Bear Creek Folk Music Festival
Borstad Hill, Muskoseepi Park T8V 1C4 Grande Prairie, AB, Canada

Fun BCFF memory of the day-- Sunday, 2018-- Michael Franti, The War and Treaty, Alex Cuba, and 100 Mile House and a hill alive with smiles and good feels!

Fun BCFF memory of the day -- Sunday, 2016 -- Ruthie Foster, Birds of Chicago, Harrison Kennedy, and The Sojourners singing up a storm at our very first Gospel workshop

Fun BCFF memory of the day-- Sunday, 2019-- Cozy vibes and candles throughout the hill, watching Blue Rodeo close out the night.

Although many things are looking positive, there’s still too much uncertainty and risk for us to plan our full event; therefore we cannot, with full certitude of public safety and financial viability, run the 5th Annual Bear Creek Folk Festival this summer. This was a painful decision to make, especially in light of all of the positive steps we’re hearing in the battle against the COVID pandemic. However, as a large-scale international event that brings together thousands of ...people from so far and wide, there are simply too many risk factors for us to have full certitude of it being fully safe. This was a much harder decision to make than when we postponed our 2020 event, and we know many will be disappointed. Since our event takes nearly a full year to plan and organize, we cannot risk the long-term viability of the full fest with the potential of a last-minute cancellation, and we don’t want to possibly create a worsened health situation by packing in an audience. Although we will not be able to present our full festival this summer, we also know the importance of community, mental health, and celebrating getting back to normal after a very trying year. Therefore, we are actively planning a scalable event to still bring something special to Grande Prairie -- with a focus on highlighting the wonderful talent we have here in our area. It will also allow the possibility of a live audience that can more easily adapt to the changing health regulations. So save the date! Aug 14/15. More details will be released as public health guidelines become more clear. To all of those amazing supporters who purchased tickets for our 2020 festival and hung onto them through our first COVID postponement, we are so grateful for your support and humbly ask for your continued patience. All existing festival tickets will now be redeemable for our 2022 festival (Aug 12-14), or a future festival year of your choice. Thank you to everyone for all of the kindness and support. We greatly look forward to seeing you all soon. With much Love, The BCFF Team For Love of the Music

Fun BCFF memory of the day -- Sunday, 2017 -- "Dance and Celebrate" workshop with Bill Bourne, Fred Penner, Kobo Town, and Heather Blush.

As we await the return of our live event fundraisers, BCFF is running an ongoing bottle drive between now and May 15. If you would like to help out with a donation of empty milk jugs/cartons, cans, or bottles please email us at [email protected]. Every donation helps.

Make someone's day special with a unique BCFF basket of mouth watering freshly made treats and goodies this Valentine's Day! Order ahead to ensure availability. Free delivery of baskets will be available in the Grande Prairie area February 12-14. Visit our store at shop.bearcreekfolkfest.org and place your order now. All proceeds go to help the fest. Add a personalized note at no charge.

For a unique gift with a homemade touch, give the fest-lover in your life an extra special BCFF basket of homemade treats and goodies this Valentine's Day! Visit our store at shop.bearcreekfolkfest.org and place your order now. Timed pickup or delivery of baskets will be available in the Grande Prairie area February 12-14. All proceeds go to help the fest.... #grandeprairie #valentines #folkmusic

It's time for our society's AGM! Everyone is welcome to join us virtually via Google Meet on Wed., Feb. 24, at 7pm. To receive the virtual meeting's invite, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/4Lg2uTPrQ7XzNxSc6 If you would like to become a voting member of our society, you must have volunteered at at least 2 of the yearly festivals. If you wish to be added (or remain) as a voting member, please attend the AGM or, if you cannot make it, please email your request to [email protected] prior to the meeting. In order to vote at this AGM, you need to attend via a web-browser (not via the meet app on a phone or tablet). In addition to normal AGM business, we will be electing 3 new Directors at Large for 3-year terms. You can nominate yourself or a friend. Thank you to our outgoing Directors at large, James Proudfoot, Dave Merrick, and Bill Hallam. We will send email reminders for the meeting in the days leading up, so please fill out your invite request form asap.

Need last minute gifts or stocking stuffers? If you order today, you can get free local delivery by tomorrow (Christmas Eve). Fest merch, cozy collectables, gift baskets, and more! Visit: shop.bearcreekfolkfest.org

Today is the LAST DAY to order an Un-festival shirt! For the first time we are also offering YOUTH LARGE shirts (age 10-12) in select colours. Don't miss out! Visit http://shop.bearcreekfolkfest.org before midnight tonight!

