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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Home County Folk Festival

The Home County Music & Art Festival (formerly Home County Folk Festival) is a festival held the third weekend of July in London, Ontario.

The founders chose the name "H.O.M.E County" because it was an acronym of the nearby counties of Huron, Oxford, Middlesex, and Elgin.

Home County Music & Art Festival

The festival is an admission by donation and is held in Victoria Park, London, Ontario. It is hosted by the Home County Folk League, a non-profit organization formed in 1973, and they have held a festival every year since 1974. In 2023, it was announced that the 2024 festival was canceled.

References

  1. ^ Helga Loverseed, "Summer means large, small festivals: There's Highland games, steel drum bands, art and music at some of the fetes in Ontario and Quebec". The Globe and Mail, July 8, 1992.
  2. ^ "Home County: Why a storied London music festival appears to be done". The London Free Press.
  3. ^ Heather Rivers, "Home County, 'London's longest-running festival,' puts down roots again". London Free Press, July 14, 2023.
  4. ^ Wults, Philip M.; Downs, Philip G.; Baldwin, Jane (July 28, 2014). "Music in London". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
  5. ^ "Home County Music and Art Festival cancelled for 2024". CBC.