163rd Owen Sound Emancipation Festival on August 1-3: Here's What You Need to Know
Owen Sound’s 163rd annual Emancipation Festival returns August 1–3, celebrating freedom, heritage, and community with music, storytelling, and reflection at Harrison Park, Grey Roots & BME Church.
The Emancipation Festival, originally called the Emancipation Day Picnic, commemorates the British Commonwealth Emancipation Act of August 1, 1834.
Since 1862, descendants of those who escaped slavery and found freedom and peace in Canada, have gathered in Owen Sound`s beautiful Harrison Park and other place…
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