The summer festival season is near. As proof, the Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Arts Council announced the lineup for the 2008 folk festival Thursday evening.
The festival takes place Aug. 8-10 in Bannerman Park in downtown St. John's.
Among the main stage performers this year are Shanneyganock, Figgy Duff, Graham Wells and Chain Rock, The Idlers, The 8-Track Favourites and The Roger Howse Band.
"We're trying to pack things in there and give people a big variety," says council president Anita Best of this year's lineup.
This year the festival will also incorporate a few new events into the mix, including the "Morning Sessions" which entails traditional singers, storytellers, dancers and instrumentalists carrying out themed performances.
Also new to the festival is "Homemade Jam," an interactive workshop where participants are given the opportunity to sing, dance or play along with various traditional musicians from the main stage lineup.
"People will get the chance to participate. It'll be an unplugged session," explains Best.
The Neil Murray Stage will feature some of Newfoundland's best young talent, she adds.
"We're probably the only (folk festival) in Canada where kids get to perform. One of the mandates of the Folk Arts Council is to encourage the transmission of tradition. We want to pass it on to the next generation because if we don't, who will?"
This year's lineup is a bit shuffled, explains Best, in that the past format of shifting from the more tranquil acts to the upbeat music as each day progresses will be altered.
"We want people in the park for 6:30 p.m.," she explains. "We don't want them to wait 'til 9 p.m."
The Mahers Bahers (pronounced Mars Bars), for example, will kick off the Saturday afternoon session of the festival.
"They're a fabulous, high-energy Newfoundland band," says Best.
Closing out Saturday night are blues act The Roger Howse Band, The Idlers, with their contagious blend of funk and ska, and the 8-Track Favourites, a combination Best says should make for a fun evening.
"If you happen to have a moon or a nice night, people will be dancing," she says.
This year, the evening sessions will begin at 6:15 p.m. on Friday and 6:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, an earlier time than previous years' 7 p.m. starts.
Tickets for the 32nd Annual Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival will go on sale within the next few weeks.
Check the festival's website, www.nlfolk.com, for ticket and event information, including details on the workshops and the full main stage schedule.
Packed park stage
Shanneyganock will be among the acts playing this summer's Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival, Aug. 8-10 in Bannerman Park in St. John's. Submitted photo
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Justin Brake
Folk Arts Council announces filled festival lineup
The summer festival season is near. As proof, the Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Arts Council announced the lineup for the 2008 folk festival Thursday evening.
The festival takes place Aug. 8-10 in Bannerman Park in downtown St. John's.
Among the main stage performers this year are Shanneyganock, Figgy Duff, Graham Wells and Chain Rock, The Idlers, The 8-Track Favourites and The Roger Howse Band.
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- - July 2, 2010 at 14:50:01
Friday evening, August 8
Opening ceremonies and Ode to Newfoundland
Mike Hanrahan
Lifetime Achievement Award: Don Randall and Ted Blanchard
North Atlantic Fiddle Convention Final Performance:
-Nancy Kerr and James Fagan
-Erynn Marshall and Dave Clarke
The Duane Andrews Quartet
Andy Irvine
Gulliver's Spree
Ron Hynes
The Masterless Men
Saturday Afternoon, Aug 9
The Mahers Bahers
Danny Mills and Charlotte Ann Malechewski
Roy Johnston
Folk of Conception Bay North
The Myricks
Eventide
Folk of Bay St. George
Saturday Evening, August 9
Songwriters' Circle (Coleen Power, Lindsay Ferguson, Blair Harvey, Amelia Curran)
The Forgotten Bouzouki
Seamus Creagh and Matt Cranitch
A Crowd of Bold Sharemen
Le Vent Du Nord
The Roger Howse Band
The Idlers
The 8-Track Favourites
Sunday Afternoon, August 10
Se'tA'newey First Nation Choir
Pierre Schreyer
Jerome Epstein
Art Stoyles & Friends
John Clarke and the Rosalines
Allan Ricketts and Hugh Scott
The Dardanelles
The Folk of Labrador
Sunday Evening August 10
Amelia Curran
Sons of Erin
Curtis Andrews and Nuno Cristo
The Lori Cooper Band
Sylvia Tyson
Figgy Duff
Graham Wells and Chain Rock
Shanneyganock
Keep checking http://www.nlfolk.com to find out more about the Morning Sessions, the Neil Murray Stage, and Homemade Jam!
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- - July 1, 2010 at 21:32:27
Friday evening, August 8
Opening ceremonies and Ode to Newfoundland
Mike Hanrahan
Lifetime Achievement Award: Don Randall and Ted Blanchard
North Atlantic Fiddle Convention Final Performance:
-Nancy Kerr and James Fagan
-Erynn Marshall and Dave Clarke
The Duane Andrews Quartet
Andy Irvine
Gulliver's Spree
Ron Hynes
The Masterless Men
Saturday Afternoon, Aug 9
The Mahers Bahers
Danny Mills and Charlotte Ann Malechewski
Roy Johnston
Folk of Conception Bay North
The Myricks
Eventide
Folk of Bay St. George
Saturday Evening, August 9
Songwriters' Circle (Coleen Power, Lindsay Ferguson, Blair Harvey, Amelia Curran)
The Forgotten Bouzouki
Seamus Creagh and Matt Cranitch
A Crowd of Bold Sharemen
Le Vent Du Nord
The Roger Howse Band
The Idlers
The 8-Track Favourites
Sunday Afternoon, August 10
Se'tA'newey First Nation Choir
Pierre Schreyer
Jerome Epstein
Art Stoyles & Friends
John Clarke and the Rosalines
Allan Ricketts and Hugh Scott
The Dardanelles
The Folk of Labrador
Sunday Evening August 10
Amelia Curran
Sons of Erin
Curtis Andrews and Nuno Cristo
The Lori Cooper Band
Sylvia Tyson
Figgy Duff
Graham Wells and Chain Rock
Shanneyganock
Keep checking http://www.nlfolk.com to find out more about the Morning Sessions, the Neil Murray Stage, and Homemade Jam!
Schedule isn't posted yet.
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