FOLLOW YOUR FOLK to the
Mission Folk Music Festival
July 26-28, 2019 | Fraser River Heritage Park, Mission, BC
Info & tickets: www.missionfolkmusicfestival.ca
Contact: info@nullmissionfolk.ca | 604-309-6079
Festival Updates
MICHELLE WRIGHT ADDED TO FESTIVAL ROSTER
EVENING MAIN STAGE SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED
The Mission Folk Music Festival announced that Canadian country music star Michelle Wright has been added to the festival roster. The festival has also just released the Main Stage schedule for performances Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings, July 26, 27 and 28.
MICHELLE WRIGHT joins the MFMF roster
With the release of her first new album in five years, Merlin, Ontario’s Michelle Wright shows again why her expressive voice and distinctive style has earned her twenty‐five Top Ten radio hits, more than forty major awards (including her 2011 induction into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame) and sold millions of records. Together with her guitarist, she’s bringing her favourite songs, old and new, to the Mission Folk Main Stage. Ms. Wright closes this year’s festival on Sunday night, July 28, providing a stunning country roots exclamation point to cap off a wonderful weekend of music.
EVENING MAIN STAGE SCHEDULE announced
In addition to concerts and workshops on 3 daytime stages, the evening Main Stage showcases on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights offer a glimpse into the great talent that audiences can expect to see all weekend at this year’s Festival.
Friday, July 26 – starting at 6pm* (Admission for Friday night (only): pay-what-you-can at the gate)
Beaton-Plasse | Indigenous Welcome | Diyet and the Love Soldiers | Jesse Waldman Trio | John Welsh and Los Valientes
Saturday, July 27 – starting at 5:00pm*
Turkwaz | Rick Scott & Nico Rhodes Roots and Grooves | Cécile Doo-Kingué Trio | Irish Mythen | Élage Diouf
Sunday, July 28 – starting at 5:00pm*
Festival Choir | Zachary Lucky Trio | Oktopus | Leaf Rapids | Michelle Wright
*Artists listed in order of performance. Festival runs rain or shine. Schedule subject to chang
Roster update: The MFMF is sorry to report that, due to Visa issues, Wil Campa Y Su Orquestra will not be performing at this year’s festival as previously announced. The festival hopes to welcome Wil back another time.
The full list of 2019 performers is below in alphabetical order.
The festival’s home is Fraser River Heritage Park, just east of Mission. The park overlooks the Fraser River with treed areas and lots of green space. It’s one of the prettiest locations around to sit back and enjoy a weekend of music. The festival features an amazing roster of artists from across the continent playing an eclectic range of great music from close to home and around the world. Over 20 acts will perform everything from Celtic tunes to country, from klezmer to Senegalese asiko, Latin grooves, Thracian dance tunes – and so much more! The ambiance is welcoming to all, easy-going, and family-friendly.
In addition to the great music on tap, there are both Food and Artisan Market vendors, in addition to the licensed Festival Bistro, a dynamic WEE FOLKS area where kids and families can have lots of fun, and a on-site camping.
Advance priced Tickets are on sale now!
Weekend Advance-priced tickets range from $90 for adults to $85 for Seniors and Students to $50 for Youth.
Tickets + camping passes are also available at all price levels, as are one day tickets for Saturday and Sunday.
Children 12 and under are free. http://www.missionfolkmusicfestival.ca/
MISSION FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL 2019 ARTIST LINEUP (updated)
Beaton-Plasse (QC & NS): Two accomplished fiddlers, Andrea Beaton and Véronique Plasse, combine forces and the music of Cape Breton and Québec in a tour de force duo. https://beaton-plasse.com/en/
Geoff Berner (BC)
Klezmer-punk. “Cherish him, cherish him, for there really is no one like him. Fantastic.” — Billy Bragg
Élage Diouf (QC/Senegal)
A sensational Senegalese soul-rocker. http://www.elagediouf.com/EN/news.html
Diyet and the Love Soldiers (YT)
Alternative country, folk, roots and traditional with catchy melodies and stories deeply rooted in Diyet’s Indigenous world view and northern life. http://www.diyetmusic.com/
Cécile Doo-Kingué (QC)
Soulful Blues & guitar “Full of sophisticated musicianship and striking lyricism” – Living Blues Magazine
https://www.cdkmusik.com/
Leaf Rapids (MB)
Call it “pop folk”, “indie” or “alt folk” – or just brilliant music, beautifully played.
