Riverfest Elora
Riverfest Elora is an annual art and music held at Bissell Park in Elora, Ontario.
The festival was founded in 2009 by artist Marilyn Koop, initially as a backyard festival that was attended by 700 people with headliners Rawlins Cross and Tony McManus. In 2011 the festival moved from its original location on the grounds of the Elora Centre of the Arts across the street to its current home of Bissell Park.
The 2020 edition of the festival was cancelled due to COVID-19. In 2021, the festival was initially planned to run on a shrunken basis due to continuing COVID-19 requirements with only 430 tickets sold for a line up of 11 artists before being cancelled altogether.
Notable headliners
- 2009 - Rawlins Cross, Tony McManus.
- 2010 - Prairie Oyster
- 2011 - Danny Michel, Kevin Breit
- 2012
- 2013 -Ashley MacIsaac, Born Ruffians, Rich Aucoin
- 2014 - Blue Rodeo, Charles [Bradley (singer)|Charles Bradley and His Extraordinaires]
- 2015 - Metric, Sam Roberts Band, Bruce Cockburn
- 2016 - Chromeo, the Sheepdogs, Hey Rosetta!
- 2017 - Monster Truck, MGMT, Gogol Bordello
- 2018 - The Flaming Lips, Blue Rodeo, July Talk
- 2019 - City and Colour, Jessie Reyez, The [Mighty Mighty Bosstones]
- 2022 - Alessia Cara, The [Glorious Sons] and Mother Mother
- 2023 - The Reklaws, Metric, and Feist
- 2024 - Violent Femmes, Fleet Foxes, Josh Ross
- 2025 - Silversun Pickups, Fitz and the Tantrums, City and Colour