Souvenir PrograM $3 - iSSue 29
Smoke Free Music
Dom Flemons (USA)
150 Acts 12 Venues 400 Concerts Green Music Train Folk Summer School Onsite camping
150 Artists • roots • trAditionAl • celtic • AcoUstic • comedy • sPoken word blUeGrAss • world • GyPsy • dAnce • mUsic trAin 18, 19 Jan • mUsic school 15, 16 Jan
www.illawarrafolkfestival.com.au
Welcome to our Country We acknowledge the traditional custodians of this land where Aboriginal people have performed age old customs, ceremonies of storytelling, dance, music and celebration. We acknowledge and pay our respect to Elders past and present. And we look to those of the future, for they hold the memories, traditions and hopes of indigenous Australia. They are also an integral part of the Dreaming for a truly united and reconciled Australia. Vic Chapman, local Elder
Welcome to your Festival “Of droughts and flooding rains” So wrote Dorothea McKellar about the vagaries of Australia’s weather and climate in her immortal poem, My Country. If ever there was a microcosm of these weather patterns it could well be our Illawarra Folk Festival over the past two years. In 2012, we had 110mm of rain and flooding. In 2013, we had 47 degree heat and broken air conditioning. It hasn’t deterred our audiences, however, who just keep coming in larger numbers. I think it proves the festival is indeed a resilient beast and how good-natured and determined our ‘folkies’ are. Our hard-working committee (you’ll see their names in the program) started work in midJanuary, 2012. Whereas there is an occasional rest for the wicked, there is no rest for volunteer folk festival organisers and they have been hard at it ever since. The result is the festival you are going to experience between January 17 and 20. It is with a great deal of sadness that I report the passing of two of our great supporters and performers over the years. John Dengate and Len Neary, regular performers at the festival, both died this year. John was the festival’s legend. He was automatically invited every year and turned up and delivered. From our first festival in 1986 until illness curtailed his attendance a couple of years ago, John was a fixture. A magnificent songwriter, social commentator, parodist, poet and supporter of all good things, especially the bar, John will not be forgotten. Check the program for the John Dengate Tribute Concert and the John Dengate Mug for Parody. The mug will hopefully be presented by John’s wife, Dale, who has also donated the trophy which will of course not come empty. Len Neary also performed at our first festival at Jamberoo in 1986. People will remember his combination with the late Chris Kempster, Singing the Songs of Australia and Justice. Len performed at many of our festivals since, in particular a fine workshop on the life of Henry Lawson.
The program - well, it speaks for itself once again, but a couple of things are worthy of mention. This year the themed instrument is the fiddle, so if you see people fiddling about, pay no attention. They are just doing what fiddlers mostly do. There’s no need to go through the 500 performers or the 150 acts as they all are spelt out in this our program booklet. Suffice to say, you know you are on the international folk map when 12 of our acts come from overseas. And the Music Train just keeps getting bigger and more diverse. Last year there were more than 650 people in eight carriages spread over three trains. The train is the brainchild of Brian Dunnett who has once again worked assiduously all year to make it happen. We would like to thank all our sponsors, including Wollongong City Council, whose names and logos appear on all our promotional material and programs. Without them we would be struggling to present the quality artistic event that is the Illawarra Folk Festival. Finally we would like to say a big thank you to all our volunteers and organisers who give of their time unstintingly to ensure this festival not only remains “the biggest little festival in the world” but also one of the best. Of course no introduction would be complete without thanking, Festival Artistic Director, David De Santi, whose unbelievable energy, commitment and genius keeps the festival just rolling along. We also thank Tania, his wife, whose tolerance and forbearance keeps him just a tiny bit under control. Enjoy your festival, enjoy the music and enjoy this collection of rare talent. Happy folking and see you in January 2015. Russell Hannah (Bigruss) President, Illawarra Folk Club
Contents
Archie Roach
Despite last year, our festival, like Topsy, continues to grow, however, the essential nature of the festival has not changed. The quality of the acts remains high in every department and we remain “The biggest little festival in the world”. We maintain our intimacy and involvement with our blackboards, sessions, poetry and spoken word. Our venues are relatively small so you are always up front and close. It’s a participatory festival. Walk through the gate and you are not merely an audience member - you are part of it.
Hitch-Hikers Guide 3 Help Guide 4 food guide 7 Festival Features 11 music train 13 folk School 16 Programme Grid 17 Artists A to Z 24 Venues 64
Messages From the Lord Mayor Firstly, I’d like to acknowledge that this festival, currently in its 29th year, is well recognised by many as an important and significant cultural annual event within our region that brings people together and promotes friendliness, participation and having a good time with new and old friends. Our region is diverse in its people, activities and culture. Equally so, this 4 day festival in January is also diverse and culturally enriching. The program spreads across venues, 400 concerts and events with 150 international, national and local acts. With outstanding performers such as Archie Roach, The Beez from Germany, Afenginn – a Danish five piece band and Indigenous artists – Shellie Morris and Glenn Skuthorpe are amongst many others heading up the list of outstanding international and Australian artists this event will be second to none. The Youth folk program returns with Youth Traditions Awards encouraging traditional folk music and 11th Folk Music School with 41 workshops over 2 days . Open to all ages with sessions on the feature instrument – the fiddle. Transport has been arranged for you, the Green Music Train is back – 6 carriages from Sydney to Bulli. Leave the car at home and have the festival start when you get on the train! The event also provides many local performers with their first opportunity to play before a large and diverse audience. Over the 4 days of the event, The Illawarra Folk Festival attracts over 9,500 visitors and generates approximately $1.2M into our local economy. This is certainly a key signature event in our local tourism calendar and Wollongong City Council is very proud to be launching and supporting this event. On behalf of Wollongong City Council, it is with great pleasure I support the 2014 Illawarra Folk Festival Program. Clr Gordon Bradbery Oam Lord Mayor, City of Wollongong
From the Minister for Music and Merriment When you enter the gates of the Bulli Showground, you enter a new world – a global village - and leave the everyday behind. You enter a world of inspiration, vision, colour, creativity, harmony and community spirit - a utopia we could wish could last all year. It continues to be a privilege to be involved in a truly unique and multi-award-winning celebration of Australian and world folk culture and heritage in the Illawarra. Over the years the Illawarra Folk Festival has been a fine ambassador for Australia to the many visitors who have discovered folk music and have wanted an insight into Australian culture, history and social celebrations. The festival continues to encourage, nurture and feature our young folk republicans. It is important for them to carry on the tradition and for them to see our more experienced tradition bearers in action. The continuation of the Youth Tradition Awards and the Folk Summer School continue this aim. The festival also continues to support local folk performers and provides an opportunity for them to be showcased.
2
www.illawarrafolkfestival.com.au
Thanks again to the amazing effort of the Republic Cabinet (Festival Steering Committee) - Mark Doran, Russell Hannah, Rod Cork, Judy Cork, Bruce Jackson, Robyn Jackson, Graeme Morrison and Neil Rowsell. The fruits of their many hours of labour are on show. And of course, thanks to the hundreds of volunteers, more than 60 sponsors and supporter organisations and 600-plus performers from all over the world and Australia for being part of the celebration. Once again I thank the amazing tolerance and ongoing support of my wife Tania (Minister for Home Affairs) and son Sam (Assistant Minister for M&M) who continue to share our musical journey. There is a great sense of achievement in presenting the festival despite the hundreds of hours of work and the personal sacrifice of family time. I do need to also thank my day job employer, BlueScope, for being tolerant with my passion for many years. We trust all our efforts are appreciated and we value your ongoing support and constructive comment. So string up your fiddles, load up your guitars, blow your trumpets, bang your drum, shout your voice and squeeze your accordion - viva la Folk Republic of Illawarra once again. David De Santi Minister for Music and Merriment (honorary), Folk Republic of Illawarra
HitchHiker’s Guide to the Festival This may be your first folk festival, so here are some ideas about what to do. •
Buy your pass online to save you money and time.
•
Buy your camping pass online as well as these are only issued with season passes.
•
If you’re driving to the festival then follow the signs from the Princes Highway to the main entry gate.
•
If you’re using public transport then walk up to the main entry gate and head for the Festival Office.
•
Make sure you get a full program when you do the pass/wristband exchange. This is your map to the venues, performers and general information.
•
Once you’ve parked the car, head for the Global Green or the bar, sit down, grab a refreshment and take a few minutes to study the program.
•
There are 12 venues to choose from. You can either decide who you want to see and when or just take pot luck. Having a highlighter pen is a good idea. Mark the events you want to catch. However, you may get waylaid by buskers, poets, parades, dancing or impromptu sessions.
•
Don’t panic if you can’t make up your mind. Chances are you won’t know any of the acts. Just walk the site. You’ll discover music you’ve never heard or you’ll end up dancing, reciting or just watching. If you don’t like what you see, move onto another venue.
•
If all this fails, head for the bar, the Global Green, Tantric Turtle Cafe or the Piazza. There’s food and drink there to fill and refresh your soul. Hint: have a chat with the bar staff - they usually know the acts and can give you a hand deciding on what to do.
•
Don’t forget at some point to do some exercise and get up to the Grevillea Park for a concert or two. It’s well worth enjoying the natural ambience of the venues there.
•
At the end of the day (night) and if you’ve still got energy then hang around the bar as the musicians will be up for a tune or two. Sometimes the best music is played spontaneously at these late sessions.
•
Remember to have fun, but be courteous to your fellow friends when leaving.
Whats New at the Festival? Here’s a summary of program and venue changes since the last Illawarra Folk Festival for our returning patrons and for the new ones - enjoy! • There is a new venue – La Petite Grande – a circular circus style venue. It is positioned on the Harness Racing track in front of the main grandstand. • The festival is now a smoke-free music festival, presented in conjunction with The Heart Foundation. Please smoke only on the Designated Areas which are signed. • The Shed venue has been combined with the Youth Folk events and has been positioned in the centre of the showground Piazza area. • The Blackboard venue has moved next to the Grandstand Bar and will be hosted by Tantric Turtle Café. • The Slacky Flat bar stage and venue has been completely overhauled with change of stage location and inclusion of curtains to assist with the sound management. • Youth Traditions Awards return to encourage young folk to play traditional folk music. There are prizes of $800 worth. • Dance zones have been created at the sides of the Black Diamond Marquee, Slacky Flat Bar and Show Pavilion. Look for the signs and markings and feel to free to dance without blocking the view of seated patrons. Please do not relocate positioned chairs from venues. • The Festival Finale will be held in the Slacky Flat Bar venue on Sunday. • The Vegie Patch is a new food area north of the Global Green, ideal for chillin’ out with vegetarian delights.
3
2014 Festival Help Guide
Next to the Festival Office is the registration area for artists, sponsors and media. You may park your car temporarily near the office while you get your wristband but then you must park your vehicle in the designated parking areas inside the showground.
How to get a pass and enter the venues
Passes are purchased from the Festival Office and are exchanged for a coloured wristband. The wristband is then displayed at the entry points to festival venues.
Festival Office opening times • • • • •
Wednesday 9am-8pm Thursday 11am-10.30pm Friday 7.30am-11pm Saturday 7.30am-11pm Sunday 7.30am-4pm
Conditions of entry • • • •
Your festival wristband must be worn at all times. All children must also have a wristband as well. Sound/video recordings are not permitted without the prior written consent from the Marketing and Media Director. All professional/commercial photographers or film makers must first obtain permission from the Artistic Director David De Santi. No pets allowed on the site, except registered dogs approved by the festival organisers.
The following information is applicable to all persons attending the Illawarra Folk Festival.
Licence, ejection and cancellation: No redemption value The IFC reserves the right, without refund of any amount paid, to refuse admission to, or eject, any person whose conduct the IFC, their agents, employees or contractors deems to be disorderly, who uses vulgar or abusive language or who otherwise fails to comply with any IFC directions concerning the management of the IFF. The IFF is a licensed venue. In accordance with liquor licensing law, intoxicated persons are not allowed to remain on licensed premises and will be asked to leave. No alcohol is permitted to be brought into the licensed area of the IFF. Breach of any such terms and conditions will terminate your revocable licence to attend the event without refund or compensation. All persons attending the IFF must hold a valid ticket and display a valid wristband. The applicable law is that of New South Wales.
Festival Shop It is located in the Slacky Flat Bar (betting ring) area, under the grandstand. Performer and festival merchandise such as recordings, festival T-shirts, cookbooks, clothing and publications are available.
EFTPOS An EFTPOS facility for cash out is available adjacent to the Slacky Flat Bar (betting ring) area, under the grandstand.
EXIT MAP
School Sydney
Limitation of liability To the extent permitted by law, the Illawarra Folk Club Inc. (IFC) shall not have any liability to you beyond the face value of the ticket purchased, plus any relevant per ticket service charge. The IFC shall not be liable for any loss of enjoyment or wasted expenditure. IFC accepts no responsibility for any personal property loss, damage or breakage howsoever occasioned. Injury at events The IFC is the promoter of this recreational event, the Illawarra Folk Festival (IFF). It utilises existing grounds, buildings, stalls, kennels, roadways and pathways, owned or leased from various organisations. It does so on a “as is basis” and subject to existing faults (if any), the current condition and state of repair, of the grounds, buildings, stalls, kennels, roadways and pathways, so that to the extent permitted by law, IFC disclaims all liability for any injuries or death sustained, however caused, during the running of the IFF. The IFC has tried to make the IFF an enjoyable and safe experience. Please take care and stay alert at all times you are at the IFF. If you or your minor are injured, immediately ask a volunteer for assistance or directions to a first aid room or contact an emergency service. You assume all risks whilst you attend or participate at the IFF, regardless of what activity you are involved in at the IFF. By purchasing a ticket, or receiving a ticket as a performer, or as our guest, you acknowledge and accept these terms and conditions in
4
www.illawarrafolkfestival.com.au
HOB
For WOLLONGONG Turn Left at Roundabout
ST
Y S HW
ART
CES
It is situated at the main southern entry to the showground complex. This is where you purchase passes or exchange your pre-purchased pass voucher for a wristband. Please wear it at all times!
your personal capacity and on behalf of any other member of a band or group you are applying for, and for any accompanying minor. If you purchase tickets for a minor, you are responsible for their behaviour and safety whilst at the IFF.
Bulli Showground Slacky Flat
PRIN
Festival Office
Folk School Church POINT
FREE FESTIVAL PARKING
ALL TRAFFIC TURN LEFT
Festival ENTRY EXIT
NO PARKING
ST
PUBLIC BUS STOP
Sports Club PARK
RD
BULLI STATION
Messages You may leave messages at the Festival Office, however the festival cannot take responsibility for messages being received. Visitor information
persons will not be served and no alcohol is to be taken inside or outside licensed areas. There are selections of Coopers beer, wine, Pink Lady Cider and soft drinks available. Ice is available for campers and stallholders.
•
Festival info line: 1300 887 034
Camping
•
For local tourist information, call the Wollongong Visitors Centre, 1800 240 737.
Many festival goers camp in the grounds around the showground and do so for the duration of the festival. They all quickly settle into the relaxed village atmosphere and musical environment. • Please no campfires or pets. • There is to be a minimum of 2.5 metres between tents. One vehicle is able to be parked beside tents on the Slacky Flats area. Additional vehicles will need to be parked in the car parking areas. • Please recycle waste where possible. • Children and youth who are camping must be accompanied by a responsible camping adult. • Please do not leave any valuables in cars or tents. • The use of generators is only permitted by motorhomes or caravans camping in the Wanderers Camp area between 8am and 8pm to recharge ‘house batteries’.
Smoke-free festival The Illawarra Folk Festival is a smoke-free festival. Smoking is not permitted anywhere on the festival site, including camping areas, except in designated smoking areas. These are clearly signposted.
Accommodation There are many hotels, motels and caravan parks in the area. Call Tourism Wollongong 1800 240 737 for information and bookings.
Festival volunteers The festival runs entirely on volunteers who appreciate a helping hand and the odd thank you. If you can also volunteer a few hours of work then please see the wonderful folk in the Volunteer Registration area in the Slacky Flat Bar.
Car parking There is plenty of free parking inside the showground. Please do not park in the surrounding streets or in the Bulli Bowling and Sports Club. Exit from the site onto Princes Highway is a left turn only. See map on left.
Dance zones Dance zones have been created at the sides of the Black Diamond Marquee, Slacky Flat Bar and Show Pavilion. Look for the signs and markings and feel to free to dance without blocking the view of seated patrons. Please do not relocate positioned chairs from venues.
Festival Bar The festival organises its own bar and the proceeds help keep festival pass prices down. Please patronise it but do drink sensibly. The bar is conducted strictly according to licensing regulations, ie underage and intoxicated
Showers There are limited hot-water showers so please conserve water and keep your showers short. There are hot showers for women and men under the grandstand. There are also some showers in the small toilet block near the entry to the main festival site.
Lost and found All lost and found items including persons should be reported to the Festival Office.
Ice Available at the Festival Bar
16–19 January 2014
5
2014 Festival Help Guide Late-night partying
(cont.)
GREVILLEA PARK
A noise curfew will apply to all camping areas after 10pm. Anyone wishing to party on can go to the Grandstand Bar area inside the grandstand building. Please keep all sessions inside the building. Please be courteous of other campers and festival neighbours.
Smoking areas
THE CHAPEL
MINER’S CAMP
Smoke-free festival Pa k t h to Pa r
The Illawarra Folk Festival is a smoke-free festival. Smoking is not permitted anywhere on the festival site, including camping areas, except in designated smoking areas. These are clearly signposted. See the map on the right.
NAG’S LOUNGE
SHOW PAVILLION Fiddler’s Cafe
Children The festival aims to provide a safe environment for families. Parents and guardians are responsible for their children at all times. The Shed, in the centre of the showground, is the kids’ entertainment venue and not a child-minding facility so carers and parents are asked to stay with their children.
TRACKSIDE BLACKBOARD GRANDSTAND RESTAURANT & BAR SESSIONS
PIAZZA
Slacky Flat
Taxi 4229 9311 WOLLONGONG Train times and fares 131 500 KIAMA Bus Services Dion Coachlines 4228 9855 QANTAS 131 313 ‚ VIRGIN 136 789 ‚ JETSTAR 131 538
First Aid
SYDNEY Y WA BULLI PASS IGH SEACLIFF BRIDGE H ES NC PRI
Lunch ITALIAN Style !
NORTHERN BULLI UNITING CHURCH
PUBLIC BUS STOP
FOLK SUMMER SCHOOL T NT S POI
PARK RD
BULLI STATION
RK RD GREVILLEA PA
Suported by:
Transport • • • •
THE SHED
BLACK DIAMOND MARQUEE
Visitor surveys A survey is being conducted. The information gathered is confidential and is used to improve future festivals and assess the quality and impact of the festival on the community. We sincerely appreciate your assistance by completing them.
GLOBAL GREEN DANCE VENUE
SLACKY FLAT BAR
FESTIVAL OFFICE
Wanderers Camp
First aid is available from the volunteers at the northern end of the dog kennels near the Global Green venue. (See map inside back cover). Safety concerns and emergencies Please notify a festival volunteer or the Festival Office if any safety issues arise as soon as possible. Please report medical and other emergencies to a festival volunteer or the Festival Office immediately after calling 000. When speaking to emergency services, state that you are at the Illawarra Folk Festival at the Bulli Showground off the Princes Highway, with the closest cross street being Grevillea Park Road. Phone numbers • • • • • •
6
Ambulance, Police, Fire: 000 Radio Doctors 4228 5522 Bulli Hospital 4284 4344 Wollongong Hospital 4222 5000 SES 132 500 NRMA Roadside Assistance 13 1111 (see map inside back cover for the meeting point at the showground entry)
www.illawarrafolkfestival.com.au
BULLI SHOWGROUND PAVILION
Thursday 16 January 2014 Midday to 2pm Music by Zumpa and friends
Adults $15, with festival pass $20 others. Youth (12-18) $10, U12 ($5), U5 free. Includes: Pasta with meat and vegetarian sauces, salads continental cake, bread, glass of Bulli sangria. Cooking by San Giovanni Battista Associzione Bookings online from: www.illawarrafolkfestival.com.au
or call 1300 887 034
Food Guide Here’s a guide to the wonderful and diverse food available GLOBAL GREEN
PIAZZA
VEGIE PATCH
Authentic Turkish Pastries
(next to Black Diamond Marquee)
(north end of Global Green)
OTHER LOCATIONS
Amante Coffee
Homemade curries, stir frys, noodles
Dosa Deli
Fiddler’s Cafe (Show Pavilion)
Turkish Gozlemes
Hot and cold drinks, juices, food
Banger Brothers
Gourmet Sausage wraps breakfast wraps
Marrakech Express Moroccan food/BBQ kebab and wraps
Portuguese Kitchen
Chicken burgers, steak rolls, omelette, tapas
Russian Blinis
Sophies Scoops Ice creams, pastries
Balinese Kitchen Berrylicious
Frozen yoghurt ,ice cream, fruit smoothies
Gourmandise de Paris Savoury and sweet crepes
O, Momo Nepalise spiced
dumplings, meat skewers, salads
The Big Plate
Dosa with vegetarian fillings and chutneys
Govindas Pure Vegetarian
Indian vegetarian with a twist
BBQ breakfast, tea, sandwiches, light meals. Presented by Bulli Show Society
Fruit Salad Bar
Hardcore Carnivore
(Slacky Flat Bar) Presented by Bulli & Northern Illawarra Rotary
Tantric turtle
(Miners Camp, Grevillea Park)
RACE TRACK Gourmet street (local in season) food
Amante Coffee
Chai, coffee, hot chocolate iced tea
Salads, dips, Moroccan meatballs, marinated chicken
Triggys Coffee Turkish Gozleme
Are you enjoying the music? Hear music like this all through the year! The Illawarra Folk Club is offering a SPECIAL FESTIVAL DEAL for NEW MEMBERS. If you join the Illawarra Folk Club at the festival you can become a member for half price AND receive a COMPLIMENTARY ticket to a folk club concert of your choosing up to June 2014. All you need to do is complete a membership form at the front office and pay $10. As a member of the folk club you will: •
receive monthly newsletters informing you of upcoming folk concerts
•
be eligible for discount tickets to our regular concerts
•
have regular updates of all folk club activities throughout the year
16–19 January 2014
7
green folk going for zero The Illawarra Folk Festival is committed to minimising waste and its impact on the environment including the recycling of plastics, glass and cupboard. Our aim is to send no waste to landfill. This is a big task and requires attendees, campers, volunteers, stallholders and performers to work together. There are 3 waste streams at the Festival. Each waste stream has an individual collection bin and is identified by the colour of the bin lid and signage.
