Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival

08th of August, 2009 The 33 Annual Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival @ Bannerman Park. Hosts - Paddy Daly & Chrissy Holmes.  Liz Solo, The Anchormen, Middle Tickle, The Benoit Family, Garnet Rogers, Andy M. Stewart and Gerry O'Beirne, Bon Debarras, The Idlers.

The 33rd year performers also include: Atlantic Canadian Folk-Rock legends Rawlin’s Cross, The Masterless Men, Ron Hynes, Garnet Rogers, Quebec's Bon Debarras, two-time U.S. finger-style Guitar Champion Don Ross with singer-songwriter Brooke Miller, local ska sensations The Idlers, Country crooners the 8-Track Favourites, Scottish singing great Andy M. Stewart with guitar wizard and singer Gerry O’'Beirne, Ireland’s Sean Keane, Gulliver’s Spree, Australia’s Danny Spooner, Liz Solo, The Ray Walsh Family Band, Shamrock, Enoch Kent, Forgotten Bouzouki, Middle Tickle, Allan Ricketts and Glen Collins, Jean Hewson and Christina Smith, and many more. Thousands of people have come together annually in St. John’s for a weekend to celebrate the best in traditional and contemporary folk music and dance at the Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival. The Folk Arts Society promotes Folk Arts in Newfoundland and Labrador and throughout Canada. We are the second oldest continuously running Folk Festival in Canada!! For more information pls visit http://www.nlfolk.com/

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