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The 11th Annual Mariposa Folk Festival opened yesterday on Toronto Island, and the overshelming mood was one of peacefulness. This was largely due to (...)
The 11th Annual Mariposa Folk Festival opened yesterday on Toronto Island, and the overshelming mood was one of peacefulness. This was largely due to (...)

The 11th Annual Mariposa Folk Festival opened yesterday on Toronto Island, and the overshelming mood was one of peacefulness. This was largely due to (...)

Date1/1/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: The 11th Annual Mariposa Folk Festival opened yesterday on Toronto Island; and the overshelming mood was one of peacefulness. This was largely due to the elimination this year of the formal; big-name evening concerts featured in the past; the new mariposa is a daytime affair; starting at 10 a.m and winding up at 8.30 p.m.; it continues today and tomorrow. One of the big attractions for yesterday's 5;000 fans was Bruce Cockburn (left); shown onstage with Eric Nagle.
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Just a fraction of the 23,000 people who turned out for the Mariposa Festival on Centre Island over the weekend, these happy folks yesterday enjoyed f(...)
Just a fraction of the 23,000 people who turned out for the Mariposa Festival on Centre Island over the weekend, these happy folks yesterday enjoyed f(...)
6/23/1974
Festivals - Music - Mariposa Folk Festival - 1968 - 1970
Festivals - Music - Mariposa Folk Festival - 1968 - 1970
7/24/1970
Informality was the theme of the Mariposa festival on Olympic Island over the weekend, and there was even children's music to make this youngster's tr(...)
Informality was the theme of the Mariposa festival on Olympic Island over the weekend, and there was even children's music to make this youngster's tr(...)
7/26/1970
Mariposa folk music fans wandered from area to area during the weekend, stopping at the various stage areas to listen to concerts or workshop. About 2(...)
Mariposa folk music fans wandered from area to area during the weekend, stopping at the various stage areas to listen to concerts or workshop. About 2(...)
6/23/1984
Opening day crowd at Mariposa settles down for afternoon of listening to folk music - or in the case of the couple in foreground, a little snuggling during the songs
Opening day crowd at Mariposa settles down for afternoon of listening to folk music - or in the case of the couple in foreground, a little snuggling during the songs
6/20/1975
The spectators at the Mariposa Festival are as much a part of the show as the entertainers, what with their colorful costumes and their need to be doi(...)
The spectators at the Mariposa Festival are as much a part of the show as the entertainers, what with their colorful costumes and their need to be doi(...)
7/25/1970
Mariposa Festival when Stratford's Perth County Conspiracy gave away raisins and nuts to fans
Mariposa Festival when Stratford's Perth County Conspiracy gave away raisins and nuts to fans
7/24/1970
The spectators at the Mariposa Festival are as much a part of the show as the entertainers, what with their colorful costumes and their need to be doi(...)
The spectators at the Mariposa Festival are as much a part of the show as the entertainers, what with their colorful costumes and their need to be doi(...)
7/24/1970
Security at Mariposa Festival is provided by 60 OPP officers, but visiting folkniks reaised no rumpus opening night
Security at Mariposa Festival is provided by 60 OPP officers, but visiting folkniks reaised no rumpus opening night
8/11/1967
Opening Caribana '70, the fourth annual West Indian festival at the Toronto islands, participants in costume parade from Varsity Stadium on Saturday. (...)
Opening Caribana '70, the fourth annual West Indian festival at the Toronto islands, participants in costume parade from Varsity Stadium on Saturday. (...)
8/1/1970
Participation was the theme yesterday at Mariposa's opening events as the fans join in at a Scottish dancing workshop
Participation was the theme yesterday at Mariposa's opening events as the fans join in at a Scottish dancing workshop
6/21/1974
A Musical high in the park. A six-hour concert of rock, folk, blues and pop music-the High Park Freee Festival-drew a crowd police estimate at between(...)
A Musical high in the park. A six-hour concert of rock, folk, blues and pop music-the High Park Freee Festival-drew a crowd police estimate at between(...)
5/26/1974