Join the Green Army If you are passionate about music and even more passionate about saving our planet come and join the Illawarra Folk Festival’s Green Army! Last year we achieved close to 95% diversion from landfill and this year we want to get over 98% diverted but Illawarra Folk Festival NEED YOU to help us do it. As part of the Green Army your duties will be: Spread the NO WASTE message around the festival Place signage around the festival
Collect & replace the bins using our Green Army Vehicle Monitor waste input and output to ensure contamination is kept to a minimum. The target is 98% recyclables. Get green and dirty sometimes! Provide 12 hours or more of your time between Thursday and Monday morning of the festival. As part of the Green Army you will receive: A special issue Illawarra Folk Festival Green Army T-Shirt A Illawarra Folk Festival Green Army sun-hat 6 free drinks from the Festival Bar. General volunteers get 2! A Season Pass to the Festival Light refreshments from the Volunteer Kitchen Invitations to pre and post festival concerts Ability to purchase Illawarra Folk Club CDs at 50% discount from the Festival Shop Learn new skills Volunteering reference if requested The satisfaction of being involved in the success of one of Australia’s largest volunteer organised folk festival.
MORE INFORMATION Email Sam Emery (honorary Illawarra Folk Festival Recycling Coordinator) at: greenarmy@illawarrafolkfestival.com.au
Supported by:
at the Illawarra Folk Festival Place the right type of waste in the right bin and help the environment.
Recycling Bin
Plastic bottles and containers. Wash and squash! Codes 1 - 6 inclusive = plastics with Recyling logo All milk / juice / drink cartons with Recycling logo Glass, Aluminium & Steel containers
Compostable Bin
All food scraps (including meat, onion) Paper, bamboo, wood skewers Cornstarch and wooden utensils Paper & paper serviettes Paper cups
General Waste Bin Plastic and other similar material with NO recycling logo Nappies All other non recyclables
Be Waste Wise at home, work and at the Festival! Avoid, Reuse, Recycle
8
www.illawarrafolkfestival.com.au
Community Partnerships The Illawarra Folk Festival is a major community event which has generated more than $85,000 for charities over the past 13 years – and we want to do more. The festival is powered by a group of hard-working volunteer musicians, dancers, poets, storytellers and culturally minded folk who believe in giving back to the community.
2014 Community Partners:
Since 2001, beginning with the major Guinness sponsorship, the festival has supported the NSW Cancer Council, refugee support group SCARF, the Leukaemia Foundation, Oxfam, Camp Quality, the Shepherd Centre for the Deaf, Bulli Uniting Church, East Timor Fund, St John’s Ambulance, Greenacres Disability Services, Scouts groups, the State Emergency Service, Rural Fire Service, Surf Life Saving and the South Coast School for Children with Autism. Over the past seven years in Bulli, through its charity bush dances, festival opening concerts and donations, the festival has given more than $15,000 in cash to the recipient charities. We continue to seek further partnerships with community and charity organisations as well to bolster our volunteer ranks. There are financial and social benefits for these organisations to be involved. So, if you are interested in helping us keep this great festival alive, then please contact us at: info@ illawarrafolkclub.org.au or phone 1300 887 034.
16–19 January 2014
9
Festival Features In addition to the concerts there are a number of special events throughout the festival. Here’s a summary of some of them.
Feature Fiddle Events
The Fiddle 2014 Theme Instrument Firstly let’s make it clear that the violin and the fiddle are the same instrument! But when a violin is used to play ethnic or folk music, it is generally referred to as a fiddle. The fiddle has four strings, which, in standard tuning, are tuned GDAE and which are played with a bow, generally made of horsehair. Because fiddles are small and therefore readily portable, they long ago became the instrument of choice for many ethnic communities throughout the world. Fiddles travel easily, and therefore were a popular instrument for immigrants for centuries. The fiddle is also a quite loud instrument, considering its size, and therefore worked well as a dance music instrument before electric amplification became possible. In many folk and ethnic music forms, the fiddle is commonly cross–tuned or played in an open tuning, much like a guitar or banjo might be. Open tunings allow a fiddler to play chords while also playing the melody, and therefore get more sound out of the instrument. Source: http://worldmusic.about.com/od/ instruments/p/fiddle.htm
Festival Acts with Fiddlers Gypsy /Klezmer/Balkan style: Afenginn (Denmark), Chaika, Klezmorim (Brazil), London Klezmer Quartet (UK), Rapskallion, Spyglass Gypsies, Underskore Orchestra, The Con Artists, Paddy and the Wonderband North American / Bluegrass trad style: Gordie Mackeeman (Canada), Astro Cobalt, Bitchpick Celtic style: Cassidy’s Ceili, John John Festival (Japan/Celtic style), Enda Kenny Band, Riogh, The Latchikos (Ireland) Australian traditional style: Bob Campbell Band, Wongawilli, The Raglins, No Such Thing, Bush Music Club Tutti Frutti: The Miss Chiefs, Jane Aubourg, Another Train, Oh Pep!, The Timbers
10
regarded by many as the most comprehensive film ever made of a migrant voyage. The film WED Midday Folk School Klezmer Fiddle with first screened in Italy in May 1925. The film Klezmorim chronicles the voyage of the passenger steam THU 2pm Folk School Klezmer Fiddle with ship Regina d’Italia (Queen of Italy) – one of London Klezmer Quartet the three ships first built for the Lloyd Sabaudo Shipping Line at the turn of the century. THU 3pm Folk School Balkan Fiddle with Author Tony De Bolfo, who discovered the film, Underscore Orkestra FRI 1:15pm Grandstand Bar Celtic Fiddle with introduces and commentates on the film, with Italian folk music by I Viaggiatori led by Kavisha The Latchikos Mazzella. SAT 1pm–3:15pm Slacky Flat Bar Fiddle Frenzy Concert with Gordie MacKeeman, London THU 5pm Show Pavilion FRI 6:30pm Show Pavilion Klezmer Quartet, Jane Aubourg, The Whitetop Mountaineers, The Latchikos, John John Festival, SAT 11:45am Show Pavilion Afenginn, Klezmorim, Wongawilli Opening Charity Concert SUN 10am Grandstand Bar Gordie A fast moving concert with 7 acts displaying just Mackeeman Kickin Up A Tune a flavour of what’s to come over the three days ahead. All door and raffle takings go to our two Opening Bush charities – Greenacres Disability Services and Dance & Concert Union Aid Abroad – APHEDA. Entry is $10 or a The tradition of opening the festival with a social donation with a Festival Pass. Also buy tickets in dance and concert continues in the beautiful the Guessing Competition to get a chance to win Grevillea Park. Bring the kids, dancing shoes or a mandolin worth $500. an instrument to join the acoustic dance band. All the dances will be called and walked through. THU 3.30pm–10.30pm Slacky Flat Bar Enjoy the welcome concert as well a host of local and visiting artists WED 7pm Miners Camp Concert WED 8pm The Chapel Bush Dance
Lunch Italian Style Enjoy a scrumptious lunch with the music and tastes of Italy. There’ll be olives, pasta Calabrese style – meat and vegetarian, various salads, panne(bread) and Italian cake. Enjoy the music of Zumpa. A great tradition continues. Adults $15 with festival pass or $20 without, Youth $7. Tickets available from the Festival Office from 10am on the day or book online. THU Midday–2pm Restaurant
Welcome To Country Held at the Thursday Night concert, the welcome Dharawal country will be performed by local Aboriginal elder, Vic Chapman. Vic was the first Aboriginal School Principal in NSW. He has a special affiliation with the Folk Festival through his late son John who for a number of years was a festival volunteer and attendee. Vic has presented our ‘Welcome to Country’ for the eight previous festivals at Bulli. THU 6:15pm Slacky Flat Bar
The Great Gut–Busting Tripe Dinner & Concert
Dall’ Italia All’ Australia – Film and Music In 1924, the Italian film director Angelo Drovetti embarked on an epic 8,000–nautical–mile voyage with his movie camera. The result, Dall’ Italia All’ Australia (From Italy to Australia), is
www.illawarrafolkfestival.com.au
This is the only Festival to hold this great gastronomic and musical event and there are some who would say that that is just as well. Bookings are essential for this three–course gourmet treat. Non–tripe eaters can join in for a plate of ‘Grey Sludge’. But dare be critical of this culinary delight and you will be fed ‘green sludge’– grey sludge that has been left in the sun for a day or two. Positions at this great epicurean, gourmet event are strictly limited so please book on–line early to avoid disappointment. Guest tripe eaters who will sing
Festival Features
(cont.)
for their supper this year are Noel Stallard, Greg Champion, Dave de Hugard (recidivist), Bernard Carney (recidivisor), Jason and Chloe (recidivist) London Klezmer Quartet, Martin Pearson (recidivist) and Dom Flemons. Dinner is $25 for festival ticket holders or $30 for non–holders THU 6:30pm Restaurant Doors open at 6:30pm, music from 8pm
fresh and alive give young artists promotional opportunities through winning an award There are five categories, each limited to five minutes.
The Least Remembered Lawson – Louisa Mandy Langlois’ Indian Puppet Show, Sunday
The Shed For Kids The festival has always prided itself on its cultural children’s entertainment. There will be 30 sessions of music, dancing, storytelling, puppets, circus fun instrument making and fun. FRI 9am–4.30pm 10 Sessions SAT 9am–4.30pm 10 Sessions SUN 9am–4.30pm 10 Sessions
Nick’s ABC Live Folk Variety Concert Nick Rheinberger will be broadcasting live to the Illawarra and Canberra ABC radio regions and will be featuring a swag of festival artists including poets! He also has a folky quiz and poetry competition to challenge the audience. Friday 9am-11am Slacky Flat Bar
Parody – It’s All Good Fun One of the most used (and most abused) genres is Parody. The troops loved it during wartime because they knew the tunes and changed the words to suit their circumstances (mostly quite rude). Big Russ will be gathering some of the festival’s finest songwriters who dabble in the art form for a concert that will tickle more than your fancy. FRI 10:30am Show Pavilion
Bush Music – Australian Traditional Music & the Men & Women Who Made It Dave de Hugard provides an insight into where the traditional musicians got their tunes, their creativity and the folk process, anecdotes about and audio recordings of exceptional traditional players including significant contributors in the revival of traditional Australian music. A must for any serious performer of Australian folk music. FRI 10:45am–11:45am Grandstand Bar
12
The name Louisa Lawson may be familiar to many of us as the mother of poet Henry Lawson. Louisa is also remembered as a writer, poet, newspaper proprietor and suffragist in her own right. Peter Hood has put together a scripted themed concert featuring folk historian, songwriter and singer, Phyl Lobl and other festival artists. FRI 2:45pm Restaurant
Australian Traditions The Alan Scott Memorial The late Alan Scott was one of the giants of the Australian folk music scene. He was a member of the original 1950s Bushwhackers, a great collector of Australian Bush Music and an active member of the Bush Music Club. He was a big supporter of our festival. We had a rule that Alan Scott was to be invited every year and every year he turned up and contributed to the folk scene and the event in many ways. The now regular ‘Australian Traditions’ concert is our tribute to him and is hosted by Jason Roweth and Bob Bolton. Here you’ll capture the best of traditional Australia with Chordeaux, No Such Thing, Bush Music Club, The Raglins, Battlers Ballad, Dave de Hugard, Peter Mace, and Bob Campbell. FRI 2:30pm–10:45pm Grandstand Bar
Youth Traditions Awards The 2014 Illawarra Folk Festival will feature the second Youth Traditions Awards to encourage and celebrate young artists who perform traditional folk songs and tunes. Young artists aged between 9 and 25 will be have the chance to perform in the Youth Traditions Award concerts at the festival and Winners Concert on the main stage. The Youth Traditions Awards are designed to: •
encourage young artists to explore and perform traditional folk music from Australia and abroad
•
broaden young artists’ repertoire of folk songs and tunes and keep folk traditions
www.illawarrafolkfestival.com.au
1.
Best Performance of a traditional Australian folk song
2.
Best Performance of a traditional folk song from another tradition
3.
Best Performance of a traditional folk tune (or tunes)
4.
Best Performance of an original song following a folk tradition * to be eligible for this category you also need to enter category 1,2 or 3
5.
Best Performance of an original tune (or tunes) following a folk style * to be eligible for this category you also need to enter category 1,2 or 3 Prizes include 5 x $100 vouchers from Haworth Guitars, $200 cash from Dr Judy Stubbs & Associates and $100 from the Multicultural Communities Council of Illawarra. All category winners will have a chance to perform on the Festival main stage on Sunday as well. See the website to enter or see the MC on the day for a spot. FRI 4:45pm The Shed Heat 1 SAT 4:45pm The Shed Heat 2 SUN 11:15am Black Diamond Marquee Winners Concert
Youth At The Folkie Some of our finest local young musicians, songwriters and singers will showcase their talents. Come along and hear the next musical generation. FRI 6:30pm–10:45pm The Shed SAT 6:30pm–10:45pm The Shed
Lola Wright’s Keg Night “Lola Wright’s Keg Night” is a musical memoir adapted by PP Cranney and Christina Mimmocchi from the autobiography of Lola Wright. It’s a new verbatim play with music based on the passionate life and times of former Illawarra identity, Lola Wright – teacher, activist, performer, wife, mother, lover. For
over forty years, from the 1940s to the 1980s Lola contributed to the Illawarra’s vibrant social history. Whether teaching nursery rhymes to primary students, establishing the South Coast’s first bush band, playing piano at local dances, singing The Red Flag at Miners strikes, or leading a sing–along of The Internationale at one of her infamous Oak Flats Keg Nights, Lola’s passion for music, and social justice, left its mark on all who knew her. This is her story in her own words – and the music that she loved. The great thing is that Lola, who now lives in Morundah, southwest of Narranderra will be coming. Now 87, Lola is making one of her now rare forays back to Wollongong where she will undoubtedly meet up with one of her old kindergarten students, festival Artistic Director, Dave De Santi. FRI 7:45pm Show Pavilion SAT 6:30pm Show Pavilion
production and Stasi–assisted sound checks, all from a uniquely German/Australian/American perspective. FRI 9:15pm Show Pavilion Part 1 SAT 8pm Show Pavilion Part 2
The John Dengate Tribute Concert
Youth in Training A special concert featuring award winning young performers who have played on the Music Train coming to the festival. SAT 2pm-3pm La Petite Grande
My Father’s 78 s
The Folk Scene suffered a huge loss when John Dengate died last August. Some of his friends wanted to sing his songs as a tribute to his life and talent. Of course if we had all of his friends singing all of his songs we would take up the whole four days of the festival. I reckon you’ll have to get in early to get a seat. SAT 10am–11:30am Show Pavilion
Brother and sister team Claire & Lynton Roberts entertained together in their childhood, playing many country dances with their father Don Roberts on his button accordion. Sourced from the family collection of 78 records, this performance resurrects many of the songs they performed. The material covers a wide range of genres including folk songs, country songs in the style of such stars of the day as Slim
Get into the groove on the
Green Music Train
16-19 January 2014 Be rocked all the way from Sydney to Bulli. Show your Intercity ticket and Festival pass for free entertainment in themed carriages.
Bob Campbell Book Launch
Leaves
Giant’s Leap – An Activist Folksinger’s Memoir is the first book of a planned two part memoir and social history that covers the period from WW2 to the end of the seventies, arguably the most exciting and optimistic period of the 20th Century, when post–war reconstruction and industrialization followed the destruction and human brutality which surfaced in the Second World War and the Holocaust. As a child Bob Campbell remembers gazing from the escarpment of Giants Leap behind his home in Sandy Hollow, down the Hunter Valley towards the coast. That image becomes the metaphor underlying this book; a leap of escape as his imagination took him into the world of his celluloid heroes and later into a world of struggle against social injustice. FRI 8:30pm Grandstand Bar
Date Saturday 18 January Sunday 19 January
Pre-purchase your Festival pass Call 1300 887 034 or go to illawarrafolkfestival.com.au
Don’t Mention the Wall
Arrives Bulli
08:13
08:29
09:57
09:13
09:29
10:49
08:13
08:29
09:57
The TheGreen GreenTrain Trainpresents presents:the following festival artists performing from Waterfall Station. • The Miss Chiefs and Oh Pep! 8:13am Saturday service • The Beatmeisters and Jaaleekaay • The Miss Chiefs and Oh Pep! • Rapskallion and Underskore Orkestra (USA) • The Beatmeisters and Jaaleekaay • John John Festival (Japan) and The Latchikos 9:13am Saturday service • King & Queen of Green • Rapskallion and Underskore Orkestra (USA) The Story • • John John Collective Festival (Japan) and The •Latchikos Lindy Lady of the Forest and youth performers 8:13am Sunday service Matthew Faganofand Swingalelesw • • King & Queen Green • Lindy Lady of the Forest and youth performers • Swingaleles
Plan your trip
TL040
Songs, stories and slides from the fall of the Berlin Wall and beyond, with The Beez. From Balkan to Bluegrass, Polka to Punk and Klezmer to Cabaret, this is the unadulterated truth about the dramatic post–Wall banana shortage, East German Country and Western harmonica
Leaves
Bondi Central Junction Platform 25
16–19 January 2014
13
Festival Features
Participate
Whitman, and a smattering of classical. Other artists represented in the show are Burl Ives, Harry Belafonte, Miriam Makeba, Jim Reeves, Keith Riodan, Patti Page and many more. SAT 4:15pm–5:15pm Show Pavilion
Breakfast With Poets
This is a War Zone, Baby – Improvise! Dancer, innovator, mother, compulsive traveller, Aviva Sheb’a’s inspiring improvised performance memoir takes audiences into her extraordinary life. Combining voice, dance and story–telling, this is an entertaining, poignant and powerful story of triumph over adversity. Aviva has performed this show at the Merrigong theatre and the Adelaide Festival. If you are old enough to remember the Vietnam War then you’ll love Aviva’s presentation. SAT 4:30pm La Petite Grande
Union Choirs Concert The Union choirs will again feature at the festival as they have done for the past 19 years. With choirs from Newcastle People’s Chorus, Sydney Trade Union Choir and our own local Illawarra Union Singers it promises to be one of the biggest line–ups ever. SUN 12pm–1:15pm Show Pavilion
You Might As Well Laugh, Mate What with economies collapsing, ice caps melting and the weather going feral and Tony Abbot in the lodge you might as well have a good laugh. Festival funny men Glover and Sorrensen have collected some of the best funny songwriters at the festival including Martin Pearson, Greg Champion, Enda Kenny, The Beez, The Three Sisters and anyone else who turns up for a laugh. It will help you forget the world’s problems. Indeed – you might as well laugh mate! Warning – there could be coarse language and themes! SUN 10am–11:45am Show Pavilion
Fly With Me A special presentation of well–known flying songs and researching original ones, taking off with Hargrave’s box kite and cruising past the brave and bizarre stories of women pioneer pilots, stewardesses and other flight characters and experiences. SUN 10:30am The Miners Camp
This gives you a chance to air your favourite poem or recite or read your latest composition. It’s a free for all and everyone gets a go. Our festival poets Peter Mace, Brian Bell, Zondrae King, Noel Stallard, Russell Churcher, David O’Connor and Russell Hannah (if he’s awake) will of course lead it. Breakfast is available from the Fiddlers Café in the Pavilion. FRI 8:30am–10:30pm, SAT 8am–10am, SUN 8am–10am Show Pavilion
Trackside Blackboard & Cafe Concerts The Blackboard concerts will be hosted by the Tantric Turtle and will be at the greyhound track finishing post. It’s where unbooked artists get a chance to perform featuring Blackboard, and other concerts. See the MC’s to get a spot. FRI 10am –10pm, SAT 10am–10pm, SUN 10am– 6pm Trackside Blackboard and Cafe
The Great Woolly Yarns Competition
‘Father’ John O’Brien with Noel Stallard We all grew up with the Irish/Australian poems like Tangmalangaloo and Said Hanrahan (the ultimate pessimist). Written of course by John O’Brien whose real persona was Father P J Hartigan, the parish priest at Narrandera. Well, we are indeed privileged to have the good father at our festival. Not in person of course – he passed on to his reward many a year ago – but in the form of Noel Stallard, the organizer of the John O’Brien Festival at Narrandera each year. You should not miss Noel’s show if you have a millimetre of Irish blood in you. SUN 3:30pm Show Pavilion
Your chance to take out some of the great prizes on offer just by telling the odd tale or two. Truth is not an issue though laying claim to it is essential. Only one rule – all yarns must be no longer than five minutes or the gong applies. Hosted by Russel Hannah this competition is in its 28th year. Politicians are barred. SAT MIDDAY–1:30pm Grandstand Bar
The Great Limerick Comp Bring along your favourite limerick – anything goes. Write one yourself and win a prize for the best original composition. It’s a lot of fun and a quite old poetic form (an easy one too). Hosted by Brian Bell. SAT 2:30pm – 3:30pm Grandstand Bar
One Minute Wonders Compered by Brian Bell this one is definitely for those who can’t remember. Bring along a poem, ditty or anything else that lasts for a minute or less. It doesn’t have to be your own and you could write them on the spot. Anything goes– clerhew, limerick, couplet, haiku, sonnet or whatever takes your fancy– Just keep it under a minute. SUN MIDDAY–1pm Grandstand Bar
The John and Dale Dengate Mug for Parody The late John Dengate was one of the finest exponents of parody in the country– so much so, that often when folks heard traditional tunes they’d remark– whoever wrote that pinched
14
www.illawarrafolkfestival.com.au
Such Thing SAT 8:00pm–9:15pm English Country Dance with Julie Bishop & Ryebuck SAT 9:30pm–10:45pm Balkan / Israeli Dance with Chaika SUN 8:30am–9:15am Dru Yoga with Erika Steller SUN 9:30am–10:30am Music Of Joy SUN 10:45am–11:15am Kalalaya Dance Group SUN 11:30am–12:00pm Spirit of Serpentine SUN 12:15pm–12:45pm Australian Colonial & Folk Dancers SUN 1:00pm–1:30pm African Dance with Beatmeisters Global Green Dancing SUN 1:45pm–2:15pm Spirit of Serpentine and Fun SUN 2:30pm–3:00pm Kalalaya Dance Group SUN 3:15pm–3:45pm Black Joak Morris WED 8pm Opening Bush Dance (at The Chapel) SUN 3:50pm–4:10pm Chinese Lion Dancers FRI 6:15pm–7:30pm Bush Dance with Franklyn SUN 4:15pm–4:45pm Ruido Flamencoe B Paverty SUN 5:00pm–6:00pm Dance Like a Latvian FRI 7:45pm–9:00pm Contra Dance with Julie with Somesing Laik Zat Bishop & Ryebuck SUN 7:00pm–7:15pm Parade FRI 9:30pm–10:45pm Brazil and Beyond Dance with Klezmorim Festival Choir SAT 9:00am–10:00am Dru Yoga with Erika Join the Festival choir and perform at the Steller Festival Finale on Sunday evening! The Festival choir will be led by Lotte Latukefu who lectures SAT 10:15am–10:45am Ana Otero Flamenco SAT 11:00am–11:30am Cinnamon Twist Belly in singing in the Faculty of Creative Arts at the University of Wollongong. Lotte will be sharing Dance SAT 11:45am–12:15pm Australian Colonial & her tips for healthy singing and good ensemble work so turn up to early rehearsals and improve Folk Dancers your singing. SAT 12:30pm–1:00pm Togolese Dancers WED 5pm Folk School Practice SAT 1:15pm–1:45pm Ana Otero Flamenco THU 10am Folk School Practice SAT 2:00pm–2:30pm Australian Colonial & FRI 2:45pm–3:45pm Global Green Practice Folk Dancers 4:30pm–5:45pm Grandstand Bar SAT SAT 3:00pm–3:45pm Music Of Joy Practice SAT 4:00pm–4:30pm Cinnamon Twist Belly SUN 1pm–2:30pm Grandstand Bar Practice Dance SUN 5pm–6pm The Shed Final Practice SAT 4:45pm–6:00pm Old Time Dance with SUN 7:15pm–8:30pm Slacky Flat Bar Finale Marshall Mount Merry Makers John Dengate’s tune. The John and Dale Dengate mug (It’s not a cup) will be awarded to the pest parody, or performance of one, at the concert. Your name will be inscribed on the mug (which was one of John’s and has been donated by John’s wife, Dale who hopefully will be there to present it). The best part however is the winner will be presented with a replica which can be refilled by our friendly bar staff for free for the rest of the festival. It doesn’t have to be a song, it can also be a poem. Just bring your parody and enter on the day- they don’t even have to be original. The Mug is inscribed with the words ‘I’ll Fight but not Surrender’. SUN 2pm La Petite Grande
SAT 6:15pm–7:45pm Bush Dance with No
Festival Parade Instrumentalists, street artists, colourful characters of all types are invited to be part of the Festival parade band. Grab a Parade Tune sheet when you arrive or at the Festival Shop. The parade is again led by The Con Artists musical director David Rooney and ably assisted by David De Santi. SUN 6:15pm The Shed Assembly and Practice SUN 6.45pm Parade from The Shed to Slacky Flat Bar
Finale The Festival Parade will lead from the Black Diamond Marquee following the end of the Archie Roach concert into the Slacky Flat Bar. On hand will be MCs Glover & Sorrensen. The Festival Choir returns led by Lotte Latukefu and the specially selected Festival Orchestra led by David Rooney. Items include a mass Australian fiddle tune set, Klezmer and Gypsy tune sets and the songs Back to Broome (Ted Egan), And When They Dance (Roy Abbott), El Cascabel, Time is a Tempest and Bella Ciao. SUN 7.15pm Slacky Flat Bar
finale song Choruses And When They Dance By Roy Abbott (passed away in August 2013)
And when they dance, their dresses spin around. They travel so light that they ne’er touch the ground And the smile on their faces would win every crowd The lasses, who dance ‘til the morning.
