Where to park at the festival
Click here to download the parking map.
Congrats NLFB!
On behalf of the Ontario Council of Folk Festivals I wish to welcome you to Northern Lights Festival Boréal and to congratulate everyone who had a hand making it a reality. The organizers, volunteers, Board of Directors, vendors, exhibitors and performers have all put in long hours to ensure that your experience here is happy and fulfilling. Read more.
2010 Schedule
Download the schedule | View the schedule.
Get your 2010 festival tickets!
Visit the NLFB shop to buy your tickets.
Check out our new commercial
2010 Lineup Announced
Check out the 2010 lineup
Gord Downie to Headline Festival
Download press release
NLFB Meltdown 2010 - April 24th
What is the event? This is an audition process for Northern Ontario emerging performing artists to apply to perform at the annual Northern Lights Festival Boreal. The Meltdown will be held Saturday, April 24th at the Laughing Buddha 2-6pm and The Townehouse Tavern, 6:30pm-9:30pm.
Full event details
Application
NLFB is Hiring a Community Outreach & Logistics Coordinator
Recently named one of Ontario's Top 100 festivals and currently Canada's longest continuously running outdoor music festival, the Northern Lights Festival Boréal is looking for an enthusiastic, self-starter to fill the position of Community Outreach and Logistics Coordinator. This is a one year NOHFC funded internship position. The candidate must be a Northern Ontario secondary school graduate or have resided in northern Ontario for a minimum of one year prior to the start of this assignment; must be 29 years of age or under; and recently graduated from an accredited college or university. Mature graduates may be considered on a case-by-case basis. Download details
2010 Sponsorship Guide Now Available
Click to download
NLFB Newsletter
Northern Lights Festival Boreal wants to keep you informed! Check out the fourth edition of our new bi-monthly newsletter The Northern Lights Letter.
Customer Satisfaction Survey
Help us make the Northern Lights Festival even better by completing our short survey. Follow the links below to complete part 1 and part 2 of the survey. If you are were a volunteer we have a survey for you as well.
Survey - Part 1
Survey - Part 2
Jackie Washington 1919-2009
It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Jackie Washington on Saturday, June 27th at the age of 89. Over the 38 Northern Lights Festivals to date, Jackie appeared 25 times and gave his name to the annually-presented Jackie Washington Award which is given by NLFB to an artist, group or individual who makes an outstanding contribution and who embodies the spirit of the festival in artistic and other endeavours.
The grandson of a runaway slave, Washington was known as much for the good humoured stories and his infectious laugh as for the songs he sang. He had an encyclopedic knowledge of old-time music, listing almost 1,300 songs in his repertoire.
NLFB Named One of Ontarios Top 100 Festivals!
The Northern Lights Festival Boréal has been been named one of Ontario's top 100 festivals for April 2008 - March 2009 at the Festivals & Events Ontario's annual conference.
View the NLFB media release
View the FEO press release
Call for Submissions - Crafters/Vendors
Proceed to Vendors section for more information and application form
2009 NLFB Membership Packages Now Available!
NLFB is introducing a new line of Membership Options for 2009!
Our 2009 Membership Options provide festival supporters with large savings on a variety of NLFB products and services including discounts on festival tickets, discounts on NLFB Merchandise, news on upcoming events, and free festival products.
Our supporters now have the opportunity to choose a membership package that best suits their individual needs or the needs of their family beginning as low as $20.00 a year!
Don’t miss out on these great 2009 festival savings!
For more information on our Membership Packages, please contact the festival office at (705) 674-5512.
Festival Benefactor – $75.00
Benefactor Family - $100.00 (Family of 4)
Patron Family - $65.00 (Family of 4)
Additional family members from the same household - $5.00
Member Family - $35.00 (Family of 4)
Additional family members from the same household - $5.00
or fax.
Submissions to Perform at The Festival
Please submit your application for the festival by sending a link to your Electronic Press Kit (SonicBids, Website, MySpace, etc) to artistic@nlfbsudbury.com. In the interest of saving paper and costs to the artist please do not send in a paper and CD submission package. If asked to perform at the festival, the artist will then be required to send in a recording.
House Concerts
Try to imagine: Having your favourite musicians playing in your living room for you and 20 to 40 of your best friends... That's what the NLFB House Concerts are all about!
Typically, House Concerts are arranged for performers who are passing through Sudbury with no pre-arranged gigs. Concerts are held in private houses, the performers billeted at the home, and promotion done by word-of-mouth through members and friends. A hat is passed at the concert with all proceeds going to the performers - typically a suggested minimum of $14-$18.
To make reservations, or to get email alerts about upcoming concerts, contact Scott Merrifield
at housecon.sud@gmail.com.
Concert listings can also be found at the Acoutic Roof website. Enter "Sudbury" in the city field.
Click here to download the parking map.
Congrats NLFB!
On behalf of the Ontario Council of Folk Festivals I wish to welcome you to Northern Lights Festival Boréal and to congratulate everyone who had a hand making it a reality. The organizers, volunteers, Board of Directors, vendors, exhibitors and performers have all put in long hours to ensure that your experience here is happy and fulfilling. Read more.
2010 Schedule
Download the schedule | View the schedule.
Get your 2010 festival tickets!
