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PHOTOS: Bear Creek Folk Festival 2025

August 16, 2025

By: Jesse Boily

The Bear Creek Folk Festival has returned to Grande Prairie, and here is selection of photos from each day.

Updated daily.

Day 1- Friday

A crowd filled Borstad Hill at the Bear Creek Folk Festival in Muskoseepi Park on Friday. The festival spans three days from Friday to Sunday and includes headliners Jewel, Walk off the earth, and Serena Ryder. (Photo by Jesse Boily)
Caleb Hart's performance kicks off the Bear Creek Folk Festival. (Photo by Jesse Boily)
(Photo by Jesse Boily)
Hart's music got the crowd dancing. (Photo by Jesse Boily)
(Photo by Jesse Boily)
(Photo by Jesse Boily)
The band Cécilia. (Photo by Jesse Boily)
(Photo by Jesse Boily)
Begonia sings at the Bear Creek Folk Festival on Friday. (Photo by Jesse Boily)
(Photo by Jesse Boily)
(Photo by Jesse Boily)
(Photo by Jesse Boily)
(Photo by Jesse Boily)
(Photo by Jesse Boily)
Music went on into the night. (Photo by Jesse Boily)
Spencer LaJoye performs at the Bear Creek Folk Festival on Friday. (Photo by Jesse Boily)
Candles were out as the sunset at the Bear Creek Folk Festival. (Photo by Jesse Boily)
Jewel's guitar waits before her performance. (Photo by Jesse Boily)
Jewel began her performance with “Somewhere Over The Rainbow” at the Bear Creek Folk Festival. (Photo by Jesse Boily)
Jewel (Photo by Jesse Boily)
Steve Poltz joined Jewel on stage at the Bear Creek Folk Festival.
Poltz and Jewel wrote You Were Meant For Me together and performed the piece together on Friday. (Photo by Jesse Boily)

Day 2- Saturday

Saturday afternoon the rain joined the festival, but by the evening everyone was back enjoying the music and dancing.

Some people packed up and left while other bunkered down in the rain at the Bear Creek Folk Festival on Saturday. (Photo by Jesse Boily)
Serena Ryder prepares to play but was stopped due to rain at the Bear Creek Folk Festival. (Photo by Jesse Boily)
(Photo by Jesse Boily)
(Photo by Jesse Boily)
Gnoss took the main stage after the rain. (Photo by Jesse Boily)
Dancing and smiles were in full force after the rain. (Photo by Jesse Boily)
(Photo by Jesse Boily)
AV and The Inner City. (Photo by Jesse Boily)
Tall Heights (Photo by Jesse Boily)
Twang (Photo by Jesse Boily)
(Photo by Jesse Boily)
Danielle Ponder (Photo by Jesse Boily)
(Photo by Jesse Boily)
(Photo by Jesse Boily)
De Temps Antan (Photo by Jesse Boily)
Walk Off the Earth finished off the night with a bang. (Photo by Jesse Boily)
Walk Off the Earth (Photo by Jesse Boily)
(Photo by Jesse Boily)
Walk Off the Earth (Photo by Jesse Boily)
(Photo by Jesse Boily)
(Photo by Jesse Boily)

Day 3 - Sunday

The last day of the festival was filled with sunshine and blue skies, as the festival concluded on its final day.

Sunday brought warm weather to festival goers. (Photo by Jesse Boily)
Steve Poltz performs on Sunday. (Photo by Jesse Boily)
Steve Poltz. (Photo by Jesse Boily)
Mary Gauthier joined Steve Poltz on stage. (Photo by Jesse Boily)
(Photo by Jesse Boily)
AV and the Inner City perform during a workshop session with Danielle Ponder and The Sensational Barnes Brothers on Sunday. (Photo by Jesse Boily)
The Dream Dance Circus stops for a photo. (Photo by Jesse Boily)
Crowds filled the hill. (Photo by Jesse Boily)
(Photo by Jesse Boily)
Spencer LaJoye (Photo by Jesse Boily)
Spencer LaJoye. (Photo by Jesse Boily)
Spencer LaJoye during a workshop. (Photo by Jesse Boily)
AHI during a workshop. (Photo by Jesse Boily)
(Photo by Jesse Boily)
Loudon Wainwright III (Photo by Jesse Boily)
Serena Ryder performs in a workshop before headlining on Sunday. (Photo by Jesse Boily)