Thank you for the best year yet!

We couldn’t have asked for better weather, more talented artists, more dedicated volunteers or nicer audiences.  What an absolute delight!  To relive some of the festival memories, please visit the Flickr Photo Pool – and add some of your own snapshots of this fabulous 21st Peterborough Folk Festival

With an excellent, sold-out show Friday night at the Canadian Canoe Museum featuring Royal Wood and our PFF 2010 Emerging Artist, Kate Le Deuce,  audiences got a chance to explore the museum as well as hear some of the best Canadian music going. Thanks to everyone who came out to this standing-room-only show!

The absolutely beautiful Saturday, August 28 for our free, day-long festival in Nicholls Oval meant record crowds and so many happy, smiling faces! We’re heard lots of great feedback, and we’re happy to say that the new layout was welcomed and celebrated by our audiences.

Submissions are now open for 2011

Performer submissions for PFF 2011 are open July 1 2010 – February 28, 2011. To read our guidelines, please visit the Performer Submissions page.

It’s a competitive process, with more than 1000 submissions of terrific music from across Canada and around the world. Performers who play the PFF represent the best of their style or genre; they have demonstrated excellence in their field and are performers we’re proud to support into the future.

The PFF encourages submissions from all genres and walks of life.

PFF 2011 – Aug 26 – 28!

There’s nothing like the sweet sounds of great music drifting over you as you try a Hul-hooping workshop, browse the Artisan crafts, or munch on delicious food from our vendors.  A terrific Children’s Village (close to the washrooms!) keeps the kids happy with story telling and crafts, and a sense of community fills you as you see your neighbours and friends stroll the festival.

The PFF is a small festival with a great heart; a sweetness pervades the weekend that has to do with the kindness of our volunteers, the skill of our artists, and the landscape itself, not to mention the community that surrounds us.  A true East City festival on the banks of the mighty Otonabee River, we’re a little removed from the hustle and bustle of the downtown.

If you’d like to see which performers joined us at PFF 2010, you can follow this link.

Can’t Get Enough?

We’ve got you covered on the social media front – keep up with news, share your favourite stories, and connect with other festival fans!
You can also upload your PFF photos – past and present – to the PFF Flickr Group, to share them with other PFF fans and be entered in our annual photography contest!

We Love Our Volunteers!

Want to join a terrific team of enthusiastic, dedicated people? Email pffvolunteers@gmail.com for details, or check our Volunteering Page for a list of current needs.

The PFF is an entirely volunteer-run organization, and we couldn’t do a thing without the 100+ volunteers who help us out every year. Over at Festival Command we’re coming up with bigger and better projects, and lots of terrific ways to get involved. We’re looking for kind, ethical people who can set aside a little time from their summer to make some magic.

Most of the jobs are a light time commitment, and we can train you even if you have no experience. You’d be joining a great team and making a real difference at the festival and in the community.

Greening the Festival

Last year’s Green Team initiatives were a terrific success, and we’re hoping to do more this year – but we can’t without your help! We’re looking for volunteers for our Green initiatives; people with a passion for the festival, and for making us an environmentally-friendly as possible. Click on through to the Green Festival page to find out more about what we’re doing, and what you can do to help.

Remember to lug a mug, plates, cutlery and a water bottle! Dish washing is available on site, or you can pay a deposit to use our plates.

The Generation Solar Stage is 100% solar energy, provided by our generous sponsors Generation Solar.

We’ve also opted for Jerico t-shirts , printed by our good friends at Renegade Apparel –  manufactured in Toronto and screen-printed right here in town. Beautiful, sustainable, and anti-bacterial – all the things we strive for at the festival!

Who We Are

Welcome to the Peterborough Folk Festival! We’re a three-day festival in the heart of the beautiful city of Peterborough, Ontario – this year Friday August 27- Sunday August 29, 2010. With lots of music, workshops, food and craft vendors, we’re certain that you’ll love our festival as much as we do!

Some Quick Festival Facts:

- The PFF is a 3-day music, food, craft and community festival which began in 1989.
- The festival annually draws approximately 8,000-9,000 people over three days, and features terrific undiscovered talent from across the country and the street.
- Festival features on Saturday in Nicholls Oval/Rotary Park include Arts and Craft vendors, Food vendors, a Children’s Area, demonstrations, workshops (including Yoga, dance, and songwriting), and a Community Village.

- PFF is a non-profit incorporated organization funded by The City of Peterborough, the Arts Presentation Canada program, the Lloyd Carr-Harris Foundation, The Canadian Canoe Museum, The Peterborough Examiner, The Publican House Brewery, and many other local sponsors.
- Musicians are booked in a very competitive process with over 1000 submissions, and chosen by the Artistic Director in consultation with community and Board members.

The Peterborough Folk Festival – one last sweet summer weekend of live music and food and crafts, all in the heart of Beautiful Peterborough, ON.