Manitoulin Ribfest 2026 Itinerary:

July 2nd to 5th, 2026

Mindemoya Ball Fields

6032 Highway 542 Mindemoya, ON

Live music and special performances on the Jake's Home Centre Stage. Food and craft vendors. Four ribbers this year! Go Gonzalez BBQ, OAK 87, Yeah Man BBQ and Holy Bites BBQ!

Licenced grounds and beer garden (no outside alcohol permitted), admission by donation to the grounds all weekend. Lawn chairs welcome!

Thursday, July 2nd - 4 pm to 11 pm - Opening Night

5:00 pm to 6:00 pm - Ricardo Chavez - Latin Solo

6:30 pm to 8:00 pm - Tristen Hall - Folk, Rock, Alternative Country Solo

8:30 pm to 9:30 pm - Silver Peak - Country Duo

Friday, July 3rd Festival 11 am to 11 pm - Country

1:00 pm to 3:30 pm - Mindy Indy Soap Box Derby on Duke Street, Mindemoya. Soap Box Cars Provided. Register at event, waiver needs signed. Ages 5-12. Bike helmets required. Registration at 12:30 pm to 1:00 pm.

5:00 pm to 6:00 pm - Cole Hughson - Country Solo

6:30 pm to 7:30 pm - The Sisu & Tanner Duo - Country Duo with Fiddle

8:15 pm to 10:15 pm - The Luke Combs Experience - Beautiful Crazy - sponsored by Manitoulin Transport.

Saturday, July 4th - 11 am to 11 pm - Rock

11:00 am to 11:30 am - Homecoming Weekend Parade! Celebrating Canada Theme! Downtown Mindemoya. Route Meneray Towing to Mindemoya Hall on Highway 542. To register, call Karlene Scott at 705-869-7695.

11:00 am to 6:00 pm - Central Manitoulin Market in the Mindemoya Arena. Up to 60 Vendors Selling Handmade and Direct Sales.

11:30 am to 12:30 pm - Studebaker Props - Rock Band

11:30 am to 3:30 pm – Homecoming Bouncy Castles beside the Lions Pavilion. Free from 11:30 am to 3:30 pm. Sponsored by the Municipality of Central Manitoulin and Central Manitoulin Lions Club.

1:30 pm to 2:30 pm - Station Radio - Rock Band

2:30 pm to 3:30 pm - Ice Cream Eating Contest on the stage. Ice cream donated by Buttercup Ice Creamery.

3:00 pm - Professional Rib Judging - Sponsored by Manitoulin Meats

4:00 pm - Manitoulin Ribfest Awards announced including Peoples Choice

5:00 pm to 6:00 pm - Newhart Trio - Rock Folk Trio

6:30 pm to 7:30 pm - Savage, Best and Gosse - Classic Rock Band

8:30 pm to 10:00 pm - Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR) Tribute - Green River Revival

10:00 pm (Dusk) Fireworks Show across the highway at Manitoulin Chrysler

Sunday July 5th - 11 am to 6 pm

8:00 am to 12:00 pm - Mindemoya Classic Triathlon. Run, Pedal, Paddle. Visit Breakaway Sports and Cycle.

10:00 am to 2:00 pm - Central Manitoulin Market in the Mindemoya Arena. Up to 60 Vendors Selling Handmade and Direct Sales.

11:00 am to 11:40 am - Magic of Christophe - Children’s Magic Show

12:00 pm to 1:00 pm - Aiyana Debassige - Pop, Soul, Folk Duo

1:30 pm to 2:30 pm - Rural Roots - Classic Rock Band

4:00 pm – Draw for $8700 Jake’s Ultimate Backyard BBQ Package Sponsored by Jake’s Home Centre.

The Manitoulin Ribfest weekends power and logistics provided by E. Corbiere and Sons Contracting and JJ Pole Line Construction.

Split Rail Brewing Co. served at the beer garden!

Security provided by Heat Security.

Dj’d music in between. All DJ’d music and sound engineering supplied by Up From The Shore Studio

Schedule subject to change.

The most current schedule will be on www.manitoulinribfest.ca or visit facebook.com/manitoulinribfest.