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Celebrating the 162nd Emancipation Festival – August 2 - 4
Join us to celebrate the 162nd Owen Sound Emancipation Festival and commemorate Emancipation Day. Festivities include Speaker’s Corner (Grey Roots Museum & Archives on August 2), Picnic & Festival (Harrison Park on August 3), a Gospel Sunday (Moreston Village, Grey Roots Museum & Archives on August 4) and more! Excited to welcome and strengthen family and community connections, so come out and enjoy a stellar line-up of speakers, performers and lots of other activities being planned for this signature event this summer! Enjoy performances this weekend from the M`Wikwedong Indigenous Friendship Centre Drummers, the Blackburn Brothers, Kaiya Cade Smith Blackburn, Joel Morelli, Liberty Silver, David Sereda & Choir, remarks and more! The Emancipation Festival, a not-for-profit organization, is grateful for the support from government, community organizations, businesses, individuals, volunteers and other donations to make these events possible. For more event information, visit https://www.emancipation.ca/events. Connect with us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OwenSoundEmancipationFestival or Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emancipation_festival
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