Vancouver Folk Festival

• Vancouver’s embattled Folk Music Festival saved, organizers say

  Provincial funding announced last month has been a "game changer," allowing the event to stave off financial headwinds and proceed with its 2023 festival, organizers say.

  Entertainment

  Mar 14, 2023
  
• Fate of Vancouver Folk Music Festival set to be decided Wednesday night

  In January, the festival's board of directors said it was cancelling the 2023 festival and likely all future events amid what it said was an unworkable financial position.

  Entertainment

  Mar 1, 2023
  
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• B.C. government announces $30 million to support fairs, events and festivals

  B.C. Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport Lana Popham will hold a press conference at the Pacific Coliseum on the Pacific National Exhibition grounds at 11:30 a.m.

  Politics

  Feb 16, 2023
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• ‘We need to feed our souls’: Community rallies to save Vancouver folk festival

  The festival's board announced last week that it was cancelling its 2023 event and moving to permanently dissolve the society that operates it.

  Entertainment

  Jan 23, 2023
• No Vancouver folk festival for 2023, event facing permanent cancellation

  The festival said rising costs and the requirement to pay vendors upfront have left it unable to produce the annual summer event that's run for more than four decades.

  Canada

  Jan 17, 2023