The Scene
Back in 1974, the idea of setting up a folk festival in the urban prairie of Winnipeg may have seemed like a laughable idea, but more than 40 years of the Winnipeg folk festival have long since silenced the critics. With 60,000 annual visitors to the early July festival, the organization has grown large enough to bring concerts and events to the region all year long.
2012 Artist Lineup
- Aaron Burnett
- Abigail Washburn
- Adam Cohen
- All We Are Saying
- Asani
- Atomic Duo
- Bahamas
- Belle Starr
- Besh O DroM
- Beth Orton
- Billy Bragg
- Black Sea Station
- Blitzen Trapper
- Carolina Chocolate Drops
- Charles Bradley and His Extraordinaires
- Chic Gamine
- Crumbs
- David Bromberg Quartet
- De Temps Antan
- DeVotchKa
- Doug Paisley
- Dry Bones
- e.s.l
- Eliza Gilkyson
- Elliott Brood
- Ellis Paul
- Emmanuel Jal
- Feist
- Fish & Bird
- Good Old War
- Gustavo and the Green Fools
- Iron & Wine
- Jake Chénier Band
- James Vincent McMorrow
- Jimmy LaFave
- Junior Brown
- Justin Rutledge
- K’NAAN
- Kim Churchill
- Madison Violet
- Martyn Joseph
- Mary Gauthier
- Matt Andersen
- Natalia Zukerman
- Orchestre Poly Rythmo de Cotonou
- Ozomatli
- Pharis & Jason Romero
- Pokey Lafarge and the South City Three
- Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem
- Royal Wood
- Ruthie Foster
- Sam Amidon
- Sarah and Christian Dugas
- Shelley Bean & the Duckety Muds
- Sidi Touré
- Sketch
- Snowblink
- Steep Canyon Rangers
- Tedeschi Trucks Band
- The Barr Brothers
- The Beauties
- The Head and The Heart
- The SteelDrivers
- Todd Snider
- Walking Woody’s Road feat. Mary Gauthier,Jimmy Lafave,Ellis Paul and Eliza Gilkyson
- Willy Porter
- Yves Lambert Trio