Festival of Music
2025 Registration Now Open
Festival of Music at Canada’s Wonderland is one of the most anticipated and celebrated student performance events in Ontario.
Our festival offers four performance venues for bands and choirs to perform in and is open to all grade levels and group types. This is an adjudication, not a competition. A professional musician will adjudicate the performance and make comments throughout the performance for the group to keep as a file. This file will be sent to the group organizer by email following their performance. Once the performance Is over, the director can pick up a performance appreciation plaque to display in their music room!
This program is a great school trip idea and a special reward for your students who have dedicated themselves to your school band! Festival of Music is open to all elementary, middle, and senior high school instrumental and choral groups. Additionally, we welcome all community bands and choirs to participate.
PLEASE NOTE: You will select and register for a performance time. A cancellation agreement will need to be signed and returned within two weeks to confirm your booking.
If you created an account in 2024, you DO NOT need to create a new account as it will roll over to 2025.
Please check back here for the most up to date information.
Registration Instructions
Festival of Music is one of the most anticipated and celebrated student performance events in Ontario.
Our festival offers four performance venues for bands and choirs to perform in and is open to all grade levels and group types. This is an adjudication, not a competition. A professional musician will adjudicate the performance and make comments throughout the performance for the group to keep as a file. This file will be sent to the group organizer by email following their performance. Once the performance Is over, the director can pick up a performance appreciation plaque to display in their music room!
This program is a great school trip idea and a special reward for your students who have dedicated themselves to your school band! Festival of Music is open to all elementary, middle, and senior high school instrumental and choral groups. Additionally we welcome all community bands and choirs to participate.
How the Festival Works
Register Your Ensembles
Complete the online registration per performing group, to reserve your 2025 Canada’s Wonderland Festival of Music performance time. A cancellation fee of $50 per performance time will be invoiced to the school if the school’s performance time for the 2025 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.
Order Your Tickets
Each person entering Canada’s Wonderland will need to present an admission ticket or a season pass to gain access to the Festival of Music and the park. This includes students, directors, accompanists, chaperones, group members, family, and friends.
2025 Ticket Prices
- Admission Ticket: $38+HST
- Season Pass Holder Performer: $9+HST
Meal Options
Canada’s Wonderland makes it easy to take care of your group during your visit. The following meal and drink options are available (pricing will be available soon.):
- Single Meal Deal: Includes one entree, side, and a regular drink at participating restaurants throughout the park.
- All-Day Drinks: Enjoy refreshing Coca-Cola beverages all day, with only a 15-minute interval between refills.
- Premium All-Day Dining: Enjoy an entree and one side item every 90 minutes at participating restaurants throughout the park, plus All-Day Drinks.
Perform and Have Fun at the Park
Your group will receive a recording of the adjudicators notes from the performance as well as a participation plaque to hang in the school music room! After your performance – your group can enjoy everything Canada’s Wonderland has to offer!
Positive Critique and Feedback
Your group will get to take home the recording of the adjudicators notes from the performance as well as a participation plaque to hang in the school music room!
Register for the Festival of Music Today!
Don't miss this chance to be part of the fun and excitement of performing at Canada's Wonderland in 2025! Sessions fill up quickly and are only available on a first come, first served basis.
To secure space in a program, download the listed Order Form or Contact Us.
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.
Unless otherwise noted, all ticket orders (admission and meal/drink add-ons) must be received 14 days prior to your visit to allow sufficient time to process your order.
Admission tickets and meal/drink add-ons are non-refundable. No rain checks are offered.
Unless you have purchased tickets directly online, groups of 100+ or those who ordered via order form will receive their tickets digitally through MyGroup Tickets, an online platform where you’ll receive and manage your group ticket order. Otherwise, they will be sent to you directly.
To modify your ticket order, email education@canadaswonderland.com or call our sales team at 905.832.7400.
Please note that we do not keep credit card information on file and will require this information again if you wish to pay via credit card. Changes made less than 30 hours in advance of your arrival, may not be accommodated.
Payments can be received via cheques (no personal cheques), money orders, VISA, MasterCard, and AMEX. Cheques should be made payable to Canada’s Wonderland. Purchase orders are not accepted. All school cheques will be processed through Canada’s Wonderland Accounts Receivable department for approval. If declined, another method of payment will be requested.
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Note that we require payment at least 14 days in advance.
TICKET SALES ARE FINAL AND ARE NON-REFUNDABLE. Prices, hours, dates, and attraction availability are subject to change without notice. Canada’s Wonderland reserves the right to be closed to the public and Season Passholders for private events, capacity limitations, and other reasons. Certain attractions may be closed due to inclement weather, extreme temperatures, maintenance, and other reasons. No rain checks or refunds.
We’re cashless! For your convenience, Cash-to-Card kiosks are located throughout the park to convert your cash to a prepaid debit card that can be used anywhere Mastercard [CM1] is accepted for no additional fee. For more information, please visit www.canadaswonderland.com/cashless.
Canada's Wonderland offers single meal deal, premium all-day dining, and restaurant vouchers for easy meal and drink options for your group. Email education@canadaswonderland.com or call our sales team at 905.832.7400 for more information.
One chaperone admission ticket will be provided for every 10 admission tickets purchased, grades K-8, or 15 admission tickets purchased, grades 9-12. Complimentary tickets do not include meal/drink add-ons. Please note that season passholders in your group do not count toward the total group number that would qualify for the complimentary tickets, with the exception of Festival of Music.
There are no complimentary ticket barcodes provided for meal options, Halloween Haunt or WinterFest.
In the event of inclement weather or unscheduled maintenance, certain rides may not be available. Programs, venues, dates, and fees are subject to change and/or cancellation.
No outside food, beverages or coolers are allowed in the park. Exceptions are made for guests with special dietary needs to include food allergies and baby food and formula. Guests with special dietary needs should stop at Guest Services located at the Main Gate when they arrive at the park.
Canada's Wonderland offers single meal deal, premium all-day dining, and restaurant vouchers for easy meal and drink options for your group. Email education@canadaswonderland.com or call our sales team at 905.832.7400 for more information.
View our participating locations here www.canadaswonderland.com/dining.
Bus/motor coach parking is free. Bus drivers will receive a complimentary admission ticket when presenting their Commercial Driver's License (CDL) to Guest Services. Complimentary admission tickets do not include meal/drink add-ons.
We are proud partners of the Student & Youth Travel Association, SYTA, the Ontario Motorcoach Association, OMCA, and Stock Transportation. Visit syta.org, omca.com or stocktransportation.com to find transportation resources near you.