The groundswell of support for the Vancouver Folk Music Festival over the past eight days has been extraordinary. We have received numerous messages of love and support from our Festival attendees, dedicated volunteers, musicians who have graced our stages, past…
Gate LotteryAll ticket holders welcome to participate! FRIDAYBallot Entry: 12pm – 12:30pmLottery draw: 12:30pmGeneral Admission Gates: 1pm SATURDAY / SUNDAYBallot Entry: 8am-8:30amLottery draw: 8:30amGeneral Admission Gates: 9am To allow for safe entry into the Festival, we have instituted a new…
CALLING ALL ASPIRING YOUNG SONGWRITERS! Are you an aspiring young songwriter between the age of 15-24? Would like feedback on your songs, find new inspiration and improve your songwriting skills? Join us for the second iteration of the Vancouver Folk Music…
That’s my kid with the cards / He’s nine years old / With a head full of wonder / And a heart of goldAnd there’s not a trick that he can’t figure out / And he’s never stopped the show…
Karim Saada grew up listening to his father playing Chaabi music in the casbah in Algiers, now performing this unique and popular Arab-Andalusian traditional music that’s been passed on to him in turn. But like many sons, he has forged his…
I’ve been dreaming again of a lonesome road Where I’m lost and I’ve got no friends Just the rocks and the trees And my lonesome dreams And a road that’ll never end (from Lonesome Dreams) Lord Huron’s songs often talk…
While Ravid Kahalani grew up in the culture, singing the songs, eating the food and speaking the language of his Yemenite heritage – he did so in Israel, part of a large community of Jewish Yemenites who settled there. While never…
Lee Fields has only to sing one note, any note, and you know he’s Soul. And when the rhythm section, the un-nameable groove, the wailing horns of The Expressions kick in – you’re transported. This band you don’t just listen…
Early Bird weekend passes sell for the best deal until 11:59pm on Saturday, June 4. After that the prices go up! You can buy online, or take advantage of the following purchase options. Come in to the festival box office at suite 230 –…
It’s a very cool thing for the VFMF to present a band that’s pretty much as old as we are! “The Oyster Ceilidh Band” started out in 1978 as a dance band, but soon started experimenting with radical arrangements of…