In The Future...2010 Folk Festival News, Aidan Knight + We Are The City, Fargo Temptations

Early bird tickets for the 2010 Folk Fest went on sale yesterday.

A few noteworthy items:

For the first time in its history, The Winnipeg Folk Festival will have a capped attendance this year. With crowds at the folk-lovin’ event swelling to an almost-unmanageable size, the festival brass decided to limit daily attendance this year to 14,000.

In another festival first, camping passes will not be sold separately from the festival pass. This was implemented to curb the epidermis-removers who snapped up the camping passes and resold them on Kajiji for double.

Below are the adult early-bird prices. The festival is officially five days from now on - July 7th to July 11th this year - and is pricey, so be creative with the entertainment portion on your monthly budget. I know I'll have to be. Lineup announcements start trickling out in March.

• 5-day festival pass w/ camping: $216.75
• 5-day festival pass w/out camping: $181.75
• Single day pass: $55

In other show news…

A pair of promising BC-based acts play the Lo Pub on February 25th: Vancouver singer-songwriter Aidan Knight and Kelowna indie-rockers We Are The City.

Kae Sun is at the Albert on February 18th with The Expos and Greg Crowe & The Scarlett Union.

Ghostkeeper materialize at the Lo Pub on March 27th.

Any finally, for anyone just itching for a short indie-music road trip, there’s some exciting talent playing the Aquarium in Fargo:

Resplendent indie-popper Headlights are there on February 25th. They still owe us a show from two summers ago, so, if you go, remind them.

Brazen party-rockers Titus Andronicus visit on April 4th.

On April 10th, catch spiky indie-rockers Love is All.

To get there, take Pembina Highway south for three-and-a-half hours. Bring a passport.

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