WINNIPEG -- Winnipeg Folk Fest has announced the lineup for the 2020 show.
This year's event features names like Vance Joy, John Prine, Tash Sultana, KALEO, Tegan and Sara, Alan Doyle, Reuben and the Dark, Khruangbin, along with several other artists.
This year will also feature Mitch's Sunday Feast, which will honour Mitch Podolak, who was a co-founder of the Winnipeg Folk Festival.
Podolak died in August 2019 from complications related to septic shock.
He co-founded the Winnipeg Folk Festival in 1974 and also helped create the folk fest held in Vancouver.
The workshop, which will be curated by his son Leonard Podolak, will feature artists such as Oysterband, Scott Nolan, Nathan Rogers, James Keelaghan and Jez Lowe, Allison De Groot and Tatiana Hargreaves, Daniel Koulack and more.
There will also be a special workshop called ‘Celebrate 150: Manitoba Songbook’ to honour Manitoba’s 150th anniversary, which will include a house band curated by Jonny Moonbeam from Red Moon Road. Every artist at this workshop will play a cover of a song from a Manitoba artist as well as one of their own songs. Special guests at this workshop include: JP Hoe, Micah Erenberg, ATLASS, Kelly Bado and Richard Inman.
The event will be held at Birds Hill Provincial Park from July 9-12.
For tickets and to see a full list of the artists performing, people can visit the Winnipeg Folk Festival website.
