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Article contentĭuring Butel’s tenure, the festival grew in attendance, diversity and inclusion, artistic draw, and boasts more staff and volunteers. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Until 2003, the non-profit organization employed a general manager that position was replaced in 2004 with an operations and marketing manager, a title that no longer exists. It is unclear when her duties as executive director/CEO began. It was like, ‘Well, OK, I’m willing to try this out and grow with the organization and have the organization grow with me.’ I would have done it for nothing, basically, I guess,” Butel said in a 2014 interview. Photo by TROY FLEECE / Regina Leader-Postīutel began working as artistic director with the RFF in 1999. Regina Folk Festival artistic director/ executive director Sandra Butel speaks before the kickoff of the 50th RFF in 2019 in Victoria Park. The experimental blues-rock musician has not announced any concert dates of late. She joked, “When you see Tom Waits booked, you know I’m out.” In advance of the 50th Regina Folk Festival in August 2019 - her 21st as artistic director - Butel said in an interview she had no imminent plans to retire. In an online message, Butel wrote, “I can confirm I am no longer working with the RFF but on the advice of my legal counsel I can’t say more at this time.”
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When asked whether “parted ways” means Butel’s employment was terminated, Biro replied, “I will not elaborate as we are not discussing personnel matters at this time.” “Planning continues for the 2020 Regina Folk Festival, Aug. We will not be discussing personnel matters at this time,” Biro wrote in an email sent this week, in response to a Leader-Post inquiry. “The Regina Folk Festival and Sandra Butel have parted ways.