Time: 11a.m.- 4 a.m.
Tickets $90 before July 12, $120 at the Gate
http://www.scfair.ab.ca South
Country Fair is a rural, peace-oriented, camping, music and arts
festival that manifests itself annually just outside Fort Macleod,
Alberta.
We like to think of ourselves as exciting but civilized -
a bunch of "jolly escaped asses" as D.H. Lawrence might have described
us, who observe a solitary rule of conduct: ’Eschew Obfuscation’ (in
Englische: Avoid Confusion; sub-text - be harmless).
We are not
an anomaly, but a part of a much larger phenomenon of Folk and Roots
music festivals Worldwide. Check out WRAD.CA for a glimpse of what’s
happening in Western Canada and beyond.
But, back to our little
corner... since the late 80’s SCF has brought together all of the
elements of old-world festivals and the heady and exotic flavours
inherent to international ports-of-call, combined with very high
production standards for a festival of our size, juxtaposed against a
big blue prairie sky on the edge of a natural riparian forest.
Our
attendance average the last few years has been 2,500, and you can
expect to see almost anything on stage, from dub and rant poets, art
films, ’street’ performers, scathingly hot Cape Breton fiddling,
hot-blooded bag pipes or Flamenco guitars, cool sarod or santur, djembe
and/or dadouk, screaming electric guitars and mandolins - pretty much
everything under the Sun has graced our stages in the last two decades.
Four performance areas. Three days. Too much to see. One Old Man River.
And
of course there’s the Fair Mall, Kidz’ Kountry and an Awareness Tent,
too. It all works together to provide a well-rounded, magnificent
experience for everyone.
Saturday South Stage (MC - Steven Foord/Mayor Mark Sadlier Brown)
noon: Nia
1:10 Workshop - Sunparlour Players, Sweet Alibi, High Society
Nathan
2:20: Nathan http://www.nathanmusic.ca/
3:30: Susan McMaster http://web.ncf.ca/smcmaster/
3:45: Minor Empire http://www.minorempire.net/
4:45: Volunteer Photo
5:00: Sarah McDougall http://sarahmacdougall.com/
6:10: Magpie Ulysses http://magpieulysses.ca/
6:30 Mayoral Address with the honourableMark Sadlier Brown, Linda McRae and Luke Thompson
7:40: Ben Caplan http://bencaplan.ca/
8:40: Magpie Ulysses http://magpieulysses.ca/
8:55: JP Hoe http://www.jphoe.com/
10:00: Songwriter winner Matthew Robinson http://matthewrobinson.bandcamp.com/
10:10: Quique Escamilla http://quiqueescamilla.com/
11:20: Captain Tractor https://myspace.com/captaintractor
12:30: Shout Out Out Out Out http://www.shoutoutoutoutout.com/
East Stage
Saturday East Stage MC - Gillian Moranz
12 p.m.: Jesse & The Dandelions http://www.jesseandthedandelions.com/
1:05: Luke Thomson & The Howl http://lukethomson.bandcamp.com/
2:10:Sarah Burton http://sarahburton.ca/
3:15: Corin Raymond http://www.corinraymond.com/
4:20: The Broken Mirrors https://www.facebook.com/TheBrokenMirrors
5:25: High Society
Lotus Land Stage Saturday
6:00 pm Prairie Tales 14 http://prairietales14.blogspot.ca/
7:00: Erin Dingle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZUvDSnK8Oo
8:00: Paul Finkleman http://www.paulomusic.com/
9:00: Steven Ross Smith http://www.fluttertongue.ca/
10:00 Prairie Tales 14 http://prairietales14.blogspot.ca/
Sarah Jane Scouten http://sarahjanescouten.com/
Sweet Alibi http://www.sweetalibi.com/
Jaron Freeman Fox
& The Opposite of Everything http://theoppositeofeverything.com
Gordie MacKeeman http://www.gordiemackeeman.com/
and His Rhythm Boys
Petunia & The Vipers http://www.petuniaandthevipers.com/
Harpoonist & the Axe Murderer http://www.harpoonistaxemurderer.com/
C.R. Avery http://www.cravery.com/
Miss Quincy http://www.missquincy.net
Linda McCrae http://www.lindamcrae.com/
Reuben & The Dark http://reubenandthedark.com/
Sunparlour Players http://sunparlourplayers.com/
Sadlier Brown Band https://myspace.com/sadlierbrownband
Shayne Avec i Grec https://myspace.com/shayneavecigrec
& Johnny McRae http://johnnymacrae.com/
Joel Bryant & Pete Watson http://www.reverbnation.com/joelbryantandpetewatson
Alex Webster & Cameron Prince https://soundcloud.com/utwd-productions
George Fowler
Maureen and Friends