Canada's Wonderland Student Music Festival Information

• Canada's Wonderland will be charging $8+HST per season pass holder for the 2024 Festival of Music - keep this in mind when planning your trip.
• Canada's Wonderland will not be accepting requests for specific adjudicators due to scheduling and stage set up issues.
• Groups are not permitted to share performance times. Each group must be registered into a 30 minute performance period. Should there be time left over after your performance, the adjudicator may choose to work with your group but this is not guaranteed.
• Choirs and bands are not permitted to perform in the same venue – Choirs must book into Canada’s Wonderland Choir Venue.

Canada's Wonderland reserves the right to change your performance venue, time or date or cancel your booking due to scheduling conflicts. You will be notified via email if this happens.

Cancellation Agreement

A cancellation fee of $50 per performance time will be invoiced to the school if the school’s performance time for the 2024 Festival of Music is cancelled by the school. A performance time is defined as (1) ½ hour time slot. If multiple performance time slots are booked for a school, the same cancellation policy applies to each performance time cancelled.

A link to download the agreement will be sent once you have completed the registration and will be available during the registration to download. The cancellation agreement must be received no later than (2) two weeks following the date of registry. If the agreement is not received, the school’s performance will be cancelled by the Canada’s Wonderland representative. There will be no exceptions.

The teacher will receive notification via email regarding whether or not their agreement was received and if their performances have been cancelled or finalized.

Every person entering Canada’s Wonderland will need to present an admission ticket, complimentary ticket or season pass holder ticket to gain entrance to the park and performance areas. This includes any guests that are attending to watch the performances such as parents or grandparents.

2024 Admission Pricing: $30+HST

2024 Season Pass Pricing: $8+HST

Pricing, programs, dates and hours are subject to change without notice. All school boards are insured with Canada’s Wonderland. A liability certificate is available for your board upon request to help you obtain approval for your field trip.

Ticket Order Form

Please complete the form-fillable 2024 Ticket Order Form on your computer or device. Please no handwritten forms. Then save it and print the completed form to be signed with Principal's signature. Once you have completed the 2024 Ticket Order Form in full and have had it signed by the Principal, please return to us by scanning and emailing to festival@canadaswonderland.com. 2024 Order Forms Coming Soon!

Please be advised of our food & beverage policy. Picnic baskets and coolers are welcome at the pavilion located outside Canada’s Wonderland near the Main Entrance. With the exception of plastic bottled water, outside food and beverages are not allowed in the park.

2024 Student Meal Programs Coming Soon!

Because outside food is not allowed inside the park, Canada’s Wonderland has created a number of discounted meal options for school groups.

Complimentary tickets are valid only on the date of your performance. They are not transferrable.

If the complimentary ticket policy does not cover the number of chaperones required for your field trip, chaperones will pay the school admission price. Complimentary tickets may only be redeemed in accordance with the complimentary policy your group qualifies for. You will be charged the Front Gate price of $80.00 plus HST for any complimentary tickets used without the corresponding paid tickets. Misuse of the complimentary ticket policy could result in billing and payment issues.

•              Grades K to 8 - 1 complimentary ticket for every 10 paid tickets

•              Grades 9 to 12 - 1 complimentary ticket for every 15 paid tickets

Observers can purchase tickets at the school’s contracted price to watch performances. Observers must purchase these tickets from the school and the school should include them in the final number on the ticket order form.

2024 Venue Map

Choirs can only perform in The Canada’s Wonderland Choir Venue (Courtyard Pavilion – White Cedar) – please book accordingly.

Please note that Canada’s Wonderland reserves the right to change these venues at any time. You will be notified of any venue changes.

The list of equipment below is what is provided at each venue. We do not provide drumsticks, auxiliary cords, or plugs ins at any venues. Instruments provided in one venue cannot be moved to another venue – requests for this will be denied. There will be Festival of Music Coordinators at our Gate 5: Kingswood Events Entrance to assist with check in upon arrival!

Kingswood Music Centre (Previously Kingswood Event Tent/Event Building)

• 40x30 Stage
• Timpani Yamaha TP6323 23"
• Timpani Yamaha TP6326 26"
• Timpani Yamaha TP6329 29"
• Timpani Yamaha TP6332 32"
• Xylophone Concert Yamaha YX500F
• Yamaha 5-piece Generic Drum Kit with Cymbals and Hardware HW780
• Yamaha Electric Keyboard with Foot Pedal & Bench
• Amp Guitar Fender Champion 40
• Sound/Audio System with CD Player
• Microphones Shure SM58 x 2
• Wenger Music Stands (Approx. 45)
• Wenger Chairs (Approx. 85)
• Wenger Conductor Podium
• 15 Amp Circuits x 3

