Vancouver Folk Music Festival
Logo for the 2006 festival
Location(s)	Jericho Beach, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Years active	1978-present
Date(s)	third weekend of July
Genre	folk, world, singer-songwriter, bluegrass, hip hop
Website	www.thefestival.bc.ca

The Vancouver Folk Music Festival takes place every third weekend of July. Founded in 1978, this annual festival uses eight outdoor stages, located at Jericho Beach Park on the west side of Vancouver, British Columbia.

In the past it has attracted artists from all over the world and from all walks of life, including Ani Difranco, Utah Phillips, Tuvan Throat singers, Sarah Harmer, Veda Hille, Feist, K'naan, and Ferron, among many others. In recent years, the festival has added more hip-hop and spoken word to the standard collection of singer-songwriters and ethnic musicians.

Historically, the VFMF has eschewed corporate sponsorship, which has led to various unusual advertising gimmicks on the part of companies not related to or supported by the VFMF but wishing to take advantage of a large "captive audience" (most notoriously, advertising planes buzzing festival-goers with low-level bannered fly-bys).

The VFMF is produced with the help of over 1,200 volunteers each year, and attracts an audience of over 30,000+ over three days.

Contents 1 2008 2 2007 3 2006 4 References 5 External links

[edit] 2008

Held from July 18-20, 2008, the 31st edition of the VFMF included such acts as Michael Franti & Spearhead, Master Musicians of Jajouka, Ozomatli, Aimee Mann, Kiran Ahluwalia, Etran Finatawa, Markus James and the Wassonrai, Jorane (cancelled) and Eneida Marta.^[1]

[edit] 2007

Held from July 13-15, 2007, the 30th annual installment's most notable acts featured Hawksley Workman, The Wailin' Jennys, and hometown group The Be Good Tanyas.

Full lineup

Rani Arbo and Daisy Mayhem The Be Good Tanyas Geoff Berner Bitch and the Exciting Conclusion Jim Byrnes, Steve Dawson and The Soujourners with the House Band Carolina Chocolate Drops Liz Carroll & John Doyle Cornerstone Toumani Diabate Symmetric Orchestra Kellylee Evans The Fugitives Mike Ford David Francey Ganga Giri Hip Hop Hope Jamaica to Toronto

Jam Camp Martyn Joseph Andrea Koziol Kutapira The Life and Times of Ginger Goodwin Los Munequitos de Matanzas Dougie MacLean Mihirangi Sarah Jane Morris Geoff Muldaur Mushfiq Ensemble Next...The Collaboratory Nucleus Oh Susanna Old Man Luedecke Ndidi Onukwulu Utah Phillips Po' Girl Salt

Karen Savoca Adham Shaikh's Dreamtree Project Adrian Sherwood Songs of the Pacific Northwest Tanya Tagaq Tapia eta Leturia 30 Years in 60 Minutes with Timothy Wisdom The Truckers Memorial Twilight Circus Dub Sound System Under the Volcano - Rhyme and Resist! Vancouver International Bhangra Celebration The Wailin' Jennys Hawksley Workman You Are Here (with Rae Spoon)

[edit] 2006

The 29th annual VFMF was held from July 14-16, 2006, and featured Juno Award winner Feist.

Full lineup

A Bhangra Celebration Afrodizz Angela Harris Beats Without Borders Bethany and Rufus Big Bass Theory Clifton Joseph Collaboratory 2.9 Dan Bern Dubblestandart Dyad Eliza Gilkyson Erynn Marshall and Chris Coole Feist Ga Gi Ganga Giri Hamell on Trial

Ivan Coyote and The Word on The Beach Jacob Cino and Third Eye Tribe James Keelaghan Jane Siberry Kelly Joe Phelps Lal Leaky Heaven Circus presents Giant Consortium Lillian Allen Linda Tillery and Nina Gerber Mihirangi Najma Akhtar Ndidi Onukwulu featuring Madagascar Slim no luck club Nucleus Ray Wylie Hubbard

Ridley Bent Ruthie Foster Salt Sisters Euclid Supergenerous Tanya Tagaq The Angel Brothers feat. Sandhya Sanjana The Grande Mothers The Mammals The Mighty Popo with Urunana rw'abadatana The New Lost City Ramblers Tim Readman & Shona Le Mottée Utah Phillips Vishwa Mohan Bhatt & Salil Bhatt Zar

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official site
• Vancouver Folk Music Festival Scrapbook
• VFMF Flickr Group
• VFMF MySpace Community

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