By Will McGuirk

When I started slowcity.ca over a dozen years ago the vision was to highlight the makers and the makers of happenings; the support local movement, the farm to table movement, the slow purposeful life, the creative entrepreneur, the future makers. And if I had to design something that would wrap all of that up it would have been something like Cultivate.

Of course I didn’t, however the folks at Cultivate have and its everything one could imagine about a slow life, and then add goats! And then really slow down by sharing the goodness over three days.

Cultivate Festival takes place Friday, Sept 23, Saturday Sept 24 and Sunday Sept 25 at Haute Goat Farm just north of Port Hop, On.

The line-up features indie roots artists, Joel Plaskett Emergency, Kathleen Edwards, the Sadies, Shad, Kate Boothman, Julian Taylor, Brooks & Bowskill, and more.

There are many kid-friendly events and activities, culminating in a children’s parade on the Sunday. Also a book fair, and an arts hive, folk dancing, a pop-up choir, plus local food and beverage vendors, including Smashed Burgers, the Pop Stand, and Northumberland Hills Brewery.

And there will be much more, Slow doesn’t mean less, and Small doesn’t mean not going big!