Your 2023 Calgary Folk Fest lineup is here!
An unforgettable weekend of groundbreaking icons, upstart songwriters, and instrumentalists — that Folk Fest feeling is like none other! The 44th annual Calgary Folk Music Festival returns July 27-30, powered by ATB. View the full lineup now.
Advance tickets are on sale now until July 27.
Your CFMF 2023 headliners
Emmylou Harris
Where do you begin when talking about a legend like Emmylou Harris, whose musical career began in the 1960s and continues today? There’s her time playing coffee houses in New York’s ground zero of...
Your CFMF 2023 headliners
The Paper Kites
“It’s like cool, cool water running down my back.” Yeah, it’s a Jayhawks lyric, but it is a great description of the luscious, liquid effect of The Paper Kites as instruments and harmonies wash ov...
Matt Mays
Don’t mistake Matt Mays for a Haligonian. Born in Hamilton, this king of Portland Street hails from the City of Lakes, the Darkside, the Dirty D, none other than Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Getting hi...
Emmylou Harris
Where do you begin when talking about a legend like Emmylou Harris, whose musical career began in the 1960s and continues today? There’s her time playing coffee houses in New York’s ground zero of...
Jeff Tweedy
In a book due out this fall, World With a Song, Jeff Tweedy dissects 50 tracks that have inspired him: the Replacements, Mavis Staples, the Velvet Underground, Joni Mitchell, Otis Redding, Dolly P...
Digable Planets
You would be forgiven if Digable Planets hasn’t been front of mind in the past few years. The trio – Ishmael Butler (“Butterfly”), Craig Irving (“Doodlebug”) and Mary Ann Vieira (“Ladybug Mecca”) ...
Tanya Tucker
Tanya Tucker’s country music career is a bucking horse. No matter how much it tries to throw her off, she manages to hang on. Tucker came roaring out of the chute five decades ago with the number ...
Fantastic Negrito
To listen to Fantastic Negrito, born Xavier Amin Dphrepaulezz, is to soak up a stunning array of sounds, forms, moods and ideas. Perhaps this is the byproduct of his stunning array of life, from b...
Julia Jacklin
In a world of off-centre indie rock warble, Julia Jacklin is a resolute ballast. With personal, frank, emotionally charged lyrics matched to slow burn music, she mines a deep well of sentiments, d...
Bahamas
The nom de plume of singer/songwriter/guitarist Afie Jurvanen, Bahamas is best known for his intimate and heartfelt songs that lyrically bounce off his dry sardonic wit, plus his sweet and tasty “...
The Paper Kites
“It’s like cool, cool water running down my back.” Yeah, it’s a Jayhawks lyric, but it is a great description of the luscious, liquid effect of The Paper Kites as instruments and harmonies wash ov...
Matt Mays
Don’t mistake Matt Mays for a Haligonian. Born in Hamilton, this king of Portland Street hails from the City of Lakes, the Darkside, the Dirty D, none other than Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Getting hi...
Emmylou Harris
Where do you begin when talking about a legend like Emmylou Harris, whose musical career began in the 1960s and continues today? There’s her time playing coffee houses in New York’s ground zero of...
Jeff Tweedy
In a book due out this fall, World With a Song, Jeff Tweedy dissects 50 tracks that have inspired him: the Replacements, Mavis Staples, the Velvet Underground, Joni Mitchell, Otis Redding, Dolly P...
Your full festival schedule has landed
Soak in the sounds all weekend long with individual concerts and unpredictable mash-ups where artists collaborate in unique and unexpected ways. Our full schedule is here!
New volunteer applications now open
It feels like summer is right around the corner! Returning volunteers have been contacted to confirm their 2023 volunteer intentions. If you're a new volunteer looking to join the Folk Fest fam, sign up today!
Our CFMF Prize raffle is ending soon!
Calgary Folk Music Festival is excited to announce our biggest golden tarp prize package ever including a tour-de-Folk: you could win 2 passes to the 2023 Calgary, Edmonton, Canmore and Regina Folk Festivals. Best summer ever? Grab your tickets now!
Ticket sales end Wednesday, June 21.
2022/2023 Artist in Residence: Geneva Haley
Love our festival artwork? We do too!
Calgary Folk Music Festival's 2022-2023 artwork was created by our artist-in-residence, central Alberta illustrator and designer Geneva L. Haley. With her whimsical storytelling through illustration, Haley created a portal to an enchanting and dreamlike world on Prince's Island Park — perfectly matching the Festival's charming and adventurous spirit.
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