Vancouver Folk Music 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.

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  Mar 14
  
• Vancouver Folk Festival board to continue fight for event

  The board of directors says members voted to rescind a motion to dissolve the Vancouver Folk Music Festival Society, but the future of the event remains uncertain.

  Entertainment

  Feb 6
  
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• Vancouver Folk Music Festival sings different tune on cancellation

  A groundswell of support for the Vancouver Folk Music Festival has its board of directors rethinking plans to cancel this year's event and dissolve the society.

  Entertainment

  Jan 27
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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
• 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
• Annual festival generates waste along Saskatoon’s riverbank

  The annual Taste of Saskatchewan festival is underway in Saskatoon which means paper plates and napkins by the numbers.

  Environment

  Jul 15, 2014