Arrested Development, Cat Power and Nathaniel Rateliff lead Edmonton Folk Fest 2026
Edmonton folk fest revealed its 2026 lineup with Arrested Development, Cat Power and Nathaniel Rateliff leading the bill for the four-day run in Gallagher Park. Tickets for the 47th annual edition go on sale June 6, giving buyers a clear date to plan around before the Aug. 6-9 festival window.
Gallagher Park on Aug. 6-9
The festival’s 47th annual edition runs Aug. 6-9 in Gallagher Park, with more than 60 acts spread across the weekend. That scale keeps the program broad rather than top-heavy, and it gives the event room to stack the main stage with different lanes of folk, soul, country, blues, indie-folk, rock, bluegrass and local acts without leaning on a single draw.
Thursday opens at 6:35 p.m. with The Womack Sisters, then Thee Sacred Souls follow Corb Lund on the main stage. Friday night brings Of Monsters and Men and Buffalo Traffic Jam, setting up a weekend that moves from local name recognition to a wider national and international mix.
Saturday night bills
Arrested Development and Cat Power are scheduled for Saturday night, which places two of the lineup’s biggest names in the festival’s most crowded slot. For a four-day event, that is usually where the strongest commercial pull sits, and this year the scheduling puts the late-weekend traffic on two acts with distinct audiences rather than one marquee headliner.
Nathaniel Rateliff is set to close the weekend on Sunday, with St. Paul & the Broken Bones and Ocie Elliot warming up for his solo project on the main stage. Ending with Rateliff gives the festival a cleaner finish than a scattered final bill, especially after a lineup that has already used Thursday and Friday to build momentum across the hill.
Corb Lund on Thursday
Corb Lund remains one of the local anchors in the mix, and Thee Sacred Souls following him on Thursday gives the opening night an early lift before the weekend’s larger crowd arrives. The sequence matters because the lineup is not just a headliner list; it is a four-day schedule built to keep people on the hill from the first set to the closing act.
For buyers, the useful details are simple: tickets go on sale June 6, the music starts Thursday at 6:35 p.m., and the biggest draws are split across Saturday night and Sunday. That setup favors anyone who wants the full weekend rather than a single night, because the 60-plus-act roster is built to reward a four-day pass more than a one-off visit.
