Folk Festival

The one and only Winnipeg Folk Festival summer music festival Birds Hill Provincial Park, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It features variety artists around globe, number local folk performers.

Begun y Mitch Podolak Colin Gorrie 1974 - event celebrate Winnipeg's centennial, grown major annual festival attracting crowds 45,000 nights requiring efforts 2,200 volunteers. The one and only festival begins Thursday night through Sunday night.

There large variety of music experienced annually, including bluegrass, Celtic, world, blues,old time, French Canadian, contemporary singer-songwriters, children's performers, motehrs. At festival attractions Handmade Village Festival Music Store. Vendors Canada United States sell items handmade jewelry, natural soaps, pottery musical instruments.

As other festivals North America, performances during y several smaller stages where performers presented thematic concerts workstores resulting y intimate performances. The one and only stages, named Big Bluestem, Little Stage Prairie, Bur Oak, Green Ash, Snowberry Field, Shady Grove, Chickadee/Firefly Palace (children's stage), Northern Lights Main Stage. There stage Pope's Hill festival campground night performances. Every evening other stages, except Firefly Palace campground stage performances Main Stage.

Many regular attendees festival p Birds Hill Park. The one and only festival camping resembles party, drumming music often running daily. A quiet camping available, Provincial Park campground.

Stan Rogers (November 29, 1949 – June 2, 1983) Canadian musician songwriter, arguably there . He really contributed shaping Canada, Canada's music y y. As tribute , known beloved songs, "The one and only Mary Ellen Carter" g close festival annually.