The Ottawa Folk Festival a week after the fact

The folk festival was last weekend and while I spent the whole weekend there, I never got around to posting anything about it, so now I’m just playing a bit of catch-up.

Folks:

Children dancing in the rain by the ice cream cart:

Spongebob Squarepants:

Here’s the Maple Leaf Brass Band – just as enjoyable as when I saw them on Canada Day, but somehow a very different kind of performance:

I liked this baby – everybody else started seeking shelter from the rain, but the baby just perked right up:

Meet Eliza Gilkyson, who I’m absolutely convinced would be just as well known as Joni Mitchell if she didn’t have the world’s most forgettable name. She’s funny and brilliant and I adore her songs and bought two of her CDs, but every time I have to say or write her name I have to google her because her last name will NOT grow roots in my brain.

Some of the other musicians I enjoyed but did not photograph include Rick Fines, Greg Brown, and Steve Earle. (I got to experience watching Dar Williams, Iris Dement and Greg Brown from a chair in the low chair section, kindly provided by Dave, and I think perhaps I might be a chair person after all.)