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The 49th annual Winnipeg Folk Festival featured acts as hot and varied as the weather, which ranged from scorching on Friday to threatening thundershowers periodically throughout the weekend.

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The 49th annual Winnipeg Folk Festival featured acts as hot and varied as the weather, which ranged from scorching on Friday to threatening thundershowers periodically throughout the weekend.

Soaring daytime temperatures saw spectators clinging to shaded areas at the workshop stages, but many remained undaunted, dancing to acts from places as far-flung as South Africa, Niger, Tennessee and Prince Edward Island as volunteers roamed through the crowds, encouraging people to stay hydrated.

Here are some of the moments captured by our photographers.

NIC ADAM / FREE PRESS Winnipeg Folk Festival attendees flood into the festival grounds Thursday afternoon as the 49th fest kicks off.
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Winnipeg Folk Festival attendees flood into the festival grounds Thursday afternoon as the 49th fest kicks off.
NIC ADAM / FREE PRESS Elisapie performs at the Main Stage of the Winnipeg Folk Festival Friday afternoon.

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Elisapie performs at the Main Stage of the Winnipeg Folk Festival Friday afternoon.

NIC ADAM / FREE PRESS The mainstage crowd bakes in the summer heat Thursday evening.
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The mainstage crowd bakes in the summer heat Thursday evening.
NIC ADAM / FREE PRESS Possessed by Paul James performs at the Spruce Hollow stage at the Winnipeg Folk Festival Friday afternoon.

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Possessed by Paul James performs at the Spruce Hollow stage at the Winnipeg Folk Festival Friday afternoon.

NIC ADAM / FREE PRESS Possessed by Paul James performs at the Spruce Hollow stage at the Winnipeg Folk Festival Friday afternoon.

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Possessed by Paul James performs at the Spruce Hollow stage at the Winnipeg Folk Festival Friday afternoon.

NIC ADAM / FREE PRESS Lucinda Williams performs at the 49th edition of the Winnipeg Folk Festival Thursday night.

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Lucinda Williams performs at the 49th edition of the Winnipeg Folk Festival Thursday night.

NIC ADAM / FREE PRESS Federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh poses for a fan’s photo at the Winnipeg Folk Festival Thursday evening.

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Federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh poses for a fan’s photo at the Winnipeg Folk Festival Thursday evening.

NIC ADAM / FREE PRESS Mike Savino, who performs as Tall Tall Trees, performs at the Spruce Hollow stage at the Winnipeg Folk Festival Friday afternoon.

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Mike Savino, who performs as Tall Tall Trees, performs at the Spruce Hollow stage at the Winnipeg Folk Festival Friday afternoon.

NIC ADAM / FREE PRESS 15-month-year-old Blake Bennett plays in the water of one of the cooling stations at the Winnipeg Folk Festival Friday afternoon.
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15-month-year-old Blake Bennett plays in the water of one of the cooling stations at the Winnipeg Folk Festival Friday afternoon.
NIC ADAM / FREE PRESSWinnipeg musician Roman Clarke performs at Winnipeg Folk Festival’s Big Bluestem stage Thursday evening.

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Winnipeg musician Roman Clarke performs at Winnipeg Folk Festival’s Big Bluestem stage Thursday evening.

NIC ADAM / FREE PRESS Fans enjoy Roman Clarke's Thursday performance.

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Fans enjoy Roman Clarke's Thursday performance.

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NIC ADAM / FREE PRESS Roman Clarke performs at Winnipeg Folk Festival’s Big Bluestem stage Thursday evening.

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Roman Clarke performs at Winnipeg Folk Festival’s Big Bluestem stage Thursday evening.

NIC ADAM / FREE PRESS Lucinda Williams performs at the 49th edition of the Winnipeg Folk Festival Thursday night.
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Lucinda Williams performs at the 49th edition of the Winnipeg Folk Festival Thursday night.

NIC ADAM / FREE PRESS Fans take in Lucinda Williams' performance.

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Fans take in Lucinda Williams' performance.

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NIC ADAM / FREE PRESS Chris Marinelli cools off from the heat at one of the cooling stations at the Winnipeg Folk Festival Friday afternoon. It’s the Winnipegger’s seventh time at the festival.
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Chris Marinelli cools off from the heat at one of the cooling stations at the Winnipeg Folk Festival Friday afternoon. It’s the Winnipegger’s seventh time at the festival.
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NIC ADAM / FREE PRESS Audience services volunteer Gayle Michalyshyn cools attendees down.
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Audience services volunteer Gayle Michalyshyn cools attendees down.
BROOK JONES / FREE PRESS Alan Savage, 60, from Minneapolis, Minn., sports bear ears while he locks up his bike Sunday. Savage has been attending the folk fest since 1994.
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Alan Savage, 60, from Minneapolis, Minn., sports bear ears while he locks up his bike Sunday. Savage has been attending the folk fest since 1994.
BROOK JONES / FREE PRESS Calan Fontain (right), 13, sprays mist to keep himself and his sister, Solia, 10, cool on Sunday at Birds Hill Park.
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Calan Fontain (right), 13, sprays mist to keep himself and his sister, Solia, 10, cool on Sunday at Birds Hill Park.
BROOK JONES / FREE PRESS Winnipegger Liz Disenchanted, 30, keeps cool Sunday under a giant umbrella that she made herself. Disenchanted has been attending the folk fest since 2018.
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Winnipegger Liz Disenchanted, 30, keeps cool Sunday under a giant umbrella that she made herself. Disenchanted has been attending the folk fest since 2018.
BROOK JONES / FREE PRESS Folk Fest goer Michelle Bedford, who lives in Bemidji, Minn., dances to music by Inn Echo Tech Rider at the Snowberry Field stage Sunday.
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Folk Fest goer Michelle Bedford, who lives in Bemidji, Minn., dances to music by Inn Echo Tech Rider at the Snowberry Field stage Sunday.
BROOK JONES / FREE PRESS Folk Fest goer Grace Wallace, 22, who is from Lockport, Man., keeps cool on a hot summer day by waving a giant hand fan as she listens to Steph Strings perform on the Little Stage In The Forest Sunday. Wallace has been attending Folk Fest since she was three-months-old.
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Folk Fest goer Grace Wallace, 22, who is from Lockport, Man., keeps cool on a hot summer day by waving a giant hand fan as she listens to Steph Strings perform on the Little Stage In The Forest Sunday. Wallace has been attending Folk Fest since she was three-months-old.
BROOK JONES / FREE PRESS Karson McKeown (left) and Tuli Porcher of Echo Tech Rider perform on the Snowberry Field stage Sunday.
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Karson McKeown (left) and Tuli Porcher of Echo Tech Rider perform on the Snowberry Field stage Sunday.
BROOK JONES / FREE PRESS Steph Strings, who is a musician based in Melbourne, Australia, perform on the Little Stage In The Forest Sunday.
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Steph Strings, who is a musician based in Melbourne, Australia, perform on the Little Stage In The Forest Sunday.

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