Public Policy and the Mariposa Folk Festival: Shared Ideals in the 1960s and 1970s

Abstract

The Mariposa Folk Festival’s most well-documented decades are the 1960s and 1970s, during which it was known for its support of budding Canadian talent and its openness to diverse musical traditions. However, its early programming decisions have not been examined within the context of broader trends in Canadian society. Given the era’s climate of “Canadian content” and “multiculturalism,” was the MFF’s artistic direction merely a reflection of newly-established government policies, or can the musical programming be attributed to progressive decision-making on the part of festival organizers? This paper addresses such questions by examining early MFF programming against a federal policy timeline.

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