[Book Your Folk Fest Package] Edmonton Folk Festival, running from August 7 - 10 Having begun in 1980, this well-attended and much-loved event has since grown and matured to become one of the leading folk festivals in the world. With a mandate to promote folk music in all its diversity, the festival plays host to some of the best celtic, bluegrass, gospel, roots, world-beat and singer-songwriters, country and rhythm and blues performers from all over the world. Session workshops that enable artists to jam together for the audience creates a unique musical happening.