The Winnipeg Folk Festival is not utopia. But it’s close. It raises interesting questions about humanity and how, for five days each year, lawyers, electricians, the unemployed, the unemployable, the alienated, the pariahs, the students, and the suffering are able to share space and enjoy doing so.
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We attended numerous shows, not all. These photos are a small sampling of what the Festival offered.
This is day 5:
Locos Por Juana. Photo: Toban DyckLocos Por Juana. Photo: Toban DyckKen Whiteley and the Levy Sisters. Photo: Toban DyckPhoto: Toban DyckPhoto: Toban DyckLake Street Dive. Photo: Toban DyckPhoto: Toban DyckBlind Boys of Alabama. Photo: Toban Dyck40-year volunteer Harry Paine. Photo: Toban DyckPhoto: Toban DyckPhoto: Toban DyckXavier Rudd. Photo: Toban DyckIndeed. Photo: Toban DyckTinpan Orange. Photo: Toban DyckPhoto: Toban DyckTextile graffiti. Photo: Toban DyckPhoto: Toban DyckGalactic. Photo: Toban DyckPhoto: Toban DyckJD Edwards Band. Photo: Toban DyckScrabble in the kids area. Fun. Photo: Toban DyckPhoto: Toban DyckPhoto: Toban DyckCard break during set. Photo: Toban DyckPhoto: Toban DyckPhoto: Toban DyckGalactic. Photo: Toban DyckLake Street Dive. Photo: Toban DyckPhoto: Toban DyckPhoto: Toban DyckTinpan Orange. Photo: Toban DyckCold Specks. Photo: Toban DyckPhoto: Toban DyckOh My Darling. Photo: Toban DyckPhoto: Toban DyckPhoto: Toban DyckLake Street Dive. Photo: Toban DyckHayes Carll. Photo: Toban DyckRobert Ellis, left, and a member of The Flatlanders. Photo: Toban Dyck
Spectator Tribune was unable to attend the closing ceremonies.
