Block Heater returns February 15–17, 2024
Your worries will melt away this winter: the Calgary Folk Music Festival’s Block Heater 9.0, powered by ATB, blows into Calgary like a balmy chinook wind February 15–17, 2024.
🔥 Your Block Heater headliners 🔥
The Devil Makes Three
If Tennessee whiskey has you drinking in heaven, you might be under the influence of The Devil Makes Three. This longstanding Americana triumvirate— Pete Bernhard, Lucia Turino and Cooper McBean– ...
🔥 Your Block Heater headliners 🔥
Dominique Fils-Aimé
Montreal-born, Haitian descendent Dominique Fils-Aimé’s triptych of albums devoted to African-originated music is a single history of the journey from darkness to light, told in three parts: from ...
Odario
Odario (Garfield) Williams is a voice, a soothing set of frequencies, sometimes delicately spoken into the pop filter of a CBC microphone, allowing the proximity effect to fill your ears with the ...
The Devil Makes Three
If Tennessee whiskey has you drinking in heaven, you might be under the influence of The Devil Makes Three. This longstanding Americana triumvirate— Pete Bernhard, Lucia Turino and Cooper McBean– ...
Tanya Tagaq
Often categorized as an avant-garde singer/composer, Tanya Tagaq’s visceral, haunting and, at times, animist vocal performances redefine and, ultimately, annihilate genres. Tagaq taps into a time ...
Daniel Romano's Outfit
Long one of Canada’s most prolific and idiosyncratic artists, Daniel Romano and his Outfit have honed their mastery of decades of rock n’ roll styles into a kinetic live show that has set a standa...
Vieux Farka Touré
Vieux Farka Touré embraced the challenges of performing under the shadow of his father, legendary desert blues Malian guitarist Ali Farka Touré, and the moniker “The Hendrix of the Sahara” since s...
U.S. Girls
“These dashboard memories” breathes Megan Remy on the opening track ‘Only Daedelus’ from her latest album Bless This Mess, and dashboard memories are an ideal description of the album. Recalling ...
Jesse Roper
These days Jesse Roper spends the bulk of any given year relentlessly touring. He covered Canada coast to coast and much of Europe last year. Having established his band, the Roper Show, as a poli...
This is the Kit
A quiet is the new loud approach to songwriting permeates the sound of This Is the Kit, a band name that essentially serves as an alias for British singer/songwriter Kate Stables. Most often label...
Matt Holubowski
There’s something playful, wistful, and hopeful in Québecois songwriter Matt Holubowski’s songs. His pop dreaminess reveals an idealism honed from his work as a humanitarian volunteer, exploring t...
Tanika Charles
Who would have the gumption to beat out more well-established artists for Polaris longlist and JUNO award nominations with a debut full-length album? That someone would have to be Tanika Charles, ...
Rich Aucoin
To call Rich Aucoin energetic is to sell him short. Calling him a human dynamo still underestimates the seemingly limitless reserves at his ready disposal. This is a musician who paired the record...
Dominique Fils-Aimé
Montreal-born, Haitian descendent Dominique Fils-Aimé’s triptych of albums devoted to African-originated music is a single history of the journey from darkness to light, told in three parts: from ...
Odario
Odario (Garfield) Williams is a voice, a soothing set of frequencies, sometimes delicately spoken into the pop filter of a CBC microphone, allowing the proximity effect to fill your ears with the ...
The Devil Makes Three
If Tennessee whiskey has you drinking in heaven, you might be under the influence of The Devil Makes Three. This longstanding Americana triumvirate— Pete Bernhard, Lucia Turino and Cooper McBean– ...
Tanya Tagaq
Often categorized as an avant-garde singer/composer, Tanya Tagaq’s visceral, haunting and, at times, animist vocal performances redefine and, ultimately, annihilate genres. Tagaq taps into a time ...
Choose your own musical adventure
Take in concerts and the Festival’s trademark collaborative sessions in Inglewood, the East Village and downtown. From intimate performances to big bashes, there's something for everyone at this year's festival. Plus you can bring your skates for an evening of free performances at Olympic Plaza in partnership with Chinook Blast.
Marquee artists at modest prices.
We've been gassing up the perfect cozy weekend to get your musical engines revving – indoors and outdoors, downtown and just over the river. You’ll be over the moon and singing amongst the stars with our sizzling lineup of 27 artists from from four continents and eight countries, including our own Albertan backyard.
Block Heater volunteers
Returning volunteers have been reached out to to confirm their intentions - check your inbox! If you are new to Block Heater, join the waitlist.
The 45 annual Calgary Folk Music Festival returns July 25-28, 2024
Mark your calendars and tell your cousin you won't be making it to their summer wedding, the 45th annual Calgary Folk Music Festival is going to be massive. We're already working away on our biggest festival yet, and we can't wait to
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