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The 62nd Miramichi

Folksong Festival

Entertainment for

All Ages

The Miramichi Folksong Festival is set to celebrate it’s 62nd
season August 4th to 9th in Miramichi.
Canada’s longest standing Folksong Festival has something for
everyone!
There is a Gospel concert, New Brunswick Day Breakfast, noon
luncheons, children’s show and evening concerts.
Musical guests this year include: Friends with Heart, Jim
Morrrison and the Down East Entertainers, Melanie Ross Breen,
Glenn McFarlane and an opening concert with Heather Rankin.
Noon luncheons feature Jimmy Lawlor, Jo Ann Lynch, Melanie Ross
Breen, Donna & Tyrone Hubbard, Ian Craig, Wade Hallihan, Sasha Heather Rankin is a Canadian singer, songwriter and
& Stella Perrett, Four Dollar Bill, Miramichi Fiddlers, Billy Hachey, actor. She is well known as a member of the multi-
Jason & Melissa Barry, Frankie & Jennie McKibbon, Lumber Jills platinum selling musical group, The Rankins. They won
and a host of local performers. six Juno Awards, three Canadian Country Music Awards
The closing Dinner/Concert will feature Ivan & Vivian Hicks and 15 East Coast Music Awards, to name a few.
and the Gary Morris Band. This event is by reservation only. Heather was nominated for a Juno for her 2016 debut solo
The popular Folk Feast and Fun day returns this year and album, A Fine Line. This is Heather Rankin like you have
includes lunch at the Kin Centre with live music, a boat trip on the never heard her before.
famous Max Aitken with music by Ian
Craig, followed in the evening with a
concert with the Lumber Jills. This event
is by reservation only, call 506-622-1780
or visit the website. Limited tickets are
available!
Weekly passes are available for $100
which include all evening events plus the
closing dinner.
Tickets for the NB Day breakfast,
noon luncheons and children’s show are
only sold at the door. Reservations can be
made for the 11:30am noon luncheons
first sitting by calling 506-622-1780.

Ticket Info
Tickets are on sale locally at
Brookdale Flower Shop and Kingston’s
Car Wash or by calling 506-622-1780.
Also purchase them online at The Lumber Jills. Youth championship female fiddlers and dancers; Amélie, Martha,
www.miramichifolksongfestival.com Machaela and Janelle are from Moncton, NB and have promoted their culture across
where you’ll find the festival brochure Canada, Ireland, Scotland, Belgium and France. With multiple awards for their heritage
music and dancing; their Acadian, Scottish and Irish ancestry burns in their fiery traditional
with a detailed list of events.
tunes.

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