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Photos and Line-up from
FESTIVAL 2000
The 16th annual Brandon Folk Music & Art Festival
 July 29 & 30, 2000
On the grounds of the Keystone Centre

Mainstage entertainment for the night of Saturday, July 29 included:
Men in Kilts
Off the Wagon
From Both Ends of the Earth
Scruj Macduhk
Rheostatics.

The weekend also featured performers, activities and workshops for children of all ages,
culminating in a "trip to Africa" featuring the Coffieman African Band.
This 7-piece Winnipeg ensemble  performed a special participatory concert for the entire audience
on the main festival stage on Sunday.

The children's area of the festival offered special thematic workshops all weekend.
Members of the Coffieman African Band  conducted workshops in
African dance,  percussion-making and African drumming.
The Mortal Coil Performance Society from Vancouver, BC  offered
workshops in stilt-walking and headdress and costume-making.
These new skills and costumes were featured during a parade from the children's area to the mainstage,
where the audience were encouraged to dance, drum and sing along to the music of Coffieman.

The Main Stage Presents:

Chris Neufeld Band: A local act with a  new country edge.
Asani: An a cappella aboriginal women's trio from Calgary.
 The Mike Weterings Band: Pan-African, global pop sounds, with African percussion and dancers.
Elvis: A local 3-piece folk/art/rock band.
Fred Eaglesmith: A veteran of the Canadian folk circuit.
Rudimental: A 9 piece francophone funk band from Winnipeg.
Nathan: A quirky, accessible folk pop band.
Nicky Mehta: A Winnipeg-based songwriter and singer of poignant songs.
Rakish Paddy: A local Celtic jig & reel band.
Harry Manx: A bluesman and Indian Mohan veena player, from Saltspring Island, BC.
das Macht Show: Off-the-wall acoustic music
The Festival Choir: Participate in the Sunday night finale.

Jamie Oliviero: a Winnipeg storyteller and children's performer
Green Fools Theatre: A theatre group specializing in stilt-walking, puppetry, mask-making, etc.
Ted Longbottom's Buffalo Tales: historical accounts of early pioneer and Metis life in Manitoba.
Aboriginal Circle Singers
Ryan Runearth, hoop dancer

The Kids' Stage features music to entertain those involved in the nearby mask making, sculpture, collage, found object art, face painting, dancing, singing, hide-and-seek, and more

Jeremy Proctor ~  Wailin' Jennys: Cara Luft, Nicky Mehta and Ruth Moody from Winnipeg. ~  La Raquette A Claquettes: traditional French-Canadian songs ~ Luther Wright and the Wrongs: classic country/bluegrass re-make of Pink Floyd's "The Wall" ~ Fred Penner: singer, storyteller author and educator ~ Gypsy Moon Circus: revival of the Middle Eastern circus ~ Michael Kusugak: from Rankin Inlet, Nunavut ~ Luke Doucet:  folk music, filtered through pop, with a side of soul. ~  Rebecca Campbell  & Justin Haynes: torch songs, country and jazz ~ Mangy Coyote : Celtic-Boogie-Down in Celtic-Boogie-Down!  ~ Ellen Mcilwaine: Rhythm & Blues, Latin, Jazz, Gospel

TICKET INFORMATION:
http://www.folk.mb.ca/ticketpage.htm

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