Wrapping up the 50th edition of the Winnipeg Folk Festival
Posted by: Nicolien Klassen-Wiebe • July 30, 2025 @ 10:41am
Well, folk friends... we did it! We feasted and frolicked, celebrating Winnipeg Folk Festival's 50th festival! Word on the street is that this edition ranked high on many people's lists of favourite festival years.
I certainly wasn't disappointed.
Finally, another Winnipeg Folk Festival is nigh! This is no ordinary year, though... it's the 50th anniversary!! This prairie celebration of music, art, and community has been bringing joy for half a century, my friends.
The 2025 edition of the Winnipeg Folk Festival will take place July 10??"13, in Manitoba's Birds Hill Provincial Park.
The Stanley County Cut-ups: Winnipeg Folk Festival Interview & Performance
Posted by: Nicolien Klassen-Wiebe • June 29, 2025 @ 8:44am
The Stanley County Cut-ups were everywhere at the 2024 Winnipeg Folk Festival. Besides their own concert, they were in several workshops throughout the weekend.
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.
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.
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.
The first time I had the opportunity to see Vance Joy live was in September 2013, and he was far from the household name he's become since his single, "Riptide", blew up worldwide in 2014.
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.
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