Islands Folk Festival

Islands Folk Festival The Cowichan Folk Guild is proud to present the 40th Islands Folk Festival July 19, 20, & 21, 2024 Welcome to the Islands Folk Festival!

The Cowichan Folk Guild is proud to present the 39th anniversary Islands Folk Festival July 21st-23rd, 2023 Live at Providence Farm in Duncan, BC. Music lovers from near and far are invited to join this celebration of music, featuring all the best elements of a homegrown folk festival. We are the most family friendly festival in Canada! Make sure to get your early bird tickets now! https://islandsfolk.tickit.ca/

Share far and wide to any talented friends you know! We want to see your ideas for festival tshirts and enter you in a c...
01/21/2025

Share far and wide to any talented friends you know! We want to see your ideas for festival tshirts and enter you in a chance to WIN !

01/17/2025

Attention all artists! We want to feature YOUR art on our festival t-shirts for 2025.

We are looking for high resolution graphics that would fit nicely onto a shirt, that will be featured exclusively at the Islands Folk Festival July 25-27 2025.

Contest is open from now until February 14

Festival planning is well underway and we are looking for some more Coordinators to join our team! If you've ever wanted...
01/12/2025

Festival planning is well underway and we are looking for some more Coordinators to join our team! If you've ever wanted to get involved now is a great time !

We are looking for leaders for the following crews:

-Merchandise
-Vendors
-Signage
-Site Administration
-Sanitation

Follow this link for more information and to find the volunteer application!

 Performing at the FestivalIf you are a performer who wishes to be considered for the 2025 Islands Folk Festival, July 25, 26 & 27th. Please send your promo material and cover letter to: [email protected]. We listen to all submissions and while we can’t promise a booking, we w...

12/18/2024
12/04/2024

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It is John Reischman and the Jaybirds week at the Cowichan Folk Guild and to kick off this week that culminates with an ...
12/01/2024

It is John Reischman and the Jaybirds week at the Cowichan Folk Guild and to kick off this week that culminates with an unforgettable show at Vimy Hall, we made this special play-along video of John and Trisha's original song "In The Darkest Hour" and transcribed the lyrics and chords so you can cover it yourself after you've played along with the Jaybirds. So dust off that guitar and give it a try! How does it work? It explains itself, all you gotta do is hit play. John Reischman and the Jaybirds at Vimy Hall for more information on the upcoming show and islandsfolk.tickit.ca for tickets.

11/23/2024

The Infinite Atom was one of our favourite discoveries of the 2024 Islands Folk Festival and they helped make the weekend so special for us by clearly having a GREAT time. They filmed a music video during their special midnight performance on the Islands Stage on Saturday night and it is so much fun to see the final product. Check it out and share the original YouTube video far and wide: https://youtu.be/JQTE7Zq67xQ?si=ow79THa6LJFZXFWB

11/23/2024

John Reischman and the Jaybirds are Grammy and Juno winning legends that bring timeless music to life. We are so lucky to have them coming to Vimy Hall on December 6th. Tickets are on sale at islandsfolk.tickit.ca OH! And who can tell us about this song?
https://www.facebook.com/share/15Qdj9H2c1/

11/22/2024

We are so excited about John Reischman and the Jaybirds coming to Vimy Hall on December 6th! This is an artist that transcends genre preferences because we can confidently say, if you like music, you'll love this. It has been a while since we hosted a concert from these guys so please consider joining us at Vimy Hall on December 6th! https://www.facebook.com/events/1642161096703370

Our friends (and local residents) Blue Moon Marquee released a wonderful new album at the end of September. Look up New ...
10/05/2024

Our friends (and local residents) Blue Moon Marquee released a wonderful new album at the end of September. Look up New Orleans Sessions wherever you stream your music!

💛*** NEW ALBUM ***💛

NEW ORLEANS SESSIONS

Recorded live with a full band of fine New Orleans players, this album features original songs as well as our renditions of songs we love from the early 1900’s- 1940’s

Full band featuring

A.W. Cardinal - Vox, Guitar
Jasmine Colette - Vox, Bass
Danny Abrams - Bari Sax
B.C. Coogan - upright piano
Jon Atkinson - harmonica
Nicholas Solnick - drums
Brett Gallo - drums

Recorded live at
with Jon Atkinson

Original painting by
Digital design by

Mastered by

Please blast it in the kitchen and have a tango, in the garage, in yer whip crushing down the lane

Listen and order here:

http://bluemoonmarquee.com/new-orleans-sessions

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Paquin Artists Agency
ThinkTank Music Network

Maverick Cooperative

Chadd Cawson has done it again! Thank you for the great write-up, Chadd. And Myc Sharratt we will see you Saturday night...
09/12/2024

