Vancouver Folk Music Festival 2009

This year’s festival took place from July17-19, 2009. I didn’t get pictures of everyone I saw performing and some shots didn’t turn out at all, but here are a few that did. Mavis Staples and Dan Mangan were a couple performances not pictured here.

The Weakerthans

The Weakerthans
The Weakerthans

Iron and Wine (Sam Beam)

Iron and Wine 2009
Iron and Wine 2009

The Proclaimers, from Scotland, performed on the main stage and in a workshop

Steven Page, who recently set out on his solo career, performed a few of his own tunes and some Barenaked Ladies’ favourites

Dick Gaughan, a Scottish folk singer, performed solo and at a workshop with the Proclaimers

Pacifika is a Vancouver-based world music group with Silvana Kane singing in multiple languages.

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