Un-Festival shirts are back one last time for THREE DAYS ONLY, and for the first time we are also offering YOUTH LARGE shirts (age 10-12) in select colours! Visit http://shop.bearcreekfolkfest.org before midnight on Friday to help show your support.

We are excited to be offering our Un-Festival shirts one last time for THREE DAYS ONLY, and for the first time we are also offering YOUTH LARGE shirts (age 10-12) in select colours! Visit http://shop.bearcreekfolkfest.org before midnight on Friday to help show your support.

This Monday is the LAST DAY for our crowdfunding campaign, and the last chance to get in on the cool limited edition items we are are offering (Sweatshirts, calendars, VIP passes, and even a personal dedication to someone you care about in one the beautiful new tents we are raising these funds to buy! ) Visit https://igg.me/at/bcffcoverthefest for more info. A very warm thank you to all those who have contributed so far. Your support means a lot in helping us to become more long-term sustainable.

A HUGE THANK YOU to all those who have contributed to our crowdfunding campaign so far. These funds go towards buying some of our own tents, which will help us become more self sufficient and more sustainable longterm. Your contributions mean so much to us! Thank you, from the bottom of our hearts!

Only a few days are left in our crowdfunding campaign! Help us make the fest more sustainable through the purchase of our own tents, starting with our kids tent. To show our appreciation to those who contribute, we have exciting new exclusive perks-- Including a limited edition Un-Festival 2020 SWEATSHIRT, and even (for the first time!) the options for a PERSONAL DEDICATION to someone you care about in one of the beautiful new tents we are raising these funds to buy! Visit https://igg.me/at/bcffcoverthefest for more info.

Our crowdfunding campaign is under way, and this year we have exciting new exclusive perks-- Including a limited edition Un-Festival 2020 SWEATSHIRT, and even (for the first time!) the options for a PERSONAL DEDICATION to someone you care about in one of the beautiful new tents we are raising these funds to buy! Visit https://igg.me/at/bcffcoverthefest for more info.

VIP for the Bear Creek Folk Fest passes are typically something you can not buy! This ALL-ACCESS pass gets you into our backstage bar/greenroom, and grants you meals all weekend in the same kitchen that feeds our artists and volunteers. These, and other great perks, are available exclusively through our crowdfunding campaign for the next couple weeks only! Visit https://igg.me/at/bcffcoverthefest to learn more!

For the first (and possibly only) time, we are offering the opportunity to exclusively "Buy a tent" and include a personal dedication in that tent on our site for years to come. For more information on this, or other great perk options (limited edition sweatshirts, calendars, posters, memory photo albums, VIP packages and more) visit our 2020 crowdfunding campaign: https://igg.me/at/bcffcoverthefest

This year's crowd funding campaign offers exciting new exclusive perks-- Including a limited edition Un-Festival 2020 SWEATSHIRT, and even (for the first time!) the options for a PERSONAL DEDICATION to someone you care about in one of the beautiful new tents we are raising these funds to buy! Visit https://igg.me/at/bcffcoverthefest for more info. Funds raised before October 1st may go even further, as they may be matched!

An important step in becoming more sustainable is reducing our yearly rental overhead. This year's crowdfunding cause is focused on just that, specifically purchasing our own tents! Visit our new Indiegogo campaign to see how you can be part of building our legacy. https://igg.me/at/bcffcoverthefest For our thanks, we have exciting and exclusive new perks. If you help soon, donations made before October 1st, might go twice as far, as we may receive a grant that would match funds received before then.

Interested in checking out some great local live music socially-distant-style this weekend..?

Looking for something to do tonight? Past BCFF performer, Micheal Bernard Fitzgerald is performing a small socially distanced concert in his travelling (tent) venue "The Greenbriar" in the Grande Prairie area tonight at 8pm. Tickets can be purchased here-- http://www.michaelbernardfitzgerald.com/showtick/farmtour11 and are sold in groups of 4 - representing one household/cohort.

Thank you to all who tuned in live for our Un-Festival. It was a blast sharing so much wonderful music with everyone! Reminder, that Un-Festival merch is only available until midnight tonight, so be sure to order soon: shop.bearcreekfolkfest.org We miss you all and we'll see you on the hill in 202!

About an hour and a half away from the Un-Festival. Watch it here on Facebook, or on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/pEv_VKq2EJg The show starts at 7pm sharp, but tune in early to share memories of past festivals -- and so you don't miss anything!