CALGARY The Canmore Folk Music Festival will not be going ahead in 2021, officials announced this week. We are as heartbroken as you are, officials said in a statement. Although many things are looking positive, there’s still too much uncertainty and risk for us to plan a full in-person event. When weighing the risk of public safety and financial viability, it’s with our community in mind that we will be cancelling our in–person August long weekend festival in 2021. The arts and live-music scenes have been particularly hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has been ongoing for just over a year.
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Do you (or someone you know) have a 200-300 word story about you and CKUA that you’d like to share with us? Please let us know by writing us. We’d love to feature it! What do such stories look like?
Well, here’s a touching one by the Harvey-Jansen family.
“Throughout the many garages, basements, and kitchen tables of Alberta, young musicians spill their thoughts and emotions into song. Often times, these songs are unpolished, maybe even rough, but they reflect the soul of the province.” (Excerpt from Luke’s copy of the 2016
Project Wild essay prep)