CALGARY The 42nd Calgary Folk Music Festival is in full swing at Prince’s Island Park with some changes, which were primarily put in place to prevent COVID-19 infections. Instead of a multi-stage festival, this year’s event includes an outdoor concert series at the main stage. It’s called Summer Serenades, and capacity is capped at 15 per cent. Due to physical distancing protocols, admission also looks different. Instead of individual ticket sales, each ticket gives access to a plot in front of the main stage that allows up to four adults and two children. Masks are required to be worn at the festival, but can be removed while attendees and their cohort are seated at their plot.
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While it may not be the most enthusiastic endorsement of a seven-day concert series at Prince’s Island Park, there was the definite sentiment Thursday that the Calgary Folk Music Festival’s Summer Serenades is an anomaly that was forced onto the organization by extraordinary circumstances.
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There was no traditional running of the tarpies to get a good spot when the gates opened for Day 1 of the Serenades, which will find 36 artists playing over seven days on the main stage. All the spots were predetermined. The complicated ticketing system offered few solo tickets there were limited solo seats on bleachers and everything else was sold per tarp. The tarps, which could hold a maximum of four adults and two children, were mathematically distanced with markers and lines. The whole field was
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Block Heater is back, but this time, the music is coming to your home.
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Posted: Jan 22, 2021 7:40 PM MT | Last Updated: January 23
Artistic director Kerry Clarke announces the lineup for Block Heater in a file photo from last year. The concerts will be held virtually for the 2021 event.(Twitter) comments
Block Heater is back, but this time, the music is coming to your home.
The sixth annual concert, hosted by the Calgary Folk Music Festival, will now offer a virtual experience that includes 23 artists.
Kerry Clarke, the festival s artistic director, told the
The Homestretch about some of the changes and what viewers have to look forward to.
Author of the article: Eric Volmers
Publishing date: Jan 22, 2021 • January 22, 2021 • 2 minute read • Valerie June, Calgary Folk Fest Photo by unknown /Supplied by Calgary Folk Fest
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The Calgary Folk Music Festival’s annual Block Heater will become a virtual event for the first time, but still feature an eclectic lineup of indie artists from Calgary and other parts of Canada, America, Mexico and even a spotlight on Irish performers.
Now in its sixth year, the festival will run from Feb. 16 to 20 on “two digital stages.” The main stage will be on the Zoom platform and mix live and pre-recorded performances with pay-what-you-can access. The Festival Hall stage will be free and feature Calgary artists streamed live from the folk fest’s Inglewood-based headquarters.