Spent the day strolling Orillia’s main street appreciating the “Street Alive” artworks. This year’s theme was “Road Trip To Mariposa” to celebrate 60 years of the Mariposa Folk Festival. Around 30 hippie vans and peace signs lined Mississaga Street.
Just a few of the very colorful, very artistic “vans” uniquely decorated on both sides.
Trivia : Mariposa Folk Festival was the brainchild of Ruth Jones, an Orillia resident and folk music enthusiast who rallied her local community and Toronto contacts to bring the first festival to life in 1961. With a lineup of established and emerging artists that included The Travellers, Jacques Labrecque, Bonnie Dobson, and Ian Tyson and Sylvia Fricker, Mariposa attracted an estimated 5,000 folk lovers to Orillia that year.
Orillia, Ontario – October 19, 2021
