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Welcome to the online home of the Vancouver Folk Music Festival. This site is undergoing extensive renovations at the moment, so please forgive the dust and stray pliers lying around (now, if I only had a hammer), not to mention information that may be unavailable at the moment. Please check back for updates!

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We're Number One!

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The Vancouver Folk Music Festival takes the top spot in the Georgia Straight reader’s poll for “Best Local Music Festival” – and ties at third with the amazing PuSH International Performing Arts Festival for “Best Local Performing Arts Festival”. We’re thrilled, and totally gratified by this recognition.  In a city with so many great festivals and music events, this is a real honour.It’s icing on the cake of a great year for the festival – so yay!

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Volunteer Corner

8th Annual Amnesty International Fundraiser - Rockin’ for Human Rights

amnestyDance to the music of 5 Live Bands

Friday, November 6, 2009 - Doors open 7:30 pm
Maritime Labour Centre, 1880 Triumph Street, Vancouver
(Corner of Victoria & Triumph – north of Hastings)

$15 (paid at the door)
Wear a Maritime/Nautical/Beach/Water costume - Prizes for best costumes

Proceeds to Amnesty International
For more information and ticket info please contact Dave Myles 604.524.0110

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NOTICE: Date Changed for Extraordinary General Meeting

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St. Mark’s Church, Boardroom
1805 Larch Street at 2nd. Avenue (Kitsilano), Vancouver, BC

The Extraordinary General Meeting previously set for October 8, 2009, has been  rescheduled to October 23, 2009, same place, same time (6:00 pm, St. Mark’s Church, 2nd Avenue and Larch Street, Vancouver).  We apologize for any inconvenience this causes to those who have already set the date, and we hope that you will be able to reset your plans to include October 23.  And, of course, we hope a number of others who were not going to be able to make the meeting on such short notice will now be able to attend.

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Culture Stimulates!

The struggle continues! Keeping up the pressure to fight provincial cuts to the arts.

Ironic isn’t it? Vancouver’s 2009 “Best Local Music Festival” along with over 6000 other arts & culture, heritage, parents, teachers, hot lunch programs, libraries, amateur sports, AIDS relief centres, health centres, emergency preparedness, music and summer camps for blind kids across the province continue to try to come to grips with the current and prospective results of the BC government’s unprecedented level of cuts to funding.
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Wasn’t that a time!

A great little video put together by James Cowan. It takes a few minutes to load, but it’s worth it! You can see it on the Youtube site here.