Popularity ranking · Canada

The 100 most popular Music Festivals in Canada

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest music festivals in Canada, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 461 music festivals tracked in Canada, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Lollapalooza, Woodstock and American Music Award lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 1.8M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 93k, and the largest, Lollapalooza, reaches around 683k people in Canada. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Canada who actively engage with each music festival, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Canada and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in Canada who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Canada. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in Canada, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in Canada. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
76 Thunderdome (music festival) 24k 33.8 39.9% Music festival
77 Headbanging 24k 28.2 28.7% Music festival
78 Rock in Rio 24k 37.6 42.5% Music festival
79 SunFest 23k 38.4 46.8% Music festival
80 Sled Island 23k 33.3 45.4% Music festival
81 Pop Montreal 22k 30.5 54.8% Music festival
82 Electric Zoo Festival 22k 34.6 51.1% Music festival
83 Fête de la Musique 21k 39.8 52.6% Music festival
84 Toronto Jazz Festival 21k 48.8 53.5% Music festival
85 Bestival 21k 32.8 44.8% Music festival
86 Hellfest 21k 40.6 56.9% Music festival
87 Dominator 20k 37.8 38.4% Music festival
88 May Day 20k 31.8 66.8% Music festival
89 Champions Tour 18k 50.1 6.0% Music festival
90 International Chopin Piano Competition 18k 44.6 49.7% Music festival
91 Pohoda (music festival) 18k 36.4 68.2% Music festival
92 Wireless Festival 17k 35.2 43.6% Music festival
93 Mysteryland 17k 36.0 50.0% Music festival
94 Southside Festival 16k 45.5 68.6% Music festival
95 Knotfest 16k 31.5 41.5% Music festival
96 Roskilde Festival 16k 32.1 48.6% Music festival
97 Ozora 16k 29.3 39.3% Music festival
98 Shambala Festival 16k 37.6 37.5% Music festival
99 Contact Festival 15k 23.2 48.8% Music festival
100 Movement Electronic Music Festival (OFFICIAL) 15k 27.3 49.9% Music festival

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular music festivals compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Canada and ranks each music festival by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest music festival in Canada?

Lollapalooza currently leads with an estimated audience of 683k people in Canada.

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