About Us
Mission Statement
The Edmonton Folk Music Festival promotes live folk music at its annual festival with the purpose of celebrating diverse, affordable folk music, sharing meaningful, inclusive experiences, and building community for its volunteers, artists, vendors, patrons, and the people of Edmonton, Alberta.
Our Story
Beginning in 1980 with one staff member and 300 volunteers, the Edmonton Folk Music Festival has grown and matured to become one of the leading folk festivals in the world. Now boasting a volunteer force of over 2600, the festival is a charitable not-for-profit society dedicated to bringing in the best of folk music from Edmonton, Canada, and around the world.
It's About the Music
The quality of the music and the depth of the performer lineup is the single greatest ingredient in our success. Terry Wickham, producer, selects artists within a broad musical mandate. Our vision is to continue to improve as a world-class folk music festival. At the same time, we work very hard to raise money through fund raising activities and through soliciting corporate sponsorships to keep ticket prices accessible for families.
The Edmonton Folk Music Festival respectfully acknowledges that the land on which we gather is situated on Treaty Six Territory. For thousands of years, the Edmonton river valley has been a Pehonan, a traditional meeting and gathering place for Indigenous Peoples. We honour and respect the history, languages, ceremonies and culture of the First Nations, Métis, Inuit and Non-Status Aboriginal Peoples whose presence and culture enrich our vibrant community. We are all beneficiaries of this longtime Indigenous philosophy of peaceful cohabitation, between the earth, the animals, and all humans. We all have a responsibility to one another and this land.
2026 Festival Staff
BACK ROW staggered from left to right:
Carol Jones, Claire Stewart, McKinna Elliott, Dana Fontaine, Daniel Greenways, Adrian
MacKenzie, Giancarlo Zenari, Gilbert da Silva, Terry Wickham, Muffy McKay
MIDDLE ROW from left to right:
Ange Moulaison-Doucette, Fiona Clarke, Lorie Miseck, Connie McCall, Maddy Whitlow, Gabi Smith-Lepock, Deborah Fonseca Mago, Kathy Morin
FRONT ROW from left to right:
Shauna Stewart, Valorie Kukovica, Glenda Dennis, Dennis Franz, Helen Stuart, Morris Bujarski
MISSING:
MJ Belcourt, Gerrit Bjalek, Stéphane Lesvesque, Richard Stuart
Photo by Marc Chalifoux
2026 EFMF Board
Left to right:
Claudia Kennedy, Marilyn MacGillivray, Jill Day, Blake Loates, Shamair Turner, Larry Bejcar, Arlo Grundberg, Luther Kociwin
Photo: Fiona Clarke
For contact info, please visit our contact page.
For more information about the EFMFS please visit our EFMF Society page.
