The Scene
'The Vancouver Folk Music Festival is a Canadian cultural institution. It is a unique community-based celebration internationally renowned for presenting the finest traditional and contemporary folk and roots music from around the world...Two and even three generations of families join friends and fellow community members to experience the music and culture of more than 40 international, national, and local acts.'
2012 Artist Lineup
- Alejandra Robles
- Amelia Curran
- Ani DiFranco
- Besh o droM
- Bette and Wallet
- Blitz the Ambassador
- Bombolessé
- Bryan Bowers
- Canailles
- Cedric Watson et Bijou Créole
- Chatham County Line
- Colleen Eccleston
- Dala
- Dan Mangan
- David Essig
- e.s.l.
- Emel Mathlouthi
- evalyn parry
- Fearing & White
- Geoff Berner
- Good For Grapes
- H’Sao
- Hey Rosetta!
- Holly Near
- Jaffa Road
- Jaron Freeman Fox and the Opposite of Everything
- K’NAAN
- Kat Danser
- Ken Whiteley and the Levy Sisters
- Leela Gilday
- Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto
- Lucinda Williams
- Mark Berube
- Marley’s Ghost
- Martyn Joseph
- Mike Farris & the Cumberland Saints
- Minor Empire
- Mrigya
- Murray McLauchlan
- Pied Pumkin
- Possessed by Paul James
- Ramblin’ Jack Elliott
- River City Extension
- Roy Forbes
- Royal Wood
- Serena Ryder
- Shakura S’Aida
- Sidi Touré
- Silk Road Music
- The Atomic Duo
- The Barr Brothers
- The Cave Singers
- The Head and the Heart
- The Johnny Clegg Band
- The Once
- The Wood Brothers
- Tret Fure
- Veda Hille
- Wake Owl
- Wazimbo