Thank you to everyone who made 2008 such a success!

The weather was good, the music was wonderful, and the workshops, Children's Village, and vendors were all terrific!  We believe this year was our biggest yet, and so many of you have stopped to tell us that you loved it - we're all feeling very proud.  A great big PFF thank-you to all the festival volunteers, artists, and audience members for making 2008 so very memorable and successful.

Keep an eye out for upcoming PFF events this fall!

PFF 2008 Video

Click here to visit the PFF's You Tube account, where you can watch video from many of the performances on this year's main stage and beyond.

PFF 2008 Music Player

Want to relive a little of the magic of this year's festival? Click Pop-up player for our brand-spanking-new audio player - a nifty little thing that pops up featuring tracks by 2008's artists.  Hours of wonderful music at your fingertips!

Photo Contest!

You can check out photos (or add your own) this and previous years at the Flickr and Facebook accounts - some really beautiful shots, both by our photographers and audience members.  We're holding an annual  photograph competition -  the best photo uploaded by September 30, 2008 wins an excellent PFF prize pack!

We Love Our Volunteers!

The PFF is an entirely volunteer-run organization, and we couldn't do a thing without the 200 volunteers who help us out every year. Over at Festival Command we're coming up with bigger and better projects, and lots of terrific ways to get involved.

Want to join a terrific team of enthusiastic, dedicated people? Email Laurel at pffvolunteers@gmail.com for details.

Greening the Festival

Last year's Green Team initiatives were so successful, we're doing even more this year!  Click on through to the Green Festival page to find out what we're doing, and how you can help, as an audience member, volunteer or performer!

Who We Are

Welcome to the Peterborough Folk Festival! We're a three-day festival in the heart of the beautiful city of Peterborough, Ontario - next year Thursday August 27- Saturday August 29, 2009. With lots of music, workshops, food and craft vendors, we're certain that you'll love our festival as much as we do!

Some Quick Festival Facts:

- The PFF is a 3-day music, food, craft and community festival which began in 1989.
- The festival annually draws approximately 8,000-9,000 people over three days, and features terrific undiscovered talent from across the country and the street.
- Festival features on Saturday in Nicholls Oval/Rotary Park include Arts and Craft vendors, Food vendors, a Children's Area, demonstrations, workshops (including Yoga, dance, and songwriting), and a Community Village.
- PFF is a non-profit incorporated organization funded by The City of Peterborough, the Arts Presentation Canada program, the Lloyd Carr-Harris Foundation, The Peterborough Arts Umbrella, Big Rock Brewery, and many local sponsors .
- Musicians are booked in a very competitive process with over 1000 submissions, and chosen by the Artistic Director in consultation with community and Board members.

Interested in playing PFF 2009?

Our submissions are now open for PFF 2009.  The deadline for application is February 28, 2009, and there are two ways to apply:  via snail mail or Sonicbids.  To apply through Sonicbids, please click the logo, which will take you to our  online Drop Box.

Please note that applications are not accepted via email.

For guidelines to submit to the festival, please click on over to our Performer Submissions page.

The Peterborough Folk Festival - one last sweet summer weekend of live music and food and crafts, all in the heart of Beautiful Peterborough, ON.