Miramichi Folksong Festival
miramichi folksong festival oldest folk music festival canada held annually miramichi new brunswick canada established louise manny response request lord beaverbrook document traditional song boyhood home longest continuous event kind canada one longest north america first festival held september beaverbrook town hall theatre newcastle new brunswick festival still held location august year although festival important draw local tourism feature mainstream talent original primary purpose festival preserve local culture thus highlight festival include many amateur often elderly local performer traditional lyric music highlighted festival preserved book song miramichi several recording including folkways record album produced louise manny allan kelly september october one popular singer ardent supporter festival one earliest performance petit moine recorded album raymond frank estey brother sevogle nb sang year afterward esteys entertained crowd telling famous ghost story underhill doug miramichi folksong festival living museum miramichi tale tall true saint john nb neptune publishing company pp –