Back to Broome By Ted Egan – a warm up for the 2014 Folk by the Sea festival (26–28 September)
So it’s: Haul away! Heave away! Up with the anchor chain! Haul away! Heave away! We’re goin’ back to Broome again!
Time is a Tempest By John Broomhall
So lift up our voices and sing of the wind and rain Sing of the wind and rain, sing of the wind and rain Lift up our voices and sing of the wind and rain We’re travellin’ on thro’ a storm
16–19 January 2014
15
2014 Folk School Northern Bulli Uniting Church - 3 Venues
Wednesday 15 January 2014 Folk School New Hall
Folk School Chill Room
Folk School Old Hall
How to play Klezmer music Klezmorim
Introduction to autoharp Denis McKay
Vocal technique for folk singers The Raglins
11am
Raga scales Ayanamsha
Accordion Repairs on the Run Christiaan Dolislager
Traditional Australian music Chloe and Jason Roweth
12pm
Ukulele for beginners Bertie McMahon
Klezmer fiddle Klezmorim
Flamenco rhythms Ana Otero
1pm
LUNCH Jam
LUNCH Jam
LUNCH Jam
Bluegrass guitar Harman and Hellens
Appalachian banjo / mandolin The Whitetop Mountaineers
Sourcing and Arranging Traditional Australian music Chloe and Jason Roweth
3pm
Oriental Derbak drums & dance Klezmorim
Out with your voice Aviva Sheb’a
Flamenco Guitar Nigel Jones
4pm
Bush Music - The Men & Women Who Made it Dave de Hugard
Bluegrass mandolin Harman and Hellens
Appalachian dance The Whitetop Mountaineers
9am
Registration
10am
2pm
5pm
FESTIVAL CHOIR PRACTICE Lotte Latukefu
Folk School New Hall
Folk School Chill Room
Folk School Old Hall
9am
Irish guitar and mandolin Luke O’Neil
Irish whistle John Spillane
Posture for Performers Kate Armstrong
10am
Guitar workshop Matthew Fagan
Bluegrass banjo Bitchpick
FESTIVAL CHOIR PRACTICE Lotte Latukefu
11am
Song writing David Beniuk
Klezmer for sax & clarinet Klezmorim
Italian Folk Songs Kavisha Mazzella
12pm
Intermediate Ukulele workshop Matthew Fagan
Old Time Good Time Music Frank Povah
Introduction to Klezmer London Klezmer Quartet
1pm
Building a lagerphone Handsome Young Strangers
Instrument Repair Workshop Christiaan Dolislager
LUNCH Jam
2pm
Japanese Drumming Taiko no Wa
Art of performing Belle Jar
Klezmer for fiddlers London Klezmer Quartet
3pm
Play & Dance the Brazilian Forro Klezmorim
Balkan fiddle The Underscore Orkestra
Rhythm Bones Dom Flemons
4pm
Australian Blues Frank Povah & Chris Cruise
Klezmer for accordion London Klezmer Quartet
www.illawarrafolkfestival.com.au
ENTRY $85 for both days $55 per day $25 per session BOOKINGS ONLINE FROM www.illawarrafolkfestival.com. au/buy-tickets or call 1300 887 034 for over the phone credit card VENUE Northern Illawarra Uniting Church, corner of Point Street & Princes Highway, Bulli - 3 VENUES
Thursday 16 January 2014
16
The Illawarra Folk Club is proud to present 41 workshops at 11th Folk Summer School as part of the 2014 Illawarra Folk Festival. The school aims to increase awareness of folk music traditions & provide opportunities for musiciansof all ages to build on their skills & open new musical doors.
PARTICIPATION Folk school participants are also encouraged to join in the following: BUSH DANCE Wednesday night from 8pm, The Chapel, Grevillea Park Bulli Showground. FREE ENTRY FINALE PARADE You can be part of the Finale Parade on Sunday evening. You will need to have a Festival Pass to be part of it. Assemble at The Shed venue from 6.15pm. Parade departs at 7pm. MORE INFORMATION http://illawarrafolkfestival.com.au/ folk-music-school Ann Lehmann: folkschool@ illawarrafolkfestival.com.au
WEDNESDAY 16 January
THURSDAY 17 January
Entry | Feee
29th Illawarra FOLK Festival 2014
Entry | Season Pass | Adult Day Pass $10 | Youth $5 | Child U12 Free
The Chapel
The Miners Camp
Slacky Flat Bar
Show Pavilion
Grandstand Restaurant
La Petite Grande
Grandstand Bar
Global Green
Dance
Concert
Concerts
Concerts | Films
Concerts
Close Up Concerts
Sessions | Poetry Workshops
Dance
12pm
12pm
LUNCH ITALIAN STYLE music by Zumpa $15 Festival Pass Holders / $20 others
12.30pm 1pm 1.30pm
12.30pm 1pm 1.30pm
2pm
2pm
2.30pm
OPENING CHARITY CONCERT FOR GREENACRES & APHEDA
3pm 3.30pm
The Con Artists
4pm 4.30pm
Chippo Days
5pm
FILM & MUSIC Dall’ Italia All’ Australia London Klezmer Quartet I Viaggiatori & WELCOME TO Tony De Bolfo
5.30pm 6pm
COUNTRY
6.30pm 7pm
Strung Secrets
7.30pm
Glenn Skuthorpe GUESSING COMP
8pm 8.30pm 9pm 9.30pm 10pm 10.30pm
Bazinga!
WELCOME BUSH DANCE Wongawilli & friends BYO Instrument
Mr Cuttlefish Dom Flemons My Secret Window
Dom Flemons The Whitetop Mountaineers
Klezmorim
Beatmeisters
GREAT TRIPE DINNER AND CONCERT $25 Festival Pass Holders / $30 others
2.30pm
EARLY BIRD POETS Brian Bell Dave O’Connor Noel Stallard Peter Mace Russell Churcher Zondrae King
3pm 3.30pm 4pm 4.30pm 5pm
Belle Jar
The Hollands
Jaaleekaay
Harmans & Hellens
Chloe & Jason Roweth
Urban Scrub
Gemma Glendinning
Bitchpick
Another Train Noel Stallard David Beniuk Dave de Hugard Big Erle Greg Champion London Klezmer Bygone Error Frank Povah Quartet Bernard Carney Martin Pearson John John Dom Flemons Festival
5.30pm 6pm
Kenny Bartley Bob Campbell Band Chaika Underscore Orkestra
6.30pm 7pm 7.30pm 8pm 8.30pm 9pm 9.30pm 10pm 10.30pm
John John Festival
Friday 17 January Black Diamond Marquee
Slacky Flat Bar
Show Pavilion
Grandstand Restaurant
Nags Lounge
Concerts
Concerts
Concerts | Films
Concerts
Concerts
8am
8am
8.30am 9am 9.30am 10am 10.30am 11am 11.30am 12pm 12.30pm 1pm 1.30pm
THE YOUNG ONES
The Raglins The Miss Chiefs
3pm
Shalani
Tracey Bunn
Glenn Skuthorpe Alison Johnston
London Klezmer Quartet
Bernard Carney
3.30pm
The Rusty Spring Syncopators
4pm 4.30pm
Nick Rheinberger
Oh Pep!
2pm 2.30pm
Nick’s ABC Live Folk Variety Concert
The Con Artists
The Timbers
Gordie MacKeeman & His Rhythm Boys
8.30pm
Shellie Morris
Tim Lukey
Love in the Jungle
Somesing Laik Zat
Wollemi Band
Sally Harris & Little Big Smoke
Big Erle
Chloe & Jason Roweth Robbing Steve
History of English Music Hall - Bygone Error Louise Lawson Tribute swag of artists playing old Aussie songs
The Whitetop Mountaineers
Mr Cuttlefish Merryweather
The Underscore Orkestra Az-I-Am Chippo Days
11am
12pm
1pm 1.30pm 2pm 2.30pm 3pm 3.30pm 4pm 4.30pm 5pm
The Hollands!
FILM: Dall’ Italia All’ Australia music by I Viaggiatori
10.30am
12.30pm
5.30pm 6pm
Gemma Glenndinning
LOLA WRIGHT’S KEG NIGHT
Andy Irvine
David Beniuk
6.30pm 7pm
Jaaleekaay
11pm
Afenginn
8pm 8.30pm
Ange Takats
The Hopeless Wanderers
Harman and Hellens Bluegrass
9pm 9.30pm 10pm
Bitchpick
11.30pm
9.30am
11.30am
Martin Pearson
Don’t Mention the Wall PART 1 The Beez
9.30pm 10pm
9am
7.30pm
Nick Rheinberger
8pm
10.30pm
SINGING POETS Rusell Churcher David O’Connor
Enda Kenny Band
7pm
9pm
PARODY CONCERT Bob Campbell Band, Greg Champion, Chloe & Jason Roweth, Bernard Carney, Enda Kenny Band, Martin Pearson
The Lazy Farmer’s Sons
6.30pm
8.30am
10am
Belle Jar
5.30pm
7.30pm
BLACKBOARD CONCERT from 10am Trackside Blackboard Venue, hosted by Tantric Turtle
Another Train
5pm
6pm
BREAKFAST WITH POETS hosts Russell Churcher & Zondrae King
10.30pm 11pm
Rough Red
11.30pm
12pm
Az-I-Am
i Viaggiatori
Alison Johnston
Mr Cuttlefish
Matthew Fagan
12pm
29th Illawarra FOLK Festival 2014
Friday 17 January
Entry | Season Pass $180 | Adult Day Pass $65 | Evening Pass (from 6pm) $40 | Youth $30 | Child U12 Free
La Petite Grande
The Chapel
The Miners Camp
Grandstand Bar
Global Green
The Shed
Close Up Concerts
Concerts
Workshops Concerts
Sessions| Poetry Workshops
Dance
Kids Shows Youth Concerts 8am
8am
8.30am
8.30am 9am
FART for Kids GOOD TUNES SESSION
9.30am 10am 10.30am 11am 11.30am 12pm 12.30pm
host David De Santi
Bygone Error Tia Juana
Beatmeisters John John Festival
Trilogy
1pm 1.30pm 2pm 2.30pm 3pm 3.30pm 4pm
Mat Brooker
Strung Secrets
Ayanamsha Astro Cobalt
Spyglass Secrets Sarah Humphreys
7.30pm 8pm 8.30pm
Jane Aubourg Funkier Than Alice
Rapskallion
Jim Green
Dom Flemons
Frank Povah & Chris Cruise
The Three Sisters Cassidy’s Ceili
10pm
Handsome Young Strangers
Glover & Sorenson The Latchikos
Bruce Mathiske
FESTIVAL CHOIR PRACTICE
Tia Juana
Merryweather
The Raglins Chloe & Jason Roweth
BUSH DANCE Franklyn B Paverty
Dave de Hugard CONTRA DANCE Julie Bishop & Ryebuck
3pm
4.30pm
YOUTH TRADITIONS 5pm AWARDS
Alison Johnston
5.30pm 6pm 6.30pm
Harry O’Brien Caitlin James
7pm 7.30pm 8pm
Melanie April Tim Lukey
BRAZIL & BEYOND DANCE Klezmorim
Wongawiilli
2.30pm
3.30pm
YOUTH CONCERT
Noel Stallard
1.30pm
The Story Collective 4pm
Taiko no Wa
Bob Campbell BOOK LAUNCH
1pm
2pm
Mz Mally Moo’s Mini Music
Music of Joy
Peter Mace
11.30am
12.30pm
The Puddin’ Eaters
No Such Thing
10.30pm 11pm
Gobsmacked
CURSE OF VERSE Peter Mace Zondrae King Brian Bell Russell Churcher David ’Connor Noel Stallard
Kay Proudlove
WARNING: Adult Content
9pm 9.30pm
Chord-eaux
Urban Scrub
6.30pm 7pm
12pm
Matthew Fagan Irish Fiddle Workshop
5.30pm 6pm
Illawarra Breakfast Poets
Dave de Hugard Folklore Presentation
Riogh
4.30pm 5pm
11am
AUSTRALIAN TRAD
The Littlest Fox
10.30am
Instrument Repairs Ukulele Workshop on the Run Matthew Fagan Sarah Humphreys
The Latchikos
Greg Champion
9.30am Lindy Lady of the Forest: 10am Storyteller
Super Kenny
Smokehouse
My Secret Window Kavisha Mazzella
Yoga for Folk Erika Steller
9am
8.30pm 9pm 9.30pm
The Miss Chiefs
10pm 10.30pm
Chaika
11pm 11.30pm
11.30pm
12pm
Taiko no Wa
Trilogy
Gemma Glendenning
Denis McKay
Sal Harris
12pm
Saturday 18 January Black Diamond Marquee
Slacky Flat Bar
Show Pavilion
Grandstand Restaurant
Nags Lounge
Concerts
Concerts
Concerts | Films
Concerts
Concerts 8am
8am
BREAKFAST WITH POETS host Peter Mace / Noel Stallard
8.30am 9am 9.30am 10am 10.30am 11am 11.30am 12pm
Patrick Lyons & the American Creek Band
London Klezmer Quartet The Whitetop Mountaineers Bruce Mathiske
1.30pm 2pm
Tracy Bunn
2.30pm 3pm 3.30pm
Riogh
The Three Sisters
Greg Champion & Jane Saunders
5pm
Gordie MacKeeman & His Rhythm Boys
Wongawilli
Rough Red
5.30pm 6pm 6.30pm
The Underscore Orkestra
JOHN DENGATE TRIBUTE Various artists
John John Festival
7pm
8pm
Kenny Bartley
Oh Pep!
Tia Juana
Chaika
Somesing Laik Zat
FILM: Dall’ Italia All’ Australia music by I Viaggiatori The Timbers
Funkier Than Alice
Jaaleekaay
Another Train
SingGongGo
The Hollands!
