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Bob Dylan Centre

May 21, 2021 by FAA Board

Just announced, the new Bob Dylan Centre will open its doors in Tulsa Oklahoma on May 10, 2022, just next to the Woody Guthrie Centre in the thriving Arts District of that city.

READ THE FULL STORY at Listening Through The Lens

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Sydney Folk Festival 2021 – Early Bird Tickets

May 21, 2021 by FAA Board

Early bird tickets for the Sydney Folk Festival are now on sale.  The event will be held in the Heart of Sydney’s CBD this August 13-15. 

You can buy them here

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Warren Fahey’s Sydney’s Video Series

May 21, 2021 by FAA Board

Sydney abounds with curious history.

Some stories are known but many others have disappeared over time. Cultural historian and storyteller, Warren Fahey, has created a dozen video stories of Sydney’s past – from its convict history through to its colloquial ‘slanguage’.

The video series has been released on the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) website.

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Top Half Folk Festival 2021

May 4, 2021 by FAA Board

THE 50th Top Half Folk Festival will take place at Annaburroothe, Northern Territory on 11-14 June 2021.  Tickets and commemorative T-shirts are available

TICKETS HERE

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Palm Creek Folk Festival 2021

May 4, 2021 by FAA Board

The Palm Creek Folk Festival is approaching – 10 to 13 June, 2021. 

Celebrating its 30th anniversary at a new site – Foots Hill Station, Webb Road, Calcium, Queensland. 

The line-up includes Vaudeville Smash, Tullara, Salt & Steel, Jesse Morris & The Shakedown, Dan Baker & The Bookmakers and Tessa Devine.  Tickets HERE

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Adelaide Songs – Singing About a City

May 4, 2021 by FAA Board

Started in 2015, The Adelaide Songs project focuses on the city’s history, people, places and identity.

Begun as a project of HATs Inc (Heritage Arts & Traditions) this group of songwriters and support musicians have written almost forty songs about “the city of churches, pubs and murders”. 

Following on from their recent successful Adelaide Town Hall concert for the Adelaide Fringe Festival they now have a CD with eleven of these songs available for purchase at their new website.

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City Park Radio Folk Show

May 4, 2021 by FAA Board

Launceston, Tasmania community station City Park Radio has a new folk music show called The Folk Project.  You can tune in Thursdays 8 to 9pm 103.7FM and 96.5FM or stream HERE

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Louisa Wise Album Launch

May 4, 2021 by FAA Board

Louisa Wise has an album Launch to showcase her new release ‘All of These Things’

Date Sunday 23rd May 2021, 2pm-5pm, a house concert in Carlton Victoria – address provided once you book tickets here.

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Watchhouse ex Mandolin Orange

May 4, 2021 by FAA Board

Watchhouse – Photo: Listening Through The Lens

Fans of the Chapel Hill North Carolina folk duo Mandolin Orange will have to readjust to the couple’s new name Watchhouse, announced recently after a career of over a decade. 

The duo have been announced to play at Port Fairy Folk Festival 2022.

FULL STORY

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National Folk Fellowship 2022

May 4, 2021 by FAA Board

Applications Open Until 21 June 2021

Applications for the 2022 National Folk Fellowship program are now open and will close at 12pm, Monday 21 June 2021.

The annual National Folk Fellowship is offered jointly by the National Library of Australia and the National Folk Festival.

The National Library holds the most significant collections of folklore and related material in Australia. This Fellowship offers a unique opportunity for the recipient to discover and explore original collected material at the Library for use in their own artistic work.

The outcome of this residency at the National Library will result in a performance at the 2022 National Folk Festival, and any recordings arising from the project will be acquired for the National Library’s Oral History and Folklore collection.

MORE INFO HERE

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