Jann Arden, Ian and Sylvia and Orillia’s own Gordon Lightfoot are just a few of the artists who have performed at the Mariposa Fold Festival. Founded in Orillia in 1961, the festival has survived sixty years of tumultuous changes in the music world.

Join Michael Hill, former Artistic Director of the Festival and author of The Mariposa Folk Festival: A History, as he recounts the festival’s musical and financial ups-and-downs, and provides insight into the interesting people involved in staging one of Canada’s iconic cultural events.