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2010 Winnipeg Folk Festival Tickets On Sale February 13th

Published by tutu on February 12, 2010 in Camping, Festival Music Store, Festival Tickets, Music Store News and News. 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

2010 Winnipeg Folk Festival Tickets On Sale February 13th
Festival Introduces Bundled Tickets and Attendance Cap

Winnipeg, Manitoba. February 11, 2010 – It’s a big year for the Winnipeg Folk Festival who will celebrate its 37th anniversary with a number of exciting changes. In 2010 the festival will present a five-day format, opening with a “marquee” act on Wednesday, July 7 and running through Sunday, July 11.

This year, the festival will be introducing an attendance cap for the first time in its 37-year history. “As the festival’s attendance has grown, it has been challenging to know how many people can be accommodated on the site in its current configuration” said Tamara Kater, Winnipeg Folk Festival Executive Director, “While a number of programming and site enhancements are underway to accommodate the increasing attendance, our goal is to preserve the audience experience, so the potential of a sell-out does exist”. The festival will cap its daily attendance at 14,000.

The sale of festival camping will also see some changes this year with camping now bundled together with festival passes into one single ticket. “With an increase in demand for camping in recent years, the ticket restructuring is intended to make the availability of camping more accessible and fair” stated Kater.

Early-bird tickets will go on sale February 13, with the full festival pass encompassing five days. The options for purchase will be:

  • Winnipeg Folk Festival five-day pass
  • Winnipeg Folk Festival five-day pass with camping (festival or quiet)
  • Winnipeg Folk Festival daily pass

Tickets are available at the Winnipeg Folk Festival Music Store, 211 Bannatyne Avenue from 11am – 6pm Saturday, or through Ticketmaster starting at 10 am on Saturday, February 13. Visit ticketmaster.ca or call (204) 780-3333 or 1-888-655-5354.

[Download this news release as a PDF]

About the Winnipeg Folk Festival
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 from July 7 to 11. The Winnipeg Folk Festival is also a year-round arts organization in Winnipeg with Education and Outreach Programs designed to benefit the community through presenting live music, music training, arts events, and operating a folk music store and performance space in Winnipeg’s Old Market Square. The Winnipeg Folk Festival is a not-for-profit charitable organization.

For more information please contact:
Margaret Koshinsky
Manager, Marketing & Communications
204-231-0096 ex. 227
margaret@winnipegfolkfestival.ca

Purchase tickets for the 2010 Winnipeg Folk Festival at:

2010 FESTIVAL TICKET PRICES

  • Visit our Tickets page for detailed ticket price information

Festival tickets are sold at Early Bird, Advance, and Gate prices. In 2010, the full festival pass will encompass five days. For those who wish to camp, (in either Festival or Quiet campgrounds) camping fees will be bundled with the festival pass into one single ticket.

The 2010 festival prices include GST and a Ticketmaster service charge that is applied to each ticket. Please note that other surcharges may apply when you purchase your tickets (for example, a mailing fee). Prices are in Canadian dollars. Children are 5-14, youth 15-17, and seniors 65+. Regardless of any errors which may occur on this website, the price quoted to you at time of purchase is the price of the ticket.

Five Days Of Winnipeg Folk Festival!

Expanded Program Planned for 2010

Winnipeg, Manitoba (December 1, 2009) – After a successful 2009 that saw the Winnipeg Folk Festival reach its highest attendance ever, the festival is pleased to announce an expanded five-day format for 2010, taking place at Birds Hill Park from July 7 to 11.

The 2009 program featured Elvis Costello on Wednesday night, thanks to the support of Industry Canada’s Marquee Tourism Events Program, an initiative under Canada’s Economic Action Plan. The response from the community was so overwhelmingly positive that plans are now in motion to kick off the 2010 festival on Wednesday night with another ‘marquee’ act.

Early-bird tickets will go on sale February 14, with the full festival pass encompassing five days. For those who wish to purchase camping passes, these will now be bundled together with festival passes into one single ticket. Pricing will be finalized in early 2010, and the options for purchase will be:

  • Winnipeg Folk Festival five-day pass
  • Winnipeg Folk Festival five-day pass with camping (festival or quiet)
  • Winnipeg Folk Festival daily pass

“The festival is thrilled to be able to maintain the addition of a fifth evening of music in 2010,” says Tamara Kater, Executive Director of the Winnipeg Folk Festival. “With the expanded program in the works, and an increase in demand for camping tickets in recent years, our ticket restructuring was motivated by the desire to make the distribution of camping tickets more fair and more accessible.”