MY FATHER’S 78s Roberts Family Reunion
Harmans and Hellens
Astro Cobalt
8.30pm
Matthew Fagan
Glenn Skuthorpe
LOLA WRIGHT’S KEG NIGHT
Bygone Error Mr Cuttlefish
Don’t Mention the Wall - PART 2 The Beez
Belle Jar
9pm
10pm
Handsome Young Strangers
Martin Pearson
Kavisha Mazzella
10.30pm 11pm
Rapskallion
Spyglass Gypsies
Dom Flemons
Franklyn B Paverty
11.30pm
Songs You Don’t Sing to Children
Bob Campbell
Big Erle
Beatmeisters
12pm
Ruido
9.30pm
Afenginn
9am 9.30am
10.30am 11am 11.30am 12pm 12.30pm 1pm 1.30pm
Az-I-Am
2pm 2.30pm
Mat Brooker
3pm 3.30pm
Patrick Lyons & the American Creek Band
4pm 4.30pm
Ange Takats
7.30pm
Klezmorim
Jane Aubourg
FIDDLE FRENZY
Gordie MacKeeman London Klezmer Quart. Jane Aubuorg Whitetop Mountaineers The Latchikos John John Festival Afenginn, Klezmorim Mass Fiddles
4pm 4.30pm
8.30am
10am
12.30pm 1pm
BLACKBOARD CONCERT from 10am Trackside Blackboard Venue, hosted by Tantric Turtle
5pm 5.30pm
Frank Povah & Chris Cruise
6pm
The Lazy Farmer’s Sons
7pm
6.30pm
7.30pm 8pm
The Latchikos
8.30pm 9pm
Kay Proudlove
9.30pm 10pm
Chippo Days
10.30pm 11pm 11.30pm 12pm
29th Illawarra FOLK Festival 2014
Saturday 18 January
Entry | Weekend Pass $125 | Adult Day Pass $75 | Evening Pass (from 6pm) $45 | Youth $30 | Child U12 Free
La Petite Grande
The Chapel
The Miners Camp
Grandstand Bar
Global Green
The Shed
Close Up Concerts
Concerts
Concerts
Sessions| Poetry Workshops
Dance
Kids Shows Youth Concerts
8am
8am
Piazza Midday, 4pm Black Joak Morris 2:45pm Togolese Dancers
8.30am 9am 9.30am 10am 10.30am 11am 11.30am 12pm 12.30pm 1pm 1.30pm
The Con Artists Strung Secrets The Raglins Trilogy
Chloe & Jason Roweth
Dave de Hugard
Merryweather Sally Harris & Little Big Smoke SingGongGo
Andy Irvine
2pm 2.30pm
Afenginn
The Hopeless Wanderers
Sarah Humphreys
Youth in Training
3pm 3.30pm 4pm 4.30pm 5pm 5.30pm 6pm 6.30pm 7pm 7.30pm 8pm 8.30pm 9pm 9.30pm 10pm 10.30pm 11pm
VARIETY SHOW Kiki & Pascal This is a War Zone, Baby Aviva Sheb’a
Spyglass Gypsies
Ayanamsha
Taiko no Wa
Bitchpick Love in the Jungle
Beatmeisters Bernard Carney Cassidy’s Ceili David Beniuk Gemma Glenndinning
Wollemi Band Nick Rheinberger
Jim Green
Big Erle
Shelley Morris
Enda Kenny Band Glover & Sorenson
The Miss Chiefs
Rusty Spring Syncopators
AUTOHARP MEET Denis McKay SESSION Ryebuck Bush Band WOOLLY YARN SPINNING COMPETITION BLUEGRASS PICK Harmans & Hellens ONE MINUTE WONDERS host Brian Bell KLEZMER Jam Klezmorim
8.30am
Yoga for Folk Erika Steller Ana Otero Flamenco Cinnamon Twist Belly Dance Australian Colonial & Folk Dancers
Togolese Dancers Ana Otero Flamenco Australian Colonial & Folk Dancers
FART for Kids Lindy Lady of the Forest: Storyteller Mz Mally Moo’s Mini Music
Circus WOW The Strong (Wo)men Murphy’s Puppets & Arlecchino Gobsmacked Suitcase Dragon Murphy’s Puppets & Arlecchino
Super Kenny The Story Collective
Cinnamon Twist Belly Dance
The Puddin’ Eaters
YOUTH TRADITIONS AWARDS Lucette
FESTIVAL POETS BUSH SONGS BMC Urban Scrub
BUSH DANCE No Such Thing
Nyssa & Alex
ISRAELI DANCE Chaika
10am 10.30am 11am 11.30am 12pm 12.30pm 1pm 1.30pm 2pm 2.30pm
3.30pm 4pm 4.30pm 5pm 5.30pm 6pm 6.30pm
Shalani Thomas
GOOD TUNES ENGLISH COUNTRY Rosie & The Bluesters DANCE SESSION Julie Bishop & host David De Santi Ryebuck Paddy & the CELTIC SESSION Wonderband John John Festival, BALKAN / The Latchikos
Bob Campbell Band
9.30am
3pm
Music of Joy
FESTIVAL CHOIR OLD TIME DANCE PRACTICE Marshall Mount Merrymakers
9am
The Littlest Fox
7pm 7.30pm 8pm 8.30pm 9pm 9.30pm 10pm 10.30pm 11pm
11.30pm
11.30pm
12pm
Jane Aubourg
Mat Brooker
Martin Pearson
Ange Takats
Dave Beniuk
12pm
SUNDAY 19 January Black Diamond Marquee
Slacky Flat Bar
Show Pavilion
Grandstand Restaurant
Nags Lounge
Concerts
Concerts
Concerts | Films
Concerts
Concerts
8am
BREAKFAST WITH POETS hosts David O’Connor / Brian Bell
8.30am 9am 9.30am
Riogh
11am 11.30am
Youth Traditions
12pm 12.30pm
Taiko no Wa
1pm 1.30pm 2pm
Greg Champion & Jane Saunders
Illawarra Pipe Band Gordie Mackeeman & His Rhythm Boys
Shellie Morris
4pm
Enda Kenny Kavisha Mazzella
5.30pm
Tracey Bunn
Ruido
Sarah Humphreys
Cassidy’s Ceili
Glover & Sorenson
Sunday with Father John O’Brien
The Miss Chiefs
Australian Union Choir
Bruce Mathiske
Best of The Beez
Rough Red
Bernard Carney
Archie Roach Parade
7pm 7.30pm
Guessing Comp. Draw
8.30pm
9.30pm
Glover & Sorenson
Swingaleles
10pm
Dave de Hugard
The Raglins
10am
11am 11.30am
Oh Pep!
12pm 12.30pm
The Littlest Fox
1pm 1.30pm
Sally Harris & Little Big Smoke
2pm 2.30pm
John John Festival
3pm 3.30pm
Handsome Young Strangers
4pm 4.30pm
Matthew Fagan
5pm 5.30pm
Rusty Spring Syncopators
Piazza 11:30am Black Joak Morris 1pm & 3pm Togolese Dancers 4:30pm Illawarra Pipe Band 5:15pm Chinese Lion Dancers
The Hopeless Wanderers
9pm
9.30am
10.30am
BLACKBOARD CONCERT from 10am Trackside Blackboard Venue, hosted by Tantric Turtle
Festival Finale
8pm
Instrument Repairs on the Run
6pm 6.30pm
Bruce Mathiske
6.30pm
Jim Green
Combined Union Choirs
5pm
6pm
Dave de Hugard
Dom Flemons
3.30pm
4.30pm
Frank Povah & Chris Cruise
WARNING: Adult Content
2.30pm 3pm
Rapskallion
YOU MIGHT AS WELL LAUGH, MATE - Martin Pearson, Greg Champion, The Three Sisters, Glover & Sorenson, Enda Kenny Band, The Beez Warning: ADULT CONTENT
9am
Greg Champion
10.30am
Andy Irvine
8.30am
King & Queen of Green
10am
8am
7pm 7.30pm 8pm 8.30pm 9pm 9.30pm 10pm
29th Illawarra FOLK Festival 2014
SUNDAY 19 January
Entry | Adult Day Pass $65 | Youth $15 | Child U12 Free
La Petite Grande
The Chapel
The Miners Camp
Grandstand Bar
Global Green
The Shed
Close Up Concerts
Concerts
Concerts
Sessions| Poetry Workshops
Dance
Kids Shows Youth Concerts
8am
8am
8.30am
9.30am 10am 10.30am 11am 11.30am 12pm 12.30pm 1pm 1.30pm 2pm 2.30pm 3pm 3.30pm 4pm 4.30pm 5pm 5.30pm 6pm
The Latchikos Jaaleekaay The Underscore Orkestra
Another Train Ange Takats
London Klezmer Quartet
Martin Pearson
Fly With Me
The Ribbon Gang
Frankyln B Paverty
Mat Brooker
Belle Jar
Bob Campbell Band
The Lazy Farmer’s Sons
Kay Proudlove
Klezmorim
Swingaleles in concert
Festival Choir Practice Session No Such Thing
Pete Thomas & The BlueSaltBand
Wollemi Band
The Timbers
Session BMC Urban Scrub
Chaika
Music of Joy Kalalaya Dance Spirit of Serpentine Belly Dance
Limerick Comp host Brian Bell
Astro Cobalt
Kalalaya Dance
Mz Mally Moo’s Mini Music Silly Sounds Aviva Sheb’a The Tree Tales King & Queen of Green
Spirit of Serpentine Belly Dance
The Story Collective
9am
Australian Colonial & Folk Dancers
Black Joak Morris
10.30am 11am 11.30am 12pm 12.30pm 1pm
2pm
Circus WOW The Strong (Wo)men
2.30pm
Suitcase Dragon Gobsmacked
3.30pm
Ruido Flamenco
Lindy Lady of the Forest: Storyteller
Latvian Dance
Final Festival Choir Practice
Somesing Laik Zat
10am
1.30pm
3pm
4pm 4.30pm 5pm 5.30pm 6pm
Parade Practice
6th Cobargo Folk Festival (21-23 February 2014) 2 x Season Passes 7th Collection of Festival & Artists CDs 8th 1 hour Harley Ride for 2 from ‘Just Cruisin’ 9th Folk By The Seaside, Kiama (26-28 September 2014) 2 x 2 Day Passes 10th Festival Pack - CD, T-Shirt
Aviva Sheb’a
The Littlest Fox
1 ticket for $2 3 tickets for $5 10 tickets for $10
The Puddin’ Eaters
Indian Puppets Mandy Langlois & Ayanamsha
Chinese Lion Dance
The Last Word Festival Poets
The Three Sisters
Drawn at Slacky Flat Bar, 8.30pm, Sun 19 Jan 2014
1st Roland Stefen Handmade Violin - value $3000 2nd Tanglewood Acoustic Guitar - value $1299 Piper’s Wollongong Music Centre 3rd National Folk Festival (17-21 April 2014) 2 x Season & Camping Passes - value $950 4th Perisher Snowy Mountains of Music (6-9 June 2014) 2 x Long Weekend Festival Passes 5th 2015 Illawarra Folk Festival (15-18 January) 2 x Season Passes
FART for Kids
African Dance Beatmeisters
6.30pm
Guessing Competition
8.30am
9.30am
Kickin’ Up a Tune Gordie Mackeeman
Bygone Error
Glenn Skuthorpe
Inaugural JOHN DENGATE CUP for best parody The Three Sisters
Good Tunes Session
Solidarity Choir
The Hollands!
Yoga for Folk Erika Steller
Pat Lyons
9am
6.30pm
Afenginn
Afenginn
Ana Otero Flamenco
Ange Takats
Inquisitive, playful and imaginative, this acclaimed Danish five-piece takes an anarchic approach to traditional musical structures. Meaning “intoxication and strength”, Afenginn delivers fast-paced, high-octane shows fuelled by great joy. FRI 11pm-12am Slacky Flat Bar SAT 11am-12pm The Chapel SAT 2:30pm Slacky Flat Bar Fiddle Frenzy SAT 9pm-10pm Black Diamond Marquee World Dance Party
Ana Otero is one of Australia`s foremost recognised dancer/teacher/choreographers. Having performed internationally as well as nationally, her experience is second to none, with much of her study done in Spain. Her dance troupe is dedicated to learning and performing traditional flamenco. WED 12pm Folk School Flamenco Dance SAT 10:15am-10:45am Global Green SAT 1:15pm-1:45pm Global Green
Alison Johnston
Former foreign correspondent turned folk singer Ange Takats has a voice that is able to coat with sugar, crush with sadness and cut through to the soul of a song. Her second album Arva blends Americana folk with 1930s jazz. Ange’s worldly adventures and gift for storytelling have allowed her to develop a unique performance style – weaving light-hearted travel tales between darkly emotive songs. FRI 9pm-9:45pm Restaurant SAT 5pm-5:45pm Nags Lounge SUN 1pm-1:45pm La Petite Grande
Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, raconteur, Andy Irvine has been “one of the towering talents on the international folk scene” (Sydney Morning Herald) for more than 40 years. His breathtaking musicianship has produced one acclaimed album after another and cemented his reputation as an unrivalled balladeer. With his dazzling mix of stories and song, from traditional Irish to dexterous Balkan dance tunes, Andy Irvine never fails to deliver a pulsating, heartfelt performance. FRI 7:45pm-8:45pm Restaurant SAT 1:30pm-2:30pm The Chapel SUN 10am-11am Black Diamond Marquee
Alison Johnston is a 16-year-old singer/ songwriter from the South Coast. Blending a mix of folk and indie music, Alison’s voice has a unique quality that sets her apart from those in her genres. Playing covers from her favourite artists and her own original songs, Alison is sure to win you over, needing nothing more than her voice and a guitar. FRI 2:15pm Black Diamond Marquee FRI 6pm-6:30pm The Shed Youth Concert
24
Andy Irvine
www.illawarrafolkfestival.com.au
Another Train Another Train consists of four vintage folk musicians, Kate Delaney, Denis Tracey, Jane Ellis and Andrew Saunders. Their songs are traditional, modern and a bit country and feature strong harmony and lively arrangements with guitar, whistle, fiddle, mandolin, keyboard, and accordion. THU 8pm Restaurant Tripe Dinner FRI 4:30pm-5:15pm Show Pavilion SAT 2:30pm-3:15pm Restaurant SUN 12pm-12:45pm La Petite Grande
Another Train
Ayanamsha
Andy Irvine
Archie Roach
Astro Cobalt
The Beez
Az-I-Am
SAT 11:45am-12:15pm Global Green SAT 2pm-2:30pm Global Green SUN 2.30pm-3pm Global Green
Archie Roach’s career has spanned three decades. His work has been recognised locally and internationally, in mainstream and indigenous circles. He has shared the stage with some of the world’s most iconic artists, including Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Tracy Chapman, Billy Bragg, Paul Simon, Joan Armatrading, Suzanne Vega and Patti Smith. He has released 10 albums and this month, “Creation” - a box set retrospective of his first four albums has also been released. His music speaks the stories of his people, of this land and of the human condition. His voice - uniquely Australian and undeniably universal - continues to resonate for us all. SUN 5:45pm-7pm Black Diamond Marquee
AZ-I-am formed in 2007 in the quiet village of Mt Kembla. They perform an eclectic mix of genres, contemporary and traditional. Johnny brings the Australian Union Choir jaunty and lilting touch of the Irish Celts, while Ray brings the outback country sunshine with The Australian Union Choir sang in Cuba in November, 2013. It is assembled from members his slide guitar, which all somehow merges with Chris’s vocals into a smooth, easy-listening style and friends of choirs around Australia (and Canada). We sang Australian political songs and of folk. a few Latin American songs chosen for the event. FRI 5:45pm-6:30pm Restaurant Margot McLaughlin conducts the choir and SAT 1:45pm-2:30pm Nags Lounge brings to it her experience, her Spanish music expertise, and her research findings from this Bazinga! tour of Latin America. Bazinga! Quartet is a multi-award winning SUN 4:30pm-5:15pm Show Pavilion quartet hailing from Wollongong, Australia
Astro Cobalt
From age eight, Aviva Sheb’a studied ballet as therapy for life-threatening asthma. She was immediately hooked. Since then, dance has been her life. She performed her one-woman show at the Illawarra Performing Arts Centre last April, at the national Oral History conference in Adelaide in September, and is rekindling her international career in Europe in 2014. WED 3pm Folk School Out With Your Voice SAT 4:30pm-5:15pm La Petite Grande This is a War Zone, Baby SUN 11:15am-11:45am The Shed For the Kids
Astro Cobalt are former students from Adelaide’s Elder Conservatorium, from the jazz, classical and music technology streams. They discovered a mutual covert fascination with bluegrass and, after many nights of jamming and beer consumption, finally played some gigs. Astro Cobalt are a bluegrass band with pop, rock, jazz, blues, and newgrass influences. They share a great rapport, not only among themselves, but with crowds who sing and dance along. FRI 4:30pm-5:30pm La Petite Grande SAT 7:45pm-8:45pm Slacky Flat Bar SUN 5:45pm-6:30pm Miners Camp
Australian Colonial & Folk Dancers The Australian Colonial & Folk Dancers have presented dance displays for the past 26 years. Their diversity can be seen in the different styles of dance, whether it be from our Celtic, European or American background. So come and be a part of this vibrant experience as the Australian Colonial & Folk Dancers present The Perfect Imbalance, exploring ways of coping with differing numbers of male and female dancers, while keeping everyone involved.
Aviva Sheb’a
Ayanamsha Ayanamsha is a cross-genre collaboration featuring Mike Quigley on drums and Scott Benning on sitar. This duo combines North Indian melodies (raga) with jazz rhythms and textures, taking sitar out of its traditional context while retaining scope for raga-based improvisation. With Mandy Langlois they will present a special Indian Puppet Show. WED 11am Folk School Raga Scales FRI 3:30pm-4:15pm La Petite Grande SAT 3pm-3:45pm Miners Camp SUN 12:45pm-1:30pm The Shed Indian Puppet Show
specialising in the barbershop style. Their repertoire has a modern feel, including more recent hits as well as timeless classics. THU 4pm-4:30pm La Petite Grande
Beatmeisters The rhythmic knock on your front door can only be ... the Beatmeisters. Drawing heavily on the traditions of African drumming interspersed with Latin and Arabic influences and utilising melodic percussive instruments from all corners of the globe the Beatmeisters never fail to get the punters jumping and the good vibes pumping. THU 4:45pm-5:15pm La Petite Grande FRI 10am-10:45am Miners Camp SAT 9am-10am Music Train from Waterfall SAT 5pm-5:45pm The Chapel SUN 1pm-1:30pm Global Green African Dance
The Beez The Beez present Don´t Mention the Wall! songs, stories and slides from the fall of the Berlin Wall and beyond, with Julischka (bass/ voice) Deta and Rob Rayner (accordion/voice , guitar/voice) and Peter D’Elia (dobro, banjo/ voice). From Balkan to bluegrass, polka to punk and klezmer to cabaret, this is the unadulterated truth about the dramatic post-wall banana shortage, East German country and western
16–19 January 2014
25
Bernard Carney
Belle Jar
harmonica production and Stasi-assisted sound checks. FRI 9:15pm-10:15pm Show Pavilion Don’t Mention the Wall Part 1 SAT 8pm-9pm Show Pavilion Don’t Mention the Wall Part 2 SUN 11:30am-11:45am Show Pavilion Parody Concert SUN 5:15pm-6:15pm Slacky Flat Bar Best of the Beez
Belle Jar Established in 2011, Belle Jar play an energetic blend of gypsy, klezmer, swing and pop, with a mixture of English and French lyrics. They play mostly original songs of urban disenchantment and of breaking out of the ordinary, with their songs regularly culminating in wild abandon. They dress according to their mood which can be anything from circus to burlesque to Paris chic and enjoy nothing more than a dancing, themedressed audience to party with. THU 2pm Folk School Art of Performing THU 5:30pm-6pm La Petite Grande FRI 5pm-6pm Slacky Flat Bar SAT 8:30pm-9:15pm Restaurant SUN 3:30pm-4:15pm The Chapel
Bernard Carney Bernard Carney is an award winning songwriter, choir director and guitar teacher. He has worked full time in music for the past 39 years and he has 10 successful recordings to his name. He was the face of the Perth Residential White Pages for 2010, recently became one of the inaugural Patrons of the Fairbridge Festival in Western Australia and was Artist of the Year at Port Fairy Folk Festival in 2003. His shows are fun, participatory and thought provoking. THU 8pm Restaurant Tripe Dinner FRI 11am Show Pavilion Parody Concert FRI 2:45pm-3:45pm Black Diamond Marquee SAT 5:30pm-6:15pm La Petite Grande SUN 5:30pm-6:15pm Restaurant
26
Bitchpick
Big Erle Big Erle’s handcrafted, well-worn coastal-yokel blues is sure to get your feet a tappin’ and your thighs a slappin’. From the delta to the hills of Alabama, Big Erle will take you back to the time of sugarcane fields, moonshine and juke joints. THU 8:30pm-9pm La Petite Grande FRI 9:30pm-10:30pm Slacky Flat Bar SAT 7:15pm-8pm Miners Camp
Morris dancers, performing traditional English folk dances from the Cotswold region. When they’re not at the bar, you’ll see them bounding around the festival waving hankies and clashing sticks. SAT 12pm-12:30pm Piazza SAT 4pm-4:30pm Piazza SUN 3:15pm-3:45pm Global Green SUN 11:30am-12pm Piazza
Bitchpick
Bob Campbell Band
Bitchpick deliver multipart vocal harmony in a bluegrass setting. The members of this band originate from the US, UK, Australia and Switzerland. Bitchpick territory ranges from Take Five and The Girl From Ipanema to nailing bluegrass standards, with a jazzy twist. Taking their name from a hard-hitting stonemasonry tool, Bitchpick love their music and look forward to sharing it with you. THU 10am Folk School Bluegrass Banjo THU 7:45pm-8:15pm Grandstand Bar FRI 10pm-10:45pm Restaurant SAT 4pm-4:45pm Miners Camp
Black Joak Morris Black Joak Morris are an energetic band of Black Joak Morris
Bob Campbell is a singer, musician, writer, poet, teacher and storyteller who has performed in many parts of the world, playing his unique style of Australian music. He lives a bush lifestyle on a small property near the coalmine-ravaged village of Ulan, NSW. His latest CD is The Divide and he is launching a book at the festival - Giants Leap An Activist Folksinger’s Memoir. THU 7:30pm-8:15pm Global Green FRI 10:30am Show Pavilion Parody Concert FRI 8:30pm-9:15pm Grandstand Bar Book Launch – Giant’s Leap SAT 10am Show Pavilion John Dengate Tribute SAT 10:15pm-11:15pm The Chapel SUN 4:30pm-5:15pm La Petite Grande
suPer earLy bird Long Weekend Pass book before 28th feb
99
$
6TH
Long Weekend 6-9 June 2014 Perisher - snoWy mountains nsW
Wo r ld, r o ots, b lu e s, gyp sy, trad iti o nal
www.snowymountainsofmusic.com.au info@snowymountainsofmusic.com.au or call 1300 811 324
Bygone Error
Cassidy’s Ceili
Chaika
Brian Bell Need a laugh? Need a good cry? Brian Bell can make his poetry come to life in forms that will run you through all of the emotions. Hear him at the poets’ breakfasts and come along as he hosts the Limerick Comp, and the One Minute Wonders poetry gig. Winner of many awards for his bush poetry, Brian won the much soughtafter Bronze Swagman Award in 2012. THU 2:30pm Grandstand Bar The Curse of Verse FRI 12:45 Global Green Festival Poets SAT 3:30pm Grandstand Bar One Minute Wonders Host SUN 12pm Grandstand Bar Limerick Comp Host SUN 5:30pm Grandstand Bar The Last Word
Bruce Mathiske Described as “The Authentic Guitar Virtuoso” by The Sydney Morning Herald, Bruce’s music incorporates many rhythms and moods. In concert his engaging persona combined with superb musicianship and the ability to play bass, rhythm and melody simultaneously, leaves audiences spellbound. Mathiske has found the diverse colours of music and rhythms from all over the globe and fused them into a diverse and unique style that is all his own. FRI 9:30pm-10:30pm The Chapel SAT 12:45pm-1:30pm Black Diamond Marquee SUN 4:30pm-5:15pm Restaurant
Bush Music Club Urban Scrub The BMC group Urban Scrub carries on the performance traditions of the BMC founders , The Bushwhackers (1952-58). The members play concertinas, violins, piano accordions, banjos, guitars, harmonicas, button accordions, chord harps, whistles, flutes and a range of other instruments. Band members also sing Australian bush songs and call bush dances.
