"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.
| Festival | Location | Dates |
| East Coulee Spring Festival | Near: Drumheller, AB | April 10, 2010 |
| Parkview Community - Springboard Hoedown 2009 | Athabasca, AB | May 7 - 9, 2010 |
| The North Country Fair | Driftpile, AB - West of Lesser Slave Lake | June 18 - 20, 2010 |
| Winnipeg Folk Festival | Winnipeg, MB | July 7 - 11, 2010 |
| Pembina River Nights | Evansburg, AB - West of Edmonton, AB | July 9 & 10, 2010 |
| Wild Mountain Music Fest | 8 Kms. North of Hinton, AB | July 10 - 12, 2009 |
| Flower Fest | Camp He-Ho-Haw west of Edmonton, AB | July 17 -19, 2009 |
| Vancouver Folk Festival | Vancouver, BC | July 16 - 18, 2010 |
| Festival on The Rocks | Yellowknife, NT | July 16 - 18, 2010 |
| Ness Creek Music Festival | Ness Creek, SK - North of Prince Albert, SK | July 17 - 19, 2009 |
| The South Country Fair | West of Ft. McLeod, AB - East of The Crowsnest Pass | 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 24 - 26, 2009 |
| Sasquatch Gathering | Easyford, AB - West of Edmonton | July 24 - 26, 2009 |
| Dawson City Music Festival | Dawson City, YK | July 17 - 19, 2009 |
| Mission Folk Music Festival | Mission, BC (East of Vancouver, BC) | July 24 - 26, 2009 |
| Kispiox Valley Music Festival | Kispiox, BC | July 24 - 26, 2009 |
| Filberg Festivall | Comox, BC | July 31 & August 1 - 3, 2009 |
| Canmore Folk Festival | Canmore, AB - East of Banff, AB | July 31 - August 2, 2010 |
| Blueberry Bluegrass & Country Festival | Stony Plain, AB (1/2 Hr. West of Edmonton) | July 31 & August 1 - 2, 2009 |
| John Arcand Fiddle Fest | Saskatoon, SK | August 6, 2009 |
| Edmonton Folk Music Festival | Edmonton, AB | August 5 - 8, 2010 |
| Mountainview Music Festival | Carstairs, AB (North of Calgary on the QEII Highway.) | August 7 - 9, 2009 |
| Regina Folk Music Festival | Regina, SK | August 7 - 9, 2009 |
| The Edge of the World Music Festival | Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii), BC | August 7 - 9, 2009 |
| Northern Lights Bluegrass and Old Tyme Music Festival | Ness Creek, SK (west of Prince Albert National Park) | August 10 - 14, 2009 |
| Edmonton Celtic Festival | Edmonton, AB | August 14 - 15, 2009 |
| Central Music Festival | Red Deer, AB (On the QEII Highway about half-way between Edmonton & Calgary.) | August 13 & 14, 2010 |
| Robson Valley Music Festival | Dunster, BC | August 21 & 23, 2009 |
| HomeFest Raising awareness of Edmonton's housing crisis | Edmonton | Sunday, November 1, 2009 |
| Tongue on the Post Folk Fest | Medicine Hat, AB | January 22 & 23, 2010 |
| Coldsnap 2010 | Prince George, BC | January 22 - 30, 2010 |
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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