Tall Pines Music & Arts Festival
The Wharf's marquee weekend: top-tier live music led by The Tea Party, Hawksley Workman, Odds and Paul Langlois of The Tragically Hip, plus local art, food and a family-friendly lakeside vibe.
Local Life · Muskoka, Ontario
This weekend in Muskoka
Week of Friday, July 17, 2026
This is one of the biggest weekends of the Muskoka summer. Tall Pines takes over the Gravenhurst Wharf, the Muskoka Arts & Crafts Summer Show fills Bracebridge, and Huntsville throws a downtown street festival — with Music on the Barge to close it out Sunday.
Forecast
Hot and humid festival weather: bright, muggy days into the low 30s with a chance of a cooling thunderstorm Sunday. Hats, water and shade recommended.
Fri28° / 17°Sunny and warm
Sat31° / 19°Hot and humid, mainly sunny
Sun26° / 16°Humid, 60% chance of an afternoon thunderstorm
Weekend events
Muskoka Arts & Crafts Summer Show
One of Ontario's longest-running outdoor art shows brings about 200 of Canada's most talented artisans to the riverside park for three days of handcrafted work.
Huntsville Festival of the Arts — street festival
Downtown Huntsville shuts its streets and transforms into a massive interactive multi-arts festival — music, buskers, hands-on art and food, all day.
Music on the Barge
Wind down the big weekend with a free Sunday-evening concert on the floating bandstand — a Gravenhurst summer tradition on the shores of Gull Lake.
Cottage country this week
Dockside Festival of the Arts — coming Aug 8–9
Gravenhurst's free waterfront festival returns to the Wharf Aug 8–9 with live entertainment, food trucks and local makers — one to mark on the calendar after this weekend's rush.
Steamship cruises from the Wharf
Between festival sets, the Wenonah II is running sightseeing, lunch and sunset-dinner cruises on Lake Muskoka — a cool, breezy way to see cottage country from the water.
Beat the heat: beaches and shady trails
With low-30s heat and humidity in the forecast, Gull Lake beach, the district's swimming spots and shaded trails are the place to be between events.
Library & kids
- TD Summer Reading Club — keep readingAll summer — free to joinKids & families
- Preschool StorytimeWeekly — check the branch calendarAges 2–5
- Gravenhurst Public Library — events calendarBrowse by dateAll ages
Civic brief
District of Muskoka — council & committee meetings
Agendas, minutes and livestreams for upcoming District of Muskoka council and committee meetings are posted in advance on the District site.
Town of Gravenhurst — council
Meeting schedules, agendas and ways to have your say on local decisions are available through the Town of Gravenhurst council pages.
Festival-weekend traffic & parking
With Tall Pines at the Wharf and shows in Bracebridge and Huntsville, expect busy roads and full lots. Arrive early, follow event parking signage, and watch for pedestrians downtown.
Notable news this week
Tall Pines returns to the Muskoka Wharf July 17–18
Now in its fifth year, the Gravenhurst festival brings a marquee lineup — The Tea Party, Hawksley Workman, Odds and Paul Langlois — to the waterfront for two days.
Muskoka Arts & Crafts Summer Show marks another year
The three-day Bracebridge institution returns July 17–19, featuring roughly 200 juried Canadian artisans in one of the province's largest rural outdoor art events.
Huntsville Festival of the Arts brings back its street festival
The summer season's marquee community day returns to downtown Huntsville on Saturday, July 18 with an interactive, all-ages arts takeover of the main streets.
Good to know
- Steamship cruisesThe Wenonah II sails daily from Muskoka Wharf; the RMS Segwun returns from restoration Sept 1.
- Farmers' marketGravenhurst Farmers' Market runs Wednesdays 9am–2pm at Gull Lake Rotary Park through Oct 7.
- Music on the BargeFree Sunday-night concerts on Gull Lake, 7:30pm, through Sept 6.
- Bethune HouseDr. Norman Bethune's birthplace, a National Historic Site, is open for the season in Gravenhurst.