28
THU 7pm-7:30pm Grandstand Bar FRI 4:30pm-5pm Grandstand Bar SAT 7pm-8pm Grandstand Bar SUN 4:45pm-5:30pm Grandstand Bar
sound. “The pick of St Alban’s Festival” – Jo Creswell, former National Folk Festival program director. THU 8:30pm-9:15pm Global Green FRI 10:30pm-11:30pm La Petite Grande Bygone Error SAT 12:30pm-1:15pm Restaurant SAT 9:30pm-10:45pm Global Green Balkan / Indulge in a bit of what you fancy and some frivolity and fun with Christian and Paul Reynolds. Israeli Dance Bygone Error specialise in turn-of-the-century SUN 2:30pm-3:15pm Miners Camp British music-hall songs and recitations, novelty songs, verse, and other detritus. Chippo Days THU 9:15pm-9:45pm La Petite Grande Chippo Days is the magic that happens when three FRI 10:30am-11:15am La Petite Grande former flatmates are brought together through FRI 2:15pm-3pm Show Pavilion History of the the irrepressible charms of a folk singer from New York. They effortlessly blend genres, instrumentation English Music Hall (uilleann pipes, mandolin, fiddle, whistles, guitar and SAT 6:30pm-7:15pm Restaurant bass) and voices to create a fresh take on songs SUN 11:30am-12:15pm Miners Camp from the Celtic, folk and American traditions, while adding with own compositions. Caitlin James THU 4:30pm-5:15pm Slacky Flat Bar Born and raised in Wollongong, Caitlin James is FRI 6:45pm-7:30pm Restaurant an 18-year-old singer/songwriter. Learning the guitar since the age of eight, Caitlin has been SAT 10:15pm-11pm Nags Lounge writing her own songs for three years, based on love, loss and life. Chloe & Jason Roweth FRI 7:30pm-8pm The Shed Youth Concert Millthorpe musicians Chloë and Jason Roweth have been performing and recording for more Cassidy’s Ceili than 20 years together. They share a passion Cassidy’s Ceili is the beautiful voice of Cassidy for new and original music, Australian folklore Richens - singing delicate ballads and rollicking and traditional bush music, with their greatest tales of murder, war, cross-dressing and robbery satisfaction drawn from bringing almost-forgotten - together with the thoughtful accompaniment songs back to life. Featuring strong lead vocals, of four world-class musicians, Sandy Gibbney, guitar, mandolin and bouzouki, you can expect a Ian Blake, Jon Jones and Peter Richens. They new look at the old, and an old take on the new. deliver dynamic performances of traditional and WED 11am Folk School Traditional Australian contemporary Celtic songs. Music FRI 9:15pm-10:15pm La Petite Grande WED 2pm Folk School Sourcing & Arranging SAT 6pm-7pm The Chapel Australian Music SUN 2:30pm-3:15pm Show Pavilion THU 7pm-7:30pm La Petite Grande FRI 10:30am Show Pavilion Parody Concert Chaika FRI 12:45pm-1:45pm Nags Lounge Balkan jazzy-driven eclectic folk chamber FRI 6:15pm-7pm Grandstand Bar music, full of sumptuous vocal harmonies and SAT 10am Show Pavilion John Dengate Tribute expressive instrumentals, Chaika is leaving SAT 12:15pm-1:15pm The Chapel audiences spellbound with their fresh, inventive
www.illawarrafolkfestival.com.au
Chord-eaux
Chippo Days
Chloe & Jason Roweth
Circus Wow
Cinnamon Twist
Chord-eaux
Celtic, Slavic Romanian, New Orleans, Italian Hungarian and African traditions. We love street Local musicians Chord-eaux have been around parties, parade bands and playing for anyone for about four years and they love playing singwho wants to dance, clap or even join in with us. along songs for all ages. They play regularly THU 3:30pm-4:15pm Slacky Flat Bar in aged-care facilities where both staff and residents join in the singing. For festivals, Chord- FRI 4:15pm-5:15pm Black Diamond Marquee eaux present Australian traditional songs, and the SAT 9:30am-10:30am The Chapel program is different each time. So, come along, sing along, bring spoons and bring lagerphones. Dave de Hugard You will probably find your favourite Aussie Dave has an elemental spirit of Australian bush traditional song is on the agenda. music for longer than most of us care to recall. FRI 2:30pm-3:15pm Grandstand Bar Any performance is a lesson in the art ... and he can coax “real music” out of almost anything Cinnamon Twist that plunks, squeaks or hums. He has built up a large repertoire of Australian old-time and bush Belly Dance dance tunes and yarns and released numerous Virginia is the artistic director and principal of recordings since the 1950s. Cinnamon Twist Belly Dance, Wollongong’s premier centre for the study of traditional Middle WED 4pm-5pm Folk School Bush Music – Australian Traditional Music & the Men & Women Eastern dance and contemporary belly dance. Who Made it Virginia is known for her charismatic stage presence and down-to-earth teaching style. She THU 8pm Restaurant Tripe Dinner has dedicated the past 15 years to the study, FRI 12pm-1pm Grandstand Bar Bush Music – performance, and teaching of belly dance both Australian Traditional Music & the Men & Women nationally and internationally. Who Made it SAT 11am-11:30am Global Green FRI 7:15pm-8pm Grandstand Bar SAT 4pm-4:30pm Global Green SAT 1pm-1:45pm La Petite Grande SUN 10:30am-11:15am Restaurant Circus Wow -The Strong
(wo)men
Circus Wow is an all-women’s community circus, operating in the Illawarra since 2001. Empowering women to do extraordinary things and speak about community and women’s issues, it provides fun classes in all sorts of circus skills as well as regularly putting together exciting shows and performing at community festivals. SAT 11:15am-12pm The Shed SUN 2:30pm-3:15pm The Shed
The Con Artists We are the biggest band at folk festivals in Australia with a unique repertoire of world music drawing upon spicy French Canadian, Klezmer,
David Beniuk “Few artists successfully wed cerebral lyrics with melting melodies. Beniuk does and levitates into the Paul Kelly, Michael Thomas, Tim Rogers, Neil Finn group of bloody good songwriters.” - The Australian. One of the Illawarra’s most acclaimed songwriters, David returns from his new base in Tasmania with his first album in eight years. THU 11am-11:50am Folk School Song Writing THU 8:30pm-9pm Grandstand Bar FRI 7:45pm-8:45pm Nags Lounge SAT 6:30pm-7:15pm La Petite Grande
David O’Connor David is probably the only songwriter at this year’s Bulli to have written a #1 hit in Mongolia, where he lived for over 5 years. He has been singing/writing folk songs for nearly 50 years and yet is still only 29 years old; you should see the portrait in his attic. His songs have been recorded by artists such as Fay White, Bernard Carney, Jackie Luke, and he has just issued his 11th CD. Poetry events all festival THU 2:30pm Grandstand Bar The Curse of Verse FRI 1:15pm Show Pavilion Singing Poets
David Rooney David Rooney teaches at the Wollongong Conservatorium of Music, runs instrumental music programs in several local schools, and directs Wollongong’s well known community music ensemble, The Con Artists. David will be looking after the Festival Parade Band and Orchestra this year again. SUN 6:30pm The Shed Parade Practice SUN 7:15pm Slacky Flat Bar Finale
Denis McKay Denis is a “late bloomer” - taking up the autoharp on his retirement. Since that epiphany, he has played and taught at festivals all along the eastern seaboard. He has a particular interest in collected Australian traditional songs as well as contemporary and traditional songs, particularly those with a social content. WED 10am-10:50am Folk School Introduction to Autoharp SAT 10am-11am Grandstand Bar Autoharp Meet
Dom Flemons Dom Flemons is a folk singer and multiinstrumentalist from Phoenix, Arizona who has travelled the word playing his brand of old-time music. Playing a variety of different traditional
16–19 January 2014
29
Enda Kenny Band
Frank Povah and Chris Cruise
Handsome Young Strangers
music styles as well as original material, Dom has made a splash on the old-time music scene, co-founding the Grammy-award winning string band, the Carolina Chocolate Drops. Dom will bedazzle folks with his entertaining, passionate and informative presentation of American music over a range of 100 years. WED 8:45pm-9:30pm Miners Camp THU 3pm-4pm Folk School Rhythm Bones THU 8pm-8:45pm Slacky Flat Bar THU 10:15pm Restaurant Tripe Dinner FRI 6:45pm-7:45pm The Chapel SAT 10:30pm-11:15pm Restaurant SUN 2:45pm-3:45pm Black Diamond Marquee
Dru Yoga with Erika Steller
FRI 5:45pm-6:45pm Black Diamond Marquee Frank Povah and SAT 8:30pm-9:15pm La Petite Grande Chris Cruise SUN 11:15am-11:30am Show Pavilion WA born Frank Povah performed at family SUN 3:45pm-4:45pm Slacky Flat Bar hoolies from an early age, with a repertoire of bush poetry and songs ranging from Barbara F.A.R.T. for Kids Allan to Birmingham Jail. Filmed and recorded F.A.R.T. for Kids is a fun space for art making at for the National Library by John Meredith and the folk festival. Dinah and Lena are experienced others, Frank has spent a life time absorbing the art and design teachers who love to dress up, music he loves. paint, draw, and make mayhem that sometimes THU 12pm-12:50pm Folk School Good Old looks like art. Time Music FRI from 9am The Shed THU 4pm-5pm Folk School Australian Blues SAT from 9am The Shed THU 9:15pm-9:45pm Grandstand Bar SUN from 9am The Shed FRI 7pm-7:45pm Miners Camp SAT 6pm-6:45pm Nags Lounge Festival Choir 9:30am-10:15am Restaurant SUN Join the Festival Choir and perform at the
Erika began practising yoga in 1997, discovering Dru Yoga in 2004. Huge lifestyle benefits led to a decision to begin the Dru Yoga Teacher Training Diploma in 2007. Although training initially for personal interest, a desire to share her love of yoga grew. Erika now teaches open yoga classes and yoga for kids. Early risers and anyone who’d like to experience the benefits of yoga can start the festival day at your best. FRI 9:30am-10:30am Global Green SAT 9am-10am Global Green SUN 8:30am-9:15am Global Green
Festival Finale. The Festival Choir will be led by Lotte Latukefu who lectures in singing in the Faculty of Creative Arts at the University of Wollongong. Lotte will share her tips for healthy singing and good ensemble work. WED 5pm Folk School Practice THU 10am Folk School Practice FRI 2:45pm-3:45pm Global Green Practice SAT 4:30pm-5:45pm Grandstand Bar Practice SUN 1pm-2:30pm Grandstand Bar Practice SUN 5pm-6pm The Shed Final Practice SUN 7:15pm-8:30pm Slacky Flat Bar Finale
Franklyn B Paverty
Enda Kenny Band
Fly With Me
Funkier Than Alice
Television, film and theatre performer Susan Kennedy will hostess you through life in the air above the Illawarra. Jazz keyboard vocalist, Belinda Robinson, has flown to Cuba with the likes of James Morrison and is an award-winning songwriter. Together they’ve collated well-known flying songs and researching original ones, taking off with Lawrence Hargrave’s box kite and cruising past the brave and bizarre stories of women pioneer pilots, stewardesses and other flight characters and experiences. SUN 10:30am-11:15am Miners Camp
Funkier Than Alice have been described as “the most intellectually and emotionally awe-inspiring cabaret act ever... the interweaving harmonies are to die for”Time Out Mumbai. Funkier Than Alice (Judy Stubbs, Nicole Murphy, Linda Meyns and Rita Woolhouse variously on vocals, keyboard, guitar, ukes and cello) join forces with Mark Holder-Keeping on clarinet and sax, and Amelia Gibsons on violin to create an arresting musical experience through their folk/Gypsy/jazz fusion. FRI 6:45pm-7:45pm La Petite Grande SAT 1:30pm-2:15pm Restaurant
The Enda Kenny Band also includes Lindsay Martin and Sandy Brady. Enda and Lindsay returned to full-time music in 2013 and have been delighting festival audiences as far afield as Western Australia, New Zealand and the eastern states. Their long-awaited new album Heart Tattoo features a reunion with bassist Sandy Brady. “Enda’s songs get right to the heart of the Australian experience and accompanists don’t come any better than Lindsay Martin” said Fairbridge Festival in WA. FRI 10:30am Show Pavilion Parody Concert
30
www.illawarrafolkfestival.com.au
Canberra’s, Franklyn B Paverty is one of the longest surviving bush bands in the country. It has been performing its unique style of bush/country music at woolsheds, festivals, pubs and clubs for 40 years. Paverty interprets Australian traditions from traditional songs about convicts and bushranging through the poems of Henry Lawson and Banjo Patterson to more recent songs by great Australian singer/songwriters. FRI 6:15pm-7:30pm Global Green Bush Dance SAT 10:30pm-11:30pm Show Pavilion SUN 1:30pm-2:15pm The Chapel
Gordie Mackeeman and his Rhythm Boys
Glenn Skuthorpe
Gemma Glendenning
Gobsmacked!
Greg Champion
Gemma Glendenning is a singer/songwriter, and accomplished vocalist who has performed consistently in Sydney and overseas up to six nights a week for more than 15 years. She is a versatile singer and guitarist with an extensive repertoire. Gemma’s vocals are reminiscent of so many female singer/songwriters influenced by the folk-country movement with hints of Suzanne Vega, Lucinda Williams, Bonnie Raitt and Australia’s own Lisa Miller. THU 7:45pm-8:15pm La Petite Grande FRI 6:30pm-7:30pm Nags Lounge SAT 7:30pm-8:15pm La Petite Grande
The dynamic Gobsmacked duo, Bertie and Louis, are back with their unique brand of mischievous and musical storytelling. There’s a Dragon in my Suitcase is a true and magical story of travels to a new land. What happens when a host of fantastic creatures, ghosts and ghoulies arrive on these shores with the children who bring them from different corners of the world? WED 12pm-12:50pm Folk School Ukulele for Beginners FRI 12pm-12:30pm The Shed SAT 1pm-1:30pm The Shed SUN 3:30pm-4pm The Shed
Glenn Skuthorpe
Good Tunes Session
Greg returns to the Illawarra invigorated with a fresh album release, his 25th since starting his folk festival journey nearly 30 years ago. Greg has been a member of iconic national ABC radio show The Coodabeen Champions for 31 years. While widely known for composing sport parodies, Greg has many moving songs in his unusual, diverse repertoire; always bringing an audience something different through whimsical songs that gently satirise Australian life. THU 8pm Restaurant Tripe Dinner FRI 10:30am Show Pavilion Parody Concert FRI 1:30pm-2:30pm The Chapel SAT 11:30am-12:30pm Slacky Flat Bar with Jane Saunders SUN 10am Show Pavilion Funny Concert SUN 1:15pm-2:15pm Black Diamond Marquee with Jane Saunders
Glenn’s music crosses genres, creating a sound reminiscent of Springsteen and Steve Earle. He’s a compelling storyteller with poetic lyrics full of love and loss, murder, betrayal and renewal. Sometimes described as one of the most underrated Australian songwriters, he has toured the world and his music is featured on work by Wayne Blair (of The Sapphires and Redfern Now) as well as documentaries and televisions programs such as the ABC’s Message Stick. THU 7pm-7:45pm Slacky Flat Bar FRI 1:15pm-2:15pm Black Diamond Marquee SAT 5:30pm-6:15pm Restaurant SUN 12:30pm-1:15pm The Chapel
Glover & Sorrensen Two-handed stand-up comedy – where two comedians are onstage at the same time – is a bit of a trick. It’s also a rare thing. It takes a special comedic relationship. Every now and again it happens and when it does you get twice the fun. Warning adult content! FRI 8pm-8:45pm Miners Camp SAT 9:30pm-10:15pm La Petite Grande SUN 10:30am Show Pavilion Funny Concert SUN 2:30pm-3:15pm Restaurant SUN 7:15pm Slacky Flat Bar Finale Hosts
Giving new life to good folk tunes is the aim of the Good Tunes Sessions. Led by David De Santi, accordionista from the Wongawilli Band, I Viaggiatori and The Con Artists, it will be a musical journey over various continents visiting Italy, the Balkans, France, Ireland, Quebec, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, United States and, of course, Australia. FRI 9:30am-10:30am Grandstand Bar SAT 8pm-9pm Grandstand Bar SUN 9am-10am Grandstand Bar
Handsome Young Strangers
For nearly a decade the HYS have been entertaining the nation with their high-octane take on Australian bush folk delivering a blend of traditional and original music with an emphasis on energy and fun. The HYS combine the punk-rock ethic with bush-folk instrumentation Gordie MacKeeman and in a show that will have you dancing, laughing, wondering where your beer went so quickly and His Rhythm Boys Prince Edward Island’s award-winning four-piece how many tickets do you have left. will yank you out of your seat by the collar. Gordie THU 1pm-1:50pm Folk School Build a Lagerphone “Crazy Legs” MacKeeman’s thrilling dance style and supernatural fiddlin’ meets Peter Cann’s FRI 8:15pm-9:15pm The Chapel blistering guitar solos, and the multi-instrumental SAT 9:15pm-10:15pm Slacky Flat Bar talents of Thomas Webb and Mark Geddes SUN 3:45pm-4:30pm Nags Lounge resulting in an old-timey bluegrass meltdown. FRI 8pm-9pm Slacky Flat Bar Harman and Hellens SAT 1pm Slacky Flat Bar Fiddle Frenzy Hankering to be knee deep in some highSAT 4:30pm-5:30pm Black Diamond Marquee powered bluegrass? Then a Harman and Hellens SUN 10am-11am Grandstand Bar Kickin’ Up a show is a must. Together with their adept band mates, David Harman and David Hellens take Tune - Workshop listeners on a musical journey through traditional SUN 12:45pm-1:45pm Slacky Flat Bar
16–19 January 2014
31
Jaaleekaay
Hopeless Wanderers
and modern bluegrass songs and tunes originating from the Southern US. They might even throw in a murder ballad or two. They are seasoned festival players and the Hellens’ banjo wizardry must be experienced to be believed. WED 2pm Folk School Bluegrass Guitar WED 4pm Folk School Bluegrass Mandolin THU 6:15pm-6:45pm Grandstand Bar FRI 10:30pm-11:15pm Show Pavilion SAT 1:30pm-2:30pm Grandstand Bar Bluegrass Session SAT 4:30pm-5:15pm Restaurant
Harry O’Brien Harry is a student at Corpus Christi High School, Oak Flats and a surfer. He plays acoustic covers and own songs and busks regularly around Kiama and the South Coast. He recently received federal government funding under the Creative Young Stars program. FRI 6:45pm-7:15pm The Shed Youth Concert
The Hollands! The Hollands! are seasoned concert performers, engaging audiences and rousing a sing-along with their intimate merrymaking. They are a 21st century nomadic family based in the US via Australia and frolic in the Americana, folk revival scene. THU 5:30pm-6pm Grandstand Bar FRI 5:15pm-6:15pm Nags Lounge SAT 3:30pm-4:15pm Restaurant SUN 10am-10:45am La Petite Grande
The Hollands!
