Canmore Folk Music Festival

Make your way to the majestic Rocky Mountains on August 5th-7th, 2023, for the Canmore Folk Music Festival! Centennial Park in downtown Canmore will be hosting four stages of incredible music against a picturesque backdrop you won't find anywhere else. Don't miss this opportunity to experience unforgettable sounds and sights that will make it an occasion you'll never forget.

Celebrating over four decades of legacy and tradition, the Canmore Folk Music Festival is one of Alberta's longest-running folk music festivals. With its core principles rooted in folk, pop, blues, and jazz genres of music, this festival brings together nearly 21,000 fans from all across Canada's west coast to the southern USA and other parts around the globe each year for an unforgettable experience!

The Heritage Day long weekend in August is the perfect time to take part in a three-day festival filled with over thirty unique performers and activities! Bring your family to enjoy a free Friday evening concert, plus an exciting kids' area loaded with puppet shows, crafting projects, storytelling sessions, and even a climbing wall. It's sure to be an unforgettable experience for everyone!

The workshop stages partner up eclectic mixings of musicians from disparate and diverse backgrounds, often resulting in that brief "lightning in a bottle" sound that will never be recreated twice.