While camping passes will only be sold to the public when bundled with five-day festival passes, volunteers will be able to purchase their camping passes separately through the Winnipeg Folk Festival though details have yet to be announced.

www.winnipegfolkfestival.ca

Five Days Of Winnipeg Folk Festival!

Published by Festival on December 1, 2009 in Camping, Festival Tickets and News. 11 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

2010 Winnipeg Folk Festival Early-bird Tickets On Sale February 13
Festival Introduces Bundled Tickets and Attendance Cap

Winnipeg, Manitoba. February 11, 2010 – It’s a big year for the Winnipeg Folk Festival who will celebrate its 37th anniversary with a number of exciting changes. In 2010 the festival will present a five-day format, opening with a “marquee” act on Wednesday, July 7 and running through Sunday, July 11.

This year, the festival will be introducing an attendance cap for the first time in its 37-year history. “As the festival’s attendance has grown, it has been challenging to know how many people can be accommodated on the site in its current configuration” said Tamara Kater, Winnipeg Folk Festival Executive Director, “While a number of programming and site enhancements are underway to accommodate the increasing attendance, our goal is to preserve the audience experience, so the potential of a sell-out does exist”. The festival will cap its daily attendance at 14,000.

The sale of festival camping will also see some changes this year with camping now bundled together with festival passes into one single ticket. “With an increase in demand for camping in recent years, the ticket restructuring is intended to make the availability of camping more accessible and fair” stated Kater.

Early-bird tickets will go on sale February 13, with the full festival pass encompassing five days. The options for purchase will be:

  • Winnipeg Folk Festival five-day pass
  • Winnipeg Folk Festival five-day pass with camping (festival or quiet)
  • Winnipeg Folk Festival daily pass

Tickets are available at the Winnipeg Folk Festival Music Store, 211 Bannatyne Avenue from 11am – 6pm Saturday, or through Ticketmaster starting at 10 am on Saturday, February 13. Visit ticketmaster.ca or call (204) 780-3333 or 1-888-655-5354.

[Download this news release as a PDF]

About the Winnipeg Folk Festival
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 from July 7 to 11. The Winnipeg Folk Festival is also a year-round arts organization in Winnipeg with Education and Outreach Programs designed to benefit the community through presenting live music, music training, arts events, and operating a folk music store and performance space in Winnipeg’s Old Market Square. The Winnipeg Folk Festival is a not-for-profit charitable organization.

For more information please contact:
Margaret Koshinsky
Manager, Marketing & Communications
204-231-0096 ex. 227
margaret@winnipegfolkfestival.ca

Purchase tickets for the 2010 Winnipeg Folk Festival at:

2010 FESTIVAL TICKET PRICES

  • Visit our Tickets page for detailed ticket price information

Festival tickets are sold at Early Bird, Advance, and Gate prices. In 2010, the full festival pass will encompass five days. For those who wish to camp, (in either Festival or Quiet campgrounds) camping fees will be bundled with the festival pass into one single ticket.

The 2010 festival prices include GST and a Ticketmaster service charge that is applied to each ticket. Please note that other surcharges may apply when you purchase your tickets (for example, a mailing fee). Prices are in Canadian dollars. Children are 5-14, youth 15-17, and seniors 65+. Regardless of any errors which may occur on this website, the price quoted to you at time of purchase is the price of the ticket.

Five Days Of Winnipeg Folk Festival!

Expanded Program Planned for 2010

Winnipeg, Manitoba (December 1, 2009) – After a successful 2009 that saw the Winnipeg Folk Festival reach its highest attendance ever, the festival is pleased to announce an expanded five-day format for 2010, taking place at Birds Hill Park from July 7 to 11.

The 2009 program featured Elvis Costello on Wednesday night, thanks to the support of Industry Canada’s Marquee Tourism Events Program, an initiative under Canada’s Economic Action Plan. The response from the community was so overwhelmingly positive that plans are now in motion to kick off the 2010 festival on Wednesday night with another ‘marquee’ act.

