Two Upcoming Workshops presented by the Regina Folk Festival & SaskMusic

So You Think You Can Fest?

Thursday, August 4, 2011, 7pm

Regina, Creative City Centre, 1843 Hamilton Street

Presented by SaskMusic and the Regina Folk Festival

It seems that more and more music festivals are popping up all over the world, but for emerging artists, landing a slot at a festival, even as an opening band, may seem out of reach – a goal for “later” in your career. Festivals can be an invaluable way of exposing your band to new fans and industry insiders searching for fresh talent. But before bands and managers see a festival slot as their ticket to fame and fortune, they need to know how to get noticed and how not to blow it once they're booked.

The Festival Buyers Panel will feature three of western Canada’s leading festival buyers, Chris Frayer, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Kerry Clarke, Calgary Folk Festival and Sandra Butel, Regina Folk Festival. The panel will discuss tips and tricks of getting your submissions noticed and what to do once you have been selected.

Socalled: Hip Hop Workshop

Thursday, October 13, 2011, 7pm

Regina, The Club, 2431 8^th Avenue

Presented by SaskMusic and the Regina Folk Festival

When Josh Dolgin (aka Socalled) first heard klezmer music on an old Yiddish record, he was fascinated by the cool sounds he could sample to make hip hop beats. Then he realized that integrating this Jewish music from the 1930s into his songs was a way of representing himself and his cultural heritage. It enabled him to bring something of his own to funk and hip hop, giving him what he calls "a real reason to make music." Known for his genre-bending approach and his collaborations with musical giants of funk, klezmer, hip hop, lounge and classical music, Socalled has performed all over the world.

Socalled’s particular brand of mash-up is an exercise in furthering his overall mission to cross boundaries, to mix old and new sounds, acoustic and electric instruments, and digital and analog recording techniques, while exploring different cultures and styles, all in the service of creating something catchy, smart, hilarious, emotional and timeless. This workshop will provide a rare glimpse in this mixmaster's process, as he does a live mash-up of found sounds, traditional Yiddish songs and hip-hop.

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These workshops are FREE for all SaskMusic members or $20/each for non-members. Please pre-register as space is limited: 1-800-347-0676 or email info@saskmusic.org.

Our new artwork! Isn't it lovely! Isn't it divine!

BAZAART + The Regina Folk Festival

We are very happy to partner with the Mackenzie Art Gallery again this year.   The MAG's annual fundraiser, BAZAART, takes place Saturday June 18, 2011.   

Spend some time on the gallery lawn at the Regina Folk Festival’s stage from noon to 3:30 pm. Sway to the sweet sounds of two Saskatchewan artists who are performing at the 2011 Regina Folk Festival: Indigo Joseph and Jeffery Straker. As part of this partnership, the MacKenzie Art Gallery will host a community art activity at the Regina Folk Festival in Victoria Park on Saturday, August 6, and Sunday, August 7, 2010. Stop by the MacKenzie tent and show us your best hipster pose in our Artist Series Photobooth with the talented Chris Graham and Carey Shaw. 

Regina Folk Festival Stage at Bazaart:  

12 to 1 pm - Concert, Jeffery Straker   

1:15 to 2:15 pm - It's funny you should ask: Songwriting workshop with Jeffery Straker & Indigo Joseph  

 2:30 to 3:30 pm - Concert, Indigo Joseph  

Tickets and a free song!

Hi everyone!  We have a bit of news to share!

Our Early Bird tickets are now sold out, though we do have weekend passes and individual night tickets on sale through the Globe Theatre Box Office still.

We are also still looking for volunteers.  However, we are very very close to being full, so if you are still interested, now's the time to fill out that application!!

And last bit of news: A Gift!
k.d. lang is offering a free download of her song "Sugar Buzz" off her latest album to give her fans a chance to hear her new sound!  I've downloaded it and it's really quite lovely!

Have a lovely long weekend :)

RFF Mainstage Schedule is UP!

You've been asking and wondering about who's playing when for a while now, am I right?  How can you not?!  We're just so excited to finally be able to say, "We're ready!!"

So, without further ado...

Friday starts off the fun with:
Fred Penner, Braids, Etran Finatawa, Andrew Bird & KT Tunstall!

Saturday will be hopping with:
Library Voices, Marco Calliari, Shakura S'Aida, Taj Mahal & k.d. lang and The Siss Boom Bang!

Sunday send us off in great style with:
The Sojourners, Dan Mangan, Aurelio Martinez, Coeur de pirate, Hawksley Workman & the Grand Finale!

(Schedule subject to change.  Teaser & Daytime schedules TBA)

For more info, see the Schedule tab!
Individual Night tickets on sale now!  Click on the large button or phone Globe Theatre Box Office at 525-6400!

Sponsorship Opportunities!

The Regina Folk Festival  presents an amazing weekend of music and community once a year right in the heart of Regina’s downtown. The 2011 edition of the RFF, which rolls around August 5th - 7th, promises a spectacularly good time for one and all.  The festival offers a weekend outside of the regular routine where we can all let go of our stresses and worries and just be together in celebration of exceptional music from both near and far. With highly anticipated ticketed Mainstage shows, free daytime concerts and workshop sessions, a lively, fun Children’s Area, chances to peruse the arts market and international food court, festival record store and hang in the Big Rock Garden, there is no lack of ways to bask in the glow of the RFF.  When Monday comes, all too soon, people wake up and tell us “That was the best weekend ever!”

It begs the question:  Was your company a part of it?

If not, it certainly can be!  Our 2011 Sponsorship Guides are now available!  Please see our Sponsorship webpage for more information!

2011 Regina Folk Festival LINEUP is ANNOUNCED!!

See the Performers tab above for artist bios and links!  

Other great artists (including additional Saskatchewan artists) will be added to the bill by the end of April 2011.

With this year’s lineup the Regina Folk Festival experience will not only be focused on performances by fantastic headliners (and we are pretty stoked to have k.d. lang back at our fest and to welcome Andrew Bird & Taj Mahal & KT Tunstall to Regina) but also on the musical discovery of artists from all across Canada and internationally (USA, Honduras, Niger). 

A limited number of early bird tickets go on sale March 24th at a price of $89 plus GST for adults and $79 plus GST for students & seniors.  Tickets can be purchased at the Globe Theatre box office at 1801 Scarth Street (4^th floor), by phone at 525-6400 on through our web site at www.reginafolkfestival.com/tickets