Since releasing the first version of the database in January, 2011, we received a lot of feedback from the folk community with many suggestions of festivals that could be added to the database. Here is the latest version of the database for Folk Festivals in 2012. Big thanks to Roots Music Canada for sharing their database as well as the many members of the folk/roots music community in Canada that contacted us. Collectively we built a fairly comprehensive database of folk festivals in Canada. You can download the updated versions of the database below. Cheers! -DC
My good friend Emma Julien and I compiled a database of Canadian Folk Festivals. It includes a listing of folk festivals in Canada along with their contact information, deadlines and application guidelines. It is a powerful resource for any folk/roots artist inside our outside of Canada.
You can download the database for FREE in either the original Excel format or as a PDF file.
Cheers!
Dave
P.S. We encourage you to share this resource, which you can do by:
Hi Emma and Dave,
Good work you two. I’m sure this will be helpful to many in our community.
Cheers,
Bill
Thanks for stopping by Bill, appreciate the comment! We definitely hope many people will use the database and help us improve it over time.
Cheers!
Dave
Useful resource – thank you!
eb
You’re welcome Erin, thanks for the comment!
Cheers,
DC
Dave….you are more than Cool……you were reading my (telepathic) mail as I just went to bed last night and thought, “Oh jeez, I better get on the festival train (not the Festival Express) and get those CDs outta here. I’m on tour now and a bit scattered so thank you for adding some organization and help/resources to my life.
Sarah
Excellent resource. Thanks so much for all the work that entailed. Think I’m gonna be ver’ busy over the next few days!
Thanks Sarah! So glad it will be helpful. And I love your website btw, “Que Sarah”, awesome! Hope your tour goes well!
Cheers,
Dave
You’re welcome Jeremiah, thanks for your comments!
Cheers,
DC
Thank you Emma and Dave. How amazing is this! Great timing and very generous of you.
Jay
Thanks for your comments Jay! We’ve received a lot of great feedback and a lot of suggestions for festivals to add, so a version 2.0 will be released soon.
And hey, congrats on the great review on Roots Music Canada!
Cheers,
Dave
Thanks for this, very helpful, great work!!! cheers, pete
Thanks for your comments Pete, much appreciated!
Cheers,
DC
Hey, thanks for sharing Dave!!!
This is fantastic Dave. Thank you for all the work that went into it. Other than the depression I’m now experiencing from realizing how many deadlines I’ve missed, I’m thrilled!
Canada Council used to put out a list years ago and it, and the folk presenters list they also put out. were my bibles for years.
So thank you again for providing this valuable resource.
Shari