Early-bird tickets will go on sale February 14, with the full festival pass encompassing five days. For those who wish to purchase camping passes, these will now be bundled together with festival passes into one single ticket. Pricing will be finalized in early 2010, and the options for purchase will be:

  • Winnipeg Folk Festival five-day pass
  • Winnipeg Folk Festival five-day pass with camping (festival or quiet)
  • Winnipeg Folk Festival daily pass

“The festival is thrilled to be able to maintain the addition of a fifth evening of music in 2010,” says Tamara Kater, Executive Director of the Winnipeg Folk Festival. “With the expanded program in the works, and an increase in demand for camping tickets in recent years, our ticket restructuring was motivated by the desire to make the distribution of camping tickets more fair and more accessible.”

While camping passes will only be sold to the public when bundled with five-day festival passes, volunteers will be able to purchase their camping passes separately through the Winnipeg Folk Festival though details have yet to be announced.

www.winnipegfolkfestival.ca

2010 Off-Site Accommodations

Published by Festival on July 1, 2009 in Camping and External Links. 0 Comments

Looking for a place to stay?

If you’re searching for accommodation during the festival then please consider this list of hotels, camping grounds, and RV parks that are all within driving distance to Birds Hill Park. Within this list you’ll find accommodations which offer a wide variety of services and amusements including mini-golf, waterslides, beaches, fishing, canoeing, or simply just a place to lay down your head.

Camping and RV Areas

Sandhill Pines RV Park & Campground

Serviced and unserviced
Located 20 min north (Hwy 59 to Hwy 317) of Birds Hill Park
Price: $27.50 per night
Newly operated campground: large wooded lots, serviced & unserviced sites. Large outdoor pool, indoor hot tub, showers, kitchen for camper use, bonfire pit. Also trailer and cottage rentals.
Phone: 204-265-3600
sandhillpines.com

Brokenhead River RV Park

serviced and unserviced
Located 50 km (30 mi) east of Winnipeg on Hwy 44, near Beausejour Golf Course. Approximately 40 minutes from Birds Hill Park.
Price: $20 - $25
Offers a driving range, beach, playground and pedal boat rentals. Daily, weekly and seasonal sites are available. Kitchen and Pavilion facilities also available.
Phone 204-268-3335
brokenheadriverpark.com

Chelsey’s Family Resort

serviced and unserviced
Located 60 km (38 mi) from Winnipeg, just North of Selkirk (off Hwy 9) near Petersfield, Manitoba. Approx. 40 min. from Birds Hill Park.
Price: $18 - $70
Over 250 clean, well shaded sites. Premium sites available right on the waterfront. All hook-ups. Dump station, 30 amp service.
Phone 204-738-2250
chesleys.com

Grand Beach Provincial Campground

Serviced & Unserviced
Located 50 km N of Birds Hill Park along Hwy 59
Price: $9.45 - $24.15
Modern campground, family-friendly atmosphere with over 300 sites. Located near Manitoba’s most popular beach
http://www.gov.mb.ca/conservation/parks/popular_parks/central/grand_info.html
ph: 1-888-4U-2CAMP

Great woods Campground

- (serviced and unserviced)
Located 3km (2miles) NE of Beausejour, 40 mi (65km) NE of Winnipeg.
Approx. 40 min. from Birds Hill Park.
Price: $18 - $28
Large, wooded 30 amp serviced and unserviced private sites, suspension walking bridge, guesthouse, firewood, washrooms and showers, children’s playground, riverwalk, handicap facilities, tenting, fishing, canoeing, swimming, 2 min. from Golf Course.
Phone 204-268-2814
greatwoodspark.com

Lilac Resort Campground and Waterslide Park

- (serviced and unserviced)
Located on the Trans Canada Hwy, 20 min. east of Winnipeg, 10 min. north of Steinbach in Ste. Anne, MB.
Price: $27+
Approx. 40 min. from Birds Hill Park. An Outdoor experience meets waterpark camping resort. Waterslides, 3 heated pools, 3 hot tubs, unique animal play structures, mini-golf, paddle-boats, pond fishing, arcade, 24-hour security, planned activities, movies, weekend entertainment.
Phone (204) 422-5760
lilacresort.com

