We’re so excited to welcome everyone back into the park for the 47th Annual NL Folk Festival, presented by Equinor!  Please join us this coming July 7th, 8th, and 9th for music, crafts, and that sweet summer air in Bannerman Park! Watch our social media and newsletter to hear about “Everything that’s old is new again.” We’ve reached into the bag to bring back some of our favourite Festival traditions from the past and are adding new ones to celebrate our province.  For more information and to purchase tickets, visit https://nlfolk.com/festival/info/

Our yearly partner presentation with the St. John’s Storytelling Festival to celebrate their 20th annual festival! This event will take place at the Ship Pub at 9pm on Wednesday, September 27. An Evening of Grimms/Ghostly Tales! Tellers include Jodee Richardson, Dale Jarvis, Josh Goudie and Dan Yashinsky!. You won’t want to miss this excellent and exciting event featuring both story and song! $10 cover at the door – cash, debit or credit. See you there!

SqueezeFest will celebrate and explore many faces and musical possibilities of the accordion, the instrumental main-stay of Irish/Newfoundland traditional folk music. Both skipper and sonny alike will delight in this old favorite taken in new, exciting directions. This special folk night featuring Dave Penny & Gracie Reid is presented in partnership with Sound Symposium at the link below.

Oh man, lookout folks, the East Coast’s hardest working, touring blues legend Morgan Davis is in the house tonight! Morgan is the real deal and delivers killer authentic blues with funky, funky guitar and a wicked wit. A true professional in every sense.

If you ain’t been, you should.

What a wicked show here bys. New folk and old folk from the 60s to classic trad, these two are just excellent. 

Professional folk musicans here folk fans. Classic tunes, impeccably delivered.

A folk musican through and through, Jim can bellow a shanty, haul out a reel on the box and dance a step or too as well. He’s also one of our finest songwriters and storytellers and if you can find a corner of the Island that he hasn’t been to a dozen times…well…good luck with that. 

Jim Payne live at the Ship folks. Aren’t we lucky at all. 

Purchase Tickets Here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/nl-folk-festival-nuit-francophone-tickets-657584792817

We like to end off each month with a few tunes around the table for a casual evening of music. Each evening has a designated host and all tune players are welcome to join regardless of skill level, so feel free to sit in and learn a few if you like.