November 17, 2009

Canadian Folk Music Awards Presented Saturday, November 21, 2009 in Ottawa

The Canadian Folk Music Awards are THIS WEEKEND! The nominees are an incredible collection of stellar musicians including James Hill and Anne Davison who are a part of our Acoustic Waves concert series (April 25th, 2010). Please read below for more info:

2009 Awards Gala in Ottawa, Ontario

The fifth annual Canadian Folk Music awards gala will take place on Saturday, November 21, 2009 at Dominion Chalmers Church, 355 Cooper Street, Ottawa, Ontario (corner of O’Conner), http://www.dcpresentations.com. The awards ceremony will feature live music by April Verch, Old Man Luedecke, Les Charbonniers de l’Enfer, Yonder Hill, Valdy and Catarina Cardeal & Mike Siracusa, followed by a reception for all.

For more info: http://canadianfolkmusicawards.ca/awards-night/

November 16, 2009

Gil Levine, long time Ottawa Folk Fest Supporter Passes Away

A long time supporter and friend of the Ottawa Folk Fest, Gil Levine, passed away Monday (Nov. 15, 2009) morning. Gil was a champion of social justice, human and labour rights and an enthusiastic fan and believer in the transformative power of folk music. Friends and allies all across the country and around the world will be mourning the loss of this wonderful man who really did make a difference.

November 13, 2009

Ottawa Folk Festival Interim Director of Planning & Operations Ana Miura Makes Cover of Ottawa Xpress

That's right, our very own DPO Ana Miura is featured on the cover of the the Ottawa Xpress. Grab a copy if you see it in one the blue boxes beside them other newspapers, or click the link to read the article.

August 27, 2009

Festival Office Closed from Friday, August 28th - Monday, September 7th

The Office is closed for the week beginning Friday, August 28th, 2009. We'll be back on Tuesday, September 8th, bright eyed and bushy tailed, ready to begin planning for 2010. See you then.

Volunteer Thank You, Feedback and Get-Together

Hi everyone, we'd like to thank and congratulate you for making this year's Ottawa Folk Festival such a great success. We've said it many times over the past week, but we'll say it again - you ARE the festival and your dedicated, fun, and smiley approach touched festival goers all weekend. We've already gotten lots of positive feedback...continue reading Volunteer Thanks >>

August 26, 2009

Thank You! And you, and you, and you...

We here at the office have nothing but thanks for everybody. Thank you to the Artists, Sponsors, Vendors, Media, Volunteers, the weather, and most definitely YOU the audience.

We need to give an extra special thanks to the following:

  • Artists - Thank you for playing, sharing, providing the draw, and sometimes even pitching in with the volunteers. Visit their webpages and buy their stuff.
  • Volunteers - Thank you! You make the Festival run. THANKS to each and every one of you.
  • Hydration Stations and their sponsors - a unique feature of the Festival, thank you for helping keep plastic out of the landfill.
  • Media - thanks for the coverage and for reporting what you saw, heard, smelled etc.
  • Sponsors - to each and every one of you who sponsored or donated something, food, services, and support, we can't thank you enough. Visit our sponsors page
  • There's probably more thank you's coming - so to anyone we missed this far, THANK YOU to you too.

2009 Folk Festival Media Coverage:

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