a bag check & saw one of us had a bottle of water with us (unopened). They made us throw it into the garbage before going in. That wasn't nice. I later saw people with their reusable water bottles walking around with it. Why were those allowed and not ours? Not nice. As we went inside some booths weren't even set up. Though a good amount were already making their food items for waiting customers. One booth near the entrance was grilling skewers & the smoke went everywhere. The food: After wandering around I decided to get the ube burger & fries from the Bunso booth. The burger was a lot smaller than I thought it would be. The beef patties inside were quite thin. It didn't look appetizing compared to the picture. But it tasted a lot better than it looked. LOL. One thing I will criticize about the burger I wish they hadn't put so much black pepper into the patty. It was a bit spicy for me. It would have been nice if they had seasoned it more gently. The fries were decent. My only complaint is that they weren't hot. But given the circumstances where they were cooked (outdoors on a windy day) I can understand that. The Chatime food truck was nearby so I bought a purple aura bubble tea drink from them. It was too sweet for me. I only drank about half of it before abandoning it. Later on I got the egg shaped waffles in a small carton & the combo comes with lemonade in a flask. This was from Eggette Lab. The flask is a round ring & the strap is pink. Hubby drank the weak lemonade in it. It was funny to see him wearing the flask with pink ribbon & cartoon cats on it. Hubby got chicken skewers from Bunso (no picture) & a Vietnamese coffee style drink (didn't catch name of food vendor). The good: -The red lanterns hanging above the dance floor were nice. -The water feature where the lanterns go was nice. But the water didn't look too clean. -There was a plastic gold dragon by the water which looks nice in pictures & there's a small red bridge beside the water feature for selfie shots. -There was also some plastic Fu dogs where the dragon dancers have a tent. -The fake cherry blossoms looked nice too. -People were friendly & food vendors were friendly. -There were picnic tables set up near the back of the area away from the dance floor. It was quieter there. -The live dj was good. The bad: -A lot of the same food vendors here have also been at Mel Lastman Square events which is free to get into - I didn't feel like I was getting anything special or VIP. I was hoping to see more food vendors I hadn't seen before. -The only washrooms were portapotties which were disgusting & dirty. You can use the washrooms at enercare center but you have to leave the market & might not be allowed back in. -The VIP ticket came with a free alcoholic drink. That booth wasn't even set up yet when we arrived. Hubby was able to get a soju bomb later. -There are no recycle bins or green bins. Everything goes into the garbage. That's a lot of waste. When we got home we opened up the lanterns to look at them. They are cheap plastic lanterns. We recycled them at home. The electronic tea lights are ones you can get at the dollar store. It was nice to experience a different night market but I don't think I'll come back to this one. There are tons of free-entry night markets around the city that I can go to.

The Burlington Food Truck Festival is a free three day festival that took place by the waterfront…read morein Burlington Ontario at Spencer Smith Park. The festival is run by the Canadian Food Truck Festival which is also responsible for food truck festivals in Toronto, Richmond Hill, Brampton and Pickering. Admission was free but an amount of $5 was suggested which would go to the charitable cause SickKids Foundation. I went on a Sunday afternoon and Spencer Smith Park was a perfect location for the festival, right by the waterfront and lots of ample space to move and areas to sit and enjoy your food. There were forty food trucks in attendance. We went with 4 tacos from El Trompo (four for $12 tax included), the Mexican restaurant in Kensington Market also has a food truck now. A spicy lamb roti from T Dot's Naansense ($12 tax included), A paella from La Fiesta ($14 tax included). All three vendors we bought food from were all pretty good but nothing really outstanding. For those interested in alcoholic beverages, they had cans of Budweiser for sale ($9 tax included) and free samples of Budweiser's prohibition beer. Budweiser also happened to be one of the sponsors of the event. In terms of entertainment, they had a children's village with rides for the children in attendance and local musicians performing at the main stage. Overall, really well run food truck festival at a great location with lots of ample space and lots of different food options. Prices were a little on the high side but food at most food festivals are pretty expensive in general. It's a great event for people of all ages: teenagers, couples, friends looking for something to do and families.

