2012 Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival

Andrew James O'Brien and the Searchers performed on the main stage Saturday. –Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 1 height:500px;width:332px You don't have to be very old to enjoy the Masterless Men. These children danced up a storm Sunday during the Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival at Bannerman Park in St. John's. –Photo by Gary Hebbard/The Telegram. 2 width:500px;height:335px The Multi-Ethnic Food tent was a busy spot on Saturday afternoon for those patrons wanting a different taste of non-Newfoundland grub at the 36th annual Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival at Bannerman Park under warm sunny skies and scorching temperatures which at one time saw the mercury rise to 30-degrees. Waiting to get their food from the vendor at left, (who did not wish to give her name), are Parks Canada educational tent employees Angie Payne from Gros Morne National Park and local employee Lenora Kendall.-Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 3 width:500px;height:330px Mother, daughter, and grandkids, the folk festival has something for everyone. –Photo by Gary Hebbard/The Telegram 4 width:500px;height:330px Peforming in the Francophone tent in the 5 width:500px;height:331px

Sisters Elsie Frust, 5, left, and Dannika Frust, 9, of St. John's, try their skill at 6 width:500px;height:330px Home for a while from her home in Ireland, Newfoundland native Danette Eddy fiddled up a storm Saturday at the Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival at Bannerman Park in St. John's. –Photo by Gary Hebbard/The Telegram 7 height:500px;width:395px Rachel Furey, 3, (left) and Lacy Pike, 2, dance to the traditional music of the Folk of Bay St. George, a group from the province's west coast, Saturday. –Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram. 8 width:500px;height:331px Musician Amelia Curran performs in the Oral Traditions tent Saturday during the 36th annual Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival at Bannerman Park. –Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 9 height:500px;width:332px With the Masterless Men on stage around 4:30 p.m. Sunday, there was scarcely a blade of grass in Bannerman Park that wasn't occupied by a music fan during the Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival. –Photo by Gary Hebbard/The Telegram. 10 width:500px;height:330px

John Clarke and Dennis parker serve up a mess o' blues for a sunny afternoon. —Photo by Gary Hebbard/The Telegram 11 width:500px;height:336px Labrador's Barry Mitchell came all the way from Makkovik, Labrador for Sunday afternoon's show. — Photo by Gary Hebbard/The Telegram 12 height:500px;width:414px Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Arts Society president Anita Best addresses the audience to begin the Saturday afternoon main stage performance sessions during the 36th annual Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival at Bannerman Park.-Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 13 width:500px;height:331px With the topic of 14 width:500px;height:331px