ContentSkip to Main ContentAccessibility HelpnewsTop StoriesLocalClimateWorldCanadaPoliticsIndigenousBusinessThe NationalHealthEntertainmentScienceCBC News InvestigatesGo PublicAbout CBC NewsBeing Black in CanadaWinnipeg Folk Fest volunteers look back at 50 years of music, community2 hours agoDuration 3:142 hours agoNewsDuration 3:14The famed Winnipeg Folk Festival has returned for its 50th edition, bringing a range of music genres from both homegrown talent and international performers to Birds Hill Provincial Park. Some of the longtime volunteers who helped shape the festival look back at how far it’s come. Related Stories Money problems forcing N.L. Folks Arts Society, annual festival to likely shutter Looming fate of troubled N.L. Folk Festival is ‘disappointing,’ says tourism minister Thousands flock to The Forks to celebrate Canada Day in Winnipeg Halifax Music Fest head hopes festival keeps concertgoers closer to home Folk on the Rocks prepares for a weekend full of musicMore from NewsVideo2:01More than 1,000 European heat wave deaths linked to climate change: study The National 11 minutes agoVideo2:11Inverness Co-op suspends shopping serviceCBC News Nova Scotia 17 minutes agoVideo2:44Homelessness growing in rural Nova ScotiaCBC News Nova Scotia 22 minutes agoVideo1:47Satellite images reveal scale of Texas flooding destructionCBC News 24 minutes agoVideo1:34Fire at former school forced out some Glace Bay residentsCBC News Nova Scotia 31 minutes agoTrending NowVideo3:26That white guy who can’t get a job at Tim Hortons? He’s AICBC News July 9Video0:29RAW VIDEO: The basking shark that Don Gauthier spotted off P.E.I.’s North ShoreJuly 8Video1:56Penny Oleksiak’s withdrawal from world championships has us wondering – what even is ‘whereabouts’?July 8Video1:10Meteotsunami-like wave caught on video near Thunder Bay, Ont.June 26Video2:29Texas flash flood: Why Camp Mystic was so vulnerableThe National July 8now
Winnipeg Folk Fest volunteers look back at 50 years of music, community
