2008 July Archive

Jason Collett, October 25 @ The Pyramid

Published by admin on July 30, 2008 in Concert Series, Concerts & Events, Featured Artist, News and Upcoming Events Calendar. 0 Comments
October 25, 2008
8:00 pmto11:00 pm

collett Jason Collett @ the Pyramid Cabaret
October 25, 2008
Part of the Winnipeg Folk Festival Concert Series
and part of the “Exclaim! Wood, Wires, & Whisky” Tour, presented by Grant’s Whisky

Click here for tickets at Ticketmaster. Presale Thursday, July 31, 10 a.m. to Friday, August 1, 10 pm.

Public on-sale Saturday, August 2 at 10 am.

Tickets will also be available at the Festival Music Store, 211 Bannatyne Avenue.

Toronto’s Jason Collett will headline the upcoming Exclaim! Magazine and Grant’s Whisky, “Wood, Wires & Whisky” tour this fall, joined by Rock Plaza Central and Zeus on the majority of dates.

Collett’s Winnipeg stop, with Rock Plaza Central and Zeus, will be at the Pyramid Cabaret (18+ only) on October 25 (doors 7, show 8) as part of the Winnipeg Folk Festival Concert Series. Tickets are $17.50, plus fees, and will be available at Ticketmaster and at the Festival Music Store, 211 Bannatyne Avenue. Public on-sale is 10 a.m., Saturday, August 2.

Jason Collett released his fourth full-length, Here’s To Being Here, in February of this year on Arts & Crafts garnering international attention and glowing reviews. Collett and his band spent much of the winter and spring on the road, headlining shows across North America. The summer has been spent on the festival circuit, performing at the Ottawa Bluesfest, Vancouver Folk Festival and this past weekend at the Hillside Festival, in Guelph, ON.

“within his sturdy arrangements and cozy tunes, his teetering voice is carrying thoughts worth hearing.” – The New York Times

“brimming with inspiration and unorthodox combinations of musical ideas.” – NOW Magazine

“this man has the soul of a poet and big, genre-topping talent” – Hour Montreal

Ann Walton September 19 @ The Folk Exchange

Published by admin on July 30, 2008 in Concerts & Events, Featured Artist, Folk Exchange Events, Live @ The Folk Exchange, News and Upcoming Events Calendar. 0 Comments
September 19, 2008
7:00 pmto10:00 pm

September 19 at the Folk Exchange, 211 Bannatyne Avenue

Ann Walton

Ann Walton

In a moment of teen rebellion, Ann Walton decided she’d stop taking piano lessons and play the guitar instead. But in her mid-20s, when she came back to her senses — and back to the keyboard — Winnipeg’s music scene became a whole lot richer. Walton’s is not a sound we hear often in the ‘Peg: an old-time touch on the ivories meets a new-school sense of song. That smoky, jazzy sound (which thrilled audiences at the 2007 NXNE festival, and debuted on last year‘s Top of the Hill album) could be the musical child of Tom Waits and Ella Fitzgerald, or stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Rufus Wainwright; but for all those comparisons, Walton is a true prairie original.

Ann Walton podcast episode 

Ann mySpace 

Manitoba Music profile 

On CBC Radio 3 

Register for 2008 fall music classes

Published by admin on July 30, 2008 in Concerts & Events, Education programs, Folk Exchange Events and News. 0 Comments

In the Festival’s year-round venue, The Folk Exchange, we hold music classes all year! This fall, you can register for Blues Harmonica, Songwriting or Intermediate Banjo. (Registration for children’s music classes, “Little Folk,” coming soon!)  Click here for more information and registration forms on our Workshops and Classes page.

Festival Raffle Winners

Published by admin on July 17, 2008 in News and Uncategorized. 1 Comment

A big thank you goes out to everyone who supported the Winnipeg Folk Festival by purchasing raffle tickets. Congratulations to this year’s Winnipeg Folk Festival Raffle winners!

