The 2024 Edition of It’s Your Festival has been wrapped up and put away, and now it’s time to thank everyone who made it happen.

First, our Volunteers! You were amazing, tireless and so helpful to the success of the entire weekend, thank you ALL!

The Bands! Words of thanks can’t convey how we feel about the excitement all of you brought to all 4 Stages. Sass Jordan, Big Sugar and Jim Cuddy, our deepest gratitude for being the icing on the cake for each day of the weekend.

Thanks to Big Time Productions Ltd. and Reg Titian for making all the musical magic happen.

None of it could have happened without support from the Government of Canada, the City of Hamilton and our SPONSORS! Our Community Stage sponsor, Ears To You – Hamilton and our New Music Expo Sponsor, Nrinder Nann, Ward 3, Hamilton City Council, thank you, thank you, so much.

Our thanks go out to CHCH TV, Y108 Rocks!, Energy 95.3, 900 CHML and OLG for your partnership and support.

And to our many donor sponsors: BOXO Studio, Boilermakers local 128, Steelworkers Local 1005, Long & McQuade Musical Instruments, Cope Amusements, Sheraton Hamilton Hotel, Ronelle, Canada’s Wonderland, The Baby Depot, Punjab International, Collective Arts Brewing and Mon Avenir our thanks to you for your generosity.

AND…most of all to YOU, the people who came out to celebrate the Canada Day weekend with us…

THANK YOU from the Hamiltonfolkarts Heritagecouncil

It’s Your Festival is one of the largest multicultural summer festivals in Ontario, celebrating Canada, presented by the Hamilton Folk Arts Heritage Council. The festival has traditionally been the largest Canada Day celebration in the Province of Ontario operated solely by volunteers.

This year’s festival promises to be our largest yet. As we welcome our neighbours back to celebrate, we anticipate over 150,000 people in the park throughout the 4 day festival to experience the eclectic display of multi-cultural art, food, and must see musical entertainers. We will join Canada in celebrating 158 years.. We would like to extend an invitation to your organization to partner with the Hamilton Folk Arts Heritage Council in our exhibition of It’s Your Festival 2025.

Sponsoring It’s Your Festival provides an opportunity for your organization to highlight its commitment and support of multi-cultural folk arts and the community.

Taking advantage of this opportunity offers your organization:

• Marketing opportunities with local and provincial exposure during the 4 day festival
• Access to our 150,000+ attendees and social media followers
• Signage before, during and after the festival
• Opportunities to increase brand exposure and community interaction
• Opportunities to interact and offer goods or services during the festival
  Access to festival VIP Area
• Opportunities to network and build relationships with other festival supporters, sponsors and community leaders