The Calgary Folk Fest has announced their 2013 lineup!
Dropped today at their new Festival Headquarters in Inglewood, this year’s festival will include Renee Amber and Stephen Kent of Mixtape Improv, Amylie, Aziz Sahmaoui & University Of Gnawa, Bahamas, Shelley Bean, Dan Bern, Blind Boy Paxton, Don Brownrigg, Caravan Palace, Hayes Carll, The Cat Empire, Lucas Chaisson, Coal Creek Boys, Creedence Clearwater Revisited, Amelia Curran, Dala, The Dunwells, Evening Hymns, Fanfare Cioc’rlia, Fish Tank Ensemble, John Fullbright, Lori Gibbs, Leela Gilday, Gord Grdina’s Haram, Habadekuk, The Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer, Hayden, Michael Hearst – Songs for Unusual Creatures, Heartless Bastards, The Kerplunks, Jordie Lane, The Latchikós, Albert Lee, Los Vega, Mamselle, Samantha Martin and the Haggard, Trent McClellan, Minor Empire, The Mountaineer, Doug Mutai, Sarah Neufeld, Nomadic Massive, Mary Margaret O’Hara, Peggy Lee and Beautiful Tool, Over the Rhine, Sandro Perri, Amanda Brooke Perrin, Grant Lee Phillips, Tom Phillips and the Men of Constant Sorrow, Corin Raymond, Alasdair Roberts, Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis, Royal Canoe, Shiv Shanks, Clinton St. John, Saidah Baba Talibah, Thievery Corporation, Thus:Owls, Tinpan Orange, Sharon Van Etten, Wool on Wolves, World Party and Fatma Zidan.
This is in addition to the bands they’ve been leaking over the past few weeks, including Mexican Institute Of Sound, The Wilders, M. Ward, Kurt Vile, Steve Earle, Albert Lee, My Brightest Diamond, Elliot BROOD, Alabama Shakes, Anthony Joseph and Spasm Band, Rachel Sermanni, Danny Michel with the Garifuna Collective, Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra, Cousin Harley, Hayes Carll, Hazmat Modine, and Garland Jeffreys.
2013 Calgary Folk Music Festival Early Bird Tickets go on sale tomorrow at 10am. There are a limited number available, and can be purchased online, by phone at 403-233-0904 or in person at 1215 10 Ave SE.