Calgary Folk Music Festival

Join us for a four-day family-friendly cultural and musical extravaganza with over 70 artists, food vendors, an arts market, family zone and much more.

July 25-28, 2024

The Calgary Folk Music Festival is one of Canada’s flagship, trailblazing music festivals. It's been held annually since 1980 at the beautiful Prince’s Island Park in Calgary, Alberta.

Our broad, cutting-edge programming boasts 70+ artists from near and far playing on seven stages in concerts and collaborative sessions featuring everything from folk to funk to global sounds and fresh hip hop.

The Perfect Island Musical Escape

The annual Festival is a four-day family-friendly cultural and musical extravaganza. Featuring 70+ artists from Alberta, Canada and the world performing on six daytime and two evening stages in concerts and sessions. Creative, curated mash-ups have artists collaborate in unique and unexpected ways, sharing songs and stories. With a family zone, Big Rock beer garden, arts market, food vendors and so much more, the Folk Fest is a curated experience like none other.

Proudly green

Did you know: in 2023 we diverted 70% of all festival waste from landfills? The Calgary Folk Music Festival has been dedicated to creating a green and eco-friendly festival for decades, and our incredible eco-crew are on the frontlines and helping us redefine our goals for the next five years.⁠ Environmental sustainability is a pillar of the Folk Festival Society of Calgary. Let's do everything we can to lighten our footprint in 2024!⁠ We are thrilled to be partnering with our friends at Routine Natural Beauty for our eco program! Stay tuned for more details.

In the press

Cowboy Junkies, Booker T. Jones, Ben Howard, Billie Marten announced for Calgary Folk Music Festival

CALGARY HERALD

Calgary Folk Music Festival Gets Ben Howard, Booker T. Jones, Cowboy Junkies for 2024 Edition

EXCLAIM!

Calgary Folk Music Festival, in photos: What our photographers saw at folk fest this weekend

CALGARY HERALD

Volunteers: it’s time to confirm your intentions!

With summer just around the bend, it’s time to confirm your volunteer intentions for the big fest!

Are you a new volunteer wanting to join the Folk Fest family this summer? Volunteer applications are now open. Check our volunteer page to stay in the loop!

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Artist in Residence

Peter Moller

We are thrilled to present the work of Peter Moller, who has run Egg Press Co., a graphic and sound design establishment, since 1976. He has been involved as a graphic designer with the Calgary Folk Festival for a ridiculously long time.

He’s also had the great fortune to have played the Festival a number of times with Kris Demeanor and his Crack Band, Kim Barlow, Great Uncle Bull plus a wild, wonderful day playing with Gil Scott Heron on his Festival visit in 1999. As a long time folkie and design partner, Peter’s work perfectly captures the Festival’s colourful history and its contemporary context as one of Calgary's most treasured musical events.

Past Festivals

It’s a genre-bending affair that cleverly unites roots, world and indie icons and upstarts from around the globe. Some marquee artists the Festival has programmed include:

David Byrne • Digable Planets • Nathaniel Rateliffe • Emmylou Harris • Spoon • Belle & Sebastian • Sheila E. • Joe Jackson • Blue Rodeo • St. Vincent • Alabama Shakes • Blue Rodeo • Elvis Costello • Alison Krauss and Union Station • Fishbone • The Avett Brothers • Gillian Welch • Neko Case • k.d. lang • Chris Isaak • Feist • José González • Kris Kristofferson • Rhiannon Giddens • The Mavericks • Steve Earle • Lucinda Williams • The Halluci Nation + many more.

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