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Melissa Tait / Winnipeg Free Press Barefoot festival-goers dance Saturday at the 2012 Winnipeg Folk Festival.
Melissa Tait / Winnipeg Free Press Barefoot festival-goers dance Saturday at the 2012 Winnipeg Folk Festival.
Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg Free Press Campers line up off Highway 59 into the Birds Hill Provincial Park Wednesday morning for the Winnipeg Folk Festival.
Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg Free Press Campers line up off Highway 59 into the Birds Hill Provincial Park Wednesday morning for the Winnipeg Folk Festival.
Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg Free Press Folk Festival campers set up their tent in the campground in the rain Wednesday.
Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg Free Press Folk Festival campers set up their tent in the campground in the rain Wednesday.
Joe Bryksa / Winnipeg Free PRess Nick Naylor arrives at The Castle Boys' area in the campground at Birds Hill Park Wednesday afternoon. The group of campers were setting up a Tribal Nexus and planned to have a drum band perform on their stage.
Joe Bryksa / Winnipeg Free PRess Nick Naylor arrives at The Castle Boys' area in the campground at Birds Hill Park Wednesday afternoon. The group of campers were setting up a Tribal Nexus and planned to have a drum band perform on their stage.
Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press The crowd cheers on Feist as she performs on the Main Stage at the 39th annual Winnipeg Folk Festival at Birds Hill Park Wednesday night.
Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press The crowd cheers on Feist as she performs on the Main Stage at the 39th annual Winnipeg Folk Festival at Birds Hill Park Wednesday night.
Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press Heidi Fauet dances with her son Sam (red shirt) and his friend Silas Solum near the Main Stage during the opening night at the Folk Festival, Wednesday.
Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press Heidi Fauet dances with her son Sam (red shirt) and his friend Silas Solum near the Main Stage during the opening night at the Folk Festival, Wednesday.
Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press The Folk Festival crowd cheers on Feist as she performs on the Main Stage Wednesday.
Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press The Folk Festival crowd cheers on Feist as she performs on the Main Stage Wednesday.
Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press Ozomatli performs on the Folk Festival Main Stage Thursday night.
Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press Ozomatli performs on the Folk Festival Main Stage Thursday night.
Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press Ozomatli performs on the Main Stage Thursday night.
Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press Ozomatli performs on the Main Stage Thursday night.
Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press Ozomatli gets the crowd up and jumping at the Folk Festival Thursday night.
Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press Ozomatli gets the crowd up and jumping at the Folk Festival Thursday night.
Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press Ozomatli performs on the Main Stage.
Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press Ozomatli performs on the Main Stage.
Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press Ulises Bella, saxophone player with Ozomatli performs on the Main Stage.
Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press Ulises Bella, saxophone player with Ozomatli performs on the Main Stage.
Trevor Hagan / Winnipeg Free Press Folk Festival attendees take in a performance by Matt Andersen Friday.
Trevor Hagan / Winnipeg Free Press Folk Festival attendees take in a performance by Matt Andersen Friday.
Trevor Hagan / Winnipeg Free Press Beth Orton performs at the Winnipeg Folk Festival at Birds Hill Park, Friday.
Trevor Hagan / Winnipeg Free Press Beth Orton performs at the Winnipeg Folk Festival at Birds Hill Park, Friday.
Trevor Hagan / Winnipeg Free Press Alice Carey, five, plays with bubbles while Beth Orton performs.
Trevor Hagan / Winnipeg Free Press Alice Carey, five, plays with bubbles while Beth Orton performs.
Melissa Tait / Winnipeg Free Press Aaron Webb dances with his friends Aleesha Gillette (left) and Joanna Colledge.
Melissa Tait / Winnipeg Free Press Aaron Webb dances with his friends Aleesha Gillette (left) and Joanna Colledge.
Melissa Tait / Winnipeg Free Press Audenne Derksen (left), seven, plays with her cousin Nicklas Hamm, six, and sister Arielle, seven.
Melissa Tait / Winnipeg Free Press Audenne Derksen (left), seven, plays with her cousin Nicklas Hamm, six, and sister Arielle, seven.