FESTIVAL RAFFLE

1st prize - Acoustic guitar donated by Long & McQuade autographed by 2008 Festival performers and a collection of CDs from artists playing the 2008 Winnipeg Folk Festival.
TICKET NO. 5200

2nd prize - 2008 Ultimate Winnipeg Folk Festival Package - includes: two backstage weekend passes to the 2009 Winnipeg Folk Festival, two camping passes (festival or quiet camping), two festival mugs and program books and 30 CDs donated by Outside Music.
TICKET NO. 2537

3rd prize - Saturday and Sunday Night Golden Tarp (your pick of where you would like to sit for Mainstage for the 2009 Winnipeg Folk Festival) and 25 CDs donated by Universal Music and 8 DVD/CDs donated by KOCH International.
TICKET NO. 7784

4th prize - Two tickets to Feist, MTS Centre, Winnipeg, October 20, 2008 produced by the Winnipeg Folk Festival, a Pentax Optio T20 digital camera donated by Photo Central and 15 CDs donated by Warner Music Canada.
TICKET NO. 3941

5th prize - Townie cruiser men’s bike, helmet and lock donated by Olympia Cycle and Ski.
TICKET NO. 0093

CAMPGROUND RAFFLE

1st prize - 1st choice of campsite, 2 four-day festival passes, 2 festival camping passes for the 2009 Winnipeg Folk Festival plus: a Eureka Apex 4XTC 4 tent, 2 The North Face Aleution Sleeping Bags and 2 Thermarest Compressible Pillows, 2 Big Rock Festival Chairs and a Festival Tarp
TICKET NO. 0989

2nd prize - 2nd choice of campsite, 2 four-day festival passes and 2 festival camping passes for the 2009 Winnipeg Folk Festival
TICKET NO. 1450

2008 Festival Photos

Published by admin on July 16, 2008 in News, Past Events and Special Features. 1 Comment

We are slooowly starting to put up photos from the 2008 Festival in our Photo Gallery. There are just a few now, but more will come throughout the summer. Click here!

2008 Festival Wraps Up

Published by admin on July 14, 2008 in News. 7 Comments

35 Years and Counting: Winnipeg Folk Festival hits new record despite wind and rain

As the 35th Winnipeg Folk Festival was winding down on Sunday evening, birthday cake was served backstage while the crowd enjoyed a stellar closing night with performances by headliners Kathleen Edwards, Joan Armatrading and Ray Davies, capping off four days of music and celebration—four days that were not without their challenges, but saw a record paid attendance of 45,325.

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Post Reviews Here!

Published by admin on July 11, 2008 in External Links, Festival Lineup / Schedule and News. 5 Comments

Want to post your review of the performances at the 2008 Winnipeg Folk Festival, or post a link to a review somewhere else on the web? Do it here! Please note that if you are posting during the Festival, there will be a delay comments being approved since the moderators are all out in Birds Hill Park.

Chic Gamine Free Download

Published by admin on July 10, 2008 in Featured Artist and Past Events. 1 Comment

The Winnipeg Folk Festival kicks off another four nights and three days of fantastic music on July 10. This year’s 35th anniversary line-up
features 13 homegrown acts, including soulful, world music tinged vocal group Chic Gamine. To celebrate Folk Fest’s birthday, MARIA is offering a present: a free mp3 of Chic Gamine’s track “I Don’t Lie” off their debut, self-titled release, available from The Loudspeaker on manitobamusic.com from 9am on July 10 to 9am on July 17.


2008 Podcast Episode 12: The Infamous Stringdusters

Published by admin on July 9, 2008 in Featured Artist, Festival Lineup / Schedule, Podcast and Special Features. 2 Comments

Folk Fest podcast - The Infamous Stringdusters Episode

On this, the final episode of our 2008 Folkfest Podcast series, host John Prentice talks to Travis Book, one of the members The Infamous Stringdusters, a bluegrass sextet sure to wow audiences at this year’s festival.

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The Fugitives - Intro/Outro music (taken from “Graffiti Sex”)

Infamous Stringdusters - Won’t Be Coming Back

Infamous Stringdusters - You Can’t Handle The Truth

Polaris Music Prize Shortlist

Published by admin on July 7, 2008 in External Links and Festival Lineup / Schedule. 0 Comments

Three of this year’s Festival artists are on the Polaris Music Prize shortlist.

