At Bannerman Park in St. John’s on August the 8th, a smaller Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival mainstage featured music from around the world alongside the province’s own folk traditions. This year’s edition was scaled back as the Folk Arts Society works to rebuild its finances, but still made room for newcomer performers and the province’s own Francophone community.
Beto de la Paz and Estefania of the De La Paz Latin Band moved to the province from Mexico and talk about what it means to perform here as newcomers. Sabrina Roberts of Soup’ du Jour, a local artist, was put forward by FFTNL to represent Newfoundland and Labrador’s Francophone community at this year’s festival.
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