
"Adventure Tourism Information About Places Ya'Gotta Go To!"

If you are planning to travel to western Canada, there is one tradition that music fans need to take in. During the last quarter century western Canada has become a hot-bed of roots based music and hosts a fabulous selection of folk music festivals. Many of these folk music festivals in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and the northern territories in western Canada (Yukon and the Northwest Territories), feature top industry performers, from around the world, as well as the amazing talent developed in our own country! To provide regional visitors with regional sounds and songwriting flair, many of these festivals also feature local favourites.
For those folk festival fans that can't get enough during the summer; we've also included a few winter/spring folk festivals in western Canada.
So if need a break from your trekking, peddling, canoeing or whichever way you're travelling...Here is our selection of must see festivals, where you can enjoy the best of two worlds; folk music and the outdoors of western Canada. We've also added links to the festival's websites. Be sure to confirm dates, schedules, etc. For many of these festivals tickets should be purchased in advance, as with accomodations!
Make 2010 your summer to take in one of these incredible western Canadian folk music festival and let Ya'Gotta Travel help with your arrangements for flights, hotels and car rentals.
Also, so you can find great trekking before or after the festival(s), we've included to our related Ya'Gotta destination feature articles about the locations.
Ya'Gotta tries to keep annual dates updated, if you operate a festival and have update info, please contact us
| Festival | Location | Dates |
| East Coulee Spring Festival | Near: Drumheller, AB | April 10, 2010 |
| Parkview Community - Springboard Hoedown | Athabasca, AB | May 7 - 9, 2010 |
| Heart of The City Festival | Edmonton, AB | June 5 - 6, 2010 |
| Kluane Mountain Bluegrass Festival | Haines Junction -160 kilometers (100 miles) west of Whitehorse, YK | June 11 - 13, 2010 |
| Sooke River Bluegrass Music Festival | Sooke, BC | June 18 - 20, 2010 |
| The North Country Fair | Driftpile, AB - West of Lesser Slave Lake | June 18 - 20, 2010 |
| Smithers Midsummer Festival | Smithers, BC | June 25 - 27, 2010 |
| Pine Trails Getaway | Pigeon Lake (South of Edmonton, AB | July 2-3, 2010 |
| Winnipeg Folk Festival | Winnipeg, MB | July 7 - 11, 2010 |
| Pembina River Nights | Evansburg, AB - West of Edmonton, AB | July 9 & 10, 2010 |
| Cottonwood Music Festival | Fort St. James, BC | July 9 - 11, 2010 |
| Atlin Arts & Music Festival | Atlin, YK - South of Whitehorse, YK | Returning in July 2011 |
| Festival on The Rocks | Yellowknife, NT | July 16 - 18, 2010 |
| Flower Fest | Camp He-Ho-Haw west of Edmonton, AB | July 16 -18, 2010 |
| All Folked Up in Montmartre | Montmartre, SK (50 mins. SE of Regina) | July 16 -18, 2010 |
| Vancouver Folk Festival | Vancouver, BC | July 16 - 18, 2010 |
| Ness Creek Music Festival | Ness Creek, SK - North of Prince Albert, SK | July 15 -18, 2010 |
| The South Country Fair | West of Ft. McLeod, AB - East of The Crowsnest Pass | July 16 - 18, 2010 |
| Wild Mountain Music Fest | 8 Kms. North of Hinton, AB | July 16 - 18, 2010 | Calgary Folk Music Festival | Calgary, AB | July 22 - 25, 2010 |
| Gateway Festival | Bengough, SK South of Regina, SK | July 23 - 25, 2010 |
| Islands Folk Festival | Cowachan, BC | July 23 - 25, 2010 |
| Sasquatch Gathering | Driftpile, AB - West of Lesser Slave Lake | July 23 - 25, 2010 |
| Dawson City Music Festival | Dawson City, YK | July 16 - 18, 2010 |
| Discovery Coast Music Festival | Bella Coola, BC - Cariboo Chilcotin Coast Area | July 24 & 25, 2010 |
| Mission Folk Music Festival | Mission, BC (East of Vancouver, BC) | July 23 - 25, 2010 |
| Kispiox Valley Music Festival | Kispiox, BC | July 23 - 25, 2010 |
| ArtsWells Festival | Wells, BC | July 30 - August 2, 2010 |
| Blueberry Bluegrass & Country Festival | Stony Plain, AB (1/2 Hr. West of Edmonton) | July 30 - August 1 2010 |
| North Country Stomp | Driftpile, AB - West of Lesser Slave Lake | July 30 - August 2 2010 |
| Canmore Folk Festival | Canmore, AB - East of Banff, AB | July 31 - August 2, 2010 |
| Coombs Bluegrass Festival | Coombs, BC - East of Port Alberni | July 30 - August 1, 2010 |
| Filberg Festivall | Comox, BC | July 30 - August 2, 2010 |
| John Arcand Fiddle Fest | Saskatoon, SK | August 12 - 15, 2010 |
| Edmonton Folk Music Festival | Edmonton, AB | August 5 - 8, 2010 |
| Mountainview Music Festival | Carstairs, AB (North of Calgary on the QEII Highway.) | August 6 - 8, 2010 |
| Regina Folk Music Festival | Regina, SK | August 6 - 8, 2010 |
| The Edge of the World Music Festival | Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii), BC | August 6 - 8, 2010 |
| Northern Lights Bluegrass and Old Tyme Music Festival | Ness Creek, SK (west of Prince Albert National Park) | August 16 - 20, 2010 |
| Edmonton Celtic Festival | Edmonton, AB | August 14, 2010 |
| Central Music Festival | Red Deer, AB (On the QEII Highway about half-way between Edmonton & Calgary.) | August 13 & 14, 2010 | Harvest Sun Music Fest | Kelwood, MB (West of Winnipeg and in the foothills of Riding Mountain National Park) | August 13 & 14, 2010 |
| Princeton Traditional Music Festival | Princeton, BC | August 20 - 22, 2010 |
| Robson Valley Music Festival | Dunster, BC | August 20 - 22, 2010 |
| Music On the Mountain Festival | Fort St. James, BC | August 27 - 29, 2010 |
| Chilliwack Bluegrass Festival | Chiliwack, BC - East of Vancouver | September 3 - 5, 2010 |
| Tongue on the Post Folk Fest | Medicine Hat, AB | January 28 - 29, 2011 |
| Coldsnap 2010 | Prince George, BC | January 21 - 29, 2011 |
If you want to find our more about the roots music scene in western Canada, go to our roots music page.

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