At the inaugural Butter Tart Festival in June 2013, the festival sold out of the 10,000 butter tarts available for sale by 11 a.m. The number of butter tarts available for sale increases each year (we are now up to 150,000 to 200,000 butter tarts available for sale) as does attendance (65,000 butter tart lovers visited us in 2018).
The festival includes a contest to award the prize for the BEST Butter Tart in Ontario. The contest is open to both professional and amateur/home bakers. The contest features both Traditional and Wild Style categories. Our judges include celebrities, chefs, food and travel bloggers, local dignitaries all with one thing in common – a love of butter tarts!
Our downtown core and our waterfront parks host 200 vendors and food trucks. Vendors sell everything from butter tarts to unique, hand-made items. And the variety of butter tarts you’ll find at our festival includes plain, raisin, pecan, walnut, skor, maple, bacon, coconut, chocolate covered, PB&J, s’mores, gluten-free, vegan, nut-free, cheesecake, pumpkin…and many more.
And while you are here, visit our downtown merchants and their unique shops. Some will be will be offering butter tart festival sales, deals and sweet treats.
The festival also includes free, family-friendly entertainment, a kids zone, free shuttles, a butter tart trot (pre-registration is required) and much more! Mark your calendar to join us for the sweetest day of the year!
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