Rogue Folk Review – November 17, 2009

The November-December 2009 issue of the Rogue Folk Review is now available for download.

Rogue Folk Review – October 20, 2009

The October 2009 issue of the Rogue Folk Review is now available for download.

Plough CD Launch Postponed – September 16, 2009

Plough's September 24th CD release has been postponed due to unforseen circumstances. Please watch this website for all information regarding rescheduling.

We regret any inconvenience. If you have purchased tickets already, please let us know. Thank you for your understanding.

"In case you haven't already found out, Plough has to postpone our CD release concert which was to be next Thursday night the 24th. We will reschedule and let you know. If you'd like to buy a CD in the meantime then please contact any of us and we can arrange to get you one or they will be available on CD Baby soon. Thanks for your understanding." – Linda Bull

Rogue Folk Review – August 28, 2009

The September 2009 issue of the Rogue Folk Review is now available for download.

New fee for mailed tickets!!!! – August 25, 2009

Because there have been more than a few ticket losses on the part of Canada Post, we have decided to discontinue mailing out tickets. As of now, all tickets purchased online will be held for pick-up at the door. If you absolutely must have your tickets mailed to you, we will unfortunately have to add a $10 fee to cover the cost of registered mail. So sorry about the inconvenience!

Rogue Folk Review – July 14, 2009

The July 2009 special issue of the Rogue Folk Review is now available for download.

Rogue Folk Review – June 15, 2009

The June-July 2009 issue of the Rogue Folk Review is now available for download.

Maria Muldaur Concert Cancelled – May 21, 2009

Please note that Maria Muldaur will not appear at St. James Hall on June 13th. She might be at The Yale later in the year, though. We apologize for getting everyone's hopes up. We were given to understand that she would be coming. Her management changed their minds, apparently..

Mission Folk Music Festival Early Bird Tickets – May 15, 2009

Rogue Folk members can buy weekend passes to the Mission Folk Music Festival for just $65. Camping passes are $18 per person.

Please call us on 604-736-3022 or email us and we'll take down your credit card details. Or mail us a cheque, payable to Rogue Folk Club, to 31 - 1465 Lamey's Mill Road, Vancouver B.C. V6H 3W1

VFMF Early Bird Ticket Deadline Extended – May 15, 2009

Rogue Folk members can still buy weekend passes to the Vancouver Folk Music Festival for just $107 until Tuesday May 19th

Please call us on 604-736-3022 or email us and we'll take down your credit card details. Or mail us a cheque, payable to Rogue Folk Club, to 31 - 1465 Lamey's Mill Road, Vancouver B.C. V6H 3W1

Wheelchair access at St. James Hall – May 13, 2009

The wheelchair lift at St. James hall will be out of commission effective May 19 for about 2 months, during which time there will not be any alternative to the stairs to access the concert hall. Please call ahead to find out what the status of the elevator is. Our apologies for this temporary inconvenience.

Annual General Meeting – April 14, 2009

The AGM of the Rogue Folk Club takes place on Saturday May 9th at 6pm at St. James Community Square, 3214 West 10th Avenue. This is the official notice to our members. Please come to the meeting, vote in the election of directors, and then stick around for the 22nd Birthday Celebration of the Rogue, with The BOP Ensemble (Bill Bourne, Jasmine Ohlhauser & Wyckham Porteous) in concert in the hall at 8pm. We'll have free birthday cake and a special fundraising sale of CDs and other merchandise. If you'd like to join the Board, please let us know asap.

Rogue Folk Review – April 14, 2009

The April-May 2009 issue of the Rogue Folk Review is now available for download.

Folk Festival Fundraiser – April 14, 2009

As you may know, the Vancouver Folk Music Festival is experiencing some financial difficulties. We are assisting them with a Fundraising Concert on Saturday April 18th at St. James Hall, with a panoply of local musical luminaries paying tribute to the music of Pete Seeger, Joni Mitchell, and Bob Dylan. The line-up includes Jim Byrnes, Steve Dawson, members of The Paperboys and The Breakmen, plus T Nile, Dustin Bentall & more. Tickets are $25 in advance at Banyen Books on 4th and Highlife records on Commercial Drive. They are $30 at the door. There will be items available for auction as well, plus a bar, and other goodies for sale. It all goes to a good cause - preserving one of Canada's very best folk music festivals.

Folk Festival Early Bird Tickets – April 9, 2009

Early Bird tickets are available right now for the Vancouver Folk Festival, and we have a discount for our members once again. This year the DEADLINE for Group Purchases is May 15th. The Rogue price is $107 ($11 off the regular price.) You can still buy advance tickets at $118 up to June 16th from the festival office. After June 16th they go up to $140, and $165 at the gate. You must get your orders in to us by May 15th in order to get the $107 price. Members in good standing can buy as many tickets as you like at this price. Your membership must be up to date, and must not expire before July 20th 2009. If it does, please renew and we will add 12 months to your expiry date.

You can mail a cheque - payable to Rogue Folk Club, please - to the club address: 31 - 1465 Lamey's Mill Road, Vancouver B.C. V6H 3W1

Or you can call our office - Tuesdays only - on 604-732-1305 to pay for them by Visa or Mastercard. (Or leave a message and we'll call you back to get your card details).

April in Paris Bus Shelter Ads – April 6, 2009

Starting today we will have ten large bus shelter ads advertizing our April In Paris festival. They are at the following locations and will be displayed from April 6th to 27th. If anyone would like to take a photo of any of these ads in situ that would be much appreciated. Please email your photos to me. We will try to put them on the website, so feel free to stand beside the ad if you wish!

