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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 03/07/2026 00:52:00

Rolling Stone once proclaimed the festival held on this hillside the hippest on the continent. Gallagher Park, on the southern slope of the North Saskatchewan River valley in Edmonton's Cloverdale neighbourhood, is a city park named for early-1900s mayor Cornelius Gallagher - and since 1981 it has been the home of the Edmonton Folk Music Festival, one of Canada's most celebrated music events. The park's defining feature is the hill itself: a natural amphitheatre where tens of thousands sit on t...