This annual fall fair is fun for the entire family! We took the toddlers today (ages 1 & 2) and…read morestayed for 2.5 hours. There were live animals (a petting zoo with horses, cows, chickens, goats, etc.), bunny hop show, k9 unit show, horse and carriage and horse riding competitions, local vendors and food trucks, tractor pulling contests, midway rides and games. While my toddler was too short to go on the rides, she did enjoy climbing and sitting in the stationary tractors. Some events (tractor pull) were quite loud and kicked up a lot of dust and black smoke. There was a small stage with live performers (we caught a performance where they played kids songs). There was a butter tart contest too, but we'd left before it started. Th ere were portable bathrooms all around and one regular bathroom with flushable toilets in the food area. Our entire family thoroughly enjoyed our visit and would definitely be back again next year. Tip: Park for free at the school across the street or just on the street. Admission is $10 for adults, free for kids under 5.

From the owner: The Halton Agricultural Society was formed in March of 1853 with Thomas Douglas as the first…read morePresident. Its goals include: - Promoting agricultural awareness through the Milton Fall Fair - Promoting and display the quality of agricultural products - Providing grounds and buildings available for rent in the town of Milton

This festival is a local favourite. It gets extremely crowded and it's very difficult to find…read moreparking. We eventually found parking at the marina behind the waterside inn for $10. There is lots of free street parking all around...but good luck with that! The driving on lakeshore and surrounding streets is ridiculous. Find somewhere to park a little farther away and walk to the festival if possible. Entrance is free and there are regular shows happening on the open (but covered) stage in the gazebo. Many of the shows were interactive with the audience. Lots of carnival rides, games and junk food available....for $&. But the beauty is the location has a lovely playground that kids can play in for free. Food trucks, vendors, ice cream, lemonade and a poutine alley. We did not make it as far as the poutine trucks as we had dinner reservations at one of the many restaurants within walking distance. We did snack and have drinks from some of the trucks while there.

A well organized event in 2018. The festival was an amazing experience as it is most years. There…read morewas a drum cart which was an ingenious invention. I have a picture posted. The music was quite ok. The variety of food was amazing. Keep it up organizers.

Who knew Burlington's Ribfest was the largest in Canada? I had been hearing about it from multiple…read moresources leading up to it and figured if I was going to go to any ribfest in the GTA, it might as well be the largest one! It's held in the same location every year which is the the Burlington Lakefront along the Waterfront Trail. You can't miss the set up. There was an entrance point with big banners announcing Ribfest and its main organizer Rotary International. There was an optional donation for entry here but it wasn't clear what was benefiting from the donations. Once you got through, there was a small midway set up leading towards Brant Street Pier. We walked a bit along the waterfront trail to see the main food area. You can see the behind the scenes from the paved path. The green is where each of the stalls are set up. Each of the purveyors had a huge lattice of banners that advertised all their prizing from locations across Canada and the US. They also had tables in front of their stalls with all the hardware they won. Super impressive! Also at the front were generally staff that were giving out tasters of their BBQ sauce so you could try before you bought. Every place had ribs that came in the 1/3, 1/2, and full rack. They also varied in terms of what other meats (chicken, pulled pork, sausage) and sides (beans, mac and cheese, cornbread) they carried. All of the pricing was pretty similar so you weren't at risk of losing out on value anywhere. The ribs really were exceptional! We got them from two different stalls and both were fall off the bone and so tender. There were slight differences in sauce and I did end up preferring one over the other, but they were both really tasty. We also had a smoked sausage to try something else out that was different. I'd just stick with the ribs personally. All of the staff that we interacted with were exceptionally nice. The whole vibe was that everyone was there having a good time. At one place, there was a sign that said "Tip to make the crew oink". We weren't intentionally trying to see what would happen but the sign was spot on - everyone oinked haha. At another stall, our tip got us an extra end rib which was very kind of them to do. The lines were really good this year as it was a little rainy out and acted as crowd control. I've heard that in other years, you need to come with a big group so everyone can split up and line up at different stalls! We only had to wait 5 minutes or less for each place.

This is an excellent way to spend your Labor Day weekend; great food and lots of entertainment!…read more There are dozens of rib vendors from all over the US and Canada. Prices are reasonable, with tall boy cans of beer for $8. This year a full rack of ribs will cost you $25 and half rack for $15. I always stick to the ribs as they are always cooking them on the grill so they are nice and hot. The chicken breast is good too, but usually not as freshly cooked. They have two performance stages at either end of the park with bands playing all the time. There are lots of white high back chairs for sitting which makes for a comfortable time. If you can find a spot, you can park at a couple of the lots at the park, and parking is free at them after 6:00pm.