Vancouver Folk Music Festival adds three new acts to 2023 lineup
Plus, fest extends early-bird weekend pass deadline, with one day tickets on sale at early-bird price
VANCOUVER FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL, taking place July 14 to 16, is adding acts to the 2023 program.
Joining the fest is the multinational troupe Medicine Singers featuring Zoon and Yonatan Gat with special guest, Gord Grdina. The group is known for its groundbreaking sound that embodies decades of musical genres influenced by Indigenous music. As Pitchfork put it, Medicine Singers deliver a “vivid new context for the sound of the powwow drum, highlighting the debt that rock music owes to Native American music”.
North Carolina’s Toubab Krewe will travel West for the fest with its combination of rock, with African traditions, jam stylines, global folk strains, and more.
And Colin Linden, a singer-songwriter-guitarist who splits his time between B.C. and Tennessee, will bring his powerful blend of blues, rock, and roots.
Some 40 or so musical acts with roots in more than 10 countries, seven states, and eight provinces will be performing on three daytime stages and an evening stage throughout the weekend.
The fest has also announced that the deadline to purchase early-bird weekend passes has been extended to June 15 at 5 pm, while one-day tickets are on sale now at the early-bird discount prices (to June 15 at 5 pm as well).
See the full lineup in Stir’s coverage here.
A range of food and artisan vendors, a beer and wine Garden, a Community Village, and Little Folks Area are all also on the bill.
More information is at www.thefestival.bc.ca.
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