Cultivate Festival 2022 Program
3 days of Live music, local food and fun for the whole family
Live music – Friday
Joel Plaskett Emergency
Julian Taylor
UNion Duke
pub tent takeover (2 sets)
Saturday
Shad
The Sadies
Amanda Rheaume
The Human Rights
Ramon Chicharron
Ontario All-Star Bluegrass Band
Locally Grown Stage (2 sets)
Melissa Payne and Friends
Locally Grown Stage
Mayhemingways
Locally Grown Stage
Ganaraska Sheiks
Locally Grown Stage
Sunday
Kathleen Edwards
Jeremie Albino
Kate Boothman
Brooks and Bowskill with The Hometown Beauts
Locally Grown Stage takeover (3 sets)
Mimi O’Bonsawin
Local Food and Fun For the whole family
Food Vendors
ReyRay’s, Smashed Patties, Toller Pizza (sunday only), Lallie’s, The Screaming Goat Cafe, The Mill Restaurant The Shortbread Company, The Pop Stand, Market & Smor and more!
Craft Beverages
William Street Beer Co., Northumberland Hills Brewery, Ganaraska Brewing Company, Cultivate Cocktaills with Wes Galloway and more to come!
Cultivate Academy
Learn about all things Cultivate at the Cultivate Academy. Food Demos? Check! Folk Dancing? Check? Choir Singing? You got it! There’s alwasy something interesting happening at the Academy. 
Cultivate Kids
Cultivate Kids run wild! A weekend full of self guided play and arts and crafts opportunities plus workshops in hoola hoop dancing, drag story time, theatre workshops and more! Cultivate Kids are ALWAYS free thanks to the generous support of Jacqueline Pennington. 
Cultivate Art
Tons of participatory art opportunities at the Cultivate Art Hive led by our friends at The Living Room Community Arts Studio, Green Wood Coaltion and Folk Camp. Plus, Critical Mass and The Department of Illumination, Two Blue Shirts “Speaker’s Corner” and a Human Dream Catcher with Mimi O’Bonsawin.
how else can you participate?
Volunteer!
There are so many benefits to volunteering for our festival! When you commit to a minimuym of 12 hours (before, during or after the festival), you get these perks!
- Work with amazing people, doing important work that benefits the community
- A free festival weekend pass
- A volunteer t-shirt
- An invitation to our wrap party on September 25th
- Free on-site camping (volunteers only)
Wow! Why wouldn’y you?
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Sponsor
We, like you, think strengthening community is important. We think the work being done here by farmers, artists, food service providers, entrepreneurs and volunteers is great work. We believe a platform is important and that gathering everyone in one space makes a place special. Our organisation, now in its 7th year, is fueled by our community – sponsorships, provincial funding, donations and volunteerism. We are 90% volunteer run and we couldn’t do that without you.
be a food vendor
Would You Like To Be A Food Vendor At This Years Festival? Please Apply!
Keep in mind this is all about local food. Does your business incorporate local food whenever possible? If so, this is a great fit..
Whether you have a food service operation or you’re an artisan producer, we could have the spot just for you!
Apply to be a food or drink vendor
be an arts and crafts vendor
We will be carefully curating a small arts and crafts village. If you would like to participate, you are a local indepented artist/maker, please fill out the application below.
Frequently Asked Questions
When is Cultivate Festival?
Cultivate Festival takes place on September 23, 24 and 25 at Haute Goat Farm, rural Port Hope.
What’s included with my ticket?
A weekend pass to Cultivate includes unlimited, weekend-long access to:
- Live music with an emphasis on Canada’s finest performers (past performers include The Strumbellas, The Sheepdogs, Lemon Bucket Orkestra, Said the Whale, Fred Penner and Donovan Woods)
- Free artistic and wellness programming throughtout the weekend
- Cultivate Academy’s hands-on workshops and seminars with top chefs and cookbook authors
- Cultivate Kid’s provides open-ended play opportunities, family-focused performance, creative art workshops, and a comfortable breastfeeding and baby-change station. Best of all? A weekend pass for kids 12 and under is free!
- Out-of-the-box multi-disciplinary arts experiences
- Access to incredible local food, sourced mostly from Northumberland but exclusively from within Ontario, straight from farm-to-festival, starting at $5
- Access to handcrafted and local beverages, from craft breweries to artisanal cocktails starting at $6
- Access to hot and cold non-alcoholic, hand-crafted beverages from Northumberland’s best producer
- Keep an eye on our programming for all the details
Does it include any tastings?
General Admission pricing covers the full festival experience, but does not include food and drink purchases. Ask nicely though, and you never know what you’ll get. 🙂
What are Cultivate’s COVID-19 protocols?
The Festival Organizer requires all Festival participants to comply with Provincial and local health unit COVID-19 Guidelines in effect at the time of the Festival. It is anticipated that these guidelines will dictate screening, mask wearing, social distancing and other protocols. Signage will be conspicuously posted. Touchless transactions will be implemented at ticket scanning and elsewhere when possible to minimize any direct contact.
As we get closer to the event, we will be announcing more details.
To see our terms and conditions, please click here.
Is Cultivate accessible?
We have taken steps to ensure that there are as few barriers to enjoy the festival as possible. Although the venue offers many accessible areas, it is an outdoor, grassy surface.
There are parking spots reserved for those with accessibility permits right close to the gates. Also a drop off area. There is clear directional signage marking the location of the festival, the front gate is fully accessible. Support persons and animals are permitted to the festival.
Inside the festival, all food menus are written on large boards, the washrooms, food and drink service areas and stages are all wheelchair accessible. The Craft Beverage tent has tables with removable chairs.
There will be accessible seating areas.
Multiple accessible washrooms will be made available.
Is there a refund policy?
The scheduling of the Festival maybe impacted due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Should the Festival be postponed or cancelled, information will be provided to obtain refunds, please note ticketing fees are not refundable. Otherwise, Tickets are non-refundable.
Can I bring outside food or drink?
Inside the festival grounds you will find a wide variety of food and drink, both non-alcoholic and alcoholic drinks. Food and drink is a key part of the Cutlivate experience, and our vendors appreciate your support more than ever. We know different people have different needs, but please be considerate of these vendors as much as possible and be sure to pack out any waste that you bring in.
Outside alcohol is completely forbidden. Anyone caught with outside alcohol will be asked to leave the festival and will not be permitted to return.
Can I bring my pet?
Cultivate welcomes support animals but no other animals will be permitted. As a working farm, it’s very important and no acceptions will be made. Sorry.
Is there a schedule of events?
Check out the tabs at the top of the page! We’ll be announcing the daily schedule on August 12th.
Where can I find the Terms and Conditions?
Right here!
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Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund 
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