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Support Act Receives Extra COVID-19 Funding

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Support Act has received an additional $20 million in funding to help support music industry artists and workers through the COVID-19 pandemic.

The organisation, which helps get Australian music workers back on their feet following crisis, has announced today that they will receive the funds from the Australian Federal Government to “allow the charity to continue to bring much-needed relief to those in the music industry who have lost work, gigs and their livelihoods due to the ongoing lockdowns and restrictions”.

Applications for the next round have opened, find out more information at the Support Act website HERE.

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Festival Attendance and COVID Safety – The Future?

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Australian Music Festivals and COVID Vaccinations

Major festivals in the USA such as World of Bluegrass, FAI Conference, AmericanaFest and MerleFest have recently stipulated for their 2021/2022 events that attendees have to provide proof of vaccination. 

Now in Australia, the Outback Music Festival Group has just announced that it will introduce a ‘no vax, no jive’ policy for its 2022 Broken Hill Mundi Mundi Bash and Birdsville Big Red Bash events.

READ MORE HERE

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Australian Folk Music Awards – 2021 Finalists Announced Soon

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Finalists in the 2021 Australian Folk Music Awards will be announced in the FAA Newsletter next week on 1st September and posted here on our website.

The AFMAs award recipients will be announced at our AFMA Awards Night to be held on Thursday 14 October in Adelaide.

Full details of this live and live-streamed event will be in our September 1st Newsletter and online. 

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FAA Annual General Meeting

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Our Annual General Meeting will be held on-line as a Zoom Meeting:

Sunday 5th September

3.30pm EST 3.00pm SA/NT 1.30pm WA.

Members and Friends are invited to join us.

Zoom details will be posted in our next newsletter.

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Online Webinar – Revenue Generating for Musicians

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The way that musicians make a living has changed radically over the past few years, with declining record sales and pandemic-related touring interruptions being among the many challenges touring artists face.

More than ever, musicians need to create financially sustainable careers by diversifying their revenue streams. From fan subscriptions to sync licensing to maximizing your website, this fast paced and information packed webinar will give you an overview of how to make the most of your online presence to increase your earning potential as a music-making professional.

US Central Time 2pm 26 August or AEST 5am 27 August

This session is sponsored by FAA partner Bandzoogle.

REGISTER HERE 

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Liam Gerner with Luke Moller – New Video

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Liam Gerner – Photo: Listening Through The Lens

A little while ago, we flagged Liam Gerner’s new album called The Bulletin Debate – Henry Lawson vs Banjo Paterson. 

Based on a public dispute in The Bulletin newspaper between two of Australia’s best known writers and poets Lawson and Paterson and a few others, the debate took place via a series of poems about the merits of living in the Australian bush, published in 1892.

A new video from the project has been revealed “Borderland”:

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Sounds Australia Export Stimulus Program

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Nationally-funded body Sounds Australia has announced the creation of the Sounds Australia Export Stimulus Program (SAES).

The program has been designed to bolster Australia’s music export activity and support the industry as they return to global stages.

The targeted support will assist Australian artists, crew and music professionals to realise significant career milestone opportunities, earn much needed income after 18 months of cancelled work, and support Australia’s quest to become a net exporting music nation.

MORE INFO HERE

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River Folk Festival – Line-up and Tickets

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The River Folk Festival team has announced that the third festival will take place in Warburton, Yarra Valley (VIC), from 22-24 October 2021.

Featuring multiple venues in that beautiful town, showcasing local, regional and national performers over three days, the River Folk Festival is a cultural celebration that brings vibrancy and colour to the region.

The first artists announced are The Northern Folk, Tinman, Todd Cook, Phoebe Laidlaw, Chaika, Cigany Weaver and Anna Smyrk.

Early Bird Tickets Now On Sale

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Music Industry’s Call To Arms – Our Soundtrack Our Stories

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Our Soundtrack Our Stories is an open invitation from the music community to the rest of Australia to discover, champion, share and consume more local music.

It exists to promote our artists, promote the enormous economic and cultural contribution of local music and to ensure a bright, bold, diverse and exciting future for the next generation of musicians and music lovers alike.

The initiative calls for a public commitment from media and business to increase the inclusion of diverse local artists in the commercial and mainstream landscape.

MORE INFO HERE

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Early Bird Tickets – Cygnet Folk Festival

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You can now get early bird tickets for the Cygnet Folk Festival 2022 which will run from 14 to 16 January in Southern Tasmania. 

The full artist line-up will be finalised in coming weeks but the following artists have already been announced:

– The New Graces, Bush Gothic, Bitches Brew, Ruth Hazleton, Makepisi, Mal Webb and Kylie Morrigan, plus Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse.

TICKETS HERE

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Folk Alliance Australia (FAA)

is the peak national body representing folk cultural activity and the folk industry of Australia. We are a membership organisation that provides an information resource and networking, showcase and professional development opportunities for the Australian folk community.

 

 

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