joined by Jack “Lips That Rumble” Contencin and Sarah “The Tonsil Warbler”, to make up this six-piece band. FRI 9pm-10pm Nags Lounge SAT 10am-10:45am Miners Camp SUN 8:45pm-9:45pm Slacky Flat Bar
I Viaggiatori & Dall’ Italia All’ Australia Be transported with I Viaggiatori to forgotten fishing villages, moonlit olive groves, and a hard life where women sang melancholy songs of lost love, displacement, revolution and hardship with a fierce sense of humour. The band of Kavisha Mazzella, Irine Vela, David De Santi and Mark-Holder Keeping provide the sounds of folk, Celtic, gypsy, blues and Italian world music woven expertly together. They will present their live music to the 1924 silent film - Dall’ Italia All’ Australia - From Italy to Australia. THU 5pm Show Pavilion Film and Music FRI 6:30pm Show Pavilion Film and Music SAT 11:45am Show Pavilion Film and Music
Illawarra Breakfast Poets Illawarra Breakfast Poets meet every Wednesday at 7am in the little hall at Coniston. They write a poem every week and compete for the highly prized Distinguished Poets Award. You will hear not only the classics recited to a high standard but also some contemporary original pieces as well. FRI 11:45am-12:45pm Global Green
Illawarra Pipe Band
Formed in 1945 the Illawarra Pipe Band has been playing bagpipes and drums and Kate “Chalky” Bestwick is a seasoned performer entertaining crowds since. There is nothing like the sound of the pipes and drums leading and band spokesperson Stuart “Chipper” Alexander, says: “Kate is the best vocalist on the a procession as many know. The Illawarra Pipe Band consists of playing and non-playing music scene, and boy can she sing and drink.” Tim “Hang ’Em High” Hewitt, Kate and drummer members and welcomes anyone with an interest in pipes and drums. Steve “Hash Brown” Whitworth all emerge from local band The Wallaby Hillbillies, a foot-stomping SUN 12:15pm Slacky Flat Bar riot of folk, country and rock music. They are SUN 4pm Piazza
Hopeless Wanderers
32
www.illawarrafolkfestival.com.au
Instrument Repairs on the Run This workshop by Christiaan Dolislager is for any player whose instruments are providing problems, especially when gigging, travelling or playing at festivals. Anyone with some commonsense can participate. You can bring your own instrument and some tools if you like for hands-on experience or just sit down, watch and ask questions. Bring a small Philips head and flat-blade screwdriver (jeweller’s size and larger), a small set of pliers, some masking tape, a small bottle of good PVA glue like Weldbond, a sharp Stanley knife, set of needle files, old toothbrush and an old shaving brush. All these tools help but are not a necessity. The workshop is for accordions and concertinas but other instruments like flutes, clarinets, whistles etc are welcome. A violin set-up is possible and some bridges are available but bring your own strings. WED 11am Folk School Instrument Repairs THU 1pm Folk School Instrument Repairs FRI 10:45am-11:45am Grandstand Bar Instrument Repairs SUN 9:30am-10:30am Nags Lounge Instrument Repairs
Jaaleekaay Jaaleekaay means “crossing point” in the West African language of Wolof. It also describes an international collaboration of global significance - a musical convergence between Australian guitarist Steve Berry and two of Gambia’s finest musicians: Amadou Suso (kora) and Yusupha Ngum (vocals). THU 6:15pm-6:45pm La Petite Grande FRI 10:15pm-11:15pm Black Diamond Marquee SAT 9am-10am Music Train from Waterfall SAT 2:15pm-3pm Show Pavilion SUN 10:30am-11:15am The Chapel
The Latchikos
Kavisha Mazzella
Jane Aubourg Jane is a solo electric violinist using digital effects to bring her own avant-garde brand of folk, minimalist and soundtrack-inspired music to life, creating the lush sound of an orchestra on one violin. Some of her musical influences are Phillip Glass, Yann Tiersen, Zoe Keating, and Andrew Bird, as well as a smorgasbord of folk, classical, and contemporary music. Jane was the 2010 MusicOz Best Instrumental Artist and is an artist in residence at the Wollongong Youth Centre. FRI 5:45pm-6:30pm La Petite Grande SAT 10:30am-11:15am Restaurant SAT 1:30pm-1:40pm Slacky Flat Bar Fiddle Frenzy
Jim Green Jim Green is a Melbourne guitarist/singer who is inspired by the work of Richard Thompson, Ry Cooder and Andy Irvine. When not playing in Irish trad band Bulabos or vocal trio Sugarloaf, Jim can be found at home adding original songs to his repertoire or trying to finish his third solo album. FRI 5:45pm-6:30pm Miners Camp SAT 10:30pm-11:15pm La Petite Grande SUN 11:30am-12:15pm Restaurant
Kay Proudlove
SAT 2:15pm-2:25pm Slacky Flat Bar Fiddle Frenzy SAT 6:15pm-7:15pm Slacky Flat Bar SAT 9pm-9:30pm Grandstand Bar Session SUN 2:45pm-3:30pm Nags Lounge
Julie Bishop and Ryebuck Bush Band Folk dancer Julie Bishop has been called Australia’s Queen of Contra. She introduced contra dance to Sydney in 1990, and has since taught it, and English country dance, at many festivals. She is the caller for annual Sydney, Gosford and Newcastle contras, with Pastrami on Ryebuck - Australia’s first contra dance band. As Ryebuck, they have been a popular bush band for 35 years. As Regency Ryebuck, with caller Julie, they play for Gosford’s annual Jane Austen Dance, and at festivals. FRI 7:45pm-9pm Global Green Contra Dance SAT 11am Grandstand Bar Tune Session SAT 8pm-9:15pm Global Green English Country Dance
Kalalaya Dance Group
Chandrakala Ilango established the Kalalaya Dance Group in Wollongong to encourage young dancers to continue the traditional art form in the Illawarra. The school has many students from all age groups, ranging from women, to young girls John John Festival John John Festival is Mana “John” Okubo (fiddle, and boys. For many years the group has had vocal), Hirofumi “Annie” Nakamura (guitar, vocal) the privilege of showcasing Indian culture to the and Toshi “Bodhran” Motooka. John John Festival Illawarra, and the Illawarra Folk Festival is always the highlight of the year for the young dancers. is one of the most popular Irish-music bands in SUN 10:45am-11:15am Global Green Japan. With rhythm, melody and emotion in a genuine groove their mutual happiness makes SUN 12:15pm-12:45pm Global Green the audience happy too. Their story began January 2010 and they have released a number Kavisha Mazzella of albums, joined three other musicians’ albums, ARIA award winner and songbird Kavisha many festivals, 15 tours of Japan and 200 gigs Mazzella’s original lyrics include humour, poetry, each year. social justice and the spiritual. Combine this THU 10pm-10:45pm Grandstand Bar prowess with the voice of an angel and you have the experience of a Kavisha concert. Singing FRI 11am-12pm The Chapel in English and Italian, she will take you on an SAT 10am-11am Music Train from Waterfall
34
www.illawarrafolkfestival.com.au
The Lazy Farmer’s Sons
uplifting boundary-riding journey of well-crafted stories and songs ringing with echoes of Celtic, fado and Gypsy influences that will strike a resounding chord within. THU 11am Folk School Italian Folk Songs FRI 12:15pm-1:15pm The Chapel SAT 9:30pm-10:15pm Restaurant SUN 4:15pm-5:15pm Black Diamond Marquee
Kay Proudlove Kay Proudlove is a singer/songwriter armed with an acoustic guitar and a bunch of wordy songs. Taking influence from artists such as Laura Marling, Katie Noonan, Darren Hanlon, Clare Bowditch, Josh Pyke and Ed Sheeran, Kayʼs indie folk style is hybridised with a touch of jazz and a hint of musical theatre. FRI 4:45pm-5:30pm Miners Camp SAT 9:15pm-10pm Nags Lounge SUN 5:30pm-6:15pm La Petite Grande
Kenny Bartley/Super Kenny Kenny Bartley burst onto the Perth acoustic scene in the late ’90s. He had been writing songs for a number of years but had a breakthrough when his mates (honest friends that they were) told him he could write a decent song but they were a bit boring. Time passed ... life was lived, kids were made, kids were born, kids grew quickly. Kenny and family left the beautiful west and landed in the big city of lights. THU 6:30pm-7:15pm Global Green FRI 10:30am-11am The Shed Super Kenny SAT 10:30am-11:15am Nags Lounge SAT 2:30pm-3pm The Shed Super Kenny
Kiki and Pascal Take a highly skilled English gentleman juggler and marry him to a Kazadorian farm girl who learnt contortion through questionable means and has a twisted understanding of the English language, wait 25 years and then you get the Kiki
Klezmorim
and Pascal experience. This is a hilarious show about the journey of an unlikely couple that will make you laugh, in both good and bad ways, as they invite you into their lives through acrobatics, singing, juggling, contortion and magic. SAT 3:30pm-4:15pm La Petite Grande Variety Show
King & Queen of Green Over the past 10 years, the members of Wollongong’s Eaton Gorge Theatre Company have made it their mission to communicate messages about a healthy lifestyle, a healthy environment and a healthy community. Join their King and Queen of Green as their majesties explore the use of compost, worm farms and chickens to reduce landfill. Meet The King and Queen’s new friends Snook The Chook and Wriggle The Worm as they sing their way to a happy garden. SUN 9am-10am Music Train SUN 12pm-12:30pm The Shed The Tree Tales
Klezmorim Klezmorim is an Oriental llezmer Gypsy band with a Brazilian twist. They mix old Oriental instruments like medieval violin, derbak, snujs, nay flute, bendir, with electric guitar, bass, drums, trumpet and saxophone in a procession with Oriental dancers - and you are invited to be part of the show. WED 10am Folk School How to Play Klezmer Music WED 12pm Folk School Klezmer Violin WED 3pm Folk School Oriental Derbak Drums & Dance THU 3pm Folk School Brazilian Forro Music & Dance THU 10pm-10:45pm Slacky Flat Bar FRI 9:30pm-10:45pm Global Green Dance SAT 2:45pm-2:55pm Slacky Flat Bar Fiddle Frenzy SAT 4pm-5pm Grandstand Bar Klezmer Session
Jim Green
SAT 7:30pm-8:30pm Black Diamond Marquee World Dance Party SUN 5:30pm-6:30pm The Chapel
environment. Lindy’s tales promote the love of nature, foster a sense of stewardship and connect people with their natural environment. FRI 9:45am-10:15am The Shed SAT 9:45am-10:15am The Shed SUN 4:15pm-4:45pm The Shed SUN 9am-10am Music Train from Waterfall
The Latchikos Credited as the originators of “gyp-hop” (Gaelic gypsy hip-hop), the Latchikos blend a raw mix of virtuoso violin, spoken word and raw, driving Gaelic beats. Behind this innovation is Aindrias de Staic, a traditional Irish fiddler. Joining de Staic in The Latchikos comes former oneman band Tim Scanlan and rapper/drummer/ trombonist Eimhim Cradock. FRI 1:15pm-2:15pm Grandstand Bar Irish Fiddle Workshop FRI 9pm-10pm Miners Camp SAT 2pm-2:10pm Slacky Flat Bar Fiddle Frenzy SAT 8:15pm-9pm Nags Lounge SAT 9:30pm-10pm Grandstand Bar Celtic Session SAT 10am-11am Music Train from Waterfall SUN 9:30am-10:15am The Chapel
The Littlest Fox The Littlest Fox’s earthy acoustic tones and enchanting harmonies bring to life stories of urban Australia. From the southern suburbs of Perth, come band members Ashlea Reale (vocals/ guitar/ cornet/ stomp box/ cajon) and Jenny Gaunt (vocals/ keys/ ukulele/ cello/ cajon). FRI 2:30pm-3:15pm La Petite Grande SAT 10pm-10:45pm The Shed Youth Concert SUN 12:45pm-1:30pm Nags Lounge
The Lazy Farmer’s Sons The Lazy Farmer’s Sons are Andy and Ben Gosling from the north-west Victorian badlands. Their music is inspired by the harshness and isolation of the land and the characters it has forged. Andy’s stirring vocals and dry-as-Malleedust storytelling come together with hard-hitting guitar, harmonica and mandolin to form an Australian style ranging from haunting ballads of howling north winds, to rollicking tunes about hotels and drought-stricken drunks. They will be joined by prominent fiddle player Kim Perry. FRI 5:30pm-6:15pm Show Pavilion SAT 7pm-7:45pm Nags Lounge SUN 4:30pm-5:15pm The Chapel
Lindy Lady of the Forest: Storyteller
Lola Wright’s Keg Night Lola Wright’s Keg Night is a musical memoir adapted by PP Cranney and Christina Mimmocchi from Lola Wright’s autobiography. It’s a new verbatim play with music based on the passionate life and times of former Illawarra resident, Lola Wright – teacher, activist, performer, wife, mother, lover. This is her story in her own words and the music she loved – an excerpt of a new play which will be read by Vashti Hughes and others. FRI 7:45pm-8:45pm Show Pavilion SAT 6:30pm-7:30pm Show Pavilion
Lindy Mitchell is a professional storyteller and children’s author with a passion for the
16–19 January 2014
35
The Miss Chiefs
London Klezmer Quartet
Marshall Mount Merry Makers
London Klezmer Quartet
Love In The Jungle
Martin Pearson
The London Klezmer Quartet presents the celebratory and soulful music of Jewish Eastern European in exuberant, passionate and accomplished performances of old and new melodies. Dance, sing, laugh and cry with the allfemale band described by ABC’s Doug Spencer as: “The real deal, to these ears”. THU 11am Folk School Klezmer Sax and Clarinet THU 12pm Folk School Introduction to Klezmer THU 2pm Folk School Klezmer Fiddle THU 4pm Folk School Klezmer Accordion THU 5:30pm-6:15pm Slacky Flat Bar THU 8pm Restaurant Tripe Concert FRI 2pm-3pm Slacky Flat Bar SAT 10:30am-11:30am Black Diamond Marquee SAT 1:15pm-1:25pm Slacky Flat Bar Fiddle Frenzy SUN 11:30am-12:15pm The Chapel
Love in the Jungle is a locally produced celebration of original salt-laced contemporary acoustic folk, boosted with a twist of world percussion and authentic Aussie indigenous sounds. It features the amazing Matt “The Skin” Jollo on congas/percussion from Sydney’s jazz scene with Chris “Mad Dog” McEvoy of Bulli on guitar/vocals. Locals Ben Anderson and Andy “The Chief” Matthews round off the rhythm section on drums and bass. FRI 10.30am-11.15am Nags Lounge SAT 5pm-5:45pm Miners Camp
Martin returns with another year’s worth of song and story. Hear more about travel and travail, Moroccan riads and Cornish pasties. It is even possible he might be a bit grumpy with the Government by January. Come and watch Martin age gracelessly before your very eyes. THU 8pm Restaurant Tripe Dinner FRI 10:30am Show Pavilion Parody Concert FRI 1:30pm-2:30pm Restaurant SAT 9:15pm-10:15pm Show Pavilion SUN 10am Show Pavilion Funny Concert SUN 3:30pm-4:15pm La Petite Grande
Lotte Latukefu Lecturer in voice in the Faculty of Creative Arts at the University of Wollongong, Lotte has performed at the Lincoln Centre in New York, Opera Australia, State Opera of South Australia, as well as appearing with the Western Australian Symphony Orchestra and in numerous Australian music festivals. Lotte holds a PhD in Music Education from the University of Wollongong. Festival Choir Practices and Finale
Louise Lawson Tribute The name Louisa Lawson may be familiar to many as the mother of poet Henry Lawson. Louisa is also remembered as a writer, poet, newspaper proprietor and suffragist in her own right. Peter Hood and friends will present a tribute with spoken word, poetry and songs. FRI 2:45pm-4pm Restaurant
36
Lucette Lucette is a 15-year-old girl from the seaside town of Gerringong. As a part of the Kiama High School Concert Band and Vocal Group she has twice toured parts of Australia performing in venues such as the Sydney Town Hall. Lucette has accompanied multiple HSC exams and performed previously at the Illawarra and Kangaroo Valley Folk Festivals. Singing a mix of covers and her own songs, it’s just her and her guitar hoping you enjoy the performances as much as she does. SAT 6pm-6:30pm The Shed Youth Concert
Marshall Mount Merry Makers The Marshall Mount Old Time Dance near Albion Park is still going strong and has been held fortnightly since 1953. Arthur Bowley was the leading musician. The band he formed, the Marshall Mount Merrymakers, continues with his grandson David Johnston on accordion, David’s wife Linda on flute, Arthur’s son Kevin on banjo, Arthur’s granddaughter Wendy Johnston on drums, family friend Peter McBeth on electric guitar and David and Linda’s two boys, Mat and Sam. SAT 4:45pm-6pm Global Green Old Time Dance
www.illawarrafolkfestival.com.au
Mat Brooker Mat Brooker wields only a Spanish guitar and a stomp box to create a vibrant display of contemporary Latin fusion. Bounding from the furious staccato rhythms of flamenco to the cigar-soaked sounds of Buena Vista, this is expressive music that celebrates life. Get your fiesta groove on. FRI 1:30pm-2:15pm La Petite Grande SAT 2:45pm-3:30pm Nags Lounge SUN 1:30pm-2:15pm Miners Camp
Matthew Fagan Matthew Fagan is a virtuoso guitarist and performs on a 10-string Spanish and Celtic steel -string guitar and is endorsed by Maton to play ukulele. Billy Connolly said, “Matthew is the best artist that I have ever toured with.” THU 10am Folk School Guitar Workshop THU 12pm Folk School Intermediate Ukulele FRI 10:45am-11:45am Global Green Ukulele Workshop FRI 1:30pm-2:15pm Miners Camp SAT 5:30pm-6:15pm Show Pavilion SUN 4:45pm-5:30pm Nags Lounge
Murphy’s Puppets
Music of Joy
No Such Thing
Melanie April
Nick Rheinberger
Melanie April comprises of a local family duo. Inspired by both traditional and contemporary music, Mel and Tom are able to experiment and adopt an open attitude for a unique performance. FRI 8:15pm-8:45pm The Shed Youth Concert
your dreams and nightmares. Bertie McMahon, Lajos Hamers, Mark Holder-Keeping and Dave Gale are your humble hosts. WED 8pm-8:45pm Miners Camp FRI 3pm-3:45pm Nags Lounge SAT 7:30pm-8:15pm Restaurant
Merryweather
Murphy’s Puppets
If two strong voices joined in weaving harmony is your idea of heaven, you’re going to love the acoustic folk duo, Merryweather, two long-time solo singers Margaret Essex and Margaret Bradford. Drawn together by their love of harmony and of songs with a message, their inspiring, passionate and humorous performances have attracted an audience response that has surprised even them. FRI 12:45pm-1:15pm The Shed For the Kids FRI 4pm-4:45pm Nags Lounge SAT 11am-11:45am Miners Camp
Dennis Murphy is the rarely seen face behind Sydney’s international award-winning puppet company, Murphy’s Puppets. A puppeteer since childhood, he has explored all aspects of the art of puppetry and its history. Dennis had the distinction of taking his Commedia dell’ Arte Puppetry back to the land of its origin when he was invited to represent Australia at Europe’s largest international Children’s Theatre Festival, The Teatri Del Mondo Festival in Italy. SAT 12:15pm-12:45pm The Shed Arleccchino Puppet Show SAT 1:45pm-2:15pm The Shed Arleccchino Too
The Miss Chiefs The Miss Chiefs erupted into the music scene back in 2012, becoming the darlings of the National Folk Festival and garnering wide acclaim. The tribe comprises of three distinct personalities and styles, but it’s a combination that has brought audiences to tears, and onto tables. X-Factor’s Vendulka brings the sweet, Laura brings the sass and Amelia brings the Bach. FRI 11am-11:45am Black Diamond Marquee FRI 9:45pm-10:45pm The Shed Youth Concert SAT 9am-10am Music Train from Waterfall SAT 6:15pm-7pm Miners Camp SUN 3:30pm-4:15pm Restaurant
Mr Cuttlefish Mysterious and intoxicating and hard to describe, Mr Cuttlefish makes another rare appearance. You’ll hear quirky tunes, soundscapes from the cutting-room floor, loopy worldly grooves, dramatic interplay with the juggling of exotic instruments, unexpected turns and music for
comprises Brett Sergeant on lead vocals, backing vocals and acoustic guitar and Steve McClure on lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, bass guitar and kazoo. The boys regularly use the percussion skills of Vic “The Stick” Jankolovski on cajon. WED 9:45pm-10:30pm Miners Camp FRI 12:30pm-1:15pm La Petite Grande
Music of Joy The magic of this multicultural group based in Sydney comes from the dynamic energy produced when more than20 musicians, with a wide variety of cultural backgrounds, join together with one common goal – to share the most joyful and uplifting music. The band’s repertoire transcends cultural boundaries and ranges from traditional Indian bhajans through to melodic Chinese and Russian folk songs as well as rhythmical African harmonies and of course the music of Australia itself. FRI 4pm-5pm Global Green SAT 3pm-3:45pm Global Green SUN 9:30am-10:30am Global Green
My Secret Window This Illawarra based acoustic duo/trio specialises in original music however they also play a selection of covers to suit all tastes. The music ranges in style from thought-provoking ballads to foot-stomping up-beat blues numbers. The band
Mz Mally Moo’s Mini Music Mz Mally Moo is a rock star on the ukulele – to two-year-olds. She’s been teaching and entertaining children for many years. Perfect for toddlers, preschoolers and young primary kids. It’s good old-fashioned, interactive, musical fun. FRI 2:15pm-2:45pm The Shed SAT 10:30am-11am The Shed SUN 10:30am-11am The Shed
Nick Rheinberger Nick Rheinberger is funny, funky and friendly. He’s a local ABC announcer who is a staunch supporter of folk music in the Illawarra, and plays his own brand of entertainment called “Acoustic Cabaret”. This means music from many nations on many instruments, including one of the Indian slide guitars he brought back from his study trip to Kolkata last year. It also includes yarns, poetry and jokes in more than one language. Nick will be joind by some new band members this festival, as well as a bit of technology that enables him to create a gospel choir all by himself. FRI 9am-11am Slacky Flat Bar ABC Concert FRI 11am-12pm Slacky Flat Bar FRI 7:15pm-8:15pm Black Diamond Marquee SAT 8:45pm-9:45pm The Chapel
No Such Thing No Such Thing is a group of musicians who play collected Australian dance tunes. The unusual name came about after a Scottish musician said “there is no such thing as Australian dance
16–19 January 2014
37
Noel Stallard
The Raglins
Oh Pep!
