{"id":723211,"date":"2026-06-08T15:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T15:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/723211\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T15:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T15:15:10","slug":"over-45k-raised-for-nl-folk-arts-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/723211\/","title":{"rendered":"Over $45K Raised for NL Folk Arts Society"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\t\t\t\t\"Over<\/p>\n

Interim Board of NL Folk Arts Society (VOCM News)<\/p>\n

Over $45,000 has been raised to help get the Folk Arts Society back on its feet.<\/p>\n

The money was raised during the Friends of the Festival fundraising concert at the Convention Centre last night, and will be used to pay down existing debt.<\/p>\n

The society calls that a \u201ccritical step in ensuring a sustainable future\u201d for them, their festival, and their cultural programming.<\/p>\n

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(VOCM News)<\/p>\n

Interim president Jean Hewson says while there is still work to be done \u201cthe path forward now has fewer hurdles.\u201d<\/p>\n

The interim board and their volunteers are continuing work towards hosting a Folk Festival this year. Pending funding, the aim is to host a one-day event in Bannerman Park in August.<\/p>\n

While things are still up in the air, a date of August 8th is being held should the event be able top proceed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Interim Board of NL Folk Arts Society (VOCM News) Over $45,000 has been raised to help get…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":723212,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75],"class_list":["post-723211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=723211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/723212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=723211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=723211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=723211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}