Edmonton Folk Music Festival announcement (Photo Credits - Daniel Barker-Tremblay)
The Edmonton Folk Music Festival hosted their 2024 Lineup announcement on Tuesday afternoon, which included previously announced legends Robert Plant & Allison Krauss.
Between fan favourite headliners Blue Rodeo, Black Pumas, and Plant and Kraus, so will Orchestra Gold, a psychedelic African rock ensemble; La Misa Negra, an Afro-Latin band; Danielle Ponder, a lawyer turned R&B/soul artist; Canadian folk band Wild Rivers, who first played on the festival’s Stage 3; rock’s Dawes, who Wickham said he’s wanted to book for years; Rhiannon Giddens, who collaborated with Beyoncé on the star’s latest album; Zimbabwean group Mokoomba; Ben Howard, the English singer-songwriter and composer; and Fantastic Negrito, whose music is influenced by the blues, R&B, and roots genres.
The side stages will also host a number of up-and-coming artists, such as Boy Golden, Alberta’s Noeline Hofmann and calgary’s Wyatt C. Louis, Vancouver’s The Bankes Brothers and Alpha Yaya Diallo, and Briscoe. The latter was one of few who successfully applied to come to Alberta’s capital city.
Terry Wickham, Festival Producer for the Edmonton Folk Music Festival speaks with CFWE on his excitement for this years lineup.
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Terry Wickham, Festival Producer speaking at the lineup announcement for the 2024 Edmonton Folk Music Festival (Photo Credits – Daniel Barker-Tremblay)
Wickham talks about the Indigenous artists who will perform at the Festival, including Don Ross, Wyatt C Lewis, and Sultons of String.
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Wickham says it’s great that the Edmonton Folk Music Festival can be affordable for everyone.
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The 2024 Festival runs August 8-11 at Gallagher Park. Tickets will go on sale Saturday, June 1 at edmontonfolkfest.org.
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