How a Mennonite music festival is helping landless Indigenous Bands in Saskatchewan
It had all the telltale signs of a summer music festival.
A makeshift stage sat at the foot of a restored red hip roof barn. Lawn chairs were in hand and people milled about taking in berry bushes ripe for the picking and on site meals. Wood signs were directing people where they needed to go and vehicles lined a freshly hayed field.
But a tipi nestled in the corner of the farmyard was the catalyst to set this festival apart.
For eight years, visitors from as far as Ontario have come together on Ray Funk’s acreage for the Spruce River Folk Festival. The one day event is about much more than just music.