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Dec 11 2011

Winterfolk X preview at Moonshine in Oakville tonight

The tenth annual edition of Toronto’s Winterfolk Festival is now just over two months away and no doubt Brian Gladstone and the volunteer team from the Artists For A Better World non-profit organization which stages it have a superlative lineup in store for the Feb. 17-19 weekend.

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Sep 11 2011

Winterfolk X Open Auditions – Artists Invited to Audition

winterfolklogoloresWinterfolk X – Feb 17 – 19, 2012

This year, Winterfolk will hire about 120 artists. 

The artistic selection process will be similar to previous years, and below is a description of how we select our artists. See also – How Winterfolk Selects Artists , What Winterfolk Offers Artists Read the rest of this entry »

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Jan 15 2011

Two Fundraiser Concerts in Oakville

FUNDRAISER @ THE MOONSHINE CAFÉ IN OAKVILLE, JAN 14 & 15, 2010

Toronto’s Winterfolk VIII festival – which runs from February 12 -15, 2010, will present two fun-packed nights of music as a teaser to the upcoming free, all-ages, mid-winter, weatherproof urbwinterfolklogoloresan roots and blues festival.

The events will showcase some of the finest musicians performing at the festival this year, including veteran “wows a crowd” Danny Marks. He’s JAZZ.FM91's weekly Bluz.fm radio show host and has also played with just about every VIP in the blues business, such as, internationally known Juno award-winning Edward Bear early in his career, Rick James' band and as a session sideman for Ronnie Hawkins, Rita Coolidge, Bo Diddley, Stephen Stills and others. He was also the winner of the Toronto Blues Society's Blues With A Feeling Award for lifetime achievement in 2007. With two albums to date, True and Guitarchaeology, Marks is set to release a third album in the spring called Friend in the Blues, a personal take on blues music.  Read the rest of this entry »

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Feb 12 2010

Winterfolk VIII

picture3100 Artists on 6 Stages Presenting 4 Days of Roots and Blues Music

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Winterfolk Listing on Face Book. This is your invitation to join Winterfolk Fans on Facebook – share your comments, post a picture. to your fan list. Winterfolk On Facebook has just been updated with this years information. Please help to get the word out. We would love to hear from you on both sites. Read the rest of this entry »

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Feb 05 2006

Winterfolk IV

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February 3-4-5 2006

Artists :

Bebop Cowboys • Bob Bennett • Brian Gladstone • Brian MacMillan • Brock Zeman & Keith Glass • Cindy Church • Conrad Kipping & Tom Leighton • Chris McKhool • DALA • Dan McVeigh • David Celia • David Gillis • David Gunning • David Newland • DiggingRoots • Gordie Tentrees • Greg Hobbs • Greg Wyard • Gregg Lawless • Heather Dale • Ian North • Jason Fowler • Jenny Whiteley • Jory Nash • Julie Ann Bertram • Keith Thompson • Laura Fernendez • Layah Jane • Linda McLean • Linda Saslove • Lynn Harrison • Marigolds • MartyAllen • Matt Andersen • Michael Brennan • Mr. Rick & The Biscuits • Nancy Dutra • Russell deCarle • Russell Leon • Sarah Siddiqui • Sho, Mo & the Monkey Bunch • Sisters of Sheynville • Steve Payne • StoneFox • TrioBravo • Wendell Fergusson • Read the rest of this entry »

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