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Orillia celebrates 100 years of Leacock with the Sunshine City Festival

This year marks the 100th anniversary of Stephen Leacock’s Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, and the town of Orillia, Ontario, which was loosely fictionalized in the satirical short story collection, is planning an old-time celebration.

According to local website Simcoe.com, the Sunshine City Festival, running from July 27“29, will honour the beloved humorist with early 20th century events, including a heritage carnival, vaudeville acts, performances, exhibitions, and a barbershop.

The winner of the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour, presented annually for the best book of humour written in the previous year by a Canadian, will be announced in April.