The Victoria Folk Music Society acknowledges with respect and gratitude the Coast Salish People upon whose traditional territories we live, work, and play. We honour and give special thanks to the Lekwungen and Saanich peoples, also called the Songhees, Esquimalt, Tsartlip, Pauquachin, Tsawout and Tseycum First Nations.

Our Logo: Queen Victoria playing a banjo. VFMS: The Victoria Folk Music Society; 49 Years and Counting...

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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: $8.00;
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):
$85.00 Individual;
$140.00 Family;
$20.00 N/L only

FOR Information or Emergency Contact
email info@victoriafolkmusic.ca
or  

Mail to:
Victoria Folk Music Society,
c/o 3483 Lovat Avenue,
Victoria, BC, V8X 1T8

For booking info, email featurebooking.vfms at shaw.ca at shaw.ca

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

Check out our Archive of previous VFMS features
starting with 2024
(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 featured on our stage!)

A Vancouver Island-focused IslandFolk eMail ListServ: Email about music & music events. To subscribe: go to ml.islandnet.com/mailman/list info/islandfolk/

View in your browser or download the VFMS December 2024 Newsletter
(PDF)

Departed Friends and Musicians

Live-Music Event Venues Facebook Events shared on the VFMS Facebook webpage in the past six years (250+ venues)

NEW WEBPAGE!
Live-Music Events
on Vancouver Island
for December 2024
 

Check our up-to-date webpage listing for
Live-Music Events on Vancouver Island for the Month of December 2024!  

Our roster of Feature Acts:
Dec 01 Hill 60
 Dec 08 Bits of String
 Dec 15 The Harmony Choir
 Dec 22 Valdy
Dec 29 A Mid-Winter Ceilidh
···

Dec 08 Bits of String

Hailing from Roberts Creek on the Sunshine Coast, Bits of String is Kaia Nielsen, Mark Lebbell, and daughter Mari Nielsen playing a mix of stringy genres full of harmonies, humour, heartbreak, and hope! Recently Mark developed an unfortunate allergy to traditional Christmas mall music, so along with carrying an epi-pen this time of year, his condition necessitated he also develop a repertoire of “holiday-adjacent” tunes. If you’re looking for an evening of holiday spirit without the extra calories of figgy pudding, fried latkes, and chocolate magi, come and join Bits of String tonight for a tasty mix of covers and originals with a heaping side of Non-Traditional Holiday Vibes!

Dec 15 The Harmony Choir

A small group of passionate singers who also experience vision loss, The Harmony Choir shares their joy at public events, seniors’ homes and now the VFMS! Encouraging audience participation, their repertoire includes “oldie goldies”, Folk, Gospel, and whatever else is inspiring their members, so you never know what will pop up…including Pop! Director Marcelina Stanton arranges the songs in surprising ways, spreading the message that possibility and playfulness live in us all, along with our challenges. Begun in 2014 as The VIP Singers and restarted in 2022 as The Harmony Choir, their theme song is Terry Kelly’s The Power of the Dream, “changing what it means to be blind”!

Dec 22 Valdy

Valdy understands that people come to be entertained and tailors each of his shows (as many as two hundred a year!) to suit his audience. His distinctive voice and wry wit can be heard on Classic, Country, and campus radio stations across Canada and beyond, his songs reflecting the joys, struggles, and accomplishments in all of our lives while his guitar-playing seems effortless. Throughout the year, Valdy jams on bass guitar revealing the origin of his guitar-playing style that relies on the bottom end for the groove. A man of great talent and an even greater heart, the VFMS is thrilled to welcome Valdy back to our stage for the “umpteenth” time!

Dec 29 A Mid-Winter Ceilidh

With the dark of winter upon us, what better way to lift our spirits than a ceilidh? Bring your voices, your dancing shoes, some potluck fingerfood (savoury or sweet), and all your good cheer to the Folk’s annual year-end party! Doors open at 6:30 pm with the Folk providing hot beverages (tea, coffee, mulled cider) for all. Bring your seasonally themed songs and tunes for the usual jam & singing circle from 6:45–7:30 pm and then the show really gets rolling! Denis Donnelly will lead us in traditional winter carols, the Morris Dancers will be back with their traditional Mummer’s Play, and Shinndig (Ian Johnston, Dick Pollard, Patty Castle, & Karen Gillmore) will follow with lively dance music! John Erskine will be calling the dances and providing instruction so everyone can participate! Happy holidays!

VFMS Features:

Sundays in October, November and December 2024 —

Previous Folk Club Features

Listed by date, one year of VFMS Feature Acts per webpage:
 2024,  2023,  2022,  2020,  …   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…


                            ... 2024 ...

        July                   August                September 
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                 1  2  3     1  2  3  4  5  6  7
 7  8  9 10 11 12 13     4  5  6  7  8  9 10     8  9 10 11 12 13 14
14 15 16 17 18 19 20    11 12 13 14 15 16 17    15 16 17 18 19 20 21
21 22 23 24 25 26 27    18 19 20 21 22 23 24    22 23 24 25 26 27 28
28 29 30 31             25 26 27 28 29 30 31    29 30


      October                 November                December
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13 14 15 16 17 18 19    10 11 12 13 14 15 16    15 16 17 18 19 20 21
20 21 22 23 24 25 26    17 18 19 20 21 22 23    22 23 24 25 26 27 28
27 28 29 30 31          24 25 26 27 28 29 30    29 30 31


                            ... 2025 ...

      January                 February                 March
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          1  2  3  4                       1                       1
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12 13 14 15 16 17 18     9 10 11 12 13 14 15     9 10 11 12 13 14 15
19 20 21 22 23 24 25    16 17 18 19 20 21 22    16 17 18 19 20 21 22
26 27 28 29 30 31       23 24 25 26 27 28       23 24 25 26 27 28 29
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27 28 29 30             25 26 27 28 29 30 31    29 30

        July                   August                September      
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa    Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa    Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
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                        31

      October                 November                December      
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                       1        1  2  3  4  5  6
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                        30
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Guitar Fingerboard, Standard Tuning: notes of the D major scale:

D major scale—2 sharps—F# and C#.

six strings, 22 frets. Note: image is 300 pixels per inch, so you can zoom in on it…

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