What began in 1980 as a modest two-day affair on three stages has grown into the Calgary Folk Music Festival’s current incarnation — a four-day extravaganza that highlights brilliant upstart and iconic artists from around the corner and the globe in concerts and our unique collaborative sessions on eight stages, plus Block Heater and other year-round programming. The Festival’s history is replete with pivotal moments: the permanent mainstage built on Prince’s Island Park in the late ’90s, the recovery after the great flood of 2013, interactive digital programming during the pandemic and the experiences of over 1,600 community volunteers who build and produce a multi-generational, 53,000 strong, annual village.