Category Archives: canmore folk festival

Long ago, the folk music festivals had a small ring of tents with organic food and shapeless hemp dresses. This weekend, the food had diversified. It was superb, and worth standing in line for. Especially the chai latte. I had … Continue reading →

This is a bit of a rant. If you don’t feel like pumping a fist in the air and yelling Right On Sister!, then move on to the next post. It has flowers. Time was, we went to a folk … Continue reading →

Dale takes the keyboard: Bear with me while I wax poetic. After all, I have just spent three days at the Canmore Folk Music Festival. I am mellow. Let me relate a few reasons why this is so. I sat … Continue reading →

Each evening the workshop stages shut down and the main stage took over. We were reminded on the first two days to remember to respect our neighbours. The performance lineups were a mix of singles and groups, and a pleasing … Continue reading →

So we are sitting on the ground in our little chairs in front of the stage, watching the performers get seated. We are watching them; they are staring out into space above our heads. As each one stood up to … Continue reading →

Way back when we were first married, we went to the Mariposa Folk Festival on Toronto Island. They were running six stages all day with a variety of performers. We didn’t know any of them, so we chose our workshops … Continue reading →

Well my dears. You may have been wondering what happened to us. We vanished for a few days. We arrived in Canmore very late Friday night to attend the 34th annual Canmore Folk Music Festval. We went to the festval … Continue reading →