Winnipeg Folk Festival 2014 – July 12

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Sarah Taylor / Winnipeg Free Press Ani DiFranco, who received the Winnipeg Folk Festival's Artistic Achievement Award in 2013, performs again at Folk Fest Saturday evening.
Sarah Taylor / Winnipeg Free Press Ani DiFranco, who received the Winnipeg Folk Festival's Artistic Achievement Award in 2013, performs again at Folk Fest Saturday evening.
Sarah Taylor / Winnipeg Free Press Ani DiFranco, who received the Winnipeg Folk Festival's Artistic Achievement Award in 2013, performs again at Folk Fest Saturday evening.
Sarah Taylor / Winnipeg Free Press Ani DiFranco, who received the Winnipeg Folk Festival's Artistic Achievement Award in 2013, performs again at Folk Fest Saturday evening.
Sarah Taylor / Winnipeg Free Press Ani DiFranco, who received the Winnipeg Folk Festival's Artistic Achievement Award in 2013, performs again at Folk Fest Saturday evening.
Sarah Taylor / Winnipeg Free Press Ani DiFranco, who received the Winnipeg Folk Festival's Artistic Achievement Award in 2013, performs again at Folk Fest Saturday evening.
Sarah Taylor / Winnipeg Free Press Myron Wright and Naomi Fennell dance at Folk Fest Saturday night.
Sarah Taylor / Winnipeg Free Press Myron Wright and Naomi Fennell dance at Folk Fest Saturday night.
Sarah Taylor / Winnipeg Free Press Kymera Wylder, 11 months, and her family attend Folk Fest from British Columbia. Her mother is working at one of the festival's vendors.
Sarah Taylor / Winnipeg Free Press Kymera Wylder, 11 months, and her family attend Folk Fest from British Columbia. Her mother is working at one of the festival's vendors.
Sarah Taylor / Winnipeg Free Press Kids flock to the bubbles at Folk Fest on Saturday.
Sarah Taylor / Winnipeg Free Press Kids flock to the bubbles at Folk Fest on Saturday.
Sarah Taylor / Winnipeg Free Press Noodle Cartwright got all dressed up for Folk Fest Saturday night.
Sarah Taylor / Winnipeg Free Press Noodle Cartwright got all dressed up for Folk Fest Saturday night.

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