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Mariposa Folk Festival’s 50th Anniversary Booklet

Red-toned Mariposa Folk Festival booklet cover features a generational collage of musical artists's performing. A mature maple tree sits bottom left, sun-themed logo bottom right accompanies title "50 Years of Mariposa”

Booklet belongs to OMAH’s permanent Collection.

Information sourced from mariposafolk.com

In 2010 Mariposa Folk Festival celebrated its 50th anniversary. Given its turbulent history, this was a major milestone many thought the festival would never see. The 2010 festival turned out to be a new high-water mark for Mariposa, with the largest audiences since the early 1990s.

The line-up featured a strong nostalgic dimension with luminaries from Mariposa’s past such as Gordon Lightfoot, Ian Tyson, Murray McLauchlan, Sylvia Tyson, Oscar Brand, and Sid Dolgay. In a surprise appearance for the delighted audience, Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor played a set of Blue Rodeo tunes. In a particularly emotional moment, Sylvia Tyson joined Ian Tyson on stage for a rendition of their fan favourite folk song, “Four Strong Winds”, the last time the iconic former duo would perform together. The audience’s reaction was emotional.