🌿 What is Cultivate Festival?

It’s the antidote to the pace of modern life.

For 10 years, Cultivate has been where you come to slow down, tune in, and feel like yourself again — surrounded by music, community, and open sky. It’s not about rushing from stage to stage. It’s about pausing long enough to really listen, really taste, really connect.

Set on 200 rolling acres at Haute Goat Farm, Cultivate blends award-winning Canadian music, farm-fresh food, hands-on art, and kid-led play into a feel-good weekend that leaves you full — not fried.

No pressure to keep up. No big crowds or big lines. Cultivate leaves you inspired, not exhausted. 

Just a beautiful place, thoughtful programming, and the kind of moments you’ll carry with you long after the weekend ends.

We’re a nonprofit music charity — and we believe festivals can be joyful, inclusive, and built to serve people, not sell to them.

Slow down. Tune in. Cultivate.

🎶 Live Music

Award-winning artists. Unforgettable setting. No tough choices.
You’ll hear folk, funk, soul, hip hop, global sounds, and more — all-Canadian and all on two alternating stages, so you never have to miss a set. We program for joy, not exhaustion — and we wrap up early each night so you leave inspired, not burned out.

This year’s lineup includes Elliott BROOD, Danny Michel, Urban Science Brass Band, Wyatt C Louis and so much more. 

🎨 Cultivate Kids

No fences. No screens. Just imagination.
Cultivate is designed for all ages — with open space, hands-on fun, and self-guided play at every turn. Kids can join artist-led workshops, explore nature, make art, or just roll down a hill (again and again).

You’ll find quiet corners for regrouping, wild zones for letting loose, and programming that meets kids where they are — creative, curious, and totally themselves.

“It’s the first time I’ve truly relaxed at a festival with my kids.”

🖌️ Art Hive & Farm Fun

Art to watch. Art to make. Art to become part of.
Step inside the Art Hive for hands-on workshops, demos, and intimate performances. Learn from artists, play with new ideas, and take part in the creative energy that flows across the entire farm. You can even snuggle with goats and take a hay ride!

🥗 Food & Drink

Taste the region. Celebrate the makers. Skip the long lines.
Born from a local food festival, Cultivate still leads with the plate. Enjoy the best of Northumberland’s food scene — from chefs and farmers to brewers and bakers — with short lines, big flavours, and options for every palate.

“Real food. Not overpriced carnival snacks. A dream.”