The 37th Annual Vancouver Folk Music Festival offers a weekend of musical discovery July 18 - 20.
The three-day festival at Jericho Beach Park features more than 60 acts from around the world this year including Alejandro Escovedo and the Sensitive Boys, Seun Kuti and Egypt 80, Wintersleep, Tift Merritt, Jon Langford and Jean Cook, Lost Bayou Ramblers, Ozomatli, Pacifika, Karine Polwart and Joan Baez. For a chance to win a pair of weekend passes to the festival tell us which performer at this year's fest was a founding member of University of Leeds' punk rock legends The Mekons. E-mail your entry with 'Folk Festival Contest' in the subject line to thisweekcontest@nsnews. com. Deadline for the contest is July 15, 5 p.m. Only residents living in the Lower Mainland/Greater Vancouver area are eligible to enter. Winners will be chosen in a random draw.
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