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Upcoming Folk Club Features

The Victoria Folk Music Society
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 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: $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 2012
(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-window or download the VFMS
May 2012 Newsletter
(1.4MB PDF)

 

May 06: The Melody Quartet
May 13: Reuben Weir and the Red Hot Swing Set
 May 20: Folk Generations Panel Concert
May 27: Elena Yeung with Karl Sommerfeld

May 20: Folk Generations: Sow the Seeds

“And now your music’s playing
And the future’s just begun
For you sowed the seeds of freedom
In your daughters and your sons”
— Tommy Sands

Victoria’s lively and diverse music scene is graced with an abundance of talented families that sing and play together. Tonight’s panel concert is an opportunity to hear parents and children join forces to perform on our stage. 4 musical families, all working in a broadly Celtic tradition, will participate:
• The Ecclestons, featuring Colleen Eccleston on guitar, Kiaran McMillan on guitar, and Gaelan McMillan on bass;
• The Joneses, made up of Mike Jones on guitar and Emily Jones on guitar and fiddle;
• The Hurwoods with Gareth Hurwood, multi-instrumentalist, and Holly Hurwood on guitar; and
• The Biscoes with Wayne Biscoe on guitar, Ceilidh Biscoe on fiddle, and Cianan Biscoe on cello.

May 27: Elena Yeung with Karl Sommerfeld

Born and raised in the farming community of Carberry, Manitoba, by immigrant parents from Hong Kong, Elena Yeung spent a decade wandering across Canada before settling in BC’s interior, in an old farmhouse with the howl of coyotes and an occasional ghost story to keep her company. In performances that range from fiery banjo-picking to bone-chilling a cappella, Elena takes her listeners on a journey through heartbreak and wonder with her songs of the human condition, set to simple, homespun, yet memorable melodies that draw on the folk and bluegrass traditions. She has toured extensively, appearing at festivals throughout western Canada.

Elena is joined by Karl Sommerfeld on fiddle and back-up vocals.

“A fine songwriter and banjo player, Yeung nails the old-timey/bluegrass genre to the wall.” — The Province

Upcoming Features:

  June 2012…

Jun. 03: Countdown to FolkWest

Jun. 10: Richard Grainger

Jun. 17: PuzzleRoot

Jun. 24: The Bryan Skinner Band

 …and…
 

Previous Folk Club Features

Listed by date, one year of VFMS Feature Acts per webage:
 2012, 2011, 2010,  …   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…

                             2012
       April                  May                   June
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa  Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa  Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
 1  2  3  4  5  6  7         1  2  3  4  5                  1  2
 8  9 10 11 12 13 14   6  7  8  9 10 11 12   3  4  5  6  7  8  9
15 16 17 18 19 20 21  13 14 15 16 17 18 19  10 11 12 13 14 15 16
22 23 24 25 26 27 28  20 21 22 23 24 25 26  17 18 19 20 21 22 23
29 30                 27 28 29 30 31        24 25 26 27 28 29 30

        July                 August              September
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15 16 17 18 19 20 21  12 13 14 15 16 17 18   9 10 11 12 13 14 15
22 23 24 25 26 27 28  19 20 21 22 23 24 25  16 17 18 19 20 21 22
29 30 31              26 27 28 29 30 31     23 24 25 26 27 28 29
                                            30

      October               November              December
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21 22 23 24 25 26 27  18 19 20 21 22 23 24  16 17 18 19 20 21 22
28 29 30 31           25 26 27 28 29 30     23 24 25 26 27 28 29
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       April                  May                   June
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