Basia Bulat, Kathleen Edwards and hometown boys The Weakerthans are finalists for the prestigious award which honours albums in any genre based only on artistic merit alone.

Bulat, Edwards and The Weakerthans are three of ten finalists. You can read more on the Polaris Prize website. Congratulations to all.

Manitoba Food Charter Signing July 10

Published by admin on July 7, 2008 in Past Events and Special Initiatives. 0 Comments

The Winnipeg Folk Festival is pleased to announce that it will become a signatory to the Manitoba Food Charter during a signing ceremony at the Festival Launch at 12 noon on Thursday, July 10, at Old Market Square.

The Manitoba Food Charter is both a document and an organization. The Charter itself is a publicly owned, one page statement about what Manitobans think our food system should look like. It emerged from input elicited in over 70 community consultations with stakeholder groups and concerned citizens. The document brings together a diversity of voices in a common focus for food security in our province.

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2008 Festival Site Map

Published by admin on July 7, 2008 in Past Events. 1 Comment

A few new things on the Festival site this year! Billy and Mike’s Li’l Tavern will be in a new location near the Big Bluestem Stage. Also in that area will be the CBC Music and Memories tent, hosted by CBC Radio, where you can get your photo taken and participate in other activities. There will also be a couple of new food booths across the way near the Chickadee Big Top tent.

You can check out the map of this year’s site using this PDF: Site Map 08

Festival Launch with Outlaw Social

Published by admin on July 7, 2008 in Featured Artist, Festival Lineup / Schedule, Past Events and Upcoming Events Calendar. 0 Comments
July 10, 2008
12:00 pmto1:00 pm

launch invite

Before the music starts out in Birds Hill Park, the Winnipeg Folk Festival offers a free taste of the music to come at the Festival launch event in Old Market Square, 12 noon, Thursday, July 10.
The event includes opening remarks by the Festival President, Executive Director and Artistic Director, plus other dignitaries. Some lucky spectators will win day passes to the Folk Festival. A special feature of the launch will be the Festival’s signing of the Manitoba Food Charter.
But the highlight of the event is a free outdoor concert by Outlaw Social. After the concert, they’ll be heading out to Birds Hill to entertain Festival-goers Outlaw Social was formed by five friends with a love of traditional stringband music. Did they stay strictly trad? That electric guitar and unmistakable rock’n’roll appeal says otherwise. Featuring the talents of veteran roots musicians Catherine Black, Kendel Carson, Adam Dobres, Pharis Romero, and Oliver Swain, the Victoria-based quintet took the roots world by storm with the release of their 2007 debut, Dry Bones. Led by vibrant three-part harmonies and noodling through old-fashioned stringband songs, fresh originals and contemporary covers with equal fl air, Outlaw Social has earned raves as Victoria’s favourite band (Monday Magazine Awards) and one of the West Coast’s most exciting roots acts (Penguin Eggs).

Festival Opening Times

Published by admin on July 7, 2008 in Camping, Festival Lineup / Schedule and Past Events. 0 Comments

Keep in mind these opening times as you head out to the Festival this year!

Provincial Park Gates - Open between 7 am and 11 pm

Festival Campground - opens at 9 am Wednesday

Quiet Campground - opens at 12 noon Thursday

Festival Main Gate Box Office - 4:30 pm - 11 pm Thursday, 9:30 am - 11 pm Fri. and Sat., 9:30 am - 9 pm Sun.

Festival Gate: 5 pm - 11:30 pm Thurs., 10 am - 11:30 pm Fri. and Sat, 10 am - 10 pm Sun

Main Stage Seating - opens approximately 20 minutes after the gate opens, or 30 minutes before Main Stage show if ground is wet

See you at the Festival!

2008 Podcast Episode 11: The Acorn

Published by admin on July 5, 2008 in Festival Lineup / Schedule, Podcast and Special Features. 0 Comments

In this episode, we talk to The Acorn.

Music

The Fugitives - Intro/Outro music (Taken from “Graffiti Sex”)

The Acorn - Crooked Legs

The Acorn - Even While You’re Sleeping

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