The line-up for this summer’s 46th annual Regina Folk Festival has been revealed, and it’s a mixed bag of home-grown performers as well as musical imports, including The Sheepdogs, Sinead O’Connor, Blue Rodeo, Vance Joy, and Jenny Lewis.
“Sinead O’Connor is a big deal because of her background. She’s extremely outspoken,” Regina Folk Festival’s artistic director Sandra Butel told CBC News. O’Connor recently made headlines when she declared that she would never perform her hit track “Nothing Compares” live ever again. “She keeps redefining herself. It’s so important to have female role models on stage to look up to.”
Here is a complete list of the performers for the 2015 Regina Folk Festival:
Complete list of performers playing at the 2015 Regina Folk Festival:
Sinead O’Connor
Vance Joy
Blue Rodeo
Sheepdogs
Jenny Lewis
Bahamas
Basia Bulat
Vox Sambou
Geomungo Factory
Lisa Leblanc
Cécile Doo Kingué
Andy Shauf
Malika Tirolien
Jeffrey Straker
Vaero
Mike Edel
George Leach
Kim Harris
Karpinka Brothers
Charly Hustle
Little Criminals
Steph Cameron
FadaDance
There will be free daytime concerts as well as a number of workshops for attendees to check out. Early bird tickets and passes are now on sale and can be purchased here.
Photo: The Sheepdogs/Connor Fyfe Photography/Regina Folk Festival
