2025 Weekend Passes On Sale Now
Your Weekend Pass grants you guaranteed admission to our main stage performances at the St. Paul's Centre on Friday April 25th and Saturday April 26th, 2025
2025 Main Stage Performers
Artist Announcements Coming Soon
About The Roots North Music Festival
A Festival to Remember
Roots music can refer to several styles or genres in music, but to us it’s music that is firmly rooted in a place of honest expression and emotion. It’s music that travels, shares, and connects, while honouring the past and bravely moving forward. It’s our mission to bring together a wide range of artists and people who share this vision for a weekend of great live music.
Our Venues
Historic Downtown Orillia, Ontario, Canada serves as the backdrop for the music festival. Our headline shows will take place at the beautifully restored
St. Pauls Centre at 62 Peter Street North.
Artists perform on Friday and Saturday evening in our comfortable soft-seat theatre. Snacks are available for purchase at our on-location Mariposa Market Snack Bar and a selections of adult beverages for our 19+ attendees is available from our friends at the bar operated by Quayle's Brewery.
More Music Throughout The Downtown & Beyond
Music, shopping and entertainment surround you as you explore during the Roots North Music Festival in Orillia.
In addition to our ticketed main event performances, several businesses along Mississaga Street, and beyond, have teamed up to provide FREE live music shows within their shops and restaurants. Be sure to explore and join us.
Our ever expanding list of performance venues have included Alleycats Music & Art, Quayles Brewery, Picnic, Lot 88 Kitchen & Bar, Eclectic Cafe, Rustica Pizza Vino, Kenzington Burger Bar, Mark IV Brothers, Lone Wolf Cafe, Orillia Music Centre, Apple Annie's Cafe & Shop, Knightvision Media Studios, Hog N' Penny, Hibernation Arts, Couchiching Craft Brewing Co., Brewery Bay Food Co., and Bakes By The Lake, just to name a few.
Art Market & Artist Merchandise - Free Admission
Before each performance, and during intermissions, we encourage our guests to explore the on-site art market filled with wonderful local vendors and all their creative goods. A selection of merchandise from our performing artists is also available in addition to one of a kind Roots North Music Festival logo'd memorabilia, some of which you get the opportunity to design and create on-site as part of our dedication to the arts.
The Roots North Art Market, which also hosts our onsite Quayle's Brewery bar, has free admission available from 6pm to 10pm on Friday April 25th and Saturday April 26th and is located at our main stage venue - St. Pauls Centre, 62 Peter Street North, Orillia Ontario.
Come join us for a drink while browsing locally crafted artisan wares.
Accomodations
The Champlain Waterfront Hotel, an Ascend Hotel Collection
Located in beautiful Downtown Orillia, The Champlain Waterfront Hotel is the closest and most convenient location to stay while music surrounds you during the Roots North Music Festival. Contact the hotel directly at 705-259-5001 or book on their website.