The Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival, a Case Study of Growth, Staging Place, and the Not-for-Profit Reality
After almost four decades, the Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival has evolved from a one-day, 100-person event highlighting folk music performers of rural Newfoundland to a large-scale, three-day event that draws major acts from the mainland and beyond. Staged by the Newfoundland and Labrador F...
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crunivtoronpr:10.3138/ctr.167.012 2023-12-31T10:12:57+01:00 The Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival, a Case Study of Growth, Staging Place, and the Not-for-Profit Reality Graham-Laidlaw, Maile 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/ctr.167.012 https://ctr.utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/ctr.167.012 en eng University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) Canadian Theatre Review volume 167, page 54-58 ISSN 0315-0836 1920-941X Visual Arts and Performing Arts journal-article 2016 crunivtoronpr https://doi.org/10.3138/ctr.167.012 2023-12-01T08:17:52Z After almost four decades, the Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival has evolved from a one-day, 100-person event highlighting folk music performers of rural Newfoundland to a large-scale, three-day event that draws major acts from the mainland and beyond. Staged by the Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Arts Society, a St. John’s–based charitable organization, the festival is increasingly faced with the realities of growth and the challenges of fulfilling the organization’s place-based mandate as the festival widens its scope. Part of this challenge is the simple logistics of festival planning and funding realities. Drawing on my experience with the organization, this paper examines the course of that growth and the realities of organizing a large-scale outdoor event with a not-for-profit approach, as well as the challenges, both cultural and practical, of performing Newfoundland on the folk fest stage. Article in Journal/Newspaper Newfoundland University of Toronto Press (U Toronto Press - via Crossref) Canadian Theatre Review 167 54 58 |
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After almost four decades, the Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival has evolved from a one-day, 100-person event highlighting folk music performers of rural Newfoundland to a large-scale, three-day event that draws major acts from the mainland and beyond. Staged by the Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Arts Society, a St. John’s–based charitable organization, the festival is increasingly faced with the realities of growth and the challenges of fulfilling the organization’s place-based mandate as the festival widens its scope. Part of this challenge is the simple logistics of festival planning and funding realities. Drawing on my experience with the organization, this paper examines the course of that growth and the realities of organizing a large-scale outdoor event with a not-for-profit approach, as well as the challenges, both cultural and practical, of performing Newfoundland on the folk fest stage. |
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The Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival, a Case Study of Growth, Staging Place, and the Not-for-Profit Reality |
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