Miramichi Folksong Festival 2009
When: August 3rd - 7th 2009 - with a Pre-concert, Gospel on August 2nd, 2009
Where: Miramichi Civic Centre, 100 Newcastle Blvd., Miramichi N.B. Canada
The 52nd Miramichi Folksong Festival features contemporary, traditional and authentic folk music.
- Five days of music for the entire family!
- Singers, Dancers & Fiddlers.
- New Brunswick Day breakfast with live music
- Noon luncheons
- Children's show
Opening show is Monday August 3rd at the Miramichi Civic Center with Singer / Song writer Edith Butler. Edith Butler has the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Achievement and has recorded almost 30 albums.
Acadien fiddler Samantha Robichaud will also be a part of the festival and she opens for Edith Butler. Samantha Robichaud has won over 150 awards
New Brunswick Day breakfast:
James Morrison and The Down East Entertainers, the Gillis Family, Melanie Ross Breen, Wesley Jogoe and Susan Butler.
Noon Luncheons:
Jimmy Lawlor, Paula Foley, Debbie Adshade, David Stone, Melanie Ross Breen, The Gillis Family, John Lordon and David Bunnell, Robbie Currie and Bob McCallum.
Children's Show:
Host is Melanie Ross Breen Evening Concert:
The Miramichi Fiddlers, The Landry Family, Allison and Alexander Landry, Ivan and Vivian Hicks.
Dinner Theatre (Closing event) "Whoop, Step & Driver,"
The History of the Miramichi Folksong Festival, written by Bernie Colepaugh and performed by the Heritage Players. OFFICIAL FOLKSONG FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
Weekly pass: $ 60
Includes opening show, evening shows and closing dinner theatre.
Breakfast and noon luncheons are not included.
Children under 12 free with a parent - all shows except breakfast, noon luncheons and the closing show. Advance tickets & Weekly pass:
Books Inn, Bills Kwik Way, Stitching Post Bathurst The Miramichi Folksong Festival is the longest running folksong festival in Canada celebrates 52 years of preserving the folksongs and cultural heritage of logging, and shipbuilding in the Miramichi Region.
Contact: 1 506-622-1780 or bb2@nb.sympatico.ca
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