1. West 61st Avenue and Angus St. (northbound)
2. Boundary and Kitchener St. (southbound)
3. Boundary and Regent St. (northbound)
4. East 6th Ave. and Commercial Dr. (northbound)
5. Commercial & Venables (southbound)
6. West 41st Ave and Dunbar St. (northbound)
7. Dundas St. & Templeton St. (westbound)
8. Hastings & Nanaimo (westbound)
9. Boundary and East 22nd Ave. (westbound)
10. East 41st Ave. & Clarendon St. (eastbound)

Dougie MacLean Show CANCELLED – March 29, 2009

We just heard that Dougie MacLean is stranded in Alaska due to the volcanic activity on Mt. Redoubt. Volcanic ash has forced them to close the airport in Anchorage, and many flights have been cancelled. Dougie was set to leave for Seattle this morning, but his flight was cancelled. In fact, all flight out of State were cancelled. Nothing has left Anchorage for over 24 hours. He tried to get another flight, even tried getting to Fairbanks for a flight, but wasn't able to do that as the local flights are full and many roads are closed. He then tried to rent a car to drive to Whitehorse, but couldn't find a rental car company that would do a one-way rental. He will now be be stuck in Anchorage until Tuesday night. So he'll also miss his chance to sing at Hampden Park on Wednesday.

We wanted to give a heads-up to anyone who is travelling from out of town for tomorrow night's concert. Please check our website and your email for updates and we'll let you know when we can reschedule the show. Right now it looks like September 2009.

If you have already purchased a ticket we will honour it for the rescheduled date, or we can issue a refund. This will take a couple of weeks as we are in the middle of an administrative pile-up with deadlines for grant reporting, tax filing, and such. We also have to get the April issue of the Rogue Folk Review out this week (or early next week.) Please bear with us, or if you'd like to help out, please email us.

Thanks - and apologies (and curses on the volcano gods!)

Rogue Folk Review – March 2, 2009

The March 2009 issue of the Rogue Folk Review is now available for download.

Wheelchair Accessibility at St. James Hall – February 26, 2009

The elevator is back in action (for the time being!) The problem was very minor and had nothing to do with its lifting capacity. However, the old elevator most certainly does need to be upgraded.

Plans are in place and St. James Community Square hopes to begin work on this exciting upgrade some time in March or April 2009 - as soon as all the permits have been processed at City Hall. The $60,000 project will take about 2 months complete, during which time there will not be any alternative to the stairs to access the raised main floor of the building. Please call ahead to 604-739-9373 to find out the status of the elevator. Please accept our apologies for this temporary inconvenience.

Colin Linden, Whitey Johnson concert review – February 16, 2009

Wondering what is so special about the way we do things at the Rogue? To find out, read Joe Montague's review of our January 30th concert with Colin Linden and Whitey Johnson. Here's an excerpt:

It was an epic moment for the history of blues music in Canada, and it took place at a little venue in the west end of Vancouver, British Columbia, a night that was promoted by of all things The Rogue Folk Club, whose name really does not do justice to the tremendous artists encompassing several genres, whom they bring to Vancouver. On January 30th, arguably the two best Canadian blues guitarists and singer / songwriters in the past two decades, Colin Linden and Colin James shared the stage with Whitey Johnson, whose name may not be as familiar to music lovers, but whose songs definitely are, as he penned them under the pseudonym of Gary Nicholson. [...] The kicker is that although Linden who was the headliner, had invited his friend and former Nashville neighbor Johnson (originally from Texas), to join him in Canada, Colin James was not supposed to be on stage, and just happened to be at St. James Hall on this evening, probably because he is a longtime friend of Linden.

Read the full review at Riveting Riffs

Call for design of a big poster – February 11, 2009

We are very excited that we have been granted 12 Bus Shelter Advertisement Spots across the city in April. We need to design an attractive poster to advertize our 3rd annual April In Paris Festival (April 25 & 26). These posters are very large and need to be top quality screen prints. If there are any graphic artists / designers out there who would like to see their work displayed prominently for 3 weeks - and which would help us to get our website and our Django Festival into the public eye - please email Steve Edge.

We have to submit proofs of the artwork by March 20th and have the final artwork ready by April 1st so this is coming up fast.

Elevator at St. James Hall out of service – February 2, 2009

Important Notice: The Elevator at St. James Hall is out of service until further notice. We regret any inconvenience to our patrons, and look forward to the new, upgraded elevator. This might take a few months to complete, however.

Your participation is requested for a Focus Group – January 30, 2009

We are partnering with BCIT and three Marketing Students to come up with a Marketing Plan for the Rogue Folk Club. It's an important part of their course work, and should prove invaluable to us as we continue to seek funding to preserve and enhance our concert series. The students would like to meet with a focus group of Rogue Folk club members and concert attendees. The proposed date is February 11th at the BCIT downtown campus. If you are interested and would like to participate, please contact us a.s.a.p. and we will forward your name and email / phone number to the students. The results of the focus group are / will be strictly confidential and your privacy and anonymity are absolutely guaranteed. Please email Steve Edge if you would like to help.

Rogue Folk Review – January 20, 2009

The January/February 2009 issue of the Rogue Folk Review is now available for download.

Highlights of Rogue Folk Shows in 2008 – December 30, 2008

Thank you so much for your support in 2008. It has been an incredible year, with some really fabulous concerts - most of them very well attended. In fact, we reckon it's been our best year to date. You can find some photos of the 2008 shows in the Rogue's Gallery. Thanks again and all the very best for the season.