07/12/2011 - Vancouver Folk Music Festival Jul 15-17
2011 Vancouver Folk Music Festival Tempts With Free Downtown Performances...
The internationally-acclaimed Vancouver Folk Music Festival returns to Jericho Beach Park this weekend, and its diversity continues to impress.
Festival founders held their first concert 34 years ago in Stanley Park; today, the all-weather Festival takes over the park area behind Jericho Beach in Kitsilano for three days and nights and attracts visitors numbering in the tens of thousands.
Music begins at 10:00 am on July 15 and ends at 11:00 pm on Sunday, July 17, with a Festival Finale featuring Emmanuel Jal. Jal is a soul/rap/hip-hop artist who developed his lyrical and social consciousness as a war child in Southern Sudan. His industry successes include being featured alongside Cold Play, Gorillaz and Radiohead on the 'Warchild - Help a Day in the Life' album.
The Folk Music Fest stage schedule is too vast to mention here (there will be seven performance stages), but no doubt you will recognize a who's-who of local and international talent in folk, hip-hop, jazz, world, country and roots music on the list.
For those who can't make it to the weekend festival, organizers have arranged free afternoon performances on Granville and Hamilton/Georgia Streets beginning on Wednesday, July 13. Dates and locations are as follows:
CBC Plaza @ Hamilton & Georgia
Granville Street Entertainment District
Advance ticket sales end Thursday, July 14 at 2 pm; after that, 1,000 tickets to the festival will be made available nightly after 5 pm, at the park gate (Saturday and Sunday only). Cost is $40 each.
The Folk Festival atmosphere is all about inclusiveness, social responsibility and community. NO bottled water will be sold at this year's festival and visitors are asked to bring their own refillable containers. Water stations will be positioned throughout the venue and keeper bottles will be sold at the merchandise tent for patrons who forget their own. All utensils and plates will be made of biodegradable materials, and recycling bins will be located on site for disposal of personal food waste and garbage.
Hungry festival-goers will find no shortage of food choices scattered throughout the grounds.
The internationally-acclaimed Vancouver Folk Music Festival returns to Jericho Beach Park this weekend, and its diversity continues to impress.
Festival founders held their first concert 34 years ago in Stanley Park; today, the all-weather Festival takes over the park area behind Jericho Beach in Kitsilano for three days and nights and attracts visitors numbering in the tens of thousands.
Music begins at 10:00 am on July 15 and ends at 11:00 pm on Sunday, July 17, with a Festival Finale featuring Emmanuel Jal. Jal is a soul/rap/hip-hop artist who developed his lyrical and social consciousness as a war child in Southern Sudan. His industry successes include being featured alongside Cold Play, Gorillaz and Radiohead on the 'Warchild - Help a Day in the Life' album.
The Folk Music Fest stage schedule is too vast to mention here (there will be seven performance stages), but no doubt you will recognize a who's-who of local and international talent in folk, hip-hop, jazz, world, country and roots music on the list.
For those who can't make it to the weekend festival, organizers have arranged free afternoon performances on Granville and Hamilton/Georgia Streets beginning on Wednesday, July 13. Dates and locations are as follows:
CBC Plaza @ Hamilton & Georgia
- Noon, July 13: Ti-Coca and Wanga Neges
- Noon, July 15: Imaginary Cities
Granville Street Entertainment District
- Noon, July 15 at Tom Lee Music: The Hawaiian Legends
- 1:00 pm, July 15 at 700 block of Granville Street: Nomadic Caravan
Advance ticket sales end Thursday, July 14 at 2 pm; after that, 1,000 tickets to the festival will be made available nightly after 5 pm, at the park gate (Saturday and Sunday only). Cost is $40 each.
The Folk Festival atmosphere is all about inclusiveness, social responsibility and community. NO bottled water will be sold at this year's festival and visitors are asked to bring their own refillable containers. Water stations will be positioned throughout the venue and keeper bottles will be sold at the merchandise tent for patrons who forget their own. All utensils and plates will be made of biodegradable materials, and recycling bins will be located on site for disposal of personal food waste and garbage.
Hungry festival-goers will find no shortage of food choices scattered throughout the grounds.
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