Winnipeg Folk Fest

• Winnipeg Folk Fest director departing role at the end of summer

  Manitoba Film and Music announced Skromeda will be moving into the role of CEO and film commissioner after over a decade at the helm of Folk Fest.

  Canada

  Jun 8, 2023
  
• COVID-19 leads to cancellation of Winnipeg Folk Fest, again

  'We’ve looked at every option possible.'

  Entertainment

  Mar 31, 2021
  
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• With legal marijuana, Winnipeg’s Folk Fest sees ‘no enforcement issues at all’

  "It's the same as it's always been," one festival attendee told Global News. "Folk fest is folk fest." 

  Cannabis

  Jul 14, 2019
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• Winnipeg Folk Fest staff have Naloxone in case of fentanyl overdose

  For the first time ever Winnipeg Folk Festival staff now carry naloxone, the antidote for fentanyl.

  Jul 6, 2017
• Winnipeg Folk Fest announces 2017 lineup

  It may be months away, but Winnipeg Folk Fest announced its exciting lineup for the 2017 season.

  Entertainment

  Mar 10, 2017