A Special Festival Event: Catch Keri as she shares the stories of the journey her Japanese Canadian grandparents made from their farm in Mission, BC to the sugar beet farms of Alberta during the Internment in an on-stage interview.
Zachary Lucky (SK)
Music that transcends the boundaries of folk and country, simply by seeking the truth.
“Lucky’s songs have lived lifetimes. They sit you down, tell you their stories and heighten your senses to the wonders of nature, love and self.” – No Depression
http://zacharylucky.com/
Irish Mythen (PEI)
A singer-songwriter who is “…a force of nature and a gift from the Almighty Herself”
— Lisa Schwartz, Philadelphia Folk Festival
Oktopus (QC)
A fabulous witch’s brew of traditional East-European melodies blended with classical masterpieces and a sprinkling of Québec song.
Podorythmie (WA)
High energy French Canadian and Celtic music and step dance – and shadow puppets!
Raw Honey (BC)
The pure beauty of a capella
Roads Unknown (BC)
Catchy, eclectic and well-played roots-blues-country featuring sweet harmonies and soaring roots instrumentation.
Jennie Bice, Tony O’Hara, Michael Jantzen, and Solomon Janzen.
https://www.facebook.com/roadsunknownmusic/
Schryer, Hillhouse & Dobres (BC)
Three Celtic-folk masters come together in an inspired collaboration of fiddle, voice and guitar.
Pierre Schryer, Andy Hillhouse and Adam Dobres.
Andy: http://www.andyhillhousemusic.com/
Rick Scott & Nico Rhodes in ROOTS & GROOVES (BC)
Infamous folkie and young keyboard ace join forces for an intergenerational smorgasbord of roots, rhythm and groove!
Strangely (WA)
A “rollicking, sing-along, one-man cabaret riot”- Broadway Baby, Edinburgh
https://www.strangelyandfriends.com/
Turkwaz (ON)
A vocal quartet presenting music of the Balkans, Mediterranean and the Middle East in new and captivating ways.
Maryem Hassan Tollar, Jayne Brown, Sophia Grigoriadis, Brenna MacCrimmon.
Jesse Waldman (BC)
“a musician of consummate skill and experience, who is completely at home in whatever genre of music he wishes to perform.” —Roots & Blues Radio
https://jessewaldmanmusic.com/home
John Welsh & Los Valientes (BC)
Folk, Surf Rock, Reggae, Latin and beyond!
https://www.johnwelshlosvalientes.com
Michelle Wright (ON)
A multi-award winner, and one of Canada’s leading country music voices.
Zigue (QC)
Brilliantly rendered Québécois tradition-inspired music
Claude Méthé (fiddle, vocals) and Dana Whittle (guitar, vocals, foot percussion).
https://claudemethe.com/zigue/
Community Voices
Jenny Banai, Fraser Valley Music Awards winner http://www.jennybanai.com/
Railyard Youth Open Stage Project
Graduates from the Railyard Youth Open Stage Project perform.
Festival Choir
Lead by Deborah Handley, members of the festival community to come together and sing.
Music 101 @ The Tractorgrease Café
Yet to be named artist from the Music 101 program at Chilliwack’s Tractorgrease Café.
Low Barrier Cabaret
Harm Reduction to Homelessness, the Low Barrier Cabaret brings lived experience to life through the creation and performance of powerful and playful songs and spoken word.
MFMF key coordinates
Fraser River Heritage Park is located on the unceded traditional territory of the Leq’a:mel First Nation, among the Stó:lō peoples. It is located at 7494 Mary Street, Mission, BC
www.missionfolkmusicfestival.ca
info@nullmissionfolk.ca or 604-309-6079
https://www.facebook.com/MissionFolkFest/
Twitter: MissionFolkFest
Media release provided by Gwen Kallio, sisu productions.
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