2009
Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival
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The Folk Arts Society presents 33 years of the NL Folk Festival with an amazing new lineup to be announced at a LAUNCH on Wednesday, July 1st /2009 at the Ship Pub. Performers from the Folk Festival will play and the music will continue into the evening with Folk Night featuring The Rosalines.
The Folk Festival August 7th-9th/2009 is pleased to announce the addition of Ontario native Serena Ryder to its lineup. Ryder has emerged as a stellar artist of her generation and has already left an indelible impression on Canada, where her album If Your Memory Serves You Well has been certified Gold and contributed to her winning the 2008 Juno Award for Best New Artist. Her newest release, Is It O.K., has also been certified Gold in Canada and was quickly followed by winning the title of Adult Alternative Album of the Year at the 2009 Juno Awards as well as garnering Serena a nomination for Artist of the Year.The 33rd year performers also include:
Atlantic Canadian Folk-Rock legends Rawlin’s Cross, The Masterless Men, Ron Hynes, Garnet Rogers, Quebec’s Bon Debarras, two-time U.S. finger-style Guitar Champion Don Ross with singer-songwriter Brooke Miller, local ska sensations The Idlers, Country crooners the 8-Track Favourites, Scottish singing great Andy M. Stewart with guitar wizard and singer Gerry O’ Beirne, Ireland’s Sean Keane, Gulliver’s Spree, Australia’s Danny Spooner, Liz Solo, The Ray Walsh Family Band, Shamrock, Enoch Kent, Forgotten Bouzouki, Middle Tickle, Allan Ricketts and Glen Collins, Jean Hewson and Christina Smith, and many more.
Thousands of people have come together annually in St. John’s for a weekend to celebrate the best in traditional and contemporary folk music and dance at the Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival. The Folk Arts Society promotes Folk Arts in Newfoundland and Labrador and throughout Canada. We are the second oldest continuously running Folk Festival in Canada!!
Help us start the 6 week countdown with the Festival Launch and Folk Night!!
Upcoming Folk Night
Join us at the Ship Pub, July 1st at 9 p.m.
for Dana Parsons and Wade Tarling.
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Upcoming Events
The 33rd annual Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival. Bannerman Park, St. John's, August 7-9, 2009.
The mandate of the Folk Arts Society is to "produce arts festivals for the purpose of education and advancing the public’s understanding and appreciation of Newfoundland and Labrador folk arts and to educate artists through participation in such festivals and related workshops; and to educate the public in folk arts through performances in public places and seminars".
