Vancouver Folk Music Festival
We are the folk: the 48th Vancouver Folk Music Festival returns to Jericho Beach
Peak Web July 17, 2025By: Ashima Shukla, Staff Writer From July 18–20, the salt-kissed shores of ʔəy̓alməxʷ / Iy̓ál̓mexw (Jericho Beach Park) will become a living, breathing experiment in togetherness — a place where folk music exists not merely as a genre but as a way of being — in an act of community resilience, with a brilliant blur of genres and geographies. Forefronting Indigenous voices, the festival’s lineup is as sprawling and interconnected as a forest root system. You might want to listen to the electrifying fusion of Moroccan folk and Gnawa rhythm with psychedelic blues-rock by Bab L’ Bluz, or find yourself…
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Katie Tupper puts her own twist on smooth neo-soul and jazz
Peak Web July 10, 2024By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer Up-and-coming artist Katie Tupper’s effortless vocals and poetic songwriting present her as a force within the jazz and neo-soul scenes. Influenced by the likes of D’Angelo, Erykah Badu, Cleo Sol, and Norah Jones, Tupper found…
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