Blue Skies celebrates 50 years of togetherness

What started as a summer weekend in the wilderness north of Kingston, Ontario, between friends, has become a unique cultural and musical microcosm active year-round. In early August 2023, the annual Blue Skies Music Festival will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary, which is significant for a festival—or “a community of communities”—that is completely non-commercial, self-organized and volunteer-run. Host Johnny San sits down with festival co-founder Oskar Graf, organizer Kate Thomas and former Artistic Director, Dale Driver, to try and understand the formula for the festival's enduring magic, its lasting impact, and its multigenerational legacy.

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Blue Skies Music Festival: https://blueskiesmusicfestival.ca
Blue Skies in the Community: http://blueskies-in-the-community.ca/wordpress/home/
Blue Skies mailing list: [email protected]
Kingston live music and festival listings: https://www.kingstonlive.ca/
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Produced by: John Sanfilippo
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Posted: Jun. 1, 2023 via kingstonlive.ca

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