The Peterborough Folk Festival is a three-day music, arts, and community festival in Peterborough, Ontario.
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The Peterborough Folk Festival is a three-day music, arts, and community festival in Peterborough, Ontario.
01 · What it is
Music
Vocal, percussive, or instrumental sound tradition carried by community performers.
02 · Where & name
Canada
Placed on record in Canada.
03 · How it is doing
□□□□ (Not yet assessed)
Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.
04 · Proof & reuse
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Chapter Takeaways
Emerging Artist Award Winners2001 - Serena Ryder 2002 - James McKenty (James McKenty and The Spades) 2003 - Jill Staveley (The Staveley Project) 2004 - Beau Dixon 2005 - Benj Rowland (The County Boys) 2006 - Drea Nasager 2007 - Dave Simard and…
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What is Peterborough Folk Festival in plain words?
The Peterborough Folk Festival is a three-day music, arts, and community festival in Peterborough, Ontario.
Where is Peterborough Folk Festival practised or documented?
Sources on this page place Peterborough Folk Festival in Canada.
What is the current condition of Peterborough Folk Festival today?
□□□□ (Not yet assessed): Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.
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The Peterborough Folk Festival is a three-day music, arts, and community festival in Peterborough, Ontario. The festival is a non-profit organization which receives funding from the Lloyd Carr-Harris Foundation, The Department of Canadian Heritage -Arts Presentation Canada Program, and The City of Peterborough as well as private and corporate donations. It is one of the last free folk festivals in Ontario.
The mandate of the PFF is to present high-quality music from a broad range of genres and cultures, as well as to foster community education and interaction.
In 2001, the PFF introduced the Emerging Artist Award. Designed to promote and support young artists from the Peterborough Region, the award is given annually to an artist who has demonstrated skill as a songwriter and performer. The first winner of this award was Canadian musician Serena Ryder. 1
Emerging Artist Award Winners
2001 - Serena Ryder
2002 - James McKenty (James McKenty and The Spades)
2003 - Jill Staveley (The Staveley Project)
2004 - Beau Dixon
2005 - Benj Rowland (The County Boys)
2006 - Drea Nasager
2007 - Dave Simard and Kelly McMichaels
2008 - Sean P. Conway
2009 - Missy Knott
2010 - Kate LeDeuce
2011 - Melissa Payne
2012 - Jos. Fortin
2013 - Dylan Ireland
2014 - The Lonely Parade
2015 - Evangeline Gentle
2016 - Nick Procyshyn
2017 - Mary-Kate Edwards
2018 - Hillary Dumoulin
2019 - Paper Shakers
2021 - Lauryn Macfarlane
2022 - Nathan Truax
2023 - Irish Millie / Nicholas Campbell (musician) (two awards)
2024 - Calvin Bakelaar aka VANCAMP 1
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Peterborough Folk Festival”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1
Peterborough Folk Festival is music, arts, and community festival in Peterborough, Ontario, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 2
The source record links this tradition to 1 external register, which can be verified through the citation. 2