The 26th annual Mission Folk Music Festival is set for July 25-28.
The festival enters its second quarter century buzzing with a rich sense of musical wonder as it continues to find the best, the rarest, the unheard of that should be heard while nurturing local artists and reaching around the globe to bring in the world’s great music.
From Roots and Blues to Celtic and soulful Gospel, the 2013 festival is as rich and diverse as ever.
The festival takes place at the Fraser River Heritage Park (7494 Mary St.) in Mission.
For tickets and other information, visit missionfolkmusicfestival.ca
This year’s lineup features:
Roots and Blues:
Jim Byrnes
The Sojourners
Hans Theessink and Terry Evans
Crow Quill Night Owls
Women of Song:
Eliza Gilkyson
Mary Gauthier
Lynn Miles
World on our Doorstep:
Piccola Band Ikona (Italy)
Briga (Poland/Quebec)
Zhambai (Zimbabwe/BC)
Scots and Irish:
Dick Gaughan
Comas
Liz Carroll
Mairi Campbell
Made in B.C.
Locarno
The Bills
Oliver Swain & Big Machine
Viper Central
New Faces and Young Voices:
The Archers
Band
The Spring Standards
Music BC Festival Showcase
Special Guests and Resident Artists:
David Francey
Mairi Campbell
Music BC Festival Showcase Stage:
Three of B.C.’s best emerging folk artists will be featured at the festival and by CBC Noon concerts.