Folk Fest

The 49th Annual Newfoundland and Labrador Festival Lineup will be announced soon. Stay tuned! 🎶

Friday, July 11th 2025

Bannerman Park - Folk Festival 2025 (Friday)

Time
Show
5:30 pm
DOORS OPEN
DOORS OPEN!
6:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Festival Main Stage
Salt Beef Junkies
6:30 pm - 6:45 pm
Festival Main Stage
Opening Ceremonies
6:45 pm - 7:15 pm
Festival Main Stage
Anita Best and Sandy Morris
7:30 pm - 8:15 pm
Festival Main Stage
The Irish Crew
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm
Festival Main Stage
Tanika Charles
9:30 pm - 10:15 pm
Festival Main Stage
The Once
10:30 pm - 11:30 pm
Festival Main Stage
Matt Andersen

Saturday, July 12th 2025

Bannerman Park - Folk Festival 2025 (Saturday)

Time
Show
9:30 am
DOORS OPEN
DOORS OPEN!
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Traditions Tent
Songs & Yarns: Craft & Sing!
Daoiri Farrell, Larry Foley
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Instrumental Tent
Transatlantic Session
The Irish Crew, Graham Wells, Greg Walsh, Gerry Strong
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Family Tent
Weaving
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Traditions Tent
Art of the Ballad: Songs as Storytelling
Matthew Byrne, Daoiri Farrell, Anita Best and Sandy Morris, Silver Wolf Band
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Family Tent
Adult enjoy the fiddle
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Instrumental Tent
Eastern Canada meets Eastern Europe: Celebrating connections between Ukraine, Poland, & Newfoundland
Polky, Brian Cherwick, Maria Cherwick, Jacob Cherwick
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Traditions Tent
Rhymes & Recitations
Harry Ingram, Karen Carroll, Catherine Wright
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Instrumental Tent
Craft your own instruments
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Family Tent
Youth Trad Session
1:00 pm - 1:45 pm
Festival Main Stage
High & Lonesome
1:55 pm - 2:25 pm
Festival Main Stage
Jeff Pittman
2:35 pm - 3:20 pm
Festival Main Stage
Lady Lupin
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Festival Main Stage
Mary Barry
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
INTERMISSION
Closed to the public
5:30 pm
DOORS OPEN
DOORS OPEN!
6:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Festival Main Stage
Paul Maher
6:45 pm - 7:15 pm
Festival Main Stage
NL Latin Band
7:15 pm - 7:30 pm
Festival Main Stage
Festival Dedication
7:30 pm - 8:15 pm
Festival Main Stage
Silver Wolf Band
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm
Festival Main Stage
Matthew Byrne
9:30 pm - 10:15 pm
Festival Main Stage
Polky
10:30 pm - 11:30 pm
Festival Main Stage
Serena Ryder

Sunday, July 13th 2025

Bannerman Park - Folk Festival 2025 (Sunday)

Time
Show
9:30 am
DOORS OPEN
DOORS OPEN!
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Traditions Tent
Gospel Hour
Eleanor Dawson, Karla Pilgrim, Linda Byrne
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Instrumental Tent
St. Pat's Stepdancing
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Family Tent
Youth enjoy the fiddle
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Traditions Tent
Bring in the New: Writing contemporary folk songs paying homage to traditions
Matthew Byrne, Dave Penny & Daunt Lee, Len O’Neill, Kyle Gryphon, Silver Wolf Band
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Family Tent
Dance Up with Russells on the Corner
Tamsyn Russell, Kelly Russell
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Instrumental Tent
Picking, plucking, & sawing: Bluegrass & old timey
Dave Rowe
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Traditions Tent
Dynamic Duos
Youngtree and Carole Bee, Karla Pilgrim
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Instrumental Tent
"And this is the tune that came out": The Accordion Legacy of Frank Maher and Mark Hiscock
Graham Wells, Billy Sutton, Dave Penny, Tamsyn Russell, Aramaria
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Family Tent
Quilting
1:00 pm - 1:45 pm
Festival Main Stage
Dave Penny & Daunt Lee
2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
Festival Main Stage
Sooky Couch Girls
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Festival Main Stage
Ricketts & Mutrey
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
INTERMISSION
Closed to the public!
5:30 pm
DOORS OPEN
DOORS OPEN!
6:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Festival Main Stage
Emmajane Donnan
6:45 pm - 7:30 pm
Festival Main Stage
Len O’Neill
7:45 pm - 8:30 pm
Festival Main Stage
Beauxmont
8:45 pm - 9:30 pm
Festival Main Stage
Daoiri Farrell
9:45 pm - 10:45 pm
Festival Main Stage
The Irish Descendents
10:45 pm - 11:00 pm
Festival Main Stage
The Ode to Newfoundland

Download the festival schedule in compact and large print formats.