The Vancouver Folk Music Festival society has 7 new directors. ...
If last night’s board elections for the Vancouver Folk Music Festival Society amounted to a showdown between competing visions for the festival’s future, the battle ended in a draw. Members of the society elected seven new board members during the ...
Founding Director Alan Davis and dozens of big talents bring ...
In an open field near Toronto’s Fort York, where American troops were defeated by an army of Canadian, British and First Nations soldiers over two centuries ago (they retreated secretly and booby-trapped the munitions area to explode), peace was restored ...
John Fogerty and sons close Ottawa CityFolk before a Massive ...
At the age of 77, John Fogerty hasn’t lost his touch or his voice. Along with his two sons, Shane and Tyler, John played all of the hits for the enormous crowd that came to see him on the final ...
Sarah Harmer opens for John Fogerty at the final night ...
Sarah Harmer is on her first tour in 10 years, and the crowd was so happy to see her preforming again. Along with her were two other women, Dani Nash on drums and back-up vocals, and Kelly McMichael on keyboards ...
Shovels and Rope open the final night of CityFolk 2022
This dynamic duo is made up of Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst who hail from Charleston, SC. Not only are they accomplished musicians, but they are also husband and wife and usually have their two young children with them ...
A photo tour of Summerfolk 2022
Summerfolk unfolded in Owen Sound from Aug. 19-21, the first time in three years it’s followed its traditional format down at Kelso Beach at Nawash Park. Elizbeth Szekeres was there and brings us this photo tour if the event. Irish ...
Tim Hicks got the crowd singing at CityFolk on night ...
What a great time we had listening to country star Tim Hicks last night at the City Folk Music Festival. The crowd roared with excitement when he did his hit song “Better Beer”. The song compares Canada to the United ...
R&B star T Pain kept the party going at CityFolk
When I told my 27 year old daughter and her 26 year old boyfriend that I was going to see T Pain and write a review of his show, their mouths dropped wide open. They said that he was “really ...
JJ Wilde kicks the door off its hinges at CityFolk ...
Jillian Dowding is from Kitchener/Waterloo, ON but her stage name is JJ Wilde. She is a force to be reckoned with. She told Robert Rowat of CBC Music last year that the “professors and voice coaches” from the Performing Arts ...
The Glorious Sons rock the stage at CityFolk
The Glorious Sons are an incredible band that attracted a massive crowd of young people to CityFolk Music Festival on Friday night. They sang and swayed along with every song. Formed in 2011 when they signed with Black Box, the ...