Ontario's Best Butter Tart Festival - Midland, Ontario

Carms

I visited this past Saturday on June 14th, 2025 and really enjoyed my time there. There was a great crowd there with great vendors selling different items. I especially enjoyed the vendor that sold their winning maple syrup and another who sold their gluten free butter tarts. Kudos to those who organized the event.

I enjoyed my time walking around and looking at the water to decompress myself. There was singing on stage, food vendors and bouncy castles (paid admission) for children to play in. Family friendly, for everyone.

Jay A. J. M.

The festival was great. So many butter tarts to choose from. Would definitely recommend a visit to anyone who enjoys a good butter tart. Used the remote parking with the bus service. It worked great and saved the hassle of finding a parking spot. Had some good entertainment as well. Suggest getting there early. Enjoy!

Amanda

Opens at 9am but need to show up no later than 10am. By 11am the streets were filled and line ups to buy buttertasts stretched long. Huge selections and lots to buy, some wild flavours you'd never consider.

C. F.

It was pretty good, my feedback is, why are some vendors leaving their tarts out in the hot sun? They didn't get my business. Also, knowing how crowded it would be, why bring dogs + strollers to this? I didn't have to worry about parking thank god, as hubby dropped me off, parked somewhere, then picked me up a while after. I didn't buy much due to the cost. Didn't see where they were judging. However enjoyed what I did buy, + only bought from vendors where there were no line-ups.

Chickklette Z.

Amazing food! Wonderful people!
I would like to thank the beautiful Human who gave me their hair tie!...It was very hot that day and I forgot mine...desperate to put my hair up, I asked two lovely humans running one of the booths if they had one to spare but they only had what they were using...a lovely Human who was walking by heard my request and gave me theirs!! So very grateful 🤗 If you are reading this , Thank you for your kindness! It may seem like nothing but your kindness no matter how small, reminds me that there are still decent Humans out there, who care about other Humans! Sending love! ❤️

I had a terrific time and will definitely return!

Harsha P.

It's happening right now. One of the best festival in Ontario. Varieties of butter tarts. Lovely atmosphere. Great festival to enjoy with family and friends 😃

Stephanie C.

We went to the buttertart festival for the first time this year, and we drove up from the city. We arrived at about 9:15am parking was a bit difficult to find we had to park on a side street a bit of a walk away, which wasn't a big deal. Just definitely don't expect to get a spot in one of the lots unless you get lucky & get a spot when someone is leaving. It was VERY busy, packed with people, hard to get a good look at the booths, it was crowded. It's all along one street. In my opinion, they should have occupied some of the side streets a bit more to spread things out a bit. I think this would allow for better flow & give people the opportunity to check out the stands a bit more. There was one lot that they had completely closed off, not allowing people to park that could have been used for more vendors to spread out, giving much more space for people. But other than it being crowded, it was good. The tarts were all fabulous, and it was definitely not easy to choose what tarts you want to buy. We were able to get two packs of the competition tarts, which I was happy about. We noticed that those sold out very quickly. I didn't see any more after 11 am. I know it's a bit difficult, but I think it would be a good idea to get the competitors to make many more tarts to be able to be sold. To allow more people to get the option to buy them to try. Overall a great experience & we enjoyed it.

Ulyana F.

I can't say enough good things about this festival except that I wish it was longer (2 days would be good). Between the food vendors and buskers, it was a perfect mix. It was better than many street festivals in Toronto.