Winnipeg Folk Fest sets new attendance record
Daily average of 15,171 paying fans attended 2025 event at Birds Hill Provincial Park
The Winnipeg Folk Festival broke a new attendance record over the weekend, organizers of the annual event said Tuesday.
A daily average of 15,171 paying fans attended the 2025 edition of the four-day festival at Birds Hill Provincial Park, breaking a previous record set in 2019, festival spokesperson Lee-Anne Van Buekenhout said in a statement.
Single-day tickets for two out of four days also sold out, Buekenhout said.
The new attendance record was set during the festival's 50th season. Several performers who appeared at the first Winnipeg Folk festival in 1974 — including Bruce Cockburn and Cathy Fink — returned to perform at the anniversary event.
The festival wasn't held in 2020 and 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cockburn was also granted a ceremonial key to the city of Winnipeg during this festival.
The 51st edition of the Winnipeg Folk Festival is slated for July 9 to 12, 2026.