I'll start out by saying the Folk Fest
was amazing! Mia and I started out Friday by going to Superstore at
9am to get our food for the weekend. We managed to spend $15 each
which is pretty darn good if you ask me. From there we headed to the
mall where I FINALLY got my jean vest (too bad I didn't have a change
to wear it!) At 2 we made our way to the sky train station. We sure
were a sight to see! I had a small suitcase, backpack and purse while
Mia had a suitcase, cooler bag and purse. We made it to Robson and
started walking the wrong way while it was boiling outside. Soon we
decided to stop and look up directions to my uncle's house. Covered
in sweat, we finally made it and sat in Waves while waiting for my
uncle to get home. While waiting we decided to go get dinner. My
uncle suggested Jimmy's Tap House or something and I asked him if we
could even go in there. He said yes. After walking past it about 5
times we decided to just go in. We finally got settled and were then
asked for id which of course we didn't have. We ran out of there and
ended up at Noodle Box. The staff were super friendly! We were asked
where we were from because of all our bags and they just chuckled at
us when we told them.
Once at my uncles we got our stuff
together for the Folk Fest (i'm going to call it ff from now on). We
jumped on the bus and were on our way. When we got off, we walked up
the street even though we were told to walk down. Anyway, we finally
made it in time to see Dala and Dan Mangan, well and a few others!
Dan Mangan was awesome! We ended up getting back to the apartment
around 11:40 and set our alarm for 6 the next morning.
On Saturday we got to the ff around
8:30 and when the gates opened at 9 we ran like madmen with everyone
else to save spots at the main stage. My favourites of the day were
Dala, Good for Grapes (they were awesome performers), then a workshop
with Dan Mangan, Wake Owl, Mark Berube, and The Once! While at this,
I swear to you I had a moment with Colyn Cameron , the singer of Wake
Owl! He was singing and we made eye contact. It was quite a large
crowd and we held that eye contact. Then when The Once started to
perform I glanced over at him and we made eye contact again! Maybe
this was in my head but I think we had a moment.
It was smoking hot out so Mia and I
walked through the Fold Bazaar which were a bunch of tents set up
that sold everything under the sun, and walked to the beach. After
this we went and sat back down at the main stage. Then all the sudden
who sits right behind us? Well Colyn Cameron of Wake Owl. His friends
had a blanket behind ours! I had the perfect opportunity to say
something, even just say they were awesome, or I really enjoyed their
performance, or ask for a picture. Of course I froze and felt to
awkward too. I'm seriously mad at myself. Who knows if anything would
have come of that but now I'll never know, and now they're in L.A!
This awkardness needs to stop. But Saturday night was so good. We saw
The Once, The Barr Brothers, Jaron Freeman Fox and the Opposite of
Everything, The Head and the Heart, and K'NAAN.
We got home late Saturday again and
were up early Sunday morning. We just missed our bus and had to wait
30 minutes. Then it started sprinkling. We got to the ff and set up 3
different spots. One at the main stage, one under a tarp and another
at stage 3 which is where we were going to spend most of our day
watching The Barr Brothers, Jaron Freeman Fox and the Opposite of
Everything, The Head and the Heart, Wake Owl, The Cave Singers, Dan
Mangan and Mark Berube. Then it got chilly out so we decided we'd
leave at 2 to go get pants. Of course the bus we hopped on went a
different route we were used to so we got off. We must have looked
lost because a very nice lady asked if we need help finding
something. 3 hours later we were finally back at the festival! That
night we saw Hey Rosetta!, The Johnny Clegg Band and the festival
finale!
Long story short, it was an adventure
and a lot of fun! I was in my glory with all the music. I cannot wait
for next year!
