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Ruffle Redbird is a silly-song singing lovebird – he makes up songs with your ideas, playing and singing them with you. A beloved annual part of VFMF for many years, he and his family join us this year with three special shows…

From the west coast of British Columbia, Jocelyn Pettit is a vibrant fiddle player, step dancer, and singer. With grace and passion, Jocelyn and her band offer an uplifting and engaging traditional and original music, inspired by the Celtic and…

Gathering together some of the finest classically trained Persian musicians in Canada, the Vashaan Ensemble draws upon Iran’s rich musical past to perform joyful and memorable Persian traditional songs. The Vashaan Ensemble was formed in 2011 as a project to explore and present forms of…

Paul Pigat is widely considered one of the best guitar players in North America.  He has one of the most restless, combustible, musical imaginations – crammed like canned heat into a single body.  Blessed with a jazz man’s sheen, a…

Dawn is deservedly becoming known as the Queen of Canadian Soul.  Vibrant, genuine, and soulful, Dawn has deep musical roots that take her powerful voice from gospel and soul to jazz, funk, and world music. In addition to regularly collaborating on the…

Locarno finds its sizzle in Mexican roots music, while incorporating large doses of chan son, folk, pop, and funk. Group leader Tom Landa’s goal when putting together Locarno was to create music which is heavily influenced by Mexican music but…

Tsatsu Stalqayu translated into English means Coastal Wolf Pack. They are a traditional Coast Salish performance group that consists of more than 25 male and female members of a single family, from age 6 months to over 50. The members…

Blue Moon Marquee is a swinging blues band, nominated for Canadian Folk Music Awards 2021 Songwriter of the Year, and soon to be seen in the International Indigenous Music Summit film “Giiwewizh” (To Carry Home). They currently make their home…