Ottawa Folk Fest Line-up

[rubberdinghy]

Here it is...dunno how I got on the email list but anyhoo...

2005 Ottawa Folk Festival

Evening Schedule

Thursday, August 18

6:00 p.m. Welcome

6:10 Arthur McGregor

6:25 Genticorum

7:05 Joel Plaskett

7:45 Intermission

8:05 Eliza Gilkyson

8:50 Helen Verger Award

9:00 Willie P. Bennett

9:45 Joan Armatrading

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Friday, August 19

6:00 p.m. The Dreamsicles

6:40 Beth Ferguson Award

6:50 Lucie Idlout

7:25 Chuck Brodsky

7:55 Intermission

8:10 The Weakerthans

9:15 Feist

10:20 Jim Cuddy Band

ALTERNATIVE EVENING PROGRAMMING

8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Kershman-Wasserlauf Stage (inside the Lakeside Centre building)

Contra Dance with Genticorum and caller Catherine Burns.

Beginners welcome ... instruction provided.

AFTER HOURS FOLK

Travelodge Hotel Ottawa West (Carling at Kirkwood)

(Beachcomber Room)

10:30 p.m. Hot Toddy

11:30 Painting Daisies

12:30 The Swiftys

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Saturday, August 20

5:00 p.m. Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion

5:40 H’Sao

6:30 Galaxie Rising Stars and One Fret Less Awards

6:40 Chris Smither

7:15 Sue Foley

7:55 Intermission

8:10 Linda Tillery & the Cultural Heritage Choir

9:15 Natalie MacMaster

10:30 Hothouse Flowers

ALTERNATIVE EVENING PROGRAMMING

8:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.

Kershman-Wasserlauf Stage (inside the Lakeside Centre building)

Alt-Folk Café

Painting Daisies (hosts)

Harmony Trowbridge

Anais Mitchell

Layah Jane

Meredith Luce

Peter Katz

AFTER HOURS FOLK

Travelodge Hotel Ottawa West (Carling at Kirkwood)

(Beachcomber Room)

10:30 p.m. Crescent and Frost

11:30 Lucie Idlout

12:30 The Weakerthans

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Sunday, August 21

5:00 p.m. The Original Sloth Band

5:45 Tony McManus

6:20 Painting Daisies

7:00 Terry Penner Festival Choir

7:20 The Wailin’ Jennys

8:05 The Arrogant Worms

8:55 Intermission

9:10 Festival Raffle

9:15 Jeremy Fisher

9:35 Kalan Porter

ALTERNATIVE EVENING PROGRAMMING

8:45 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.

Kershman-Wasserlauf Stage (inside the Lakeside Centre building)

Super Session

Rick Fines (host)

Penny Lang

Slavek Hanzlik

Dave Clarke

Chris Frye

Rachelle van Zanten

Joe Grass

Saturday & Sunday afternoon performances featuring

Natalie MacMaster, Feist, The Arrogant Worms,

Kalan Porter and 60 more acts!

[bradm]

The main act I want to see in that line-up is Feist; I may go for the Friday night show (Stephen Franke & Noises From The Toolshed are playing at Irene's on Saturday, Aug. 20, which is where I'll be that night).

Aloha,

Brad

[rubberdinghy]

Plaskett acoustic set...should be interesting.

[Sunshine]

glad Plaskett is back in town.