Winnipeg Folk Festival

Winnipeg Folk Festival
Winnipeg Folk Festival Main Stage 2019
GenreMusic festival, arts festival
DatesJuly 6–9, 2023
Location(s)Birds Hill Provincial Park,
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Years active1974–present
FoundersMitch Podolak, Colin Gorrie & Ava Kobrinsky[1]
Websitewinnipegfolkfestival.ca
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The Winnipeg Folk Festival is a nonprofit charitable organization[1] with an annual summer folk music festival held in Birds Hill Provincial Park, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The festival features a variety of artists and music from around the world and is sure to include a number of local artists.[2]

Begun by Mitch Podolak, Colin Gorrie, and Ava Kobrinsky[1] in 1974 as a celebration of Winnipeg's centennial, the festival itself has grown into an event exceeding 70,000 attendees to the festival annually.[3] The festival is held over the second weekend of July, beginning on Thursday night and running through to Sunday night.

Beyond the four-day festival, the organization offers year-round concert programming at venues throughout the city bringing in artists as well as organizing free concert programming throughout the city.

  1. ^ a b c "Winnipeg Folk Festival | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  2. ^ "Winnipeg Folk Festival kicks off its 46th year". CBC News Manitoba.
  3. ^ "Folk Fest hit record attendance". Winnipeg Free Press.