Ridgefest
Ridgefest is the Downtown Ridgeway BIA's annual summer street festival, taking over the village core and Ridgeway Village Square for three days each July. Friday night belongs to live music, with local bands playing Ridgeway Village Square from 6 to 11 p.m. Saturday brings the vendor market, food vendors, a beer tent hosted by the Fort Erie Fire Department and the Rods & Relics Car Club show, followed by a street dance.
Sunday is family day, running 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. with a kid zone, entertainers, games and eating contests, while the vendor market runs 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. In 2026 the festival ran July 10 to 12, with Almost Kool and Cherry Bomb on the Friday night bill and Port Colborne's Gravely opening for local band Electric Lettuce on the Saturday.
Dates
July 10 - 12, 2026
Organizer
Downtown Ridgeway BIA
Location
Ridgeway Village Square, Ridge Rd N, Fort Erie, ON
CHASE THE SUNSET
A must-do after any event along Niagara's South Coast.
Don't let your experience end without witnessing the magic of a vibrant sky ablaze with colour.
Niagara's South Coast is situated on treaty land. This land is steeped in the rich history of the First Nations such as the Hatiwendaronk, the Haudenosaunee, and the Anishinaabe, including the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. There are many First Nations, Métis and Inuit from across Turtle Island that live and work here today. Niagara's South Coast stands with all Indigenous peoples, past and present, in promoting the wise stewardship of the lands on which we live.