The Vancouver Folk Music Festival will be returning in-person this year after hosting the event virtually for the past 2 years.

The event is set to take place on July 15 – 17 at Jericho Beach. Starting times and ending times have not been stated yet.

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This 2022 concert is considered to have one of its best lineups ever. Some of the headline artists attending this event are Asleep At the Wheel, Alejandro Escovedo, Taj Mahal and the New Pornographers.

Considered to be the main headliner of the event is former Vancouver resident Allison Russell.

Allison Russell was born in Montreal, but ran away from her home due to sexual and physical abuse from her adoptive father. She would then eventually move to Vancouver as a 15 year old.

The former member of the Vancouver-based band “Fear of Drinking” (better known now as Po’ Girl) has quite the impressive resume. She has been nominated for 3 separate Grammy Awards which were “Best Americana Album”, “Best American Roots Song”, and “Best American Roots Performance”. She did not win these awards, but a nomination alone is very impressive.

Additionally, she has been nominated for 2 Juno Awards this year. She has been nominated for “Songwriter of the Year” and “Contemporary Roots Album of the Year”. The Juno’s this year will take place next Sunday, May 15th at 5pm.

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It would appear that a lot of music festivals are set to occur this year! With the COVID-19 pandemic slowly becoming behind us, music festival hosts are wasting no time getting their events back up. I also covered an outdoor music festival this September a couple days ago called “Rifflandia”, where tickets went live this morning.

For those interested in attending the Vancouver Music Folk Festival, tickets can be purchased HERE!