music”. The band recreates the authentic feel of the old-time dance bands. They a favourite of the dancing fraternity, playing monthly at Wongawilli and other dances. They have appeared regularly at Illawarra, Cobargo, Kangaroo Valley and The National Folk Festivals. FRI 3:30pm-4:15pm Grandstand Bar SAT 6:15pm-7:45pm Global Green Bush Dance SUN 2:45pm-3:45pm Grandstand Bar Session
Noel Stallard Noel Stallard is Gympie born and bred. After 35 years of teaching he now takes the bush poetry to schools in city and country areas throughout the east coast of Australia. For the past 17 years he has taken the persona of the pioneer poet John O’Brien of Around the Boree Log fame especially at the annual John O’Brien Festival that is held in March in Narrandera, NSW. THU 2:30pm Grandstand Bar The Curse of Verse THU 8pm Restaurant Tripe Dinner FRI 12:45pm Global Green Festival Poets FRI 9:20pm-9:40pm Grandstand Bar SUN 3:30pm-4:15pm Show Pavilion Sunday with Father John O’Brien
Nyssa and Alex Nyssa and Alex are a brother/sister duo who play acoustic folk in their own style. Nyssa and Alex play Irish songs, French music as well as contemporary acoustic hits. Nyssa plays guitar, violin and sings with a purity that will amaze. Alex accompanies her on the cello and sings harmony. SAT 7:30pm-8pm The Shed Youth Concert
Oh Pep! Since releasing their first EP in 2012, recorded with Cam Trewin (Stonefield, Saskwatch, Kingswood), Oh Pep! have toured the east coast with their fresh blend of folk, pop, country and
38
bluegrass. Their songs of travelling, the sea and sleep-induced dreams have been heard on national radio and have taken the Melbourne five-piece to festivals across the country. FRI 12pm-12:45pm Black Diamond Marquee SAT 9am-10am Music Train from Waterfall SAT 11:30am-12:15pm Restaurant SUN 11:45am-12:30pm Nags Lounge
Paddy & The Wonderband Formed in late 2010, and reinvented in 2012, Paddy & The Wonderband are an exciting local quartet playing music from around the world in their conception of the gypsy-jazz style. With a style reminiscent of Django Reinhardt, and a soft spot for the compositions of Horace Silver, Paddy & The Wonderband are sure to keep you entertained from start to finish as they recreate old standards in a new image. SAT 9pm-9:45pm The Shed Youth Concert
Peter Mace
a strong, sophisticated lyrical heart ... and a body infused with acoustic groove, blues and jazz. SUN 3:45pm-4:30pm Miners Camp
Peter Mace Peter is a performance bush poet who has entertained audiences at most of the country’s major festivals and poetry competitions. Peter is the current Australian Bush Poetry Champion and has on three occasions won the prestigious Golden Damper Award at the Tamworth Country Music Festival for performance poetry. THU 2:30pm Grandstand Bar The Curse of Verse FRI 12:45pm Global Green Festival Poets SAT 10am Show Pavilion John Dengate Tribute SAT 6pm Grandstand Bar Festival Poets SUN 5:30pm Grandstand Bar The Last Word
The Puddin’ Eaters
The Puddin’ Eaters have never grown up and just do shows for kids. They present a wacky roller-coaster ride of join-in action songs, dances, Born on Wollongong’s Garden Hill like so many dressing up, percussion and their famous kids’ before him, Lyons set out to find himself as a parade. Meet tall silly Rob, squeezebox Stuart journeyman guitarist, playing with local folk and and lovely Sally (she’s the one in the fabulous pop singer/songwriters like David Beniuk and pink dress). Adam Buckland and bands such as The Unheard, FRI 1:30pm-2pm The Shed The Dodgy World, The Sneaky Butchers and The SAT 4pm-4:30pm The Shed Vaulting Horse among many others. In keeping SUN 9:45am-10:15am The Shed with his musically diverse background, Lyons’ songs reveal an eclectic approach underscored The Raglins by thoughtful and provocative lyrical themes. Award-winning duo The Raglins (Liz Johnston SAT 9:30am-10:15am Black Diamond Memorial Award, runners-up Folk Alliance Youth Marquee Awards) perform traditional Australian folk songs SAT 3:45pm-4:30pm Nags Lounge (guitar/vocals/fiddle) with a twist, reinterpreting old Australian ballads before reimagining them Pete Thomas & into something new, rhythmic and memorable. BlueSaltBand WED 10am Folk School Vocal Technique Pete Thomas & BlueSaltBand play “groove FRI 10am-10:45am Black Diamond Marquee folk”. This NSW five-piece are a breath of fresh FRI 5:15pm-6pm Grandstand Bar air delivering their world-orientated songs in a SAT 11am-11:45am La Petite Grande folk groove that’ll make you move. From varied SUN 10:45am-11:30am Nags Lounge musical backgrounds, they each bring it all with
Patrick Lyons & The American Creek Band
www.illawarrafolkfestival.com.au
17-21 APRIL, 2014
EXHIBITION PARK, CANBERRA WWW.FOLKFESTIVAL.ORG.AU
Brilliant line-up of over 200 acts featuring styles as diverse as: ACOUSTIC BLUES ROOTS TRAD BLUEGRASS WORLD CELTIC GYPSY COUNTRY
facebook.com/folkfestival
twitter.com/natfolkfest
EARLY BIRD DISCOUNTED TICKETS AVAILABLE UNTIL
15 APRIL
Rapskallion
Rapskallion Formed in the Bohemia of Melbourne’s inner suburbs in 2007, boisterous, roguish purveyors of vaudevillian, junkyard, cabaret rock’n’roll, Rapskallion, have toured extensively around Australia and Europe, causing worldwide dancefloor mayhem and rollicking romance. Rapskallion are well known for their theatrical delivery, often collaborating with performance artists, and their flamboyant and characteristic joie de vie. They recently released their third album, Vagabond King. FRI 5:30pm-6:30pm The Chapel SAT 10am-11am Music Train from Waterfall SAT 10:30pm-11:30pm Black Diamond Marquee World Dance Party SUN 11am-12pm Slacky Flat Bar
The Ribbon Gang From concerts in the Abercrombie Caves about amazing bushranger Ralph Entwistle to the rich pantheon of bushranger heroes and villains, the Gang featured at the past two Illawarra folk festivals. The band mixes flute, guitar and vocal harmonies melded with piano and drums. SUN 12:30pm-1:15pm Miners Camp
Riogh Riogh are one of Australia’s most dynamic Celticinfluenced bands. With powerful harmonies, beautiful and exciting instrumentation, Riogh has moved audiences throughout Australian festivals. Riogh members have a long history in folk music and also throughout the wider music scene in Australia. Their individual musical experiences bring an original style to this Celtic/roots-based act. FRI 3pm-4pm The Chapel SAT 3pm-4pm Black Diamond Marquee SUN 9:30am-10:30am Slacky Flat Bar
Robbing Steve Rob Goldrick sings Sail On like he knew the songwriter. He does, it’s his brother Steve, who
40
Rough Red
has written many songs and sometimes lets Rob sing them. Sometimes Rob lets Steve join in. Sometimes it’s brothers-in-arms, always it’s blood thicker than water, and the songs aren’t watered down as they were often sung on a distant prawn trawler in the Torres Strait. FRI 2pm-2:45pm Nags Lounge
The Roberts Family Reunion Brother and sister team Claire and Lynton Roberts entertained together in their childhood, playing many country dances with their father Don Roberts on his button accordion. Sourced from the family collection of 78 records, this performance resurrects many of the songs they performed. Their material covers a wide range of genres including folk songs, country songs in the style of such stars of the day as Slim Whitman, and a smattering of classical. SAT 4:15pm-5:15pm Show Pavilion
Rosie and the Bluesters Rosie and the Bluesters are a vibrant local youth act who have performed at Illawarra folk festivals for a few years now. Featuring Rosie Kelly on violin, Paddy Kelly on piano and violin, Sam Chin on drums and Adrian Whitehall on double bass, they play a jazzed-up mix of folk, blues, and funk with a gypsy tang and aim to keep the audience on their feet with their dynamic rhythms. SAT 8:15pm-8:45pm The Shed Youth Concert
Rough Red Rough Red’s original brand of folk-rock tells stories that reflect the band’s Australian heritage and extensive European travels. From plaintive ballads with soaring four-part harmonies, to manic mandolin- infused tales of pirates and bushrangers, Rough Red will present their new album Not Here For a Haircut. FRI 11pm-12am Restaurant SAT 4:45pm-5:45pm Slacky Flat Bar SUN 5:30pm-6:15pm Show Pavilion
www.illawarrafolkfestival.com.au
Ruido Imagine flamenco fused with blues – that’s Ruido. Ruido have firm roots in flamenco – the long-forgotten Spanish art-music. Ruido also have a good mix of Aussie humour and playfulness. Thump along to the Latino and flamenco beats and be captivated by soulful ballads. Ruido create fresh live music with a troupe of colourful and expressive dancers. SUN 1:30pm-2:15pm Show Pavilion SUN 4:15pm-4:45pm Global Green
Russell Churcher Russell’s first festival performance was as a lead soloist in Peter Bellamy’s folk opera ‘The Transports’ at the 1988 National Folk Festival. Since then he has performed at countless country halls and pubs from Port Macquarie to Mungindi. Russell has supported touring performers such as Foster and Allen, Jimmy Little and John Williamson and has performed in front of the Prince of Wales, The Duke Of York and many other well-known hotels. Poetry events all festival FRI 12:30pm Show Pavilion Singing Poets
Russell Hannah Our own cuddly Sir Big Russ, aka Russell Hannah, was awarded an Order in 2011, hence the Sir. Russell proclaimed, as the Presidento of the Folk Republic of Bulli, that his acceptance of the award would be on behalf of the “thousands of others” who volunteer in the Illawarra and in recognition of the folk scene as a whole. He has co-authored a book on Australian railway folklore, written poetry, limericks and associated with other poets and yarn-spinners. However he still does remain a tormenter of accordion players and a lover of tripe... THU 6:30pm Restaurant Tripe Dinner FRI 10am-12:15pm Show Pavilion Parody Concert Host SAT 10am-11:30am Show Pavilion John Dengate Tribute Host
FOLK ALLIANCE AUSTRALIA
Youth Awards winners 2013-The Mae Trio
Youth Awards 2014
and Folk Alliance AGM National Folk Festival, Canberra Easter 2014
Spring 2014
-Melbournewww.folkalliance.org.au
16–19 January 2014
41
Spyglass Gypsies Sarah Humphreys
Somesing Laik Zat
SAT 12pm-1:30pm Grandstand Bar Woolly Yarn Spinning Host SUN 10am-11:45am Show Pavilion Funny Concert Host SAT 2pm-3pm La Petite Grande Railway Youth Concert Host SUN 2pm-3:15pm La Petite Grande John and Dale Dengate Mug Host
has garnered much industry respect and in 2009 was crowned the ABC Music Artist of the Year. Her song Lead Balloon was covered and released by Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson. FRI 4:15pm-5:15pm The Chapel FRI 11:15am-11:45am The Shed For the Kids SAT 2pm-2:45pm Miners Camp SUN 1:30pm-2:15pm Restaurant
A true community choir that ebbs and flows at around 35 people, with a wide range of skills and backgrounds who sound gloriously as one, singing cheeky pop songs, gospel and African songs and their ever-broadening selection of songs from other cultures. SAT 1pm-1:45pm Miners Camp SAT 3:15pm-4pm Show Pavilion
The Rusty Spring Syncopators
Shalani Thomas
Smokehouse
Armed with junkyard contraptions (washboard, wash tub bass, banjo and resonator guitar), and channelling the energy of a forgotten American yesteryear, The Rusty Spring Syncopators beat out the finest in crusty blues, rusty rags and manky-janky jazz. FRI 3:30pm-4:30pm Slacky Flat Bar SAT 9:15pm-10pm Miners Camp SUN 5:45pm-6:30pm Nags Lounge
Sally Harris & Little Big Smoke Brisbane vocalist Sally Harris and local duo Little Big Smoke will present a tribute to one of the most famous English folk singers of contemporary times, Kate Rusby. Kate has been described as “a superstar of the British acoustic scene”. In this exploration of Kate’s work, be prepared for interpretations of contemporary folk, Celtic and traditional tunes – and don’t be surprised if some special guests pop in. FRI 12:30pm-1:15pm Restaurant SAT 12pm-12:45pm Miners Camp SUN 1:45pm-2:30pm Nags Lounge
Sarah Humphreys
Local Bulli Public School girl Shalani Thomas has been singing since she was a toddler, and has been accompanying herself on acoustic guitar since she was eight. Now 11, Shalani recently took out the grand trophy at Illawarra Regional Eisteddfod for most promising singer under 12. Shalani writes and sings her own songs, as well as performing covers by artists such as Edie Brickelle, Elvis, David Bowie and The Dixie Chicks. FRI 12:45pm Black Diamond Marquee SAT 6:45pm-7:15pm The Shed Youth Concert
Shellie Morris Shellie Morris is one of Australia’s finest Indigenous singer songwriters and her voice and heart-felt music has seen her grace the stage from Melbourne to the Vancouver Winter Olympics, Japan and London. She is a feature artist with the Black Arm Band and has collaborated with the likes of multiple Grammy Award winner Gilberto Gil, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Mavis Staples, Tim Rogers, Yothu Yindi, Warumpi Band, Paul Dempsey, Jimmy Barnes and Mischelle Ngecell. FRI 8:45pm-9:45pm Black Diamond Marquee SAT 7:15pm-8:15pm The Chapel SUN 2:15pm-3:15pm Slacky Flat Bar
“Full of simple joy,” is how the Sydney Morning Herald’s Bernard Zuel described Sarah SingGongGo Humphreys’ 2011 EP Him – and not a truer word SingGongGo have only been together for two could be spoken. Since the release of her debut years but sing and enjoy each other’s company album Teapot Trees & Love Birds in 2008, Sarah as though they’ve known each other forever.
42
www.illawarrafolkfestival.com.au
Vocalist, Alex Sreckovic has joined drummer Phil Atkinson and bassist Alan Oyston. They formed in 2012 and are having a joyous ride writing and performing songs Alex has written. They are an Indie band looking forward to what the future holds, playing all original songs. FRI 11:30am-12:15pm Miners Camp
Solidarity Choir Solidarity Choir sings for freedom and justice around the world, including Australia. Their songs are in diverse languages including Pitjantjara and English, and mostly in four-part harmony. They sing at demonstrations, community events, and the occasional civic reception for an international leader. SUN 9:30am-10:15am Miners Camp
Somesing Laik Zat Three Latvian chicks, a Norwegian lass and a relevant Englishman weave an exciting tapestry of sound to get your feet moving and put a smile on your face. They will take you on a joyous journey of sound, where eclectic influences abound, on a musical journey to Latvia, Poland, Holland, Finland, Denmark and more. Somesing Laik Zat aims for people, young and young at heart, to connect through joyful musical experiences. FRI 11:30am-12:15pm Restaurant SAT 12:30pm-1:15pm Nags Lounge SUN 5pm-6pm Global Green Dance Like a Latvian
Shellie Morris
Songs You Do Not Sing to Children! A late-night sing-a-long based on rugby ballads, as sung by rugby and non-rugby types alike. All of the songs will be funny – but some of the songs are not politically correct, some songs could offend most people, some of the verses of some of the songs are R-rated so please, no children. SAT 11:30pm-12:30am Restaurant Warning Adult Content
Southern Crane Martial Arts Academy Lion Dancers Southern Crane Martial Arts Academy is a non-profit organisation teaching Tibetan kung fu and other martial arts. Kung fu has a history stretching back 800 years. Southern Crane has developed into a multicultural contemporary martial arts practice. They have strong community links performing the Chinese Lion Dance at festivals, schools, restaurants, weddings, parties and New Year celebrations. SUN 3:45pm Global Green Chinese Lion Dance Display SUN 5:15pm Piazza Chinese Lion Dance
Spirit of Serpentine Spirit of Serpentine is a Woonona-based belly-dance troupe which embraces women of all ages, and at all stages of their bellydance journey . Directed by fusion belly dance specialist Jasmine Langton, the troupe presents a mesmerising, technical and colourful representation of traditional and modern belly dance with stand- out choreographies. SUN 11:30am-12pm Global Green SUN 1:45pm-2:15pm Global Green
Spyglass Gypsies Combining traditional French Gypsy songs with swinging originals, Spyglass Gypsies bring the bygone days of bohemian Paris into the present
The Rusty Spring Syncopators
with the lyrical sounds of accordion, clarinet and the percussive “la pompe” of gypsy guitars. Energetic and playful, they are sure to set feet tapping, legs dancing and smiles to the faces of all those who hear them. FRI 3:45pm-4:30pm Miners Camp SAT 3pm-4pm The Chapel SAT 10:45pm-11:45pm Slacky Flat Bar
expressed the desire to learn the ukulele. There are more than 200 registered members but they don’t all turn up at the same time. Under the baton of Mick Berghuis and John “Unkle Cyril” Maguire, they continue to provide joyful music for every occasion. SUN 9am-10am Music Train from Waterfall SUN 11am-12pm Grandstand Bar
The Story Collective
Taiko no Wa
The Story Collective presents creative, thoughtful, bilingual children’s entertainment. The Collective includes: Lillian Rodrigues-Pang, an internationally acclaimed storyteller; Ann Lehmann-Kuit, a music therapist, creativity specialist, multiinstrumentalist and events director; Alison Garvie, multi-instrumentalist, music teacher, band master and organiser of regional band festivals for youth; Jiah Pang, a 12-yeaer-old saxophone and trumpet player; Nicola Pang, 11, flautist and percussionist; and Kaija Upenieks, a cello player with the voice of an angel. FRI 3:45pm-4:15pm The Shed SAT 3:15pm-3:45pm The Shed SUN 9am-10am Music Train from Waterfall SUN 1:45pm-2:15pm The Shed
Taiko no Wa is a taiko group whose members are drawn from class members of the TaikOz school. The ensemble comes together to beat the taiko, blow the shinobue, sing songs and above all, enjoy each other’s company. THU 2pm Folk School FRI 5:15pm-5:45pm Global Green SAT 4:15pm-4:45pm The Chapel SUN 12:15pm-12:45pm Black Diamond Marquee
Strung Secrets Emerging from the back streets of Bulli, this acoustic quartet has been making a name for themselves for their harmony-rich interpretations of ’90s pop tunes and traditionals, as well as a growing list of original material. Preparing you for a post-oil musical world where a band can play without a laptop, these purveyors of postapocalyptic acoustic music are ready to convince you that wood is good and harmony is better. WED 7pm-7:45pm Miners Camp FRI 2:30pm-3:15pm Miners Camp SAT 10am-10:45am La Petite Grande
Swingaleles Swingaleles formed about three years ago when several members of the Wollongong Jazz Club
The Three Sisters “We are not feral – we are free-range.” They sing about beauty, they sing about truth, and they sing about chickens being tortured in sheds with no breezes. These gals entertain with their own brand of wacky fun. a mix of circus, song, storytelling and heartfelt social commentary. With songs like Crap Vegan, Cyber Stalk and Don’t Cut Off Your Frilly Bits, there is surely something for everyone. FRI 8pm-9pm La Petite Grande SAT 10am-11am Slacky Flat Bar SUN 10am Show Pavilion Funny Concert SUN 2:30pm-3:15pm The Chapel
Tia Juana Tia Juana is a local comic singer/songwriter with a passion for quirky ballads and bizarre love songs. As well as dabbling in some traditional tangos, she has been known to flirt outrageously with Nana Mouskouri, pester fado singers and come up with some very silly homespun tunes. Her original blend of enticing vocals, accordion, guitar and comedy makes for an entertaining and
16–19 January 2014
43
Wollemi Band
Tracey Bunn
The Underscore Orkestra
mad performance. FRI 11:30am-12:15pm La Petite Grande FRI 3pm-3:30pm The Shed For the Kids SAT 11:30am-12:15pm Nags Lounge
Tim Lukey Tim is a singer/songwriter/guitarist who is based mainly in Melbourne where he is working towards his Bachelor of Music in Performance (Contemporary Guitar) at the Conservatorium. His music can be defined as “folk/jazz with a bit of rock and gospel in there”. He plays with one acoustic guitar and vocals and hopes to impress you with his music. FRI 10:30am-11:15am Restaurant FRI 9pm-9:30pm The Shed Youth Concert
The Timbers The Timbers’ thumping rhythms and big misty mountain melodies will cast you away to the sweaty, smoky, melting pot of roots, folk, and brassy bushman punk. Hailing from faraway lands such as Mount Gambier, Tasmania, Ireland and the Adelaide Hills, the members have worked to create a high-energy musical experience. Their style has a distinctive alternative folk groove reminiscent of The Pogues, Graveyard Train, Flogging Molly, The Mountain Goats, and Mumford and Sons. FRI 6:30pm-7:30pm Slacky Flat Bar SAT 1:15pm-2pm Show Pavilion SUN 4:45pm-5:30pm Miners Camp
Togolese Cultural Dancers The Togolese Cultural Dance Group Wollongong are a vibrant and colourful group that embrace their culture for future generations. You will be transported and energised by their songs, dances and colourful costumes. SAT 12:30pm-1pm Global Green SAT 2:45pm-3:15pm Piazza SUN 1pm-1:20pm Piazza
44
The Whitetop Mountaineers
SUN 2:45pm-3:05pm Piazza
from the east, with definite roots in the west. Influences are far and wide but range from New Tony De Bolfo Orleans jazz, to Eastern European Roma and klezmorim music, Manouche swing, to acoustic Tony is a Melbourne journalist and author by metal. profession. In 1994 he began research on his THU 3pm Folk School Balkan Fiddle family and 105 others who disembarked the SS Re d’Italia in 1927. Eight years later, In Search Of THU 9:30pm-10:15pm Global Green Brazilian Kings was published. In 2004 he discovered the Klezmer Dance silent film, Dall’Italia All’ Australia, a documentary FRI 4:30pm-5:30pm Restaurant of the voyage of the sister ship SS Regina d’Italia. SAT 10am-11am Music Train from Waterfall Since then he has been presenting the film SAT 6pm-7pm Black Diamond Marquee World with live music from Kavisha Mazzella and The Dance Party Viaggiatori. SUN 11am-11:45am La Petite Grande THU 5pm Show Pavilion FRI 6:30pm Show Pavilion SAT 11:45am Show Pavilion
Tracey Bunn A blend of rootsy rock, country swing, and ’60s-flavoured folk pop, Darwin singer/ songwriter, Tracey Bunn delivers a gutsy swag of songs that express mixed feelings of desire, regret, and wanderlust, leavened with a healthy dollop of good humour. FRI 12:30pm-1:30pm Slacky Flat Bar SAT 1:45pm-2:30pm Black Diamond Marquee SUN 12:30pm-1:15pm Restaurant
Trilogy Trilogy is three sisters from Nowra – Joy, Kathy and Robin Sharp. They have been singing together most of their lives. They sing at community events and folkie things and do Celtic, folk, gospel, a cappella, country (and western) bluegrass, contemporary and originals. FRI 12:30pm-1:15pm Miners Camp SAT 12pm-12:45pm La Petite Grande
Union Choirs The Union Choirs, consisting of Newcastle People’s Chorus, Sydney Trade Union Choir and the Illawarra Union Singers have been singing at the Illawarra Folk Festival for many years. They sing songs of protest, social justice, women’s rights and the environment. SUN 12pm-1:15pm Show Pavilion
Vic Chapman Vic is a local Aboriginal elder and will be officially opening the festival on behalf of the original Dharawal land owners. Vic was also the first Aboriginal school principal in NSW and his son, John, was a great supporter of the Illawarra Folk Club. THU 6:30pm Slacky Flat Bar Welcome to Country
The Whitetop Mountaineers
The Whitetop Mountaineers are made up of the young duo, Martha Spencer and Jackson Cunningham. They both live in Whitetop in the The Underscore Orkestra highest mountains in Virginia in the United The Underscore Orkestra plays a blend of Balkan, States. Their shows feature old-time country klezmer, Gypsy jazz and swing music both duet singing, up-tempo old-time fiddle, original and traditional. They often incorporate clawhammer banjo, bluegrass mandolin and live belly dance and circus arts in their shows. guitar instrumentals as well as high-energy The eerily haunting air of sounds and movements Appalachian dancing.
