The 2018 Folk On The Rocks music festival is calling in award winning talent to enhance their 38th annual event.

Executive producer Carly Bradley has announced the first wave of acts who will be performing at the July 20 to 22 festival. Most notably four-time JUNO award nominee, Canadian indie-pop band STARS.

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Last Friday's announcement also included eight other artists, including Vancouver based pop-grunge band The Courtney's, 2018 JUNO award nominees The Weather Station and 2017 JUNO award-winning duo Quantum Tangle.

As discussed at Folk on the Rocks' annual general meeting late last year, this year's festival will benefit from an increase to the operating budget, allowing the booking of some higher profile performers. The increase comes after the completion of the Aurora North stage as well as an increase in ticket prices and ticket sales in 2017.

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Last year's instalment of Folk On The Rocks included performances by mainstream performer Dallas Green from the band City and Colour and indie garage-rock duo The Pack AD.

Folk on the Rocks is listed as one of Canada's top 10 music festivals.

The next announcement for Folk On The Rocks will be in two weeks.