The Canmore Folk Music Festival is an annual three-day outdoor music event held the first weekend of August in Canmore, Alberta, Canada, established in 1978.
[1] Though the town of Canmore has a population of less than 14,000, the festival averages an attendance rate of over 19,000 each year.
Most years, folk, Celtic, bluegrass, blues, gospel, roots, and worldbeat acts perform.
Past main stage performers include Bruce Cockburn, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Ian Tyson, Cowboy Junkies, and Grievous Angels.
Alberta's Rockies act as a backdrop for the festival stages.