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Vancouver Folk Music Festival July 14 to 16, 2023   Krystle Dos Santos | BC While she may live in Vancouver, grew up in Edmonton, and has Guyanese roots, singer Krystle Dos Santos’ soul is planted deep in the rich…

Vancouver Folk Music Festival July 14 to 16, 2023   Rich Hope | BC It’s said around town that seeing Rich Hope is an essential rite of passage. Hope’s explosive rock ’n’ soul man revue has proved as enduring as…

Vancouver Folk Music Festival July 14 to 16, 2023   Kayhan Kalhor Trio | Iran/CA & QC Three-time Grammy nominee and 2017 Grammy-winner (with Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble, which he cofounded), Kayhan Kalhor is an internationally acclaimed…

Vancouver Folk Music Festival July 14 to 16, 2023   Kalàscima featuring Andrea Ramolo | Italy & ON Kalàscima is a sextet of old friends from Puglia in southern Italy. Using the metaphor of the boot, Puglia is the heel.…

Vancouver Folk Music Festival July 14 to 16, 2023   Tiny Habits | BC/MA Tiny Habits is an acoustic, folk-pop trio – and a modern musical phenomenon. Formed in Boston, MA by artists Maya Rae (from Vancouver), Cinya Khan and…

Vancouver Folk Music Festival July 14 to 16, 2023   Amythyst Kiah | TN Singer/songwriter Amythyst Kiah deals in old-time sounds (she studied bluegrass and American roots music in university) that convey a deeply intimate honesty, whether she’s singing about…

Vancouver Folk Music Festival July 14 to 16, 2023   Steve Dawson and The Hooded Mergansers | BC/TN Vancouver Folk’s favourite son, Steve Dawson, could be described as the renaissance man of roots music. A true dynamo, he’s a solo…

Vancouver Folk Music Festival July 14 to 16, 2023   Ruth Moody | MB/TN A classically trained pianist and gifted multi-instrumentalist with a captivating soprano voice, Ruth Moody was born in Australia, grew up in Winnipeg and toured the world…

Vancouver Folk Music Festival July 14 to 16, 2023   Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira | BC & MD Joining forces in Glasgow in 2018, Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira were already two well-established musicians, who found they share a…

Vancouver Folk Music Festival July 14 to 16, 2023   Cláudio Rabeca Quartet with special guest Serena Eades | Brazil & BC Brazil has often been described as a continent rather than a country and in music this is certainly…