People are on the main street for one hour, and we always have over 20,000 people on the main street here. And you know for a small community – 4500 population – it’s a big gathering. It’s an event that brings people from all over. – Antoine Landry, Caraquet, NB

…it hosts a whole bunch of visual artists, musical artists at a bunch of different venues. Like, the Bridge is an event. And then there’s also the Cube, which is kind of the main event that happens outside. – Chris Komus

Folklorama is a very, very cool event. It goes on for two weeks in August. And every country will have a pavilion around the city. – Yanik Ottenbreit

…it’s actually quite close to where I live, so I would take the kids because they would love the kites. And you could buy kites. – Lisa O’Hara

I say to people, Think of something you just love doing.” Well, that’s the Folkfest to me, you know? Even though it’s a real smorgasboard of different acts, it’s the lesser known acts that I go for because you, you always find somebody new.” – Joan Melanson