The New Pornographers and Martha Wainwright headline Vancouver Folk Music Festival 2016
The New Pornographers and Martha Wainwright are among the lineup for this year’s Vancouver Folk Music Festival at Jericho Beach in July, it has been announced.
Some 40,000 people are expected attended the festival, now in its 39th year, to enjoy indie, folk, world and roots music, on seven stages from July 15 to 17.
Other bands on the lineup include broad bluegrass/old time acoustic groups Leftover Salmon and Mandolin Orange and longtime festival favourites, Oysterband.
Soul music great, Lee Fields and the Expressions and virtuoso folk-blues trio The Ragpicker String Band will also appear.
More than 60 music acts from 18 countries, eight U.S. states and seven Canadian provinces will perform at the festival this year.
As well as music, festivalgoers will be able to enjoy a range of food and artisan vendors, a community village and a “Little Folks Area” for the kids.
Tickets are on sale now. Early bird discounts are available until June 4.
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The full lineup:
- Jojo Abot (Ghana)
- Ajinai (China)
- Elida Almeida (Cape Verde)
- The Americans (California)
- Faris Amine (Algeria)
- Geoff Berner (BC)
- The Bills (BC)
- Birds of Chicago (US/Canada)
- Hayes Carll (Texas)
- Martin and Eliza Carthy (England)
- Bruce Cockburn (Ontario)
- The Crooked Brothers (Manitoba)
- Élage Diouf (Senegal/Quebec)
- Mike Edel (Alberta/BC)
- Emilie and Ogden (Quebec)
- Ramy Essam (Egypt)
- Lee Fields and the Expressions (N Carolina)
- Dominique Fricot (BC)
- Martin Harley (Wales)
- The Harpoonist & the Axe Murderer (BC)
- Les Hay Babies (New Brunswick)
- Jolie Holland and Samantha Parton (Canada)
- I Draw Slow (Ireland)
- Hubby Jenkins (New York)
- Kaumakaiwa Kanaka‘ole with Shawn Pimental (Hawaii)
- Shane Koyczan (BC)
- Betsayda Machado & La Parranda el Clavo (Venezuela)
- Lakou Mizik (Haiti)
- Land of Talk (Quebec)
- Lisa LeBlanc (New Brunswick)
- Leftover Salmon (Colorado)
- Terra Lightfoot (Ontario)
- Little Scream (Quebec)
- Lord Huron (California)
- Mandolin Orange (N. Carolina)
- Mexican Institute of Sound (Mexico)
- Moulettes (England)
- Nahko and Medicine for the People (Oregon)
- Flavia Nascimento (Brazil/Canada)
- The New Pornographers (BC)
- Les Noces Gitanes (France)
- Cian Nugent (Ireland)
- Oh Pep! (Australia)
- Lisa O’Neill (Ireland)
- Oysterband (England)
- Chris Pureka (OR)
- The Ragpicker Stringband (Texas, Oregon, Mass.)
- Karim Saada (Quebec)
- San Fermin (New York)
- Sarah Jane Scouten (Quebec)
- C.W. Stoneking (Australia)
- Ten Strings and a Goat Skin (Prince Edward Island)
- Trad.Attack! (Estonia)
- Twin Bandit (BC)
- The Wainwright Sisters (Martha and Lucy)
- Henry Wagons (Australia)
- Lucy Ward (England)
- M. Ward (Oregon)
- The Weather Station (Ontario)
- Yemen Blues (Israel)
- Young’uns (England)
Vancouver Folk Music Festival 2016
- Where: Jericho Beach Park, Vancouver
- When: July 15-17
- Tickets: Tickets are on sale now from thefestival.bc.ca. Early bird discounts available until June 4.