Photo Credit: Sebastian Hanlon
The Scene
The Calgary Folk Music Festival, founded in 1980, is a four-day family-friendly cultural and musical extravaganza. Some 70 artists from Alberta, Canada, and the world, perform on six daytime and two evening stages in concerts and sessions. Held at Calgary's bucolic Prince’s Island Park since its inception, it’s one of Canada’s flagship festivals.
Festival Info
2014 Artist Lineup
Trampled By Turtles
- A Tribe Called Red
- Amos Lee
- Andrew Bird & The Hands of Glory
- Andrew Searles
- Andy Shauf
- Art Bergmann
- Arto Lindsay
- Astral Swans
- Basia Bulat
- Boreal Sons
- Bruce Cockburn
- Chad VanGaalen
- David Bridie
- David Bromberg
- Debo Band
- Doug Paisley
- Dulsori
- Evan Wilson
- Eya-Hey Nakoda
- Fishbone
- FRANK YAMMA
- Geomungo Factory
- Glenn Skuthorpe
- Great Lake Swimmers
- Grievous Angels
- Hamid Drake and Iva Bittovâ
- Hello Moth
- Hey Rosetta!
- HYDRA
- Jadea Kelly
- James Hill
- Jaron Freeman-Fox
- Jason Isbell
- Jeff D’Silva
- Jill Barber
- Josh White, Jr.
- Kaki King
- Kenna Burima
- Kristi Lane Sinclair
- Lee Fields & The Expressions
- Leonard Sumner
- Leyla McCalla
- Little Miss Higgins & the Winnipeg Five
- Martha Redbone Roots Project
- Mary Gauthier
- Matt Andersen and the Mellotones
- Matt Patershuk
- Miss Daisy
- Mo Kenney
- Nick Sherman
- Noura Mint Seymali
- Old Man Luedecke
- Oliver Swain
- Patty Griffin
- Rattle and Strum
- Renée Amber and Andrew Phung
- Rhiannon Archer
- Roger Knox
- Rufus Wainwright
- Sam Carter
- Seun Kuti & Egypt 80
- St. Paul and the Broken Bones
- Stephanie Nilles
- The Blue Warblers
- The Deep Dark Woods
- The Good Lovelies
- The Jayhawks
- The Lone Bellow
- The Polyjesters
- The Provincial Archive
- The Sizeable Men
- This Little Piggie: A Dusty Folk Opera
- Tiny Ruins
- Trampled by Turtles
- Typhoon
- Valerie June
- Waco Brothers
- Wakefield Brewster
- Yamantaka // Sonic Titan