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SUMMER
FESTIVALS AND EVENTS
Theatre
Under the
Stars
to
feature "Can Can” and “Big” at
Malkin Bowl, Stanley Park, Mid July to Mid August.
Order tickets early.
Bard On the Beach
Shakespearean Festival, Vanier Park, Vancouver
June
2 through September 25, 2005
The
Vancouver Folk Music
Festival
Jericho Beach Park, July 15, 16 & 17,
2005
Tickets:
$90 for Early Bird Weekend Pass until March 31,
$100 April 1 to June 18 through the Festival office
at 604.602.9798 or 800.883.3655 and online at
www.thefestival.bc.ca
Buy
Before April 1 and Get Your 2005 Vancouver Folk
Music Festival Early Bird Tickets at the 2004
Prices
Vancouver
Folk Music Festival is making 2005 Early Bird
Tickets available at the 2004 prices through to
Thurday, March 31. On April 1 ticket prices
will go up the the 2005 rates, a modest increase
made necessary by the rising costs of presenting
Vancouver's most popular outdoor summertime musical
event
Musicians,
singers and songwriters from around the world and
across the street will gather at beautiful Jericho
Beach Park July 15 - 17, 2005 for Vancouver's 28th
annual celebration of traditional and contemporary
folk and roots music.
The
Vancouver Folk Music Festival has established
itself as a major event on the world folk and roots
music circuit. This summer celebration
challenges audiences to expand their understanding
and appreciation of what 'folk' can mean in a
global context, brings attention to exciting young
artists who are pushing the boundaries, honours the
elders of the tradition, and creates new forums for
experimentation, improvisation and
education.
The
Vancouver Folk Music Festival features more than 70
hours of non-stop music on eight outdoor stages --
three evenings of mainstage concerts and two full
days of performances and workshops throughout the
park.
Other
Festival attractions include a Food Area with
vendors serving up foods from around the world, an
Artists' Marketplace featuring the unique works of
local artisans and craftspeople, and a Little Folks
area with special entertainment for the
youngsters.
All
of this takes place in one of the most spectacular
outdoor settings imaginable, Jericho Beach Park,
amidst groves of pine and cedar trees and
against a backdrop of the beautiful coast mountains
rising above a modern city skyline.
Special
programming features and events during the Festival
Week bring the Festival and its guest artists out
into the community. The Collaboratory brings
artists together from different traditions for
several days prior to the Festival Weekend to
enable them to spark one another's creativity and
imagine the unimaginable. Lively Up Yourself,
a series of workshops at The Roundhouse Community
Centre gives young local aspiring musicians an
opportunity to learn from the best. And The
Vancouver Folk Music Festival on Granville
Island presents a taste of each year's
Festival with a series of free outdoor noon-hour
performances on the Market Stage, at Vancouver's
internationally renowned Granville Island Public
Market.
The
appearance of many Festival guest artists at other
venues around town in the days before and after the
Festival Weekend create a unique city-wide folk and
roots celebration.
Early
Bird Weekend Tickets are $90 until March 31 and
$100 from April 1 to June 18 and are available
through the Festival office at 604.602.9798 or
800.883.3655 and online at
www.thefestival.bc.ca.
The
Vancouver Folk Music Festival is a world of music
on the beach for one magic weekend every
summer. We'll see you in the
Park!
Contact
Kevin
Dale McKeown
Marketing
& Communications Manager
604.688.2478
marketing@thefestival.bc.ca
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