Caledon Folk Festival

Caledon Folk Festival

The Caledon Folk Festival was a folk-jazz-blues-roots music festival which operated from 1996 to 1999 in Caledon, Ontario, Canada. The Festival was founded in February 1996 by Norm Hacking, Christian Tobin and Michael Tobin as a way to generate a more positive cultural atmosphere in the Caledon area.

The first festival was held on the weekend of September 14th and 15th at the Blackhorse Theatre.


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