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2019 Winnipeg Folk Festival Preview: What to expect, who to see, and a throwback to last year's fest
2018 Winnipeg Folk Festival Preview: Who to see, how to keep up, and a look back at last year
Interview: Legendary metal vocalist Max Cavalera
Album Review: Tommy Hawkins - Amy
2016 Winnipeg Folk Festival Live Updates
Interview: Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, and Akiva Schaffer of The Lonely Island
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never National Sneak Preview Event on Wednesday, February 9, 2011
The Lonely Island, SNL's Digital Short masterminds, have a new CD coming out
Interview: Multi-talented Toronto singer/songwriter Emm Gryner
Interview: Canadian folk duo Dala (Sheila Carabine & Amanda Walther)
Iron & Wine highlight of Winnipeg Folk Festival so far (and other Day 3 notes)
Enter to win a double pass to the advance screening of the new horror film, Crawl, good any time during the regular theatrical run of the film.
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2019 Winnipeg Folk Festival Preview: What to expect, who to see, and a throwback to last year's fest
Posted by: Paul Little // July 11, 2019 @ 12:38am
Let's start with some honesty: the original version of this 2019 Winnipeg Folk Festival preview piece was almost complete when a couple accidental clicks of the mouse sent hours of work into the digital ether.
Newfoundland folk duo Fortunate Ones visit the Winnipeg Folk Festival fresh off releasing new full-length, Hold Fast
Posted by: Paul Little // July 4, 2018 @ 11:02pm
Newfoundland and Labrador has a population of just over half a million people – smaller than all but one other province.
2018 Winnipeg Folk Festival Preview: Who to see, how to keep up, and a look back at last year
Posted by: Showbiz Monkeys // July 4, 2018 @ 1:02pm
The Winnipeg Folk Festival celebrates its 45th year in 2018, and here at Showbiz Monkeys, we're celebrating our 10th year in a row of covering this much-loved prairie music festival.
Interview: Legendary metal vocalist Max Cavalera
Posted by: William O'Donnell // March 22, 2018 @ 6:45pm
Max Cavalera is most famous for being the lead singer (growler) and composer for Soulfly, Cavalera Conspiracy, Killer be Killed, and formerly of thrash-metal pioneers Sepultura. In 1994, Max created a one-off side project with English musician/producer Alex Newport called Nailbomb.
2017 Winnipeg Folk Fesetival Preview: Big names, hidden gems, incredible locals, and some cool stuff from 2016
Posted by: Showbiz Monkeys // July 6, 2017 @ 9:51am
The summer festival season in Manitoba, on the Canadian prairies, is always an exciting time.
See ShowbizMonkeys.com's interviews, photos, videos, and highlights live from #WFF2016, plus some of our favourite posts from around social media.
2016 Winnipeg Folk Festival Preview: Top picks for each day of the fest, plus our 2015 video highlights
Posted by: Paul Little // July 6, 2016 @ 2:39pm
The Winnipeg Folk Festival is one of Canada's longest-running music festivals, and is a favourite not just amongst local music fans, but of performers and audience members well beyond the Manitoba borders.
Interstellar Rodeo Winnipeg Preview: What is it, who's coming, and why should you go?
Posted by: Showbiz Monkeys // August 12, 2015 @ 1:33pm
Interstellar Rodeo -- a music festival started by Canadian indie label Six Shooter Records in Edmonton, Alberta in 2012 -- has come to Winnipeg for the first time in 2015, setting up shop at the Forks from Friday, August 14 to Sunday, August 16.
See ShowbizMonkeys.com's interviews, photos, videos, and highlights live from #WFF2015, plus some of our favourite posts from around social media.
2015 Winnipeg Folk Festival Preview: This year's must-see acts, an interview with Artistic Director Chris Frayer, & video highlights from 2014
Posted by: Showbiz Monkeys // July 7, 2015 @ 7:28am
The Winnipeg Folk Festival has been going strong on the Canadian prairies for over four decades. Music, community, environment, food, fun -- these are all integral parts of what makes the Winnipeg Folk Festival so special year after year. There are travellers from across Canada and the U.S.
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