Tickets
BRING YOUR BESTIES!
Special ticket discount offer
Starting July 7, save on festival tickets when you buy 2, 3, 4, or more in one purchase.
This special discount offer is valid to 11:59pm on Thursday, July 13.
Gather your bestie or your whole festival crew and save on day & weekend passes. The bigger your group, the bigger the savings.
Do you have a friend who’s never been to the festival?
Want to make July 14-16 a special reunion weekend-to-remember with a few of your oldest mates? Thinking of giving a special treat to your kids, parents or grandparents?
What better way to reconnect with old pals or celebrate with those special folks you just can’t live without when the crowds start bouncing?
Bring them along. Make musical memories – and save money to boot.
To Bring Your Besties to the 2023 VFMF, use the following discount codes at checkout:
For two tickets (you + 1) at a 15% total discount: BESTIE15
For three tickets (you + 2) at a total 20% discount: COMPANY20
For four or more tickets (you + 3 ++) at a 25% total discount: CROWD25
(Taxes / service charge will be added to all tickets)
Program Guides
This year, printed program guides will be available for pre-order along with your tickets. These programs are your guide to the Festival, with schedules, artist information, and pretty much anything you need to know for the best weekend of your summer. Plus it’s a great souvenir! Price: $20 for pre-orders and on site (if quantities remain).
Single Ticket Prices
Advance ticket prices in effect until 11:59pm, Thursday, July 13.
ADULT
| ADULT | Early Bird | Advance | Gate |
| FRIDAY | $60 | $75 | $80 |
| SATURDAY | $100 | $125 | $140 |
| SUNDAY | $100 | $125 | $140 |
| WEEKEND | $200 | $230 | $250 |
taxes/service charge will be added to all tickets
ELDER | 65+
| ELDER | Early Bird | Advance | Gate |
| FRIDAY | $45 | $60 | $65 |
| SATURDAY | $90 | $105 | $125 |
| SUNDAY | $90 | $105 | $125 |
| WEEKEND | $170 | $200 | $220 |
taxes/service charge will be added to all tickets
STUDENT | 20+ with student ID
| STUDENT | Early Bird | Advance | Gate |
| FRIDAY | $35 | $45 | $50 |
| SATURDAY | $75 | $90 | $110 |
| SUNDAY | $75 | $90 | $110 |
| WEEKEND | $150 | $180 | $190 |
taxes/service charge will be added to all tickets
YOUTH | 13 to 20
| YOUTH | Early Bird | Advance | Gate |
| FRIDAY | $30 | $35 | $40 |
| SATURDAY | $70 | $75 | $95 |
| SUNDAY | $70 | $75 | $95 |
| WEEKEND | $135 | $165 | $170 |
taxes/service charge will be added to all tickets
All sales final, no refunds
Festival runs rain or shine
Children 12 and under FREE (must be accompanied by an adult)
Deadlines
Advance single ticket prices and Bring Your Bestie Discount Codes end Thursday, July 13 at 11:59 pm. Gate pricing for all tickets will then be in effect.
More Information
Email us at boxoffice@thefestival.bc.ca
Contact the Box Office by phone at 604.602.9798 ext 302
Here is a list of the artists and groups scheduled to perform on site on both day and evening stages – and which day or days they will be performing on the July 14-16 weekend (subject to change)
Friday
Tré Burt, Jim Byrnes, Calexico, The High Bar Gang, Amythyst Kiah, Medicine Singers, Aoife O’Donovan, Cláudio Rabeca Quartet with special guest Serena Eades, Twin Flames, Cedric Watson & Jourdan Thibodeaux
Saturday
American Beauties: Songs of the Grateful Dead Re-Imagined, Blick Bassy, Joey Burns (Calexico), Celeigh Cardinal, Joachim Cooder, Maya de Vitry, Krystle Dos Santos, Ferron, Joe Henry, Rich Hope, Kaylon Kalhor Trio, Amythyst Kiah, Don McGlashan with special guest Anita Clark, Medicine Singers, Ruth Moody, Namgar, Susan O’Neill, Jocelyn Pettit and Ellen Gira, William Prince, Cláudio Rabeca Quartet with special guest Serena Eades, San Pedro Cinco, Ruby Singh and The Future Ancestors, Tiny Habits, Toubab Krewe, True Loves, Twin Flames, Cedric Watson & Jourdan Thibodeaux
Sunday
Jill Barber, Tré Burt, Jim Byrnes, Los Cafeteras, Joachim Cooder, Steve Dawson and The Hooded Mergansers, Maya de Vitry, Krystle Dos Santos, Derek Gripper, Joe Henry, The High Bar Gang, Melón Jiménez & Lara Wong Flamenco-World Trio, Kalàscima featuring Andrea Ramolo, Kaylon Kalhor Trio, Albert Lee, Colin Linden, Don McGlashan with special guest Anita Clark, Susan O’Neill, Samantha Parton, William Prince, Rum Ragged, San Pedro Cinco, The Sojourners, Toubab Krewe
Cashless Festival
Following in the footsteps of 2022, VFMF 2023 is going cashless on site. Tickets-sellers and vendors won’t be accepting cash for goods, so be sure to bring your cards and phones and tap!
In addition to debit, Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover Cards are all accepted. On-site readers can also process both Apple Pay and Google Pay purchases too.
So leave your cash at home, and have your preferred alternatives on hand to buy tix, food, Artisan Market treasures, and snazzy merch.
Donations
The VFMF depends on donations from folks like you to survive and thrive. In fact, any contribution that you can make, big or small, has a tremendous impact on the Festival’s ability to bring exciting, interesting and talented artists from around the world to your doorstep.
Please consider adding a donation to your ticket purchase – and help ensure that the Vancouver Folk Music Festival can continue to flourish for years to come. Thanks for your support.