Canmore Folk Music Festival

Canmore Folk Music Festival Creating community through a love of folk music since 1978. Join Alberta’s longest running festival!

The Canmore Folk Music Society is dedicated to bringing folk music to the residents and visitors of the beautiful Rocky Mountains in Canmore, Alberta through a relaxed community and family-friendly environment. The longest running folk music festival in Alberta, the Canmore Folk Music Festival adheres to a philosophy and legacy of folk, world, blues and roots music. Since its inception in 1978, th

e festival has attracted up to 21,000 music fans annually from across Southern Alberta, Western Canada, and the Northwestern United States.

Welcome to Canmore Folk Festival!⁠⁠Janky Bungag is sweet and spicy wrapped into a bluegrass pickin’, good timin’ man. H...
06/06/2026

Welcome to Canmore Folk Festival!⁠
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Janky Bungag is sweet and spicy wrapped into a bluegrass pickin’, good timin’ man. Hailing from Vancouver, Janky takes the every day ins and outs of living in a city and transforms them into a song that each person can relate to. From love to lust, heart break to smoke break, he touches on all the emotions with a laid back lighthearted energy.⁠
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Attention local businesses - there's still time to advertise with us in the Canmore Folk Music Festival 2026 program gui...
06/03/2026

Attention local businesses - there's still time to advertise with us in the Canmore Folk Music Festival 2026 program guide! ⁠
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This annual keepsake spans 60+ pages and features the full festival schedule, artist bios, event information, workshop descriptions, community discounts, and all things Canmore Folk Fest. ⁠
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Artwork deadline is June 15.⁠
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For more info and to book your spot, email [email protected]

is an award-winning singer-songwriter from Winnipeg, Canada. While deftly accompanying herself on acoustic guitar with ...
06/02/2026

is an award-winning singer-songwriter from Winnipeg, Canada. While deftly accompanying herself on acoustic guitar with a silvery voice, it is her artistry as a songwriter that can silence a room, uniting her lyrical mastery with breathtaking melodies that linger long after the last note. Her latest album “Nerve” (produced by Josh Kaufman - Bonny Light Horseman, Anais Mitchell) bravely exposes every nook and cranny of love and loss, while finding a curious peace in spite of it all.⁠
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Catch Madeleine at this year's !

Say hello to your 2026 Beer Garden sponsor: Annex Ale ProjectWe're thrilled to welcome + as our beer and soda partner ...
06/01/2026

Say hello to your 2026 Beer Garden sponsor: Annex Ale Project

We're thrilled to welcome + as our beer and soda partner for Canmore Folk Fest this August. Annex is a Calgary-based craft brewery and you'll find their pours all fest weekend long. They brew for people who care about what they drink but don't want to overthink it.

Curious, unconventional, always experimental. Hard to make, easy to like. We feel that tracks with our folkie crowd.

Whether you're deep in a set at the main stage or taking a wander through the grounds, the Annex Beer Garden is open all weekend August 1-3.

Get yer tickets now! → canmorefolkfestival.com

Just follow the guitar, a new week is here.⁠⁠Alberta legend Tom Phillips getting things started at the 2024 Canmore Folk...
06/01/2026

Just follow the guitar, a new week is here.⁠
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Alberta legend Tom Phillips getting things started at the 2024 Canmore Folk Fest.⁠
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See you at the tarp.⁠
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Festival faves at the 2017 Canmore Folk Fest.
05/31/2026

Festival faves at the 2017 Canmore Folk Fest.

.d.kheroufi makes soul music with real staying power. Canadian by way of Algeria, Aladean Kheroufi is an Edmonton-based ...
05/29/2026

.d.kheroufi makes soul music with real staying power. Canadian by way of Algeria, Aladean Kheroufi is an Edmonton-based multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, arranger, producer and DJ — and he's spent years quietly earning his place in the lineage of soul, from the warm tones of classic Stax to the cool grooves of Daptone.⁠
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Smoky vocals, beautifully toned melodies, and a buoyancy that turns the lament into catharsis rather than desolation. Gotta love heartbreak music that somehow always ends up on the dance floor. ⁠
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Groove with him this year at !

This is what it's all about. 🎶 Kids 12 and under get in free — grab your family passes and make it a weekend. Link belo...
05/28/2026

This is what it's all about. 🎶 Kids 12 and under get in free — grab your family passes and make it a weekend.

Link below:
https://bit.ly/4wQAMru

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Louis Armstrong was once asked what his favourite kind of music was, and his response was simple; “Good music”. ⁠⁠ sound...
05/27/2026

Louis Armstrong was once asked what his favourite kind of music was, and his response was simple; “Good music”. ⁠
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sound may not sit comfortably in one certain genre, but “Good Music” describes it well. Psychedelic Hank Williams … Tom Waits meets Elvis at Woody Guthrie’s Hobo junction… Avant-Country night club scene music… One of the best bands in the world today, of any kind… hillbilly-flavoured-swing inflected-ragtime-goodtime-thunderously rolling-one-of-a-kind-you-don’t-want-to-miss-this-sort-of-a-show… A new music that springboards off of music of the past and jumps into the present day, left with only echoes of the past… Something in between 1920’s and steam punk. ⁠
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It’s good for your mind… These are just a few of the words uttered by folks around the globe trying to pin down a description of all that is Petunia & The Vipers. ⁠
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Catch them this summer at !

Tickets available HERE: https://bit.ly/4wQAMru

We make space in our festival marketplace for the community organizations, nonprofits, and local groups who make the Bow...
05/25/2026

We make space in our festival marketplace for the community organizations, nonprofits, and local groups who make the Bow Valley thrive ... because a great folk festival is as much about the people as it is the music! Come discover who's here this summer.



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