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Upcoming Folk Club Features

The Victoria Folk Music Society (VFMS)
Every Sunday
at 7:30 PM
at “Norway House”,
1110 Hillside Ave.
Victoria, BC
(between Quadra St.
and Cook St.
on the #4 bus route)

Admission:
$5.00 on Feature Nights,
$3.00 on our occasional
All Open Stage Nights;
16 yrs. & under, Free;
VFMS members, volunteers, and performers: No Charge

Pre-Folk Jam: 6:45 PM

First Half: 7:30 PM
Open Stage:
sign up with Host and perform a ten-minute-set;

Performer Guidelines (PDF):
How to please a folk audience!

Half-time Break:
Tea, coffee and assorted goodies available

Second Half: 9:00 PM
The Feature

Format may occasionally vary

Memberships and
Monthly Newsletter (N/L):
$65.00 Individual;
$100.00 Family;
$17.00 N/L only

FOR Information
and Messages:
email info at victoriafolkmusic.ca
or  

Mail to: VFMS c/o
Old Town Strings,
1034 Hillside Ave.
Victoria, BC V8T 2A5

For booking info, email featurebooking at victoriafolkmusic.ca

Email comments, updates, or queries about the VFMS website to webmaster at victoriafolkmusic.ca

Many more local folk listings on the Folk Events page…

Check out our Archive of previous VFMS features
starting with 2013
(going back to 1976!)

We have a special page
of links to performers’ websites: see Performer Links, mostly,
(a list of many folks who have graced our stage or a stage nearby!)

IslandFolk eMail ListServ: To subscribe go to ml.islandnet.com/
mailman/list info/
islandfolk/

View in your browser or download the VFMS
May 2013
Newsletter
(1.7MB PDF)


 

May 05: The Balkan Babes
May 12: Redmond O’Colonies
 May 19: Sahara Jane with Jamie Loughead
May 26: The Scott Cook Trio

May 19: Sahara Jane with Jamie Loughead

Sahara Jane began touring her original music as a teenager with her sister Kamila. The duo produced two albums and played folk venues and festivals across Canada. Sahara then went on to study fine arts at York University in Toronto and Indian music in Mumbai. More recently, she has performed folk songs with her band in India, played classical Indian sarangi at galleries in Canada, and sung jazz standards at hotels in China. Coming from a culturally diverse and musical family, Sahara is very comfortable mixing it up. Her latest album, “Lonesome Sky”, clearly reflects her roots in Nova Scotia’s vibrant music scene.

Joined on tour this month by the multi-talented Jamie Loughead on bass guitar and harmony vocals, Sahara brings her unique blend of Maritimes country-style folk and Indian raga to West Coast audiences.

May 26: The Scott Cook Trio

Prairie balladeer Scott Cook is a tirelessly traveling songwriter with heart forever on sleeve. He has been a full-time musician since 2007, touring extensively in Canada, the United States, Europe, and Asia, playing at more than 120 festivals and hundreds of other venues. Scott is currently touring with his trio that includes Melissa Walker on upright bass and harmony vocals and Bramwell Park on banjo, mandolin, guitar, and harmony vocals.

Scott’s straight-talking tunes weave together folk, roots, blues, soul, and country influences. In the words of three-time Juno winner David Francey, “Scott Cook has distilled his travels down into songs powered by a sharp eye for imagery, a healthy dose of humanity, and that unforgettable voice, that at the same time intones the rigours of the road and the most comfortable couch you have ever slept on.”

Upcoming Features:

June 2013…

Jun. 02: Without a Net

Jun. 09: Tradewinds

Jun. 16: The Flora Scott Trio

Jun. 23: Sarah Scouten

Jun. 30: Hank Cramer

 …and…
 

Previous Folk Club Features

Listed by date, one year of VFMS Feature Acts per webage:
 2013, 2012, 2011,  …   1998,  1997,  1996,  … back to  1976!
(We resolved to have a weekly Coffee House beginning January 1986;
 the previous schedule was twice a month, second- and fourth- Sundays).


The Calendar…

                           ...2013...
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