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.

Links:
Blue Skies Music Festival: https://blueskiesmusicfestival.ca
Blue Skies in the Community: http://blueskies-in-the-community.ca/wordpress/home/
Blue Skies mailing list: maillist@blueskiesmusicfestival.ca
Kingston live music and festival listings: https://www.kingstonlive.ca/
Production by Soundwise: http://soundwise.audio
In this Video Resource(s) Blue Skies Music Festival

Video Credits

Produced by: John Sanfilippo
Edited by: Steve Townsend
Posted: Jun. 1, 2023

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