This year’s Sunshine Fibre Fest will be Saturday

May 2, 2026, at ODAS Park in Orillia!

Advance Tickets now available on Eventbrite

Cafe on site with gluten-free, vegan and vegetarian options, as well as typical farm fare expected at ODAS (Orillia District Agricultural Society)!

Pictures from Saturday May 3, 2025

Sunshine Fibre Fest 2026 Welcomes Ontario Fibreshed!

Marie’s written a couple of articles recently for A Needle Pulling Thread – check out Issue 67 The Humble Sock and Issue 68 Passing the Needle, all about teaching cross stitch to the next generation.

And check out issue 65 of A Needle Pulling Thread for an article about Sunshine Fibre Fest. 

.Watch this space for details, or contact us at sunshinefibrefest@rogers.com

Friendly vendors, live animals in Building 3, demonstrations, laughs, rest areas, food at the little cafe in Building 1 (vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free options, as well as farm country favourites), happy customers, helpful volunteers in yellow aprons…

Media Sponsor: Harrowsmith

Tickets will be available at the door and at Eventbrite in the new year.

Railfence Books

Photos from our previous Sunshine Fibre Fests

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Images from Sunshine Fibre Fest 2019, a fabulous fleece and fibre festival featuring diverse vendors, demonstrations, live animals and more

Hand crafts are a wonderful antidote to our increasingly technological lives and help maintain heritage skills and techniques that are in danger of being lost.

By participating in textile crafts and supporting vendors at fibre festivals, we are continuing the development of tens of thousands of years of textile technological know-how that has helped humans thrive in diverse environments across the globe, and made our lives a little more beautiful.

Come visit our vendors and get your hands on some beautiful fibres