#InstagramCanton: Music and Positivity at Life is good Festival

A featured gallery of Instagram photos taken at the Life if good Festival at Prowse Farm in Canton this past weekend.

Instagram is a photo filter application available for iPhone and Android. Canton Patch this week is running a special feature spawned from a running column on Milton Patch known as #InstagramMilton captures local life through the eyes of the popular photo-sharing tool. This week's feature captures the good vibes and positive spirit of the Life is good Festival in Canton this past weekend. The photos were taken on Sunday of the two-day festival at Prowse Farm in the Blue Hills. If you have Instagram photos you’d like to share with Canton Patch, add them to this gallery by clicking the "Upload Photos and Videos" button. Suggestions for future galleries can be added to the comment section for consideration, as well. If you’re using the …

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PHOTOS: Life is Good Festival 2012

It's a sold out weekend for The Life is good Festival at Prowse Farm

Bert and John Jacobs who founded Life is good in 1989 started outselling tee shirts from the back of a truck in downtown Boston. The company has expanded its products from tee shirts, caps to a full line of apparal for men, women and children as well as many accessory categories.  From the back of a truck to 4,500 retail stores in all 50 states as well as 30 companies worldwide. Bert Jacobs, one half of the Life is Good founders said, "Our first festival was in a pumpkin patch. Then we did Fenway Park and now we've returned for our second year at Prowse Farm in Canton." From two or three bands to 20, the Life is Good Festival has reached 1,000's of people across the country who come from near and far for the festival in Canton. "Music is …

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Meet Life is Good Founding Member Bert Jacobs

The interview comes as part of Canton Patch's Life is good Festival coverage this weekend.

Life is Good started in the back of a truck with Bert and his brother John Jacobs, selling tee shirts on the streets of Boston in 1989. The guys would gather friends around to toss ideas and get opinions on their creative work. One drawing of the character now known as Jake received the most attention. Jake was born and he was smiling because 'Life was good'. The company has expanded and so has the Life is good Festival. "The first festival in 2003 was a Pumpkin Festival," Bert Jacobs said. "Then it was in Fenway Park. Music has always been apart of the festival, it's sustainable. We've now grown from having two or three bands to having 20 or more. I believe it is the best builder of community". Watch for Life is Good Festival photo …

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Upload Your Life is Good Festival Photos to Canton Patch

Going to the festival this weekend? Upload your best photos and video clips from the event!

The 2012 Life is Good Festival has arrived at Prowse Farm in Canton, and Canton Patch wants you to be the eyes on the ground! Upload your best photos and videos from the festival here and be sure to submit your best memories from the event in the comments section below! For those attending the festival, check out these five things you should know before heading in.

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Prowse Farm Celebrates a Day of Music

A Summer Oldies Festival to benefit Prowse Farm Educational Center.

On Saturday, July 7, 2012, Prowse Farm hosted a summer oldies festival, produced by Harvey Robbins, to benefit the Historic Prowse Farm Educational Center.  Prowse Farm includes 44 acres of open space that rest at the foot of Great Blue Hill, after which Massachusetts derived its name. The Native Americans called the area, “Moswatusek” or land by the great hill. The oldies festival musical line up included Tony Funches, former lead singer of  Herb Reed's The Platters for over ten years with hits, "Only You," "My Prayer" and "Twilight Time." Dana Z's tribute to Elvis Presley, Suzie Hatton with her rendition of Pat Benatar and James Brown Jr. saluting the godfather of soul, Mr. James Brown. Other musical artists along with an antique car …

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9:34 am on Thursday, July 12, 2012

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The Order for the Preservation of Indian Culture's 36th Annual Pow-Wow was Held in Canton

Native Americans from all over North American came to Prowse Farm in Canton to celebrate their culture.

The Order for the Preservation of Indian Culture (T.O.P.I.C.) held it's 36th Annual Pow Wow at the Prowse Farm, 5 Blue Hill River Road in Canton on June 23 and 24, 2012. The public was invited to join in the celebration of Native American culture with many native peoples from around the continent. The festivities included traditional dancing and drumming along with storytelling. Vendors in tents lined the Prowse Farm grounds with a wide variety of handmade items and supplies and delicious food. This tradition has gone on for hundreds of years all across our beautiful and diverse country. Visit the Prowse Farm website for more upcoming events.

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Life is Good Brings the Good Stuff to Canton with Two-Day Festival

The Life is good Festival entertained the crowds at Prowse Farm in Canton and raised money for charity.

The Life is good Festival, held for the second year at Canton’s Prowse Farm at the scenic foot of the Blue Hill Mountain, was off to an excellent start on Saturday. A well-attended crowd that swelled as the day progressed and the rain withheld was rewarded with an action-packed festival that offered a wide variety of music, games, crafts and food. The annual event is a charity held by the Life is good Company, which is head-quartered in Boston and New Hampshire.  All of the proceeds from the event are donated to the Life is good Playmakers, a non-profit group of experts who teach health-care and education professionals how to use therapeutic play to enhance the quality of life of children who have undergone or are undergoing traumatic …

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PHOTO GALLERY: Life is Good Kicks Off in Canton

For the second year in a row, the Life is Good Festival brought in huge crowds to Prowse Farm in Canton with an array or music performances, entertainment, food, games, and activities for kids this weekend.

For the second year in a row, the Life is Good Festival brought in huge crowds to Prowse Farm in Canton with an array or music performances, entertainment, food, games, and activities for kids this weekend. The two-day festival raises money for the Life is Good Playmakers, a non-profit that trains childcare workers to help children who have experienced some kind of trauma. This year's charity fundraising goal is set at $1 million. The fest wraps up today.

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Life is Good in Canton, Again

The two-day music festival is taking place at Prowse Farm this weekend.

For the second year in a row, life is good in Canton. Today and tomorrow, the Life is good Festival is bringing musical acts, games and fun to Prowse Farm. The music laden two-day fest, which drew 25,000 concertgoers last year, is raising money for children’s charity. “We are thrilled to be back,” said James Macdonald, director of good vibes at Life is good, a Boston-based company. “We can’t say enough about Canton,” Macdonald, a Watertown resident, said in an interview this week with Patch. “No city or town has been as cooperative and understanding as to what our mission is as Canton.” Last year, the festival raised $725,000 and “this year’s fundraising goal is $1 million,” the Braintree native said. All of the money raised at the two-day…

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