About The Fast Folk Underground For more than 30 years, from coast to coast and beyond, pioneering punk folk artist Eugene Ripper has staged, with some mighty awesome help from list of musical friends and fellow travellers, an ongoing series of underground events in Berlin, Vancouver, Toronto, Halifax and New York City featuring a cavalcade of all things Fast, folk or underground. The cast of characters include the likes The Sadies, Matthew Good, Billy Cowsill, The Mahones, Joe Keithley, Mr Wrong, I Braineater, Hard Rock Miners, The Wooden Sky, The Waltons, Herald Nix, The Washington Squares, Dave Bidini, hHead, Don Ross, Bob Wiseman, Billy Ficca, Jack Dekeyzer, The Lowest of the Low, Matt Mays and Harrison Ford (yes, that Harrison Ford) At this show... THE RAMBLIN AMBASSADORS Alberta’s worldly purveyors of premium garage rock infused instrumental sounds. YES ! The trio (Brent J. Cooper: guitar Tyler Pickering: drums Garret Thorson: bass) have surfed the turf around Western Canada and beyond since 2002. And their ever expanding portfolio of recorded work now includes 2024's four song 7 “ platter “Por el atajo Instromundial” released on limited edition vinyl by Spanish label Ghost Highway EUGENE RIPPER Trailblazing Canadian punk folk rocker - acousticpunkfolkbluecountry infused modern rock with a singer songwriter stance. From his roots with Canada’s first wave surf punk rockers Stark Naked and the Fleshtones and throughout a solo career featuring a mashup of punk, folk, blues, country rockabilly and rock n roll, Ripper nails it down with his unique musical vibe all wrapped up in DIY punk rock ethos. " Ripper puts spikes back in folk music."  VANCOUVER PROVINCE “A one man folk punk explosion - a real cool time”  HALIFAX DAILY NEWS "One of Canada's most respected songwriters."  TORONTO STAR ModernFolkRevolution Calgary’s Lonnie James is probably best known as of one of Canada’s best punk modern rock drummers. His explosive and tasteful style has been tapped from everybody from Montreal legends The Nils, Vancouver punks D.O.A,Toronto cult heroes The Lawn to Halifax’s grunge pop heroes Superfriendz. But there’s always been more than one beat to Lonnie’s creative kit and his talent as a songwriter cannot be underestimated. His latest venture “ModernFolkRevolution” is a DIY project featuring 10 tracks that drip with a restrained elegance ebbing around paisley-tinged lo-fi sonic harmonies and also mark a path of a mature songwriter in full stride