What makes ICA FolkFest unique?
FolkFest is an urban arts festival with a broad definition of both cultural and artistic diversity. Our programming includes 250 performances on four stages. Artists featured at FolkFest in 2006 come from 13 countries: Australia, Austria, Belize, Brazil, Canada, Cuba, Iran, Jamaica, Rwanda, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States. Canadian artists hail from BC, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Nunavut. FolkFest’s artists explore a wide range of mediums from traditional music to hip hop and indie rock, circus and puppetry, film and innovative gourmet cooking. FolkFest’s programming blurs the boundaries between traditional mediums and encourages a wide range of cultural expression that informs, inspires and entertains audiences.