Chadd Cawson has done it again! Thank you for the great write-up, Chadd. And Myc Sharratt we will see you Saturday night. Everybody else, come see us Saturday night and let's have a visit and listen to Myc. Details below!

https://www.facebook.com/events/1853749445115411

Valdy performing with The Infinite Atom
07/30/2024

Valdy performing with The Infinite Atom

Valdy and The Infinite Atom playing Get Together at the 2024 Islands Folk Festival, Duncan, British Columbia

Big Little Lions
07/29/2024

Big Little Lions

Big Little Lions performing Love Is at the Islands Folk Festival 2024. Providence Farm,, Duncan, British Columbia

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Duncan, BC
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The Infinite Atom was one of our favourite discoveries of the 2024 Islands Folk Festival and they helped make the weekend so special for us by clearly having a GREAT time. They filmed a music video during their special midnight performance on the Islands Stage on Saturday night and it is so much fun to see the final product. Check it out and share the original YouTube video far and wide: https://youtu.be/JQTE7Zq67xQ?si=ow79THa6LJFZXFWB

Friday night at the Islands Folk Festival sounds like THIS! featuring James Keelaghan, Eugene Smith, Mel Parsons, Clanna Morna, The Lee Boys and King Cardiac. Check it out!

King Cardiac is performing this Friday and SaturdayJuly 19th and 20th at the Islands Folk Festival

King Cardiac will be performing at the Islands Folk Festival THIS Friday night at 10:30pm on the Islands Stage and 4:30pm on Saturday at the Spirit Stage. Here they are in their natural habitat at the Cameron House in Toronto. We brought them to the Islands Folk Festival to get that big city melting pot folk from out East feeling. It is really neat that they are performing in the Friday night "Big Show" on the big stage and then making a sweaty up-close lyrics-listening show the next afternoon on the Spirit stage. They are not just a great band, but they are great people, too. Come meet them at the Islands Folk Festival.

Sunday morning at the Islands Folk Festival is going to be rockin’ like maybe never before! Tickets are available at http://islandsfolk.tickit.ca and at a discount until July 1st!

The Lee Boys Testify
The Lee Boys Testify

Sunday morning at the Islands Folk Festival is going to be rockin’ like maybe never before! Tickets are available at http://islandsfolk.tickit.ca and at a discount until July 1st!

King Cardiac is appearing on Friday night on the Islands Stage at the 40th Anniversary Islands Folk Festival and during the day on Saturday for a sweaty, fun afternoon set on the Spirit Stage! Tickets are available a little cheaper than usual until July 1 at http://islandsfolk.tickit.ca

We are thrilled to announce that Shooglenifty, from Scotland will be performing on both Saturday and Sunday, July 20 & 21st at the Islands Folk Festival. Don't miss them! Our website is islandsfolkfestival.ca and the easiest way to buy tickets is islandsfolk.tickit.ca

How do you like your vintage #CBC? Hope you like it all VHS-y because here is an excellent documentary on Valdy who is joining us with a band for the 40th Anniversary of the Islands Folk Festival. An artist like Valdy is always in his prime because he is making art of the current moment, whatever that means. But join us in watching this profile of Valdy mid-heyday. And join us July 19, 20 & 21 for the 40th Islands Folk Festival!

Murray Porter is coming to the Islands Folk Festival
Murray Porter is coming to the Islands Folk Festival

Music legend Murray Porter is coming to the Islands Folk Festival! We put together a little clip reel of his music to celebrate. Check it out :) Tickets are available at http://islandsfolk.tickit.ca http://islandsfolkfestival.ca Get a weekend pass and bring the family!

It would have been wonderful to see Logan perform one of his great original songs like “Deadman” but it sure made us happy to see 2023 Islands Folk Festival performer and Cowichan Valley resident, Logan Staats on the Juno’s.
It would have been wonderful to see Logan perform one of his great original songs like “Deadman” but it sure made us happy to see 2023 Islands Folk Festival performer and Cowichan Valley resident, Logan Staats on the Juno’s.

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Welcome – 36 Years & Counting! The Cowichan Folk Guild will proudly present the 36th annual Islands Folk Festival July 24-26 2019 at Providence Farm in Duncan, BC. Music lovers from all over Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands are invited to join this celebration of music, featuring all the best elements of a homegrown folk festival. Join us for the most family friendly festival in Canada, as we present some of the finest folk and folk-related artists touring today, that will have people of all ages and tastes in music reveling during this amazing weekend! Weekend passes for adults and youth (13-18) are available on the website, as well as camping passes. http://www.islandsfolkfestival.ca/