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Steve Edge. Born in England, Steve Edge arrived in Canada in 1981 and in 1987, founded, with other musicians, The Rogue Folk Club, after he had started a Folk Music radio show on the UBC campus network. Expo 86 had demonstrated to Steve, the wealth of Canadian Folk music across the country.
The Rogue in the Vancouver Sun. March 3, 2023: Postmedia's Stuart Derdeyn penned an informative article detailing how "rogue Steve Edge dedicates decades to folking-up Vancouver". To read it all, go here. Rogue eNews. Sign up to receive periodic e-newsletters from Artistic Director Steve Edge. Subscribe here.
An Interview with Executive Director Steve Edge on the 30th Anniversary of the Rogue Folk Club May, 2017 - Part I. Local journalist Tony Montague sat down with Steve Edge for a lengthy interview encompassing the three decades of the Rogue Folk Club, and even further back than that!
Mar 3, 2023 · Staffordshire rogue Steve Edge dedicates decades to folking-up Vancouver. How a college radio slot and pints at the Railway Club created a musical legacy. Stuart Derdeyn. Published Mar 03,...
- Stuart Derdeyn
- Outdoor Concerts?
- Moving Online
- The Rogue Reloaded
- What Now?
“We started trying to figure out ways that we can make a small outdoor concert series happen somewhere, as a way of keeping the live music going,” Steve said. “Then every time we tried to do that, the Covid restrictions got more strict, and there were other regulations too, so we had to give up that idea.” We go on to talk about how there’s always ...
“We started to think, well, maybe we could do some online shows. Then Hubcast Media, the company that’s been recording our shows and broadcasting on and off for a while now, said, ‘We just got a grant from Creative BC for some new cameras, and we would like to be able to do a virtual series.’ We had to invest in some lights and that makes it much m...
For Steve it was a reaffirmation of the amazing chemistry that occurs when musicians really connect with an audience, something that is missing when doing a strictly virtual performance. “We were able again to feel the energy that the audience gives back to the performer and vice versa. As a performer, you need that audience response. That was the ...
“It’s a struggle because you can’t really plan anything,” he said. “You book something, and then you find that the restrictions are such that you can’t have an audience or it’s not safe to have an audience. Our first show event in 2022 with Jim Burns – nobody bought tickets because they were terrified. We have had to push that one back as well.” A ...
Steve Edge, a founder of Vancouver’s Rogue Folk Club, is the recipient of the Slaight Music Unsung Hero Award for the Canadian Folk Music Awards (CFMA). The award will be presented at the CFMA Gala on December 3 at the Isabel Bader Theatre in Toronto, Ontario.
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