Vancouver Folk Music Festival

July 14 to 16, 2023

Ferron | BC

Just the name is enough for thousands of folks to get a tingle at the back of their necks. There are not many artists with the history of Ferron at this festival – or in the music world.

Senior stateswoman of a generation of Canadian singer-songwriters; one of the founding mothers of feminist ‘women’s’ music; and the only veteran of the 1979 Vancouver Folk Music Festival, and 1980 and more lineups here – Ferron shines as brilliantly today as she did forty years ago.

A poet who emerged on the Vancouver women’s coffee house scene in the 70’s, Ferron has written a collection of songs that stand the test of time – are ageless. Whether it’s the wonderfully humane break-up song, “Ain’t Life a Brook”, the revolutionary “It Won’t Be Long”, the unsentimental autobiography of “Shadows On a Dime”, the anthem, “Testimony”, or any one of a couple of dozen magnificent combinations of words and music that encompass,  in small containers,  insights into what makes us human – Ferron remains a vital creator and interpreter.

A recent Vancouver concert demonstrated that age has strengthened what was there in the beginning. A true original, a performance by Ferron is a unique experience not to be missed.