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ORILLIA AND AREA’S FOUR SEASON PLAYGROUND!

Roots North Music Festival
Photo: Deb Halbot

Hippies, pirates, vintage
car enthusiasts, musicians,
artists and so many more
will make their way back
to Orillia & Lake Country
to experience music,
culture and plain old fun.
Snowmobiling
As the ice melts and the air warms, the 6th Annual Mariposa Folk Festival
Roots North Music Festival will kick off the music
festival season, April 21 – 23, with free performances you love high energy music or intimate storytelling,
at various businesses and restaurants throughout this is an opportunity to witness world-class musicians
Orillia’s downtown core. The beautifully restored perform in a relaxed and stunning setting at the
St. Paul’s United Church is the backdrop for the waterfront park. Tie-die is optional!
ticketed headline performances. There will be three
performances each night in the church’s soft-seat If you’re in Coldwater, Aug. 5 – 22, you’ll feel like
theatre. Get your tickets soon! you’ve stepped into another time at the Coldwater
Steampunk Festival. This is a favourite event for all
July 8 – 10, thousands will flock to Orillia’s ages with self-directed activities and events for all
Tudhope Park to celebrate the ‘Grand Dame’ of ages. Extravagant, period-inspired costumes and
folk festivals - the Mariposa Folk Festival. Three fascinating steam-powered creations will be on
days of extraordinary folk, roots, blues, gospel, and display throughout the village, marrying the Victorian
acoustic music, arts, delicious food, family-friendly era with the European Industrial Revolution and
activities, and friendship will take place along the science fiction. There will also be free events at
shoreline of Lake Couchiching. After two year’s historical landmarks such as the Coldwater Canadiana
absence, this year is sure to be its best yet. Whether Heritage Museum and Heritage Mill.

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