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By Chantal Wagner

Featuring Alberta Artists

Approved & online, annual folk music festival returns to Medicine Hat next week

Jan 22, 2021 | 12:01 PM

MEDICINE HAT, AB – The Tongue on the Post folk music festival is good to go.

The 14 and 3/4 edition will be virtual, following approval from AHS to livestream the performances at the Medalta Kilns.

Rob Pape, Executive director of the Medicine Hat Folk Music Club says they have been given specific guidelines to follow, which includes a bare-minimum production crew.

It’s also a provincial show this year, with all artists coming from Alberta.

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The headliners include Flint & Feather and 2020 Juno award-winning Indigenous Artist of the Year Celeigh Cardinal.

Pape says the folk music club is excited to share live music.

“We just want to be able to put this out to our community I think everybody needs it, everybody wants it and it’s a great opportunity. There are not too many places putting on live music right now, especially not a six-day music festival, so we definitely feel privileged to have this opportunity.”

Tongue on the Post begins Monday, Jan. 25 with the first livestream at 2 pm on their social media channels including Facebook, YouTube, and their new website.

The festival finishes off with the headliner show on Saturday, Jan 30.

It’s a ‘pay what you can’ model this year to watch the shows online.

The World’s Largest Teepee will also be lit up in multiple colours representing the tie-dyed t-shirts for the week of January 25 to 30 in recognition of the festival’s volunteers.

Pape thanks the staff at AHS for working around the clock who helped make the festival possible.

He also thanks our community sponsors.

2021 was supposed to be the 15^th anniversary of Tongue on the Post, but it has now been dubbed as the 14 3/4 festival because they want to celebrate 15 years when the community can be present.