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What is Coldsnap?Simply put, it's a nine night winter music festival, having just finished its second year, brought to you by the same hardworking volunteers who have presented the Prince George Folkfest for four summers. Each night has a different theme and features outstanding musicians. There are a variety of venues and something for every musical taste, from concerts, to workshops, to dances. Why Coldsnap?The reason for Coldsnap is to provide Prince George with a musical respite from the mid-winter blahs that seem to set in toward the end of January. Running usually the last week of January into February Coldsnap is something to look forward to, something to get a gang together for a night out, something to warm up the cold winter nights with fun, music, friendship and maybe even a little romance (though Coldsnap organizers take no responsibility for romantic entanglements that may or may not occur). Who can I expect to hear?Okay, so I'm going to be editorial here. There is music, and then there is the music business. The music business is about packaging and marketing what some executive or other deems what you should be listening to and, therefore, buying. Only a tiny fraction of musicians appeal to what Joni Mitchell called the star-making machinery behind the popular songs. The truth of the matter is that there is a vibrant and immensely rich and talented number of gifted musicians who live for making music and who invest their hearts and souls into producing muisc every bit as engaging, and often more engaging, than what is heard on the radio top 40. Jo Beattie and her merry band of alternative music lovers are very much in tune with the alternative music scene and have done a superb job of booking exemplars from virtually every genre. Coldsnap is a labour of love, but love don't pay the bills, so it is vital that everyone with even a passing interest in live music do their part in sustaining what promises to become an annual event. Check out the “links of interest” to see who has played at previous festivals. Contact: Jo Beattie at jocalico@telus.net or Gerry Sheanh at gsheanh@sd57.bc.ca Coldsnap thanks!The Prince George Folkfest Society Board wish to thank all the volunteers, sponsors, artists and attendees who made Coldsnap 2009 such a critical and artistic success! Please take a look at all the photographs from Coldsnap 2009 in the picture gallery. Please stay tuned as the months go by for news regarding 2010. Coldsnap 2009 Sponsors Thank You Have your say, receive great discounts!The Prince George Folkfest Society is now offering society memberships to all who wish to join. Membership includes, but is not limited to:
Memberships are
$20 for a single membership for one-year; Contact: Daryl Beauregard - memberships@coldsnapfestival.com PG Folkfest Society Presents:"WARM UP FOR COLDSNAP 2010!" CONCERT
FUNDRAISER CONCERT
SERIES Saturday, Oct 3rd @ 8 PM - ArtSpace Canadian
rocker Rachelle Van Zanten with
local artist Lee-Wai Yu
Saturday, Oct 10th @ 8 PM - PG Playhouse Zany, ascerbic, witty
Canadian comic Lorne Elliot, star of CBC's "
Madly off In All
Directions"
Sunday, Oct 25th @ 8 PM - Art Space Rising Montreal indie
band Mark Berube & the Patriotic Few
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Sat, November 14 @ 8 PM - Ramada Hotel Motivational Canadian folk
icon, Juno winner, Connie Kaldor
All Tickets on sale September 19th $20 per show (includes gst)
Thanks to Sponsors
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