The Vancouver Folk Music Festival takes place every third weekend of July. Founded in 1978, this annual festival uses eight outdoor stages, located at Jericho Beach Park on the west side of Vancouver, British Columbia. In the past it has attracted artists from all over the world and from all walks of life, including Ani Difranco, Utah Phillips, Tuvan Throat singers, Sarah Harmer, Veda Hille, Feist, K'naan, and Ferron, among many others.

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  • The Vancouver Folk Music Festival takes place every third weekend of July. Founded in 1978, this annual festival uses eight outdoor stages, located at Jericho Beach Park on the west side of Vancouver, British Columbia. In the past it has attracted artists from all over the world and from all walks of life, including Ani Difranco, Utah Phillips, Tuvan Throat singers, Sarah Harmer, Veda Hille, Feist, K'naan, and Ferron, among many others. In recent years, the festival has added more hip-hop and spoken word to the standard collection of singer-songwriters and ethnic musicians. Historically, the VFMF has eschewed corporate sponsorship, which has led to various unusual advertising gimmicks on the part of companies not related to or supported by the VFMF but wishing to take advantage of a large "captive audience" (most notoriously, advertising planes buzzing festival-goers with low-level bannered fly-bys). The VFMF is produced with the help of over 1,200 volunteers each year, and attracts an audience of over 30,000+ over three days. Held from July 18-20, 2008, the 31st edition of the VFMF included such acts as Michael Franti & Spearhead, Master Musicians of Jajouka, Ozomatli, Aimee Mann, Kiran Ahluwalia, Etran Finatawa, Markus James and the Wassonrai, Jorane (cancelled) and Eneida Marta. Held from July 13-15, 2007, the 30th annual installment's most notable acts featured Hawksley Workman, The Wailin' Jennys, and hometown group The Be Good Tanyas. Full lineup Rani Arbo and Daisy Mayhem The Be Good Tanyas Geoff Berner Bitch and the Exciting Conclusion Jim Byrnes, Steve Dawson and The Soujourners with the House Band Carolina Chocolate Drops Liz Carroll & John Doyle Cornerstone Toumani Diabate Symmetric Orchestra Kellylee Evans The Fugitives Mike Ford David Francey Ganga Giri Hip Hop Hope Jamaica to Toronto Jam Camp Martyn Joseph Andrea Koziol Kutapira The Life and Times of Ginger Goodwin Los Munequitos de Matanzas Dougie MacLean Mihirangi Sarah Jane Morris Geoff Muldaur Mushfiq Ensemble Next... The Collaboratory Nucleus Oh Susanna Old Man Luedecke Ndidi Onukwulu Utah Phillips Po' Girl Salt Karen Savoca Adham Shaikh's Dreamtree Project Adrian Sherwood Songs of the Pacific Northwest Tanya Tagaq Tapia eta Leturia 30 Years in 60 Minutes with Timothy Wisdom The Truckers Memorial Twilight Circus Dub Sound System Under the Volcano - Rhyme and Resist! Vancouver International Bhangra Celebration The Wailin' Jennys Hawksley Workman You Are Here The 29th annual VFMF was held from July 14-16, 2006, and featured Juno Award winner Feist. Full lineup A Bhangra Celebration Afrodizz Angela Harris Beats Without Borders Bethany and Rufus Big Bass Theory Clifton Joseph Collaboratory 2.9 Dan Bern Dubblestandart Dyad Eliza Gilkyson Erynn Marshall and Chris Coole Feist Ga Gi Ganga Giri Hamell on Trial Ivan Coyote and The Word on The Beach Jacob Cino and Third Eye Tribe James Keelaghan Jane Siberry Kelly Joe Phelps Lal Leaky Heaven Circus presents Giant Consortium Lillian Allen Linda Tillery and Nina Gerber Mihirangi Najma Akhtar Ndidi Onukwulu featuring Madagascar Slim no luck club Nucleus Ray Wylie Hubbard Ridley Bent Ruthie Foster Salt Sisters Euclid Supergenerous Tanya Tagaq The Angel Brothers feat. Sandhya Sanjana The Grande Mothers The Mammals The Mighty Popo with Urunana rw'abadatana The New Lost City Ramblers Tim Readman & Shona Le Mottée Utah Phillips Vishwa Mohan Bhatt & Salil Bhatt Zar
  • Das Vancouver Folk Music Festival (VFMF) ist ein auf Folkmusik spezialisiertes Musikfestival in der kanadischen Stadt Vancouver, das jedes Jahr am dritten Wochenende des Juli stattfindet. Austragungsort ist der Jericho Beach Park, ein Küstenabschnitt an der English Bay. Das VFMF fand erstmals 1977 statt. Zu den bekanntesten Künstlern, die hier aufgetreten sind, gehören Ani Difranco, Utah Phillips, Tuvan Throat, Sarah Harmer, Veda Hille, Feist, K'naan und Ferron. Seit Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts gehören neben Singer-Songwritern und Weltmusik-Interpreten auch vermehrt Hip-Hop-Formationen zum Programm. Die Anzahl der Festivalbesucher schwankt zwischen 10.000 und 30.000, je nach Wetter, Bekanntheit der auftretenden Musiker und Konkurrenz durch andere Veranstaltungen. Organisiert wird das Festival von der Folk Music Festival Society und rund 1000 freiwilligen Helfern. Auf Sponsoring von Großkonzernen wird weitgehend verzichtet, die Finanzierung erfolgt stattdessen durch staatliche Behörden, Kulturstiftungen und kleinere lokale Unternehmen.
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  • Logo for the 2006 festival
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  • The Vancouver Folk Music Festival takes place every third weekend of July. Founded in 1978, this annual festival uses eight outdoor stages, located at Jericho Beach Park on the west side of Vancouver, British Columbia. In the past it has attracted artists from all over the world and from all walks of life, including Ani Difranco, Utah Phillips, Tuvan Throat singers, Sarah Harmer, Veda Hille, Feist, K'naan, and Ferron, among many others.
  • Das Vancouver Folk Music Festival (VFMF) ist ein auf Folkmusik spezialisiertes Musikfestival in der kanadischen Stadt Vancouver, das jedes Jahr am dritten Wochenende des Juli stattfindet. Austragungsort ist der Jericho Beach Park, ein Küstenabschnitt an der English Bay. Das VFMF fand erstmals 1977 statt. Zu den bekanntesten Künstlern, die hier aufgetreten sind, gehören Ani Difranco, Utah Phillips, Tuvan Throat, Sarah Harmer, Veda Hille, Feist, K'naan und Ferron. Seit Beginn des 21.
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