The Winnipeg Folk Festival, celebrating 37 years in 2010, is one of North America’s premier outdoor music festivals. It takes place each summer over the second weekend in July in Birds Hill Provincial Park, Manitoba, Canada, with the 2010 festival running from July 7 to 11. The festival features music performances, a folk school, programs for young performers and young visual artists, over 100 artisans, children’s programming, a visual art exhibition, and a food village that encourages the use of local, organic and fair trade ingredients.
2011 LINEUP
ANDY WHITE AUSTRALIA/IRELAND FOLK
ANNIE LOU YUKON OLD TIME
BEOGA IRELAND CELTIC
BLACKIE & THE RODEO KINGS ONTARIO ROOTS
BLIND PILOT OREGON INDIE FOLK
BLUE RODEO ONTARIO ROOTS
CALADH NUA IRELAND CELTIC
CARACOL QUEBEC FOLK
CARAVAN PALACE FRANCE NOUVEAU HOT CLUB
CHARLIE PARR MINNESOTA FOLK/OLD TIME
CHRISTA COUTURE BRITISH COLUMBIA FOLK/SINGER-SONGWRITER
CHUCK ET ALBERT PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND ACADIAN/COMEDY
CHUCK PROPHET CALIFORNIA INDIE FOLK
CONNIE KALDOR QUEBEC FOLK
CROOKED BROTHERS MANITOBA FOLK/ROOTS
DAN CRARY CALIFORNIA FOLK/BLUES
DAN MANGAN BRITISH COLUMBIA FOLK/SINGER-SONGWRITER
DAVID WAX MUSEUM MASSACHUSETTS FOLK
DAWES CALIFORNIA ROOTS/AMERICANA
DIRK POWELL LOUISIANA CAJUN/APPALACIAN
DJ HUNNICUTT MANITOBA FUNK/DJ
FAIRFIELD FOUR TENNESSEE GOSPEL
FRAZEY FORD BRITISH COLUMBIA FOLK
FUNKY METERS LOUISIANA FUNK
GALANT, TU PERDS TON TEMPS QUEBEC
CONTEMPORARY FRENCH
TRADITIONAL A CAPPELLA
GANGA GIRI AUSTRALIA WORLD/ELECTRONIC
GREEN FOOLS THEATRE ALBERTA FAMILY/THEATRE
HIGH STRUNG ALBERTA FAMILY/AERIAL DANCE
IMAGINARY CITIES MANITOBA R&B/INDIE
JAUNE TOUJOURS BELGIUM FOLK ROCK/ROOTS
JOY KILLS SORROW MASSACHUSETTS STRINGBAND
KAT DANSER ALBERTA BLUES/ROOTS
K.D. LANG AND THE SISS BOOM BANG ALBERTA FOLK ROCK/COUNTRY
LITTLE FEAT CALIFORNIA ROOTS/ROCK
LUCY WAINWRIGHT ROCHE NEW YORK FOLK
M. WARD OREGON INDIE/FOLK
MAMA CUTSWORTH MANITOBA SOUL/DJ
MARCO CALLIARI QUEBEC/ITALY BALKAN
MATT ANDERSEN NEW BRUNSWICK BLUES
MELISSA MCCLELLAND ONTARIO ROOTS/AMERICANA
MIGHTY POPO ONTARIO WORLD/BLUES
MINOTAURS ONTARIO INDIE/AFRO-BEAT
MOUNTAIN MAN VERMONT INDIE/FOLK
NAOMI SHELTON & THE GOSPEL QUEENS NEW YORK GOSPEL/SOUL
NEW COUNTRY REHAB ONTARIO ROOTS/AMERICANA
OH MY DARLING MANITOBA FOLK/ROOTS
OMAR SOULEYMAN SYRIA WORLD
ORDO SAKHNA KYRGYZSTAN KYRGYZ FOLK
PETER ROWAN BLUEGRASS BAND CALIFORNIA BLUEGRASS
PUPPET FOLK MANITOBA FAMILY/PUPPET THEATRE
RAY WYLIE HUBBARD TEXAS ROOTS/AMERICANA
SAMANTHA CRAIN OKLAHOMA FOLK ROCK
SARAH JAROSZ TEXAS FOLK
SCOTT NOLAN MANITOBA ROOTS/SINGER-SONGWRITER
SECRET AGENT 23 SKIDOO NORTH CAROLINA KID HOP/FAMILY
SHANE KOYCZAN AND THE SHORT STORY
LONG BRITISH COLUMBIA SPOKEN WORD/FOLK
SPIRO UNITED KINGDOM CONTEMPORARY BRITISH FOLK
TEGAN AND SARA BRITISH COLUMBIA/QUEBEC INDIE/FOLK
THE BE GOOD TANYAS BRITISH COLUMBIA FOLK
THE DEL MCCOURY BAND WITH THE
PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND TENNESSEE/LOUISIANA BLUEGRASS/JAZZ
WHERE: Winnipeg, MB
