Summerfolk Music and Crafts Festival

It is held annually at Kelso Beach Park in Owen Sound, Ontario on the third weekend of August, drawing thousands of attendees each year.

More commercial Canadian musicians have also appeared over the years, including Gowan, Rik Emmett, Blue Rodeo, Moxy Früvous, Stan Rogers, and Bruce Cockburn.

[1][2][3][4] The festival began with audiences sitting on garbage bags in a muddy field,[citation needed] but over time grew to a four-day event with seven musical stages and an area for artisans to sell their products.

[citation needed] The partnership between the City of Owen Sound and the Georgian Bay Folk Society led to the creation of a limestone amphitheatre in the memory of Stan Rogers, one of Summerfolk’s original performers.

[citation needed] During one workshop in 2011, Ken Whitely, Kildear, and The Good Lovelies invited the audience to join them under the gazebo while rain fell, ending with the crowd singing “This Little Light of Mine” together.