August 5-7, 2023

Canmore Folk Music Festival

Centennial Park, Canmore, Alberta

Gate Opening Times:

Saturday: Main Gate opens at 3:30 p.m.

Gate closes at 9:30 p.m.

Sunday & Monday: Main Gate opens at 9:30 a.m.

Gate closes at 9:30 p.m. Sunday, 9:00 p.m. Monday

Schedule:

Friday, August 4

Festival Friday Free Concert

Featuring Harley Kimbro Lewis (from the UK and Nashville), The Cave Arcade and CCHS Youth Mentorship Students Sam, Charlie, Kael, Mica Isaac, Max, Olivia. With host Tom Coxworth

Saturday, August 5

Stan Rogers Stage

4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Aleksi Campagne

5:45 p.m.-6:45 p.m. The Arrogant Worms

7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Harley Kimbro Lewis

8:15 p.m.-9:30 p.m. Serena Ryder

9:45 p.m.-10:45 p.m. The Mbira Renaissance Band

Sunday, August 6

Stan Rogers Stage

10:40 a.m.-4:10 p.m. Workshops

4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. The Fretless with Madeleine Roger

5:45 p.m.-6:45 p.m. David Keenan

7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Suzie Vinnick with special guest Tony D

8:15 p.m.-9:30 p.m. Allison Russell

9:45 p.m.-10:45 p.m. OKAN

Grizzly Paw Stage

10:40 a.m.-4:10 p.m. Workshops

Rocky Mountain Ski Lodge Stage

10:40 a.m.-4:10 p.m. Workshops and Concerts

Monday, August 7

Stan Rogers Stage

3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Abigail Lapell

4:45 p.m.-5:45 p.m. Irish Mythen, Jake Vaadeland and the Sturgeon River Boys

6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. The McDades

7:15 p.m.-8:15 p.m. Irish Mythen

8:30 p.m.-9:45 p.m. Richard Thompson

9:45 p.m.-10:00 p.m. Finale

Grizzly Paw Stage

10:40 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Workshops and Concerts

Rocky Mountain Ski Lodge Stage

10:40 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Workshops and Concerts

Passes:

Weekend Adult (26+): $157.30, Gate: $167.50

Weekend Senior (65+): $137.30, Gate: $147.50

Weekend Youth (age 17-25): $137.30, Gate: $147.50

Weekend Child (age 6-16): $45.00, Gate: $48.00

Weekend Family: $334, Gate: $354

Daily Tickets:

Adult (26+): Saturday $63.50, Sunday $78.30, Monday $73.30

Gate: Saturday $68.50, Sunday $86.50, Monday $78.50

Senior (65+): Saturday $53.50, Sunday $68.30, Monday $63.30

Gate: Saturday $58.50, Sunday $76.50, Monday $68.50

Youth (age 17-25): Gate: Saturday $48.50, Sunday $68.50, Monday $63.50

Gate: Saturday $58.50, Sunday $76.50, Monday $68.50

Child (age 6-16): Daily: $22.00, Gate: Saturday $22.00, Sunday-Monday $24.00

Family: Saturday $135.00, Sunday $165.00, Monday $155.00

Gate: Saturday $145.00, Sunday $175.00, Monday $165.00

Featuring: Abigail Lapell, Andrina Turenne, Aleksi Campagne, Allison Russell, The Arrogant Worms, David Keenan, The Fretless with Madeleine Roger, Harley Kimbro Lewis, Inn Echo, Irish Mythen, Jake Vaadeland and the Sturgeon River Boys, The Mbira Renaissance Band, The McDades, OKAN, Over the Moon, Richard Thompson, Serena Ryder, Suzie Vinnick with special guest Tony D, Jed and the Valentine, Kaeley Jade, Brianna Lizotte, Mari Rosehill, Sammy Volkov, and more. Local Artists: The Cave Arcade, Irene Poole, The Isaac Brothers, Mike Tod, Mister Bird, The Nico Tobias Band, Phillip Alexander Nugent, Rick Simon, The TrebleMakers, Zebra, and more.

The Canmore Folk Music Festival is the longest running folk music festival in Alberta and one of its finest. Adhering to a philosophy and legacy of folk, world, blues and roots music, the festival since 1978 has attracted up to 21,000 music fans annually from across southern Alberta, western Canada, the northwestern USA and indeed the world. The Canmore Folk Music Festival takes place in Centennial Park and at the Miners’ Union Hall in the heart of downtown Canmore.

Taking place over three days of the Heritage Day long weekend in August, the festival features 30+ individual acts or performers, family-friendly site, a free downtown concert on festival Friday evening, a kids’ area jammed with crafts, puppets, music, storytelling and a climbing wall. Its venue is the downtown Centennial Park in the heart of Canmore’s valley bottom. Surrounded on all sides by the majestic Rocky Mountains, the backdrop of breathtaking scenery merely enhances the incredible music pouring forth from four stages all weekend long.

The workshop stages partner up eclectic mixings of musicians from disparate and diverse backgrounds, often resulting in that ephemeral "lightning in a bottle" sound that will never be recreated twice. Each evening the main stage concert features six hours and six performances highlighting the best of what each has to offer. Audiences are renowned for their respectful listening, allowing every patron to enjoy the music and every performer to enjoy the rapt attention directed their way.

Over the years, the Canmore Folk Music Festival has contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to the local community through outreach programs in the schools, the construction of the landmark Stan Rogers Stage in Centennial Park, infrastructure upgrades to the park, the development of musical scholarships for students, and songwriting workshops for both youth and adults.