3 days of Live music, local food and fun for the whole family

Cultivate Festival 2022 recap video

how can you participate?

Photographer Jeannette poses with young boy at Cultivate Festival

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.

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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!

Applications Closed

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.

Applications Closed

Frequently Asked Questions

When is Cultivate Festival?

Cultivate Festival takes place on September 23, 24 and 25 at Haute Goat Farm, rural Port Hope.

How do I get there?

Tell me about the Shuttle

The FREE shuttle bus will be leaving from Ganaraska Brewing Company and headed straight to Cultivate Festival at Haute Goat.

There will be two busses each day and space is limited. The busses are first come, first served.

Friday
Bus #1 Departing at 5:00pm and Bus #2 at 5:45pm
Both Coming Back - 9:15pm

Saturday

Bus #1 Departing at 10:45am and Bus #2 at 11:00am
Both Coming Back - 9:15pm

**A third bus leaving Ganaraska Brewing at 4pm and headed back to Downtown from Cultivate Festival at 4:30.

Sunday

Bus #1 Departing at 10:45am and Bus #2 at 11:00am
Both Coming Back - 5:15pm

Did I hear something about after parties?

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?

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?

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?

Is there a schedule of events?

Where can I find the Terms and Conditions?