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; 49 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: $8.00;
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):
$85.00 Individual;
$140.00 Family;
$20.00 N/L only

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

Mail to:
Victoria Folk Music Society,
c/o 3483 Lovat Avenue,
Victoria, BC, V8X 1T8

For booking info, email featurebooking.vfms at shaw.ca at shaw.ca

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

Check out our Archive of previous VFMS features
starting with 2025
(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!)

A Vancouver Island-focused IslandFolk eMail ListServ: Email about music & music events. To subscribe: go to victoriafolkmusic.ca/mailman/ listinfo/islandfolk _victoriafolkmusic.ca

View in your browser or download the VFMS January 2025 Newsletter
(PDF)

Departed Friends and Musicians

Live-Music Event Venues Facebook Events shared on the VFMS Facebook webpage in the past six years (250+ venues)

NEW WEBPAGE!
Live-Music Events
on Vancouver Island
for January 2025 |
 

And see our up-to-date webpage listing for
Live-Music Events on Vancouver Island for the Month of January 2025 |!  

Our roster of Feature Acts:
Jan 05 Out of the Woods
 Jan 12 Hardly Handsome
 Jan 19 Invisible Hands
 Jan 26 A VFMS Concert: Celtic Music
 ···

Jan 12 Hardly Handsome

With decades of playing experience between them, Hardly Handsome covers a wide swath of the Bluegrass repertoire with stellar singing and searing instrumentals. Bill Humby’s life has always been about music, whether singing with Grandma around the piano, playing trumpet duets with Dad, or performing with his kids on a nationally-televised Family Band Battle. Craig Korth, with nearly 50 years experience as a touring musician, teacher, broadcaster, and luthier, brings a vast knowledge of Bluegrass to the band; A flash of Frailing, a modicum of Melodic and a smidgen of Scruggs-style guarantees that Lee Foote never plays anything on his banjo the same way twice. Graciously, his bandmates tether him to reality. And hailing from the backwoods of south-eastern Ontario, Mick Baker’s interest in traditional music began in high school, and Hardly Handsome is more than happy to have this relative youngster shredding on the mandolin and singing the sweet notes.

Jan 19 Invisible Hands

The members of Invisible Hands hail from four very different corners of the musical world. With guitars, fiddle, mandolin, two songwriters, three-part harmonies, numerous genres, and standup bass duties passed around, it gets complicated but with all “Hands” on deck, they bring the pretty and the gritty together for a unique sound!

Kristia Di Gregorio’s powerful, dramatic voice commands the stage and sets free soul-filled songs that amble through the twists of her winding life’s path. Mike Sadava writes quirky, often humorous tunes in genres ranging from Bluegrass to Jazz about the merits of Quentin Tarantino movies to the joys of the “golden years”. Nancy Grossert, the newest member of the group, shows her musical versatility on fiddle, her new passion for standup bass, and her pristine harmonies. Finally, Tony Di Gregorio ties it all together with his intricate and versatile guitar playing.

Jan 26 A VFMS Celtic Concert  (No Open Stage Tonight)

Music from the Celtic tradition has been part of Canadian Folk Music since long before the VFMS began meeting 50 years ago. Tonight we will be showcasing musicians and balladeers from our island Folk community, playing selections from the rich body of Celtic music found in our midst. You will hear tunes and songs from places as varied as Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, Brittany, and the Isle of Man as well as Canadian music that has been inspired by the Celts. The evening’s talented lineup includes Willowgrove (Nancy Grossert & Brad Johnson), Lanny Pollet & Denis Donnelly, Tia Greenwood & Max Francis, Otter’s Holt (David & Barbara Denz), Terry Boyle & Josh Miszczak, Na Mara, Q, Gary Cohen, and Shinndig! The evening will feature a variety of traditional instruments including fiddle, guitar, Irish harp, whistle, flute and, of course, vocals. Come prepared to enjoy yourselves thoroughly!

 

Feb 02 Multi-Feature: Joan Bessie duo; Andy Cooke; Mitchell Green & Stuart Munro

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VFMS Features:

Sundays in December 2024, January and February 2025 —

Previous Folk Club Features

Listed by date, one year of VFMS Feature Acts per webpage:
 2025,  2024,  2023,  2020,  …   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…


                            ... 2024 ...

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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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