Traveler’s RV Resort & Campground

A quiet, privately owned family campground in the City of Winnipeg, large grassy spacious sites with gravel parking areas. Sites have water, sewer, electric (15, 30, 50 amp), clean restrooms, laundry, hot showers, playground, mini-golf, heated pool, shuffleboard, horseshoes & games room. Within the city of Winnipeg, minutes to shopping, churches, museums, golf courses, sports facilities, parks, next door to Amusement Parks. Tenting is available in a treed semi-private area of the park. Caravans, tour groups, Tenting groups, family reunions, schools, church groups, etc all are welcome.
Price: 17.50 – 22.00
Phone (204) 256-2186
travellersresort.com

Wild Oaks Campground

- (serviced and unserviced)
Phone 204-422-6175
Located 30 min. away from Winnipeg on the 302 North Hwy. Just off the Trans Can. Hwy. in Richer, MB.
Price: $16 - $20
wildoaks.ca

Hotels

Algonquin Park Bed & Breakfast

Phone 204-667-4068
Comfortable accommodation. Easy access to public bus service - only a 15 minute drive to city centre. We’re near many conveniences and amenities that are easily accessible: Kildonan Place Shopping Centre, several good restaurants, Harbourview Recreation Complex, and the Club Regent Casino. In the neighborhood, enjoy the hiking trail of Bunn’s Creek Park that wends its way along the scenic creek with a view of the well-kept neighboring properties. We’re just a short drive out to Bird’s Hill Provincial Park.
Price: $65-$85
info at bedandbreakfast.mb.ca

Canada Inns

7 locations in Winnipeg:

  • Windsor Park: 1034 Elizabeth
  • Club Regent: 1415 Regent Ave. W
  • Transcona: 826 Regent Ave W
  • Fort Garry (express): 1792 Pembina Hwy.
  • Fort Garry: 1824 Pembina Hwy.
  • Polo Park: 1405 St. Matthews Ave.
  • Garden City: 2100 McPhillips St.

Rooms: Many Price: $69+
Phone 1-888-332-2623
canadinns.com

The 59’er Hotel

- (Doubles (King or Queen))
From the Park: on Hwy 59 (Approx 2 minutes)
Rooms: 6 Price: $59-$69
Amenities: AC, Shower, Hair Dryer, Cable, TV, Coffee Maker, Parking, Ice, Groceries.
Phone (204) 224-1327

Glengarry House

– (Doubles, Queens, singles, Twins or Child’s Beds)
From the park: SW on Birds Hill Rd (0.8 mi). Right on Julius Fahr Dr. (<0.1 mi). Left onto Raleigh St. (0.6 mi). Right onto Hoddinott Rd (0.4 mi). Left onto Hugh McDonald Dr. (<0.1 mi). Left on Glenmoor Dr. (0.1 mi). Located at 47 Glenmoor Drive, E. St. Paul. (Approx 5 minutes)
Rooms: 3 Price: $40-$60
Amenities: AC, Shared Bathroom, Cable/Satellite TV, hot tub, BBQ, Backyard deck.
Phone (204) 663-1887
dianne-tucker.tripod.com

Nor-villa Hotel

- (Doubles only)
From Birds Hill Park: SW on Birds Hill Rd towards Kolbe Dr. (2.1 mi). Turn right onto Lagimodiere Blvd (1.0 mi). Merge onto Perimeter Hwy (1.7 mi). Take Henderson Hwy ramp towards Lockport (0.3 mi). Turn left onto Henderson Hwy. (Approx 13 minutes)
Rooms: 24 Price : $54-$69
Phone (204) 338-0334

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!

Yes, Quiet Camping now on sale

Published by admin on April 3, 2008 in Camping and Festival Tickets. Closed

The tickets were a bit delayed, but Quiet Camping is now on sale—along with all other Folk Festival and Folk Festival Camping tickets. Early Bird prices until May 31.  Click here to buy Quiet Camping at Ticketmaster—or come down and get them at the Festival Music Store, 211 Bannatyne, between 11 and 6, Tuesday to Saturday.