Posts with the tag Winnipeg Folk Festival.
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Winnipeg Folk Fest Interview & Performance: Madeleine Roger
Posted by: Paul Little • September 10, 2024 @ 6:16pm
Winnipeg's Madeleine Roger has been releasing music for nearly a decade – as a solo artist, with her brother Lucas as Roger Roger, and recently accompanying The Fretless on tour and for a few songs on their upcoming new album.
Wrapping up last weekend's 49th Winnipeg Folk Festival
Posted by: Nicolien Klassen-Wiebe • July 22, 2024 @ 6:43pm
The 49th annual Winnipeg Folk Festival has come and gone -- hopefully so have all the sunburns and dehydration! The memories, though, I want to keep close.
July 11–14 was a sweltering four days with several thunderstorms.
2024 Winnipeg Folk Festival Preview
Posted by: Nicolien Klassen-Wiebe • July 10, 2024 @ 1:50pm
The 2024 Winnipeg Folk Festival is upon us! The beloved fest's 49th edition will see thousands setting up their hammocks and tarps in Birds Hill Provincial Park, just outside of Winnipeg, Manitoba, on July 11–14.
After an abnormally chilly fest last year, it looks like the sizzling weather familiar to any seasoned folkie is back with a vengeance.
2023 Winnipeg Folk Festival Preview
Posted by: Nicolien Klassen-Wiebe • July 5, 2023 @ 5:20pm
It's once again the best time of year, when thousands of people slap on sunscreen and set up low-sitting chairs to take in four days of music and community in Manitoba's Birds Hill Provincial Park, just outside of Winnipeg.
Winnipeg Folk Fest Interview: Singer-songwriter JayWood
Posted by: Paul Little • July 12, 2022 @ 6:27pm
Fresh off a spring West Coast tour opening for Molly Burch, a couple cool UK festivals, and several very fun music video releases, genre-bending singer-songwriter JayWood is s
2022 Winnipeg Folk Festival Preview: It's been a long time coming
Posted by: Paul Little • July 5, 2022 @ 9:05pm
In an annual tradition beginning way back in 2009, ShowbizMonkeys.com has set up shop in early July at Birds Hill Park near Winnipeg to cover the Winnipeg Folk Festival. Artist photos, video clips, interviews with some absolute music legends; it was an incredibly fun 11-year run.
Then, as we all know, the world shifted.
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.
2017 Winnipeg Folk Festival 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.
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