Skeleton Park Arts Festival: The Goat Steppers, Miranda Ceara and the Odd Fellows Orchestra, Clifford, Cassels & Morrison, Carlo, Siaka Diabate, Frost Mercer, Wyatt C. Louis, Piner
Increasing appreciation and access for the arts in Kingston.
Kingston Ontario
Open / Operational
Event Description
Come and enjoy the 21st annual Skeleton Park Arts Festival, a non-profit summer solstice celebration, during the Summer Solstice Weekend, June 19-21 2026.
This free, family-oriented event takes place in McBurney Park and the surrounding neighbourhood. There will be multidisciplinary artists from Kingston and around the world, in addition to family and heritage activities.
We encourage folks to bring their own batter bottle and utensils to help us keep the festival waste-free. Valet bicycle parking will also be available.
Saturday Schedule
North end of festival grounds:
7:30 am - Yoga by Jeb Thorley with music by Dave Barton
Side Stage 2:
10:00 am to 5:00 pm - Fat Goose Craft Fair, Department of Illumination
Porch Jazz Parade:
11:00 am - The Goat Steppers
542 Sydenham St.:
11:00 am - Miranda Ceara & The Odd Fellows Orchestra
137 Bay St.:
12:00 pm - Clifford, Cassels & Morrison
North of Main Stage (towards Balaclava St.):
10:00 am - Birdbone Theatre with Sistema Kingston
2:00 pm - InterComplementary Journeys
Main Stage:
1:00 pm - Carlo
2:30 pm - Siaka Diabate
3:00 pm - Frost Mercer: The Os Project
4:00 pm - Wyatt C. Louis
5:00 pm - Piner
6:00 pm - Closing ceremony
Artwork on Main Stage and throughout festival grounds by Abby Nowakowski.
Thanks to all the artists, sponsors, community organizations, volunteers, staff, and board of directors, neighbours and community.
Donations to Skeleton Park Arts Festival can be made here.
For physical events that happen at a specific time. For example a concert, or dance performance. If there are multiple shows, you can still duplicate your event to cover them all.