Canterbury Theatre

• Bandshells x 8
• Drum Riser (8 x 8)
• Timpani Yamaha TP6323 23"
• Timpani Yamaha TP6326 26"
• Timpani Yamaha TP6329 29"
• Timpani Yamaha TP6332 32"
• Xylophone Concert Yamaha YX500F
• Yamaha 5-piece Generic Drum Kit with Cymbals and Hardware
• Yamaha Electric Keyboard with Foot Pedal & Bench
• Amp Guitar Fender Champion 40
• Sound/Audio System with CD Player
• Microphones SM 58 x 2
• Wenger Music Stands (40+)
• Wenger Chairs (80+)
• Wenger Conductor Podium
• 15 Amp Circuits x 3

International Showplace

• Timpani Yamaha TP6323 23"
• Timpani Yamaha TP6326 26"
• Timpani Yamaha TP6329 29"
• Timpani Yamaha TP6332 32"
• Xylophone Concert Yamaha YX500F
• Yamaha 5-piece Generic Drum Kit with Cymbals and Hardware
• Yamaha Electric Keyboard with Foot Pedal & Bench
• Sound/Audio System with CD Player
• Amp Guitar Fender Champion 40
• Microphones SM 58 x 2
• enger Music Stands (Approx. 30)
• Wenger Chairs (Approx. 50)
• Wenger Conductor Podium
• 15 Amp Circuits x 3

Canada’s Wonderland Choir Venue (previously Action Theatre)

• Yamaha Electric Keyboard with Foot Pedal & Bench
• Sound/Audio System with CD Player
• Microphones SM 58 x 2
• Wenger Music Stands (Approx. 10)
• Wenger Chairs (Approx. 10)
• Wenger Conductor Podium

Canada’s Wonderland does not provide storage facilities for musical instruments. Please ensure that your bus will be staying at the Park in order to store your equipment. If your bus cannot stay, we recommend that you rent a van or that a parent volunteer uses their van/vehicle for storage purposes. Canada’s Wonderland is not responsible for lost, damaged, or stolen instruments. If something is lost, and found by our staff then it will be taken to Lost and Found at Guest Services. Please contact the Lost and Found Department at Front Gate Guest Services.

Arrival and Performance Time

It is very important that you try to arrive at least 30 minutes at your performance venue and allowing enough time for ticket and season pass scanning and security checks on top of this. If you are late, we will try and accommodate you at a later time, but we cannot guarantee that you will get to perform.

Each group is assigned 30 minutes of stage time to set up, warm up, perform, and tear down. Groups are not permitted to share 30 minute time slots due to scheduling concerns. It is extremely important that you do not exceed your assigned performance time as you will cut into another group’s schedule. Canada’s Wonderland reserves the right to end your performance if you exceed the time allotted to you.

We kindly request that your group remain in the performance venue for at least 30 minutes after your performance or arrive 30 minutes prior to your performance. This not only provides an audience for all groups, but also gives your group the opportunity to be exposed to other bands and choirs for educational purposes.

Entrance to the Festival of Music

The Gate 5 Kingswood Events Entrance is an entry point for performances only, once your performance is over the group must exit through Gate 5 and re-enter through Front Gate. The Kingswood Music Entrance will close at 3:00PM for Entry.

We kindly request that your group wear similar colours or band attire however it is not required. If your students have to change, public washrooms are located inside Front Gate (Main) Entrance, inside WonderMountain. We do not have designated change rooms.

All buses are required to enter the Park through our main entrance located off Jane Street or Rutherford Road.

• If you are coming north on highway 400, please exit at Rutherford Road. and proceed straight into the parking lot.
• If you are coming south on highway 400 please exit at Major Mackenzie Drive. Turn left at the exit and then right onto Jane Street. Proceed until you find our Park entrance, make a right into the parking lot.

All groups attending the Festival of Music will park in Parking Lot C. Parking Lot C is located right outside of The Gate 5 Kingswood Events Entrance, where groups enter with their instruments when it is time for their performance. Please ask a parking toll representative if you are unsure of where Parking Lot C is. Please note that if you are driving a vehicle, you may be required to pay for parking.

There will be security personnel located at Gate 5 and the Front Gate Main Entrance. They will search your bags and instruments. Please ensure that there is no food in your items as you will be asked to return these items to a bus or vehicle which might delay your performance.

For more details visit www.canadaswonderland.com/youthprograms. 

At the end of your performance your adjudicator will present your group with a Performance Appreciation Plaque from Canada’s Wonderland to display in the music room. You will also receive a copy of the adjudicator’s comments so you may review with your class at a later date. Please remember to pick up your plaque at the end of your performance. Sometimes, if there is enough time, the adjudicator will work with your group but this cannot be arranged or guaranteed.

Music Selection

It is suggested that each group perform three contrasting selections. Music should be no more than 20 minutes in total as you only have a ½ hour for warm up, performance and take down.

Please make sure to bring along extra copies of your music scores for the adjudicator. Original scores are not required. Do not forget to collect your scores at the conclusion of your performance. Uncollected scores will be taken to the Lost and Found Department at Front Gate Guest Services.