Experience Ontario 2025 Grant Program Funding Six Festivals & Events in Leeds-Grenville

Brockville – The Ontario government announced today that it is investing nearly $20 million in more than 350 festivals and events across the province this year, including six local festivals/events in Leeds & Grenville through the Experience Ontario 2025 grant program.

Locally, the Province is funding a total of $190,00 to be shared by six Leeds & Grenville special events and festivals.

“Proud that our government’s support for festivals and events through the Experience Ontario 2025 grant program includes $190,000 for six in Leeds and Grenville,” said MPP Steve Clark

The six special events and festivals are: the Mermaid March Break 2026 at the Aquatarium, this year’s Brockville Tall Ships Festival, the South Grenville Bluegrass Festival, Le FestivÎLES Gananoque, Brockville Ribfest and the 1000 Islands Regatta in Brockville.

The government said the funding, made through Experience Ontario 2025, will help boost tourism, strengthen local economies and celebrate the best of Ontario’s communities.

“Ontario’s festivals and events showcase the best of our province, while instilling pride, creating jobs and boosting local economies,” said Stan Cho, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Gaming. “Now more than ever, it is important that we come together to take part in made-in-Ontario experiences that celebrate our collective identity and support our local communities.”

The Experience Ontario 2025 program provides support for festivals and events with a tourism economic impact, helping municipalities and event organizers offer locals and tourists alike of all ages opportunities to enjoy new and familiar experiences of all kinds.