The Winnipeg Folk Festival at 50
by editors@theworld.org (Jenna Gadbois) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6YKD2)
The Winnipeg Folk Festival is celebrating its 50th anniversary this weekend. The annual music festival started out as part of the city's centennial festivities. But founder Mitch Podolak was planning to make it a permanent festival all along. Now, it attracts performers from all over the world and is attended by over 70,000 people every year. Host Carolyn Beeler has more on the festival's history.