Tickets are now on sale now for the 19th Dorrigo Folk and Bluegrass Festival.
The event will be held in the town of Dorrigo, north east New South Wales from 22 to 24 October 2021 – ticket sales are currently limited to the full weekend.
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Tickets are now on sale now for the 19th Dorrigo Folk and Bluegrass Festival.
The event will be held in the town of Dorrigo, north east New South Wales from 22 to 24 October 2021 – ticket sales are currently limited to the full weekend.
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Due to the COVID-19 situation in Greater Sydney, organisers of the Sydney Folk Festival have just announced that the 2021 event (due to be held 13 to 15 August) will be postponed.
New dates to be announced – OFFICIAL SITE
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NOMINATE NOW!! for the inaugural AFMAs (the Australian Folk Music Awards)
Nominations are currently open and close Saturday 31 July
Five (5) finalists in each award will be selected to be featured at the AFMA AWARDS Night
Finalists will be announced on 1st September
AFMA Awards will be presented at the special AFMAs Awards Night on Thursday 14 October at Nexus Arts Centre, Adelaide as a lead in event to the Fleurieu Folk Festival (SA)
For full information/rules and conditions GO HERE
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Folk Alliance Australia Youth Award winners Charm of Finches have a new song out, called “Concentrate On Breathing”, along with a noir-ish music video.
The clip was shot in the Melbourne suburbs of Essendon and Abbotsford just a couple of weeks ago with the help of a team including Robert Redfern, Samuel Vella, Astrid MacFarlane and starring Finn McBurney, along with the Charm duo themselves. The result is turning a song about meditation into a heist flick.
Here’s “Concentrate On Breathing:
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Applications are now open for the 2022 National Folk Fellowship Program.
Run in partnership with the National Library of Australia, the program supports folk musicians to develop a project based on the National Library’s extensive folklore collections.
The recipient will receive an $8,000 stipend, access to the National Library sound recording studios for up to 30 hours over the residency, a guaranteed performance at the National Folk Festival and so much more!
Applications close 16 August
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West Australian Music (WAM) has announced its new CEO.
Commencing a five-year contract with Western Australia’s peak industry body for contemporary music on July 1, Natasha Collier returns to Perth following her work as CFO with Big Day Out and then Sydney Opera House.
“WA has always punched above its weight in terms of its home-grown contemporary music talent,” Collier said.
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Organisers of the National Celtic Festival have partnered with artists and organizations to present Un- settled, a series of major works combining oral history, projection, music and performance to explore the history of agriculture in Victoria’s Bellarine Peninsula – a region that has provided sustenance for countless generations of First Nations people and immigrants.
The projected work and installations will transfer to other events, times and places and will have a longer life than the Un-settled project period.
When – August 14 & 15, 5-7pm Where – Portarlington Mill
More info to come
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Port Fairy Folk Festival organisers have announced that, following the success of its 2021 March Concert Series, they are presenting ‘Sing a Song of Sixpence’ on Friday 27 August at the beautiful St John’s Church in Port Fairy.
The concert will feature Mick Thomas, Delsinki, Kerryn Fields, Brooke Taylor, Lee Spence and James Macaulay.
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Port Fairy Folk Festival program director Justin Rudge has announced the second tranche of performers for the 2022 event to be held 11 to 14 March. There are now thirty artists listed – twenty local acts and ten from overseas (USA, UK, New Zealand and Timor-Leste). Early bird tickets have almost sold out.
The artists that will join the line-up
Bob Evans
Emily Barker (UK)
Ernest Aines
Fiona Ross & Shane O’Mara
First Nations Voices
Gordon Koang
Jordie Lane
Leah Senior
Liz Stringer
Maubere Timor (TL)
Nadia Reid (NZ)
Robyn Hitchcock (UK)
Rudely Interrupted
The Bushwackers
Heartbrokers
The Thin White Ukes
The Weeping Willows
Tracy McNeil & The GoodLife
Tuck Shop Ladies
Van Walker & The Ferriters
Artists already announced:
Eric Bibb (US)
Kee’ahn
Emma Donovan & The Putbacks
Courtney Marie Andrews (US)
Eilen Jewell (US)
Weddings Parties Anything
Elephant Sessions (UK)
Jon Boden (UK)
Baby et Lulu
Watchhouse (US) (formerly Mandolin Orange)
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The first two acts for MountainGrass 2021 have been revealed – Bluegrass Parkway and Corn Nut Creek.
The festival is run by the Australasian Bluegrass and Old Time Music Association (ABOTMA) and will run 19 to 21 November in Beechworth, regional Victoria.
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