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The Economics of the Edmonton Folk Festival
Tickets for this summer’s Edmonton Folk Fest went on sale today. The annual musical party in early August will bring 12,000 people a day to Gallagher Park for one of the marquee events of summer in the...
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When will the Folk Fest announce its lineup?
Who’s playing this year’s Edmonton Folk Music Festival? We’ll find out the full lineup on Wednesday, May 29 — sometime after 11 a.m. That’s about when producer Terry Wickham will start revealing the...
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Edmonton Folk Fest passes to go on sale June 7
The Edmonton Folk Music Festival is about to change one of its oldest traditions. As of this year, passes will no longer go on sale June 1, but the first Saturday in June. So, June 7 is the big day....
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A Nordic musician in the Great White North: Sarah MacDougall sings about her...
For much of 2010, the city of Malmö, Sweden was terrorized by a sniper who targeted immigrants. A man was eventually sentenced for the murder of two people and the attempted murder of another five....
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Meet Terry Wickham, the one-time cabbie who drove the Folk Music Festival to...
In his 28th year as producer, Terry Wickham is as recognizable a symbol of the Edmonton Folk Music Festival as its grassy-sloped ski park named for former mayor Cornelius Gallagher. Born in Ireland in...
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Unexpected moments make 2016 Edmonton Folk Fest one to remember
OK, what do you want to hear about more — the beer tent lineup attack plan or the music? Too bad, you’re getting both! Three (well, more) great concerts went down while the Edmonton Folk Music Festival...
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Folk Fest working harder to drum up ticket sales
In 2012, the Edmonton Folk Music Festival sold out in record time — online tickets, for instance, vanishing in eight minutes and 57 seconds. Last year, by comparison, the folk music festival sold out...
View ArticleEdmonton Folk Fest to offer $100,000 in refunds after Thursday's evacuation...
Edmonton Folk Music Festival organizers will refund around 1,300 disappointed fans who were evacuated Thursday due to blustering wind — but those with weekend passes are out of luck. “When you’re...
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Folk Fest 2017: Liquid lineups, one strong wind and a lot of love in the rain
We of the north can take a little thunderstorm and deluge, right? Hell, we can even take a full-on evacuation on Thursday night without too many tears. But looking back, one of the big stories of this...
View ArticleHow far the folk festival has come in 40 years of fine tunes
Local music devotees are celebrating the fact the Edmonton Folk Music Festival is ready to hit a comfortable 40 years this week, but how did it happen? Read More
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