The Victoria Folk Music Society acknowledges with respect and gratitude the Coast Salish People upon whose traditional territories we live, work, and play. We honour and
give special thanks to the Lekwungen and Saanich peoples, also called the Songhees, Esquimalt, Tsartlip, Pauquachin, Tsawout and Tseycum First Nations.

Our Logo: Queen Victoria playing a banjo. VFMS: The Victoria Folk Music Society; 44 Years and Counting...

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The Victoria Folk Music Society (VFMS)
Every Sunday
at 7:30 PM
at “Norway House”,
1110 Hillside Ave.
Victoria, BC
(between Quadra St.
and Cook St.
on the #4 bus route)

Admission: $7.00;
16 yrs. & under, Free;
VFMS members, volunteers, and performers: No Charge

Pre-Folk Jam: 6:45 PM

First Half: 7:30 PM
Open Stage:
sign up with Host and perform a ten-minute-set;

Performer Guidelines (PDF):
How to please a folk audience!

Half-time Break:
Tea, coffee and assorted goodies available

Second Half: 9:00 PM
The Feature

Format may occasionally vary

Memberships and
Monthly Newsletter (N/L):
$75.00 Individual;
$120.00 Family;
$17.00 N/L only

FOR Information or Emergency Contact
email info@victoriafolkmusic.ca
or  

Mail to: VFMS c/o
Old Town Strings,
1034 Hillside Ave.
Victoria, BC V8T 2A5

For booking info, email featurebooking at victoriafolkmusic.ca

Email comments, updates, or queries about the VFMS website to webmaster at victoriafolkmusic.ca

Many more local folk listings on the Folk Events page…

Check out our Archive of previous VFMS features
starting with 2019
(going back to 1976!)

We have a special page
of links to performers’ websites: see Performer Links, mostly,
(a list of many folks who have featured on our stage!)

IslandFolk eMail ListServ: To subscribe go to ml.islandnet.com/
mailman/list info/
islandfolk/

View in your browser or download the VFMS June 2019 Newsletter
(PDF)

Something new: Departed Friends and Musicians
 

Jun 16: The Nomad Jones Band
 Jun 23: Heartwood
 Jun 30: The Tony Turner Trio
Jul 07: Frank Burkitt
Jul 14: Brittany Jean

• Campbell Bay Music Fest, Mayne Island, BC,
  June 21–23, 2019

June 23: Heartwood

Genevieve Charbonneau and Jack Connolly are two Vancouver-Island based musicians with their own successful careers who have come together to create Heartwood, a folk-roots duo showcasing original songs. Both are not only exceptional songwriters but charismatic performers and their love of music—and sharing that music—shines with every note.

Jack has been pushing for musical perfection ever since he released his first album at the tender age of 15. Three years later, he was named Songwriter of the Year at the Vancouver Island Music Awards. Genevieve didn’t uncork her prodigious songwriting talent until rather recently. She is a trained actress and dancer and long-time member of the award-winning Balkan Babes musical ensemble.

June 30: The Tony Turner Trio

Tony Turner’s rich baritone delivers articulate songs that channel the ties that bind and the mood of the times.

He has been writing songs for over twenty years and has three critically-acclaimed recordings Tony’s much-loved anthem “Circle of Song” was recently published in the ‘Rise Again’ Folk Songbook. His politically-charged sing-along “Harperman” propelled him into the national spotlight and garnered the writer an International Spirit of Folk Award. Along with musical portraits of love, nature, and regular working folk, Turner’s songs are as diverse as this country. Tony will be accompanied by Kevin Robinson on upright bass and Arlene Carson on accordion and vocals.

Upcoming Features:

Sundays in July 2019 —

Previous Folk Club Features

Listed by date, one year of VFMS Feature Acts per webage:
 2019, 2018,  2017,  …   1998,  1997,  1996,  … back to  1976!
(We resolved to have a weekly Coffee House beginning January 1986;
 the previous schedule was twice a month, second- and fourth- Sundays).


The Calendar…


                            ... 2019 ...

       April                    May                     June
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Guitar Fingerboard, Standard Tuning: notes of the D major scale:

D major scale—2 sharps—F# and C#.

six strings, 22 frets. Note: image is 300 pixels per inch, so you can zoom in on it…

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