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It’s 45 years and counting for the Winnipeg Folk Festival. Without exception, you are guaranteed great music, good times and, interestingly, lots of bubbles. Turns out those temporary playthings have incredible staying power, as a quick search through our archives can attest. If you are heading out to Birds Hill Provincial Park for this week’s festivities, don’t forget to bring along the soapy staple that has been there from the beginning.

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It’s 45 years and counting for the Winnipeg Folk Festival. Without exception, you are guaranteed great music, good times and, interestingly, lots of bubbles. Turns out those temporary playthings have incredible staying power, as a quick search through our archives can attest. If you are heading out to Birds Hill Provincial Park for this week’s festivities, don’t forget to bring along the soapy staple that has been there from the beginning.

KEN GIGLIOTTI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES Artis the Spoonman blows bubbles from the main stage in 1983.
KEN GIGLIOTTI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES Artis the Spoonman blows bubbles from the main stage in 1983.
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES Bubbles and giggles fill the air in 2015.
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES Bubbles and giggles fill the air in 2015.
JESSICA BURTNICK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES Avery MacKenzie, 6, tries to catch bubbles in 2013.
JESSICA BURTNICK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES Avery MacKenzie, 6, tries to catch bubbles in 2013.
DAVE JOHNSON / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES Kevin Muir blows giant bubbles while sister Carolyn watches in 1988.
DAVE JOHNSON / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES Kevin Muir blows giant bubbles while sister Carolyn watches in 1988.
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES The final day of the Folk Fest last year.
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES The final day of the Folk Fest last year.
MELISSA TAIT / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES Elliette Fast and her dad Reynold in 2014.
MELISSA TAIT / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES Elliette Fast and her dad Reynold in 2014.
BORIS MINKEVICH / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES Opening night in 2008.
BORIS MINKEVICH / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES Opening night in 2008.
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES The Folk Fest routinely bubbles over.
JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES The Folk Fest routinely bubbles over.

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