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Nominations Open Soon – Australian Folk Music Awards 2022

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NOMINATIONS OPEN JUNE 6 

FOR THE 2022


AUSTRALIAN FOLK MUSIC AWARDS (AFMAS)

The 2022 AFMA awards will celebrate and recognise the musical and cultural talent, vibrancy, richness, diversity and community nature of the Australian Folk Music sector and will be presented at a live-streamed Live Music Awards Concert/Gala event at The Brunswick Ballroom, Melbourne in October. Nine Awards will be presented in 2022:

·         Folk Album of the Year  – Traditional            

·         Folk Album of the Year – Contemporary   

·         Folk Artist of the Year – Solo           

·         Folk Act of the Year – Duo/Group/Ensemble

·         Instrumentalist of the Year  

·         Folk Act of the Year – People’s Choice (by public voting)

·         Folk Community/Cultural Project of the Year   

·         Youth Artist of the Year

·         Contribution to Folk   

Nominations open 6 June and close 31 July

FULL DETAILS WILL BE POSTED ON JUNE 6 ON THIS SITE

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Australian Folk Music Awards 2022 – First Glimpse

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2022 AFMAs – The Australian Folk Music Awards

Folk Alliance Australia will be presenting the AFMAs in Melbourne in October 2022. 

Details will be released soon and nominations will open in late May 2022.

The AFMAs will feature live music, awards presentations and will also be an online event.

Two new Awards will be offered (for instrumental folk music) making 10 Awards in total

The AFMAs nominations are for performance achievements and music recordings covering the period June 2021 – June 2022

As well as awards for ‘Project of the Year’ and ‘Contribution to Folk’ awards

If you know someone who you think should nominate or be nominated please let them know that the AFMAs open in late May

Full details in forthcoming FAA newsletters and social media

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FAA at The National Folk Festival – Here’s How To Participate

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Dear Members & Friends
Please join Folk Alliance Australia at the National Folk Festival this Easter weekend for two special events

Saturday 1.20pm Folk Forum – Imagining the future of Folk
Sunday 5.00pm FAA Annual General Meeting
 
For those who wish to join us online at these events here is the ZOOM Link (for both events)

ZOOM LINK

Meeting ID: 859 8986 9230
Passcode: 2020

Saturday 16 April 1.20pm – 2.30pm (Eastern Standard Time)
FOLK FORUM
‘Imagining The Future of Folk’
Venue: Old Trocadero

Introduction/Welcome by Folk Alliance Australia

Forum Convenor – Therese Virtue – FAA Board Member & Chair The Boite Melbourne

Panelists:   Parvyn Kaur / Zulya Kamalova  / Miriam Leiberman  / Luke Plumb / Pauline Maudy /  Bruce Watson / David Gilks (NFFestival)
 
Sunday 17 April 5.00pm – 6.00pm (Eastern Standard Time)
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Venue: Old Trocadero 

Members & friends are invited for our financial and artistic reports, plans for the 2022 Australian Folk Music Awards, other important updates and welcome new and existing Board members

ZOOM LINK

Meeting ID: 859 8986 9230
Passcode: 2020

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Make Music Day is back for 2022. For the first time is two years!

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Held each year on June 21 around the globe, to celebrate all things music, Make Music Day encourages both amateur and professional music making, and empowers individuals to seek out ways to celebrate and express music in their community.

All of it is free and open to the public. Every kind of musician —young and old, amateur and professional, of every musical persuasion — gathers indoor and outdoor, in venues, streets, parks, plazas, paddocks and verandas to share their music with friends, neighbours, and strangers.

REGISTER HERE

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Tribute to John Thompson from Ian Dearden

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John Thompson with Cloudstreet

Ian Dearden‘s “Song For John” is the third tribute song to our dear friend and musical colleague, John Thompson of Cloudstreet who passed away last year (both Eric Bogle and Fred Smith have also written tributes – Fred’s is not yet released).

All of the funds from Ian’s tribute are going to John’s widow, Nicole Murray, for a memorial headstone to be erected on John’s grave at the Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane.

FAA awarded John Thompson with the inaugural Services To Folk Music Award

IAN DEARDEN BANDCAMP

JOHN THOMPSON’S FOLK ALLIANCE AWARD

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The Boite – New Director

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Zulya Kamalova

The Boite announces the appointment of new director, Zulya Kamalova.

Zulya is an ARIA Award winning musician, composer, producer and arts leader who has been performing since the early 90’s. 

Equipped with breadth of experience and understanding of the music and multicultural sectors, Zulya will shape the next phase of the Boite’s history.

Founded in 1979 in Melbourne, the Boite is Victoria’s multicultural music not-for-profit organisation, creating opportunities for culturally diverse musicians to contribute to a richer, more inclusive Australia. Through its program, it has presented and promoted countless musicians born in over 100 different countries at over 5,000 events before audiences exceeding 800,000.


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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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