August 16-18, 2019!
Come to the 44th annual Cactus Festival in Downtown Dundas this weekend! On Friday at 6pm the festival kicks off with live music including Headliner Steven Page! Saturday is a full day of music, and family fun activities! Don’t miss the festival headliner entertainment on Sunday 11am-4pm!
Check out the Thursday August 15 Cactus Parade beginning in Dundas Driving Park at 6:45pm and marching Downtown! The Parade is favorite hometown tradition!
Four Stages with live music & entertainment include the Festival Patio Stage (Memorial Square & King), King Albert Stage (King and Albert), Family Fun Zone Stage (King & Market), and the Home Grown Talent Stage (King & Ogilvie).
Dundas Cactus is a free, popular festival weekend with live music, demos, midway, amazing food, family activities, shops, restaurants, bars and summer patios!
Why Cactus?
The Cactus Festival name is a tribute to Marika and Ben Veldhuis and their Dundas cactus greenhouses! Veldhuis’ cactus business flourished from 1951 to 1988 and put Dundas on the map as the Cactus Capital of Canada!
Daily Entertainment Schedule!
Friday, August 16 6pm to 10pm
Festival Patio Stage
- 6:00pm Rocket & the Renegades
- 7:00pm The Rockets
- 9:00pm Steven Page
King Albert Stage
- 6:00pm In My Coma
- 8:30pm Stone the Radio
Family Fun Zone Stage
- 6:00pm Learning with Lexi
- 7:00pm Reptile.ca
- 8:00pm Yeehaw Jessie the Cowgirl
Home Grown Talent Stage
- 6:00pm The Beach Bats
- 7:30pm Black Eyed Barbie
Saturday, August 17 10am to 10:30pm
Festival Patio Stage
- 12:00pm Midnight Hombres
- 2:00pm The Shifters
- 4:30pm Doghouse Rose
- 6:00pm Rick McGhie
- 8:00pm Matty Simpson
- 9:30pm Junkhouse
King Albert Stage
- 12:00pm Miles Evans Band
- 2:00pm The Beelays
- 3:45pm PICAH
- 4:00pm The Ruddy Ruckus
- 6:00pm Karen Thornton
- 8:30pm The King Jives
Family Fun Zone Stage
- 9am-12pm Baby Cactus Contest
- 12:30pm Freedom Studios Dance Performance
- 1:00pm Aloha with Moana
- 1:00pm Songs from the Garden.
- 2:30pm Reptile.ca
- 3:00pm Adventures of a Princess
- 4:00pm Yeehaw Jessie the Cowgirl
- 4:30pm Songs from the Garden
- 5:30pm Reptile.ca
- 6:00pm Adventure of a Princess
- 7:30pm Learning with Lexi
Home Grown Stage
- 12:00pm Electric Cactus
- 1:30pm Olivia Purnell
- 3:00pm Back Rent Blues
- 4:30pm New Mother Nature
- 6:00pm Riffed
- 7:30pm Rev Bob/Lil Evil Blues Band
Sunday, August 18 11am to 4pm
Patio Festival Stage
- 12:00pm Hypnotist Fernandez
- 1:30pm Walter Ostanek
King Albert Stage
- 12:00pm Tim Gibbons
- 2:00pm Sound Minds
Family Fun Zone Stage
- 12:00pm Songs from the Garden
- 1:00pm Cinderella’s Glass Slipper
- 1:30pm Learning with Lexi
- 2:15pm Reptile.ca
- 3:30pm Songs from the Garden
Home Grown Stage
- 12:00pm Flamboro Guns
- 2:00pm See You Next Thursday
See the full schedule at this link:
