Edmonton Folk Music Festival, Folk Festivals Canada

Folk Festivals Canada is a consortium of Canada’s leading music festivals, dedicated to the advancement of folk and roots music across the country.

Each of the seven festivals makes a unique and invaluable contribution to its community and each is united in the principles of social and environmental responsibility.

Wherever you are in Canada, drop in to one of these fantastic summer festivals and see the magic that happens when good people and good music meet.

Edmonton Folk Music Festival

Edmonton Folk Music Festival is staged on the second week in August each year. 20,000 people come together on each of the festival’s four days in beautiful Gallagher Park in downtown Edmonton.

The festival is put on by the Edmonton Folk Music Society, a not-for-profit society dedicated to presenting and promoting folk music in all its diversity in Edmonton and Alberta.

Since the early 1990s the festival has worked to “walk softly and leave no footprints” in Gallagher Park and the Cloverdale community. Preservation of the park, in concert with the City of Edmonton and the community has always been a festival commitment.