Photo Credit: Edmonton Folk Festival
The Scene
'Beginning in 1980 with one staff and 300 volunteers the Edmonton Folk Music Festival has grown and matured to become of the leading folk festivals in the world. Now boasting a volunteer force of over 2000, the festival in a not-for profit society dedicated to bringing in the best of folk music from around the world.'
2011 Artist Lineup
- MATT ANDERSEN
- KARLA ANDERSON
- BAKA BEYOND
- DEL BARBER
- KEOLA AND MOANA BEAMER
- ANDREW BIRD
- BLACKIE & THE RODEO KINGS
- BILL BOURNE
- PIETA BROWN
- ANE BRUN
- BRANDI CARLILE
- GUY CLARK
- JP CORMIER AND THE ELLIOT BROTHERS
- AMELIA CURRAN
- KAT DANSER
- DE TEMPS ANTAN
- THE DEEP DARK WOODS
- DEER TICK
- DELHI 2 DUBLIN
- GAYE DELORME
- ALPHA YAYA DIALLO
- ETRAN FINATAWA
- STEPHEN FEARING WITH ANDY WHITE
- JEREMY FISHER
- THE FLATLANDERS
- AMOS GARRETT & THE FESTIVAL HOUSE BAND
- MARY GAUTHIER
- GIPSY KINGS
- GOUGH, CLANCY, BRACKEN & MCCARTHY
- NANCI GRIFFITH
- THE HOLMES BROTHERS
- RON HYNES
- WANDA JACKSON
- SARAH JAROSZ
- JAMES KEELAGHAN TRIO
- ANGELIQUE KIDJO
- KÃLA
- THE AMAZING KRESKIN
- K.D. LANG AND THE SISS BOOM BANG
- LISSIE
- LYLE LOVETT AND HIS LARGE BAND
- JANIVA MAGNESS
- TAJ MAHAL
- AURELIO MARTINEZ
- IMELDA MAY
- JOHN MAYALL
- THE DEL MCCOURY BAND & THE PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND
- THE MCDADES
- MIGHTY POPO
- MORTAL COIL
- NOAH AND THE WHALE
- THE ONCE
- LOS PAPERBOYS
- TIM ROBBINS & THE ROGUES GALLERY BAND
- DUKE ROBILLARD BAND
- GARNET ROGERS
- SEAN ROWE
- JOHN RUTHERFORD
- THE SECRET SISTERS
- EDWARD SHARPE & THE MAGNETIC ZEROS
- CHRIS SMITHER
- TI COCA & WANGA NÈGÈS
- KT TUNSTALL
- U22
- JOE LOUIS WALKER