Indigenous Summer Music Festival Guide 2011

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Here is RPM's Turtle Island-wide list of summer music festivals featuring Indigenous artists in their line-ups. The good news is there are many - you'll be able get a dose of Indigenous music culture at a festival near you, wherever you live.

Festival season has actually been in full swing for a few weeks. Recently the Ode’min Giizis festival in Peterborough included an incredible line-up of over forty Indigenous artists while WestFest in Ottawa featured an Inuit showcase, Qaggiq, with nine artists from our North Coast, and National Aboriginal Day was a veritable Canada-wide festival of music.

And that's just the beginning. Here's what to look forward to this summer:

Atlin Arts and Music Festival, July 8-10 – Tanya Tagaq

Mariposa Folk Fest, July 8-10 - Elisapie Isaac

Montana Folk Festival, July 8-10- Nukariik

Vancouver Island Folk Festival, July 8-10 – Cris Derksen, Leela Gilday

Winnipeg Folk Festival, July 8-10 – Samantha Crain, Christa Couture, Cassidy Mann, Shayne Koyczan, Kim Barlow, Sonia Eidse, Puppet Folk

Harrison Festival of the Arts, July 9-17 – New Directions: An Aboriginal Collaboration with Diga, Leela Gilday, Cris Dersen, Diyet, Sylvia Cloutier and Kinnie Starr.

HomeSkillet Festival, July 13-16 - Strumming Dog, D script, Silver Jackson

Vancouver Folk Festival, July 15-17 – Digging Roots, Samantha Crain

Great North Arts Festival, July 15-24 – Laura Vinson & the Free Spirits, M.O. , Randy Sibbeston

Dawson City Music Festival, July 16-17 - Tanya Tagaq, Dennis Allen and The Hellhounds

Calgary Folk Festival, July 21-24 – Buffy Ste Marie, Elisapie Isaac

Brandon Folk Festival, July 22-24 – Christa Couture

Discovery Coast Music Festival, July 23-24 – Digging Roots

Six Nations Pow Wow Weekend - July 23 — Big Sugar

Komasket Music Festival, July 29-31 – Buffy Ste Marie

Lowell Folk Festival, July 29- 31 - Ledward Kaapana, Nukarik

Edmonton Folk Festival, August 4-7 - Keola And Moana Beamer

Edge of the World Festival, August 5-7 – Wayne Lavallee

Regina Folk Festival, August 6-7 – Cris Derksen

Robson Valley Music Festival, August 19-21 – Kinnie Starr, Digging Roots

Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival, August 19-21 – Don Amero, Cris Dersken

CNE Bandshell Blues Fest, August 28 - Digging Roots

 

Who did I miss? Let us know which festivals you see showcasing Indigenous talent!