Visit the NLFB shop to buy your tickets.
Check out our new commercial
2010 Lineup Announced
Check out the 2010 lineup
Gord Downie to Headline Festival
Download press release
NLFB Meltdown 2010 - April 24th
What is the event? This is an audition process for Northern Ontario emerging performing artists to apply to perform at the annual Northern Lights Festival Boreal. The Meltdown will be held Saturday, April 24th at the Laughing Buddha 2-6pm and The Townehouse Tavern, 6:30pm-9:30pm.
Full event details
Application
NLFB is Hiring a Community Outreach & Logistics Coordinator
Recently named one of Ontario's Top 100 festivals and currently Canada's longest continuously running outdoor music festival, the Northern Lights Festival Boréal is looking for an enthusiastic, self-starter to fill the position of Community Outreach and Logistics Coordinator. This is a one year NOHFC funded internship position. The candidate must be a Northern Ontario secondary school graduate or have resided in northern Ontario for a minimum of one year prior to the start of this assignment; must be 29 years of age or under; and recently graduated from an accredited college or university. Mature graduates may be considered on a case-by-case basis. Download details
2010 Sponsorship Guide Now Available
Click to download
NLFB Newsletter
Northern Lights Festival Boreal wants to keep you informed! Check out the fourth edition of our new bi-monthly newsletter The Northern Lights Letter.
Customer Satisfaction Survey
Help us make the Northern Lights Festival even better by completing our short survey. Follow the links below to complete part 1 and part 2 of the survey. If you are were a volunteer we have a survey for you as well.
Survey - Part 1
Survey - Part 2
Jackie Washington 1919-2009
It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Jackie Washington on Saturday, June 27th at the age of 89. Over the 38 Northern Lights Festivals to date, Jackie appeared 25 times and gave his name to the annually-presented Jackie Washington Award which is given by NLFB to an artist, group or individual who makes an outstanding contribution and who embodies the spirit of the festival in artistic and other endeavours.The grandson of a runaway slave, Washington was known as much for the good humoured stories and his infectious laugh as for the songs he sang. He had an encyclopedic knowledge of old-time music, listing almost 1,300 songs in his repertoire.
NLFB Named One of Ontarios Top 100 Festivals!
The Northern Lights Festival Boréal has been been named one of Ontario's top 100 festivals for April 2008 - March 2009 at the Festivals & Events Ontario's annual conference.
View the NLFB media release
View the FEO press release
Call for Submissions - Crafters/Vendors
Proceed to Vendors section for more information and application form
2009 NLFB Membership Packages Now Available!
NLFB is introducing a new line of Membership Options for 2009!
Our 2009 Membership Options provide festival supporters with large savings on a variety of NLFB products and services including discounts on festival tickets, discounts on NLFB Merchandise, news on upcoming events, and free festival products.
Our supporters now have the opportunity to choose a membership package that best suits their individual needs or the needs of their family beginning as low as $20.00 a year!
Don’t miss out on these great 2009 festival savings!
For more information on our Membership Packages, please contact the festival office at (705) 674-5512.
Festival Benefactor – $75.00
Benefactor Family - $100.00 (Family of 4)
- 20% discount on festival weekend pass (per member)
- 10% discount on NLFB merchandise
- 10% discount on all other NLFB events
- Recognition as a Festival Benefactor in festival program
- Free NLFB Water Bottle (per member)
- Free Festival Mug (per member)
- Voting privileges at the AGM
- May be eligible for a Charitable Tax Receipt
Patron Family - $65.00 (Family of 4)
Additional family members from the same household - $5.00
- 20% discount on festival weekend pass (per member)
- 10% discount on NLFB merchandise
- 10% discount on all other NLFB events
- Recognition as a Festival Patron in festival program
- Free Festival Mug (per member)
- Free NLFB promotional item (per member)
- Voting privileges at the AGM
- May be eligible for a Charitable Tax Receipt
Member Family - $35.00 (Family of 4)
Additional family members from the same household - $5.00
- 10% discount on festival weekend pass (per member)
- 10% discount on NLFB merchandise
- Free Festival Poster (per member)
- Free NLFB Water Bottle (per member)
- Voting privileges at the AGM
- May be eligible for a Charitable Tax Receipt
or fax.
Submissions to Perform at The Festival
Please submit your application for the festival by sending a link to your Electronic Press Kit (SonicBids, Website, MySpace, etc) to artistic@nlfbsudbury.com. In the interest of saving paper and costs to the artist please do not send in a paper and CD submission package. If asked to perform at the festival, the artist will then be required to send in a recording.
House Concerts
Try to imagine: Having your favourite musicians playing in your living room for you and 20 to 40 of your best friends... That's what the NLFB House Concerts are all about!
Typically, House Concerts are arranged for performers who are passing through Sudbury with no pre-arranged gigs. Concerts are held in private houses, the performers billeted at the home, and promotion done by word-of-mouth through members and friends. A hat is passed at the concert with all proceeds going to the performers - typically a suggested minimum of $14-$18.
To make reservations, or to get email alerts about upcoming concerts, contact Scott Merrifield
at housecon.sud@gmail.com.
Concert listings can also be found at the Acoutic Roof website. Enter "Sudbury" in the city field.
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