The Home County Music & Art Festival (formerly Home County Folk Festival) is a festival held the third weekend of July in London, Ontario.Helga Loverseed, "Summer means large, small festivals: There's Highland games, steel drum bands, art and music at some of the fetes in Ontario and Quebec". The Globe and Mail, July 8, 1992.
The founders chose the name "H.O.M.E County" because it was an acronym of the nearby counties of Huron, Oxford, Middlesex, and Elgin.
The festival is an admission by donation and is held in Victoria Park, London, Ontario.Heather Rivers, "Home County, 'London's longest-running festival,' puts down roots again". London Free Press, July 14, 2023. It is hosted by the Home County Folk League, a non-profit organization formed in 1973, and they have held a festival every year since 1974. In 2023, it was announced that the 2024 festival was canceled.
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