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Calgary Folk Club
Newsletter
Highlights in this edition:
■ Now on Sale: 2017-2018 Season Passes!
■ Our Next Shows: March and April
■ Volunteers Needed: Casino, 50/50, and our Greeters Team!
■ A Message of Thanks from the CFMA Board
■ Just What Is Folk Alliance International?
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Now on Sale: 2017-2018 Season Passes!
Don't miss a note of Season 46!
The Season 46 lineup is coming together, and it'd just about be a crime to miss any of these incredible acts!
Season Passes for the 2017-2018 season are $275 - not a penny more expensive than the current season's passes.
1. Until Sunday, April 30, current Season Pass holders have the first right of refusal for next season's passes. If you're purchasing a RENEWAL pass, you can pay by one of two methods:
Post-dated Cheque - Submit a cheque, either directly at the Club, or by mail, p
ayable to The Calgary Folk Club, and post-dated
August 31, 2017. Please also provide your current mailing address, phone number, and email address. Mail cheques to the following address:
The Calgary Folk Club - SEASON PASS
Suite 85, #305, 4625 Varsity Drive NW
Calgary, AB. T3A 0Z9
Electronic transfer: Submit payment for your pass(es) via etransfer through your bank. Email your transfer information to: treasurer@calgaryfolkclub.com . In your email, be sure to include your contact information: current mailing address, phone number and email address. PLEASE NOTE that with an electronic transfer, funds will be transferred immediately, unlike using a post-dated cheque.
2. In order to become a NEW PASSHOLDER, you are applying for passes relinquished by existing passholders who choose not to renew for next season for various reasons. Typically, there are 20+ such passes, though we won't know for certain until mid-May, once the right-of-refusal period for current passholders elapses. Because we cannot guarantee a pass to every new passholer, etransfer is not an option. You must submit a
post-dated cheque
, either directly at the Club, or by mail (
details above
). Be sure to s
ubmit your cheque AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE! Pass requests will be addressed in the order that they are received. Your submitted cheque is a placeholder for your request. You will be notified of your success by early June, 2017. If you are not successful due to a shortage of available passes, you will be contacted and your cheque will be destroyed or returned to you.
And now: our developing 2017-2018 season lineup!
FALL 2017
- Sep 15 The Fortunate Ones (NFLD)
- Sep 29 To Be Confirmed
- Oct 13 The Ennis Sisters (NFLD)
- Oct 27 David Francey, (ONT)
- Nov 10 TRIPLE BILL: Harris, Greenway, and Jencks (US)
- Nov 24 The Young Uns (ENG)
WINTER 2018:
- Jan 12 Ellis Paul (US)
- Jan 26 Red Moon Road (MB)
- Feb 09 To Be Confirmed
- Feb 23 James Hill and Anne Janelle (NS)
- Mar 09 CO-BILL: Billy Crockett (TX) & Perla Batella (CA)
- Mar 23 To Be Confirmed
- Apr 06 Hot Club of Cowtown (US)
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Coming on March 24:
No strangers as individuals to Canadian festival and folk club stages (including the CFC), PEI's own Catherine MacLellan, Ashley Condon and Meaghan Blanchard are touring together as the Eastern Belles while they simultaneously pursue their flourishing solo careers. Three fine solo performers with distinct, stunning voices that can stand alone powerfully and then combine to create some of the sweetest harmonies you could wish to hear, TheEASTERN BELLES
share their love for old country, folk and Americana in the heavenly gift of their musical collaboration.
And our last show of the season, on April 7:
Trent Severn 
Unabashed boosters of all things Canadiana, Trent Severn: Emm Gryner (bass), Dayna Manning (guitar/banjo) and Lindsay Schindler (fiddle) encourages you to wear plaid or flannel to their shows, be kind to each other, and enjoy a beer at the end of the day. Tight harmonies, stories about the people and the land they love and know so well, devotion to their craft and a passion to add to the great Canadian songbook are the hallmarks of this rising star in the musical firmament.
First up: Ken Stead 
Born and raised in Edmonton, Ken Stead started to show an interest in music when it was cool to listen and appreciate rap and metal in the locker room. But he has his mother to thank for his now burgeoning career as a folk musician. After being sent to the Edmonton Folk Festival by his mom as a punishment, Stead never looked back. Stead has spent the last two years playing over 200 shows, including such festivals as the Canmore Folk Festival, North Country Fair, Come By The Hills, and the one that started it all, the Edmonton Folk Music Festival.
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Volunteers Needed: Casino, 50/50, and our Greeters Team!
We're looking for a few folks we can "count" on.
By now, many of you know that casino revenues contribute significantly to the Calgary Folk Club's operating budget, and ensure that we can keep the lights (and sound system!) on, while keeping ticket prices reasonable. These revenues also allow us to continue supporting live music at one of Canada's foremost folk venues. This year's casino nights will be Monday June 12 and Tuesday June 13, 2017. We're looking for people to fill the roles of Cash Cage attendants, Count Room attendants, and Chip Runners, for both day and night shifts.
At the moment, we are also looking for volunteers to help sell tickets for our 50/50 drawings on club nights, and for people to help out with our Greeters Team during the 2017-2018 season!
As always, your help and enthusiasm is greatly appreciated. If you're able to contribute to any of the above endeavours, or you'd simply like more information about what's involved in these roles, please send an email to
manager@calgaryfolkclub.com
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A Message of Thanks from the CFMA Board
Our friends, whose mission is to recognize the best in Canadian folk, have also recognized our contribution.
On behalf of the Board of the CFMA I want to convey our sincere thanks for The Calgary Folk Club's ongoing sponsorship. You've been supporting us for many years, beginning before Suze joined our Board. No other folk club in the country has been as consistently generous. We couldn't do this without partners like you!
Many thanks, again.
Grit Laskin
CFMA Board
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Just What Is Folk Alliance International?
Club President Jan Boydol gives us the details.
The Folk Alliance International Conference is the world's largest gathering of the folk music industry and community. It brings together
2,500 registrants from 20 countries and an unimaginably broad array of styles, including C
eltic, traditional, bluegrass, blues, Appalachian, global roots, Cajun, singer-songwriter, and e
very imaginable fusion.
Folk Alliance is a de facto industry hotspot for the discovery of new talent. It offers live music in every corner of the conference venue, all-day and night for five days. New and emerging artists are everywhere, as well as legends of folk, and everything in between. The Official Showcases alone offer 200 jury-selected nightly concerts featuring emerging artists and touring legends from around the world, performing for hundreds of venue bookers, festival bookers, agents, managers, and music industry reps. And each evening following the Official Showcases, the "Music Floors" come alive with thousands of shows in hotel rooms turned into listening rooms.
The Mission of FAI is to nurture, engage and empower the international folk music community - t
raditional and contemporary, amateur and professional - through eduation, advocacy and performance.
FAI is 29 years old and and the Calgary Folk Club has been there every step of the way in search of new talent
for the club.
The theme of the 2017 FAI conference was "
Forbidden Folk:
a celebration of activism in art," and its keynote speaker
was Grammy award-winning U.K. artist and activist, Billy Bragg.
This year, your CFC Conference group consisted of Suze Casey, Jan Boydol, Paul Bazinet, and John Robertson, who all volunteered their
time and expense to attend and ensure that the very best of established and emerging folk artists step onto our stage.
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Connect with Us!
Tune in to Alberta's vibrant folk music scene!
For concert videos, interviews with your favourite artists, and a wealth of information about your favourite Calgary Folk Club alumni and upcoming performers, come join the conversation on
Facebook,
Twitter,
Instagram, and
YouTube.
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With gratitude to our sponsor:
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