Ready, Sweat, Go… Winnipeg Folk Festival attendees brave scorching temps at Birds Hill
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“I’m sorry for subjecting you to my British knees,” U.K. singer-songwriter Billy Bragg said at his Sunday workshop at the 51st Winnipeg Folk Festival. “Sometimes you have to make a choice between being cool and looking cool.”
He wasn’t alone in choosing the former; the fest at Birds Hill Pro-vincial Park, which sold out in advance, featured no shortage of creative heat-beating apparel.
First-aid volunteers wandered through the crowd misting overheat-ed fans with water and crowds largely stuck to treed areas.
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Quebec buzz band Angine de Poitrine performs at the Blue Blue @ Night stage on Friday night. The mysterious rock duo brought a wealth of new attendees to the folk fest, many of whom sported polka-dot outfits in homage to the band.
Some ticket holders certainly stayed home on Sunday, when the humidex reached 47 C and shade was a hot commodity but many stuck it out to see acts from Sweden, Liberia, Lithuania, Wales, Benin and our own backyard heat up a multitude of stages over the course of the four-day event.
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South Korean band Insun Park and Generals.
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Winnipeg’s Ian Zienkicz, who is attending his 18th Winnipeg Folk Festival, uses an umbrella to keep cool on Sunday.
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Lily Scott from Edmonton has fun with bubbles at Snowberry Field Stage on Sunday.
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Stephen Kurz (left) and Luizu Seiler, visiting from the Netherlands, take in the folk fest.
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Contemporary Ukrainian ‘ethno-drama’ act Yagódy performs on Sunday.
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Amos the Kid, a.k.a. Winnipeg’s Amos Nadlersmith, performs Saturday evening.
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GOAT performs at the Winnipeg Folk Festival in Birds Hill Park, Saturday evening.
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The crowd enjoys Fontine playing the main stage at the Winnipeg Folk Festival on Thursday.
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Wolf Parade performs at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Friday evening.
