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PHOTOS: Arts festival lights up Port Hope

  • Aug 14
  • 1 min read
Left-to-right: Port Hope kids and youth like Maggie seen here holding ‘Chicky,’ Gracie with ‘Lover’ and Leila holding ‘Buzzer,’ had a blast at annual arts festival last weekend. They acquired their new friends from the vendor’s market. /Tim Burgess photos
Left-to-right: Port Hope kids and youth like Maggie seen here holding ‘Chicky,’ Gracie with ‘Lover’ and Leila holding ‘Buzzer,’ had a blast at annual arts festival last weekend. They acquired their new friends from the vendor’s market. /Tim Burgess photos

By photographer Tim Burgess


Meadow Haubold from Baltimore is seen here enjoying some cotton candy-flavoured ice cream at the Port Hope Arts Festival. The hot weather didn’t deter her from waiting patiently in the long line to get a cold treat at food trucks set up downtown. 
Meadow Haubold from Baltimore is seen here enjoying some cotton candy-flavoured ice cream at the Port Hope Arts Festival. The hot weather didn’t deter her from waiting patiently in the long line to get a cold treat at food trucks set up downtown. 

Jilliam Rolph, 12, and a Grade 7 student from Cobourg, played a few songs on the bandshell stage at Memorial Park. Jilliam has been playing for three years and performed ‘Ocean Eyes.’
Jilliam Rolph, 12, and a Grade 7 student from Cobourg, played a few songs on the bandshell stage at Memorial Park. Jilliam has been playing for three years and performed ‘Ocean Eyes.’

Festivalgoers were wowed by these stilts walkers who took several selfies with residents while walking around Memorial Park. 
Festivalgoers were wowed by these stilts walkers who took several selfies with residents while walking around Memorial Park. 

Actors Sue Minor and Mark Brownell from Toronto perform ‘For Buggies Sakes’ to the crowd on Lent Lane. This was one of the 10-minute plays as part of the festival.
Actors Sue Minor and Mark Brownell from Toronto perform ‘For Buggies Sakes’ to the crowd on Lent Lane. This was one of the 10-minute plays as part of the festival.

Festivalgoers visit craft vendors behind Port Hope Town Hall.
Festivalgoers visit craft vendors behind Port Hope Town Hall.

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