Get your tarp ready for the Calgary Folk Music Festival
The four-day extravaganza of music and culture returns July 25 to 28
Are your playlists packed with all kinds of different genres? Hear North African grooves, southern country, harmonic pop ditties, funk, blues and more at the 45th annual Calgary Folk Music Festival!
From July 25 to 28, feast your ears on a lineup of over 70 artists. Across multiple stages in Prince's Island Park, you'll discover new sounds alongside award-winning favourites. The four-day festival includes music from The Roots, KT Tunstall, Ben Howard, Margaret Glaspy, James Vincent McMorrow, Cowboy Junkies and so many more.
In between stage-hopping, there's plenty to explore with an arts market, Family Zone and food vendor alley. Don't forget to stop by the Talk Tent, featuring comedians, panels and a hip hop cypher.
Catch CBC hosts at the festival
Our CBC team is getting in on the fun! Find some familiar faces — or rather, familiar voices — emceeing at the following stages.
Mainstage | Friday, July 26 | 5:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.
- Emcee: Loren McGinnis (Calgary Eyeopener)
National stage 4 | Saturday, July 27 | 6:15 p.m. to 11 p.m.
- Emcee: Jenny Howe (The Homestretch)
Mainstage | Sunday, July 28 | 5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
- Emcees: Tarik Robinson (Key of A) and Paul Karchut (Daybreak Alberta)
Want to win free tickets?
Tune in to the Calgary Eyeopener, The Homestretch, Daybreak Alberta or Key of A on CBC Listen or 99.1 FM in Calgary for a chance to win a pair of single day tickets.
Tickets and passes can also be purchased here.