Melissa Tait / Winnipeg Free Press Emma Farmer dances during the Folk Festival Saturday.
Melissa Tait / Winnipeg Free Press Emma Farmer dances during the Folk Festival Saturday.
Melissa Tait / Winnipeg Free Press Jack Larendeau, four, gets his Dad's help blowing bubbles Saturday at the Folk Festival.
Melissa Tait / Winnipeg Free Press Jack Larendeau, four, gets his Dad's help blowing bubbles Saturday at the Folk Festival.
Melissa Tait / Winnipeg Free Press Two-year-old Tess Hellner-Mestelman reaches for the water fountain.
Melissa Tait / Winnipeg Free Press Two-year-old Tess Hellner-Mestelman reaches for the water fountain.
Melissa Tait / Winnipeg Free Press Stacey Waldron (left) travels between stages with her husband Dan and kids Janae, six months, and Alex, two.
Melissa Tait / Winnipeg Free Press Stacey Waldron (left) travels between stages with her husband Dan and kids Janae, six months, and Alex, two.
Melissa Tait / Winnipeg Free Press Elise Devoid snags a frisbee just before sunset Saturday.
Melissa Tait / Winnipeg Free Press Elise Devoid snags a frisbee just before sunset Saturday.
Melissa Tait / Winnipeg Free Press A festival-goer plays with devil sticks as the sun sets.
Melissa Tait / Winnipeg Free Press A festival-goer plays with devil sticks as the sun sets.
Melissa Tait / Winnipeg Free Press Todd Snider, a singer-songwriter from Oregon, performs on the Main Stage Saturday.
Melissa Tait / Winnipeg Free Press Todd Snider, a singer-songwriter from Oregon, performs on the Main Stage Saturday.
Melissa Tait / Winnipeg Free Press The Head and the Heart perform at the 2012 Winnipeg Folk Festival.
Melissa Tait / Winnipeg Free Press The Head and the Heart perform at the 2012 Winnipeg Folk Festival.
Melissa Tait / Winnipeg Free Press Seattle's The Head and the Heart perform at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Saturday.
Melissa Tait / Winnipeg Free Press Seattle's The Head and the Heart perform at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Saturday.
Melissa Tait / Winnipeg Free Press Jonathan Russell, singer and guitarist for the Head and the Heart, performs at the Winnipeg Folk Festival.
Melissa Tait / Winnipeg Free Press Jonathan Russell, singer and guitarist for the Head and the Heart, performs at the Winnipeg Folk Festival.
Melissa Tait / Winnipeg Free Press Charity Rose Thielen, singer and violinist with the Head and the Heart, performs at the 2012 Winnipeg Folk Festival.
Melissa Tait / Winnipeg Free Press Charity Rose Thielen, singer and violinist with the Head and the Heart, performs at the 2012 Winnipeg Folk Festival.
Melissa Tait / Winnipeg Free Press Nick Urata, singer and multi-instrumentalist with DeVotchKa, performs during the headlining act on Saturday night at the Winnipeg Folk Festival.
Melissa Tait / Winnipeg Free Press Nick Urata, singer and multi-instrumentalist with DeVotchKa, performs during the headlining act on Saturday night at the Winnipeg Folk Festival.
John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press Shauna Molloy dances as the sun sets.
John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press Shauna Molloy dances as the sun sets.
John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press People dance as the sun sets on the last day of the Winnipeg Folk Festival.
John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press People dance as the sun sets on the last day of the Winnipeg Folk Festival.
Melissa Tait / Winnipeg Free Press Sam Beam, the American singer-songwriter known as Iron and Wine, performs Sunday evening at the Winnipeg Folk Festival Main Stage.
Melissa Tait / Winnipeg Free Press Sam Beam, the American singer-songwriter known as Iron and Wine, performs Sunday evening at the Winnipeg Folk Festival Main Stage.
John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press The sun sets on the last day of the Winnipeg Folk Festival Sunday.
John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press The sun sets on the last day of the Winnipeg Folk Festival Sunday.

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