MusicAugMarquee Event
Boots and Hearts Music Festival
Canada's largest country music and camping festival takes over Burl's Creek for a weekend of headline sets and full-field camping.
When
2026: August 7–9, 2026
2025: August 7–10, 2025
Where
Burl's Creek Event Grounds
Area
Oro-Medonte
Cost
Paid · Weekend general admission and camping tickets, roughly $250–$600+ depending on tier
Format
outdoor
Attendance
70K+ visitors
Running Since
2012 (14 years)
Family Friendly
Not typically
VT Insider Tip
This is a camping festival first and a concert second for a lot of attendees — if you're not interested in the campground culture (which runs loud and heavy on alcohol), a single-day grounds pass gets you the concerts without the overnight scene.
About
Boots and Hearts launched in 2012 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park before relocating to Burl's Creek Event Grounds in Oro-Medonte, where it's grown into the country's largest camping and country music festival, with capacity up to roughly 70,000 attendees and 45,000 campers across the weekend. It's a fully ticketed, camping-centric event built around top-tier country headliners, closer in spirit to a U.S.-style country music festival than anything else on this list.
What to Expect
A multi-day country music lineup across several stages, an enormous on-site campground that functions as its own self-contained party scene, food and vendor rows, and a crowd that's overwhelmingly there for the full camping weekend rather than a single show.
Pro Tips
Weekend and camping passes sell out well ahead of the event — buy early if you want a specific ticket tier. The festival typically sells shuttle bus packages from the GTA separately, which is worth it given there's no transit option to the site.
Getting There
No GO Transit or rail option — Burl's Creek Event Grounds is reached by car via Highway 400 north to Oro-Medonte, about an hour from Toronto, or by festival-operated shuttle bus from select GTA pickup points (sold separately from admission).