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The Edmonton Folk Music Festival (EFMF) is an annual four-day outdoor music event held the second weekend of August in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, established in 1980 by Don Whalen. [1] and a core group of volunteers. The festival continues to draw many people from around the world as both spectators and performers.
Edmonton plays host to several large festivals each year, hence its local nickname as 'the Festival City.' This list includes festivals of diverse types, including regional festivals, commerce festivals , fairs , food festivals , arts festivals , religious festivals , folk festivals , and recurring festivals on holidays .
Edmonton Music & Speech Arts Festival [28] Edmonton: Mid-April–early-May: Classical Music, Musical Theatre, Speech Arts Cariwest Caribbean Arts Festival [29] Edmonton: Mid-August: Caribbean carnival Edmonton Dragon Boat Festival [30] Edmonton: Mid-August: Dragon boat: Edmonton Folk Music Festival [31] Edmonton: Mid-August: Folk music festival ...
Petersen was a founder of the Edmonton Folk Music Festival and served as the artistic director from 1986 to 1988. [3] He has served on boards of numerous industry organizations, including SOCAN, CMRRA, CARAS and CIRPA and helped found the Alberta Recording Industries Association (now Alberta Music).
The following category is for music festivals in Edmonton, a city in the Canadian province of Alberta.Music festivals of all genres are included, including rock festivals, classical music festivals, jazz festivals, pop festivals, electronic music festivals, and folk festivals, among other types.
This category is for folk festivals in Canada. When applicable, topics should be moved to appropriate subcategories. When applicable, topics should be moved to appropriate subcategories. Portals :
Winnipeg Folk Festival: Winnipeg: Manitoba: 1974: Folk festival: Winnipeg New Music Festival: Winnipeg: Manitoba: 1992: Contemporary classical music festival: Whoop & Hollar Folk Festival: Portage la Prairie: Manitoba: 2015: Folk festival (Alternative / Blues / Francophone / Folk / Indie / Indigenous / Pop / Rock / Roots / World)
Vriend released a popular demo in 2000 which received immediate radio play on stations across western Canada and earned her a spot at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival.A year later she won a songwriting contest which took her to Nashville, Tennessee and helped fund her debut album, Soul Unravelling (2003), which was well received by critics and sold well for an independent release.