www.illawarrafolkfestival.com.au
Togolese Dancers
Wongawilli
WED 2pm Folk School Appalachian Banjo/ Mandolin WED 4pm Folk School Appalachian Dance THU 9pm-9:45pm Slacky Flat Bar FRI 3:15pm-4:15pm Show Pavilion SAT 1:45pm-1:55pm Slacky Flat Bar Fiddle Frenzy SAT 11:45am-12:30pm Black Diamond Marquee
Wollemi Band The Wollemi Band mainly plays traditional Australian songs and tunes with some Celtic and original songs. Jamie Carlin was a foundation member of the Bush Music Club (1954). Sonia Bennett is a singer/songwriter, Max Gregory is a multi-instrumentalist with Ken Freeman on percussion. FRI 11:30am-12:30pm Nags Lounge SAT 10am Show Pavilion John Dengate Tribute SAT 8:15pm-9pm Miners Camp SUN 3:45pm-4:45pm Grandstand Bar
Wongawilli The Wongawilli Band has been promoting, preserving and performing a rich tradition of
The Timbers
music, song and dance since 1987. “This ensemble is highly regarded in the field of interpreting authentic Australian traditional music, song and dance as a performance art. The group is recognised in Australia as a leading force in the revitalisation of our folk traditions ...” Warren Fahey am, JP, The Larrikins. WED 8pm-10:30pm The Chapel Opening Bush Dance FRI 9:45pm-10:45pm Grandstand Bar SAT 10am Show Pavilion John Dengate Tribute SAT 3pm Slacky Flat Bar Fiddle Frenzy SAT 3:15pm-4:15pm Slacky Flat Bar
Youth Traditions Awards The 2014 Illawarra Folk Festival will feature the second Youth Traditions Awards to encourage and celebrate young artists who perform traditional folk songs and tunes. Young artists aged between nine and 25 will have the chance to perform in the Youth Traditions Award concert with prizes from Haworth Guitars. FRI 4:45pm-5:45pm The Shed Heat 1 SAT 4:45pm-5:45pm The Shed Heat 2 SUN 11:15am-11:45am Black Diamond Marquee Winners Concert
Zondrae King Raised in the shadow of the steelworks’ chimney, Zondrae has led an adventurous life. She began writing rhyming poetry on retiring from paid employment in 2002. Recently she achieved second place in the FNQ ABC radio competition in a field of 239. She continues to write her poems describing everyday life “through a mother’s eyes”. THU 2:30pm Grandstand Bar The Curse of Verse FRI 12:45pm Global Green Festival Poets SAT 6pm Grandstand Bar Festival Poets SUN 5:30pm Grandstand Bar The Last Word
Zumpa Zumpa play a lively selection of music from the various regions of Italy and in particular Campania, whose capital is Naples. It’s Naples meets groove with a selection of tarantellas, quadriglias, mazurkas, waltzes and old songs. THU 12pm-2pm Show Pavilion Lunch Italian Style
The Con Artists
16–19 January 2014
45
Proud partner of the Illawarra Folk Festival celebrating cultural diversity in our community
4th Many thanks to the volunteers!
Join the Illawarra Folk Club at the
2014 Perisher peak festival Packages with 3 nights accommodation including hot breakfast + Festival SeasonSuper Pass + Air Conditioned Coach Travel. Departs Wollongong 9am Friday 6 June, returns Monday evening 9 June. Options are available eArLYBIrD for accommodation. Both locations are festival venues. Limited numbers at Sundeck Hotel.
Long W/e Festival pass
99
SUNDECK HOTEL Australia’s highest hotel, lodge style, fully licensed, fine food, Carbon Neutral plan. SMIGGINS HOTEL Renowned for friendly & efficient service, fine food & a warm & comfortable atmosphere. PACKAGE A - Sundeck Hotel / Festival Pass / Travel / $450 per adult on 4 share basis before 29 Feb PACKAGE B - Sundeck Hotel / Festival Pass / Travel / $500 per adult on 2Book share basis PACKAGE C - Smiggins Hotel / Festival Pass / Travel / $450 per adult on 4 share basis PACKAGE D - Smiggins Hotel / Festival Pass / Travel / $500 per adult on 2 share basis PACKAGE E - Child (U15) sharing with minimum of 2 paying adults - $295
$
book ONLINE www.illawarrafolkclub.org.au or call 1300 887 034 ENQUIRIES with Dave 0409 57 1788 or info@illawarrafolkclub.org.au 50% deposit required by 30 March 2014, full payment by 14 May 2014.
Long Weekend 6-9 June 2014 www.snowymountainsofmusic.com.au
Great value accommodation packages available
26-28 September 2014
The sounds of Folk, World, Roots, Celtic, Bluegrass & Gypsy music www.folkbythesea.com.au Artists Applications close 30 March 2014
blue
icipa
usic dm
gras
ues s bl
part
worl
t
ons
i sess
sing Cros e h ionT
yout
h
folk
ops rksh g wo ingin ry s poet
e
anc dy d e m co
Organised by The Yuin Folk Club Inc
21-23 February 2014
Held at the Showground in the picturesque village of Cobargo the festival will present a week performed at multiple venues. Info at www.cobargofolkfestival.com or CALL 02 6493 6758
Get Lost Music in in the the
Not in the city.
Looking for the best record stores, music venues, and post-festival grub? WE KNOW JUST THE PLACE. Download our mobile app at yelp.com.au
4
NRMA Woonona at 1/413 Princess Hwy Woonona 4284 9783
Ill Su Me awa bs rc rra cri ur pt y ion s
Going on holidays? Commuting to work?
Take the Mercury with you. With the Illawarra Mercury Digital Edition you can read an exact copy of the printed paper anytime, anywhere. The Digital Edition is available from 6am each morning and can be accessed on your laptop, computer or iPad. • Simple interface • Share stories on facebook • Email articles to friends • Speech enabled articles • Print articles • Change the language of articles
Trial the Illawarra Mercury Digital Edition for 4 weeks for just $1 visit illawarramercury.digitaleditions.com.au The $1 trial is not available to individuals who have already registered for the $1 trial, existing/previous Digital Edition Subscribers or those that have previously registered for the free 30 day trial. Existing print subscribers are not permitted to cancel their print edition during the free trial period. If a current print subscription is suspended during the free trial period, the print subscription will not be extended beyond the existing subscription period, when reinstated after the 30 day trial period. $1 trial is for a limited time only. Full terms and conditions available at illawarramercury.digitaleditions.com.au.
OUT NOW! Australia’s t li ’ No.1 monthly thl traditional t diti l and d contemporary t folk, f lk blues, roots, alternative, bluegrass and world music magazine
Australia’s No.1 monthly traditional and contemporary folk, blues, roots, alternative, bluegrass and world music magazine
Australia’s No.1 monthly traditional and contemporary folk, blues, roots, alternative, bluegrass and world music magazine
Australia’s No.1 monthly traditional and contemporary folk, blues, roots, alternative, bluegrass and world music magazine
and $4.90 Vol.11 No.4
Vol.12 No.9
Australia’s No.1 monthly traditional and contemporary folk, blues, roots, alternative, bluegrass and world music magazine
$4.90 Vol.11 No.7
$4.90 Vol.11 No.6
and
$4.90 Issue 88
and
Australia’s No.1 monthly traditional and contemporary folk, blues, roots, alternative, bluegrass and world music magazine
$4.90 Vol.11 No.8
and
Australia’s No.1 monthly traditional and contemporary folk, blues, roots, alternative, bluegrass and world music magazine
$4.90 Vol.11 No.9
and
and
$4.90 Vol.11 No.5
and www.tradandnow.com News, reviews and information on traditional and contemporary music, dance and poetry as well as reports on live performances and festivals.
Australia’s No.1 monthly traditional and contemporary folk, blues, roots, alternative, bluegrass and world music magazine
$4.90 Vol.11 No.10
www.tradandnow.com News, reviews and information on traditional and contemporary music, dance and poetry as well as reports on live performances and festivals.
Australia’s No.1 monthly traditional and contemporary folk, blues, roots, alternative, bluegrass and world music magazine
$4.90 Vol.11 No.11
and
Australia’s No.1 monthly traditional and contemporary folk, blues, roots, alternative, bluegrass and world music magazine
$4.90 Vol.12 No.1
and
Australia’s No.1 monthly traditional and contemporary folk, blues, roots, alternative, bluegrass and world music magazine
$4.90 Vol.12 No.2
and
Australia’s No.1 monthly traditional and contemporary folk, blues, roots, alternative, bluegrass and world music magazine
$4.90 Vol.12 No.3
and
Australia’s No.1 monthly traditional and contemporary folk, blues, roots, alternative, bluegrass and world music magazine
$4.90 Issue 83
Vol.12 No.4
and
and
Australia’ss N No.1 monthly traditional and contemporary folk, olk, blues, roots roots, blues s alternative, bluegrass and world music magazine ine ne
See ins look ide for a at Arts Austral detailed & Cul ia’s new ture policie s
Australia’s No.1 monthly traditional and contemporary folk, blues, roots, alternative, bluegrass and world music magazine
$4.90 Issue 84
Australia’s No.1 monthly traditional and contemporary folk, blues, roots, alternative, bluegrass and world music magazine
$4.90 Issue 85
Vol.12 No.5
Vol.12 No.6
and
and
Chrissy Amphlett October 25, 1959 - April 21, 2013
o yF alle 0 o V r, 2 aro ctobe g n Ka th O Inc 8th h - 27 olk Club 25t lhaven F oa Sh
Australia’s No.1 monthly traditional and contemporary folk, blues, roots, alternative, bluegrass and world music magazine
$4.90 Issue 86
Australia’s No.1 monthly traditional and contemporary folk, blues, roots, alternative, bluegrass and world music magazine
$4.90 Issue 87
Vol.12 No.7
Vol.12 No.8
and
and
Now 8 N 80 P Pages on ffull ll gloss paper in a new compact format! Available from your local newsagent
(distributed by Wrapaway) S See our extensive range of over 2000 Australian traditional and contemporary folk, blues, roots, alternative and world music CDs, DVDs and books at
www.tradandnow.com and at 120c Erina St, Gosford
RESOURCES | ENERGY | INDUSTRIAL | INFRASTRUCTURE | PROPERTY | DEFENCE
WE NEVER GET THE BLUES
“Grand Award Winner of the CRC National Multicultural Marketing Awards 2010”
We are local folk with global resources who work in harmony to deliver operations, maintenance and construction services to the Illawarra region and beyond. Such as supporting stage set-up at the festival with electrical services and carpentry.
Providing culturally appropriate age, youth and arts services since 1975 For informaon about carer support programs or our other Mulcultural services please contact MCCI Head Office. Phone: (02) 4229 7566 Email: admin@mcci.org,au www.mcci.org.au
transfieldservices.com
COME TO THE Dogs
Racing Wednesday nights Dining facilities Proud supporter of the Illawarra Folk Festival 2013
www.bulligreyhounds.com.au
www.btw.com.au
Kangaroo Valley Folk Festival 17 17--19 October 2014
*Intimate Venues *Kids’ Festival *Market Stalls *Art & Craft *Poets’ Breakfast *Street Performers *Poetry Competition *Singing, Dancing & Instrument Workshops *Open Air Session Bar With a Stunning View
*Full Dance Program
BULLI & NORTHERN ILLAWARRA ROTARY
only 2 hours from Sydney & Canberra a thousand miles from care earlybird tickets on sale from 1 July
www.kangaroovalleyfolkfestival.com.au
Illawarra Princess Hwy, Bulli Grevillea Park Open days for 2014
Meeting weekly at Bulli Community Centre For attendance and other enquiries your call will be most welcome John Jones 02 46311700
Proudly serving the community and major supporters of: Illawarra Folk Festival Denny Foundation “Youth off the Streets” Bulli Community Centre Thirroul Village Committee and Other Community needs
(opening times are 10am until 4pm)
26, 27 April 3, 4 May 5, 6, 12, 13 July 6, 7, 13, 14 September
www.grevilleapark.org
Dall’ItalIa all'australIa Impressions of the voyage of the SS Regina d’Italia towards the mysterious Orient and the fascinating Far South, August-October 1924
A silent film by Angelo Drovetti. Music by i Viaggiatori and presented by Tony De Bolfo
e a
available from www.viaggiatori.com.au
Magazine Keep up to date ...
with events, festivals, attractions, eateries and accommodation ... Pick up your FREE copy of the South Coast Leisure Times magazine - available Visitors Centres and selected outlets or read online at www.southcoastleisuretimes.com.au
HIRE THE BEST SOUND FOR YOUR FESTIVAL Great sound Fantastic people Best rates Travel anywhere 30 years of experience Say hello to Pete at the Show Pavillion Venue
ACOUSTIC SOLUTIONS
0414278065
Come Cruisin on a Harley Davidson Solo, Trike or Sidecar Suitable for Corporate Event, Weddings, Birthdays, Special Occasions. Or if you just want to go Cruisin and feel the wind in your face. Gift vouchers available for all occasions. Tours available from one hour to all day.
DON’T TIP IT RECYCLE IT! www.sce-recycleit.com
Phone 4294 2598 or email info@justcruisintours.com.au for full details or view our website www.justcruisintours.com.au.
Stop! Thief! The Apple Thief Pink Lady and Granny Smith ciders are now being served in the Slacky Flat Bar. Steal away for a quiet pint or two of our premium varietal cider. Proud to be supporting the Illawarra Folk Festival. Cheers.
proudly supporting the Illawarra Folk Festival As one of the world’s leading water, waste and environmental management organisations REMONDIS is dedicated to providing reliable and innovative waste solutions. Our team in the Illawarra is committed to protecting the local environment, by providing safe, efficient and reliable recycling services to the community. If you want to minimise your impact on the environment call us today.
ph: 4272 0300 www.remondis.com.au
• Soilco recycle green waste and timber to produce a range of Soils and Mulch. • Soilco products promote plant nutrition, weed suppression and water retention. Visit a local Soilco distributor near you or go to soilco.com.au to find more information. Proud supporters of the Illawarra Folk Festival GREEN ARMY
ON THIS SUMMER:
FOLK FESTIVAL AQUATHON SUNSET CINEMA RUGBY SEVENS BEACH BASH TRI THE GONG
WCC©1359257.10.13
ROLAND STEFEN
HANDCRAFTED | VIOLINS | VIOLAS
Email: stefenr@optusnet.com.au Tel: 02 42713238
Upcoming Folk Events The Illawarra Folk Club generally presents concerts on the 1st Friday and 3rd Saturday of the month. Join the Club to get discounted entry to concerts. Here’s what’s coming in 2014
27 December – 1 January 2014 Woodford Folk Festival Friday 31 January, 7:30pm London Klezmer Quartet & Volunteer Thank You City Diggers Wollongong
George Mann
Friday 7 February, 7:30pm George Mann (USA) City Diggers Wollongong
Alaska String Band
Saturday 15 February, 7:30pm The Hollands! (USA) City Diggers Wollongong 22-24 February 18th Cobargo Folk Festival Friday 28 February, 7:30pm Alistair Brown (UK) City Diggers Wollongong 7-10 March Port Fairy Folk Music Festival 14-16 March Blue Mountains Music Festival Friday 14 March, 7:30pm Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band (USA) City Diggers Wollongong
Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band
Friday 28 March, 7:30pm Eleanor McEvoy (Ireland) City Diggers Wollongong Friday 11 April , 7:30pm Alaska String Band (USA) City Diggers Wollongong 17-21 April National Folk Festival, Canberra
Eleanor McEvoy
London Klezmer Quartet
6-9 June 6th Perisher Peak Festival, Folk Club Tour Saturday 17 May, 7.30pm Mike McClellan City Diggers Wollongong 26-28 September 2014 2nd Folk by the Sea, Kiama 17-19 October Kangaroo Valley Folk Festival 8 November Viva La Gong, Wollongong
The Hollands!
Mike McClellan
15-18 January 2015 30th Illawarra Folk Festival
2014 Organising Committee Thanks to the following dedicated volunteers who’ve provided more than 5,000 hours of effort as the Festival Organising Committee. Steering Committee Russell Hannah, Graeme Morrison, Neil Rowsell, Rod and Judy Cork, Bruce and Robyn Jackson, Mark Doran, David De Santi Folk Club President/Festival Chairman Russell Hannah Folk Club Secretary Graeme Morrison Artistic Director David De Santi Operations and Project Director Neil Rowsell Marketing and Media Director David De Santi Advertising David De Santi Artist Accommodation Suzi Wakefield,Tania De Santi, Anne Proudlove Artistic Setup Lana Patrin Artist Liaison & Registration Anne Proudlove Booking Committee David De Santi, Russell Hannah, Graeme Morrison Brochure / Poster Distribution Russell Hannah Camping Mikaela Ackerman Choirs Mairi Petersen Communications & Emergency Rod Cork Construction Simon Leamon, Dan Kuit Electrical Services Graeme Murray, Mark Bailey Equipment Pickup & Return Rod Cork Festival Bar Janet Barnes, Graeme Morrison Festival Hotline Robyn Jackson Festival Imagery and Graphic Design Reg Mombassa, Pedro Altuna, David De Santi Festival Office Robyn and Bruce Jackson Festival Shop Sally Smith Festival Site Planning David De Santi, Rod Cork, Neil Rowsell Festival Survey Bulli & Northern Illawarra Rotary Club First Aid Greg Adams Folk Summer School / Youth Traditions Ann
62
Lehmann, David De Santi Grants and Awards Russell Hannah,David De Santi Instrument Lock-Up Sue Bromham Internet Site / Newsletters David De Santi, Sal Harris MC & Venue Management Russell Hannah, Samuel De Santi, David De Santi Media Nick Hartgerink Music Train Brian Dunnett, Russell Hannah Photography Graeme Morrison, Liz Aitken, Heidi Vestergaard, Julia Trotti, Raffle Bulli & Northern Illawarra Rotary Club Recycling/Green Army Sam Emery Safety Mike Burke Security Graeme Morrison Signage Helen Wilson Site Setup & Packdown Dan Kuit, Simon Leamon, Tom O’Toole, Phil Jones, Steve McClure, Tony Murphy, John Nichols Site Services & Stores Tony Foley Social Media Sal Harris Sound Production Samuel De Santi, David De Santi Souvenir Programme David De Santi, Pedro Altuna, Russell Hannah, Eileen Mulligan Sponsorship David De Santi, Anne Cantle Stalls Judy and Rod Cork Ticketing Bruce and Robyn Jackson Traffic Mike Traynor /Tony Cory Transport Rob McIntosh Treasurer, Folk Club Mark Doran Video Javier Valledor (Why Documentaries),Liz Aitken Volunteers Therese and John Driscoll Volunteer Lounge & Catering Suzi Wakefield Youth Concerts Dave Oliphant
www.illawarrafolkfestival.com.au
Thanks The 29th Illawarra Folk Festival Organising Committee wishes to thank these special people and organisations for their generous support, time, goods and services. As ever, their enthusiasm for this wonderful creative cultural community event is essential to make it all happen. • 2014 Festival Organising Committee • Reg Mombassa for allowing the use of his wonderful artwork for the logo and T-Shirt • The local, business, tourist and Wollongong City Council communities
Call for Help during the Festival The Illawarra Festival runs on the huge efforts of volunteers. Can you offer any useful services to the Festival? Or perhaps just a couple of hours of your time during the Festival to help us keep things running smoothly? We would love to hear from you! Why not drop by the Volunteer Top Up desk in the Slacky Flat Bar and offer to help, or contact us regarding the next Festival.
Join the 2015 Festival (30th Anniversary) Organising Committee If you feel enthused by the festival and its survival you might like to become part of the organising committee. Send an email with your details and interest to volunteers@illawarrafolkfestival.com.au
Volunteer Registration for 2015 Festival Go to www.illawarrafolkfestival.com.au from October 2014
THANK YOU! Hi everyone, Welcome to the 2014 Illawarra Folk Festival. An excellent programme has been put together by our programming committee for your enjoyment. So, let the fun begin! Whilst enjoying the festival, please keep in mind that our festival is the culmination of a year of planning and organising by our steering committee and other dedicated individuals. They are all volunteers, and the festival would not be possible without their efforts. It is very rewarding to be involved with these people and these activities, and, if you are at all interested in being a part of this in the future, please let one of our festival management team know. These are the people wearing the blue vests. We welcome new faces of all ages. Indeed, we need new people to ensure that our festival benefits from new ideas, and so that our festival has people to take it into the future. Whilst the 2013 festival was very successful, it is always good to look for potential improvements, and we did that with a festival debrief in February. The debriefing session covered all aspects of running the festival, and we have tried to incorporate the good ideas that came out of it. The 2014 festival should be even more successful as a result. The 2014 Festival Organising Committee is listed separately in this publication. These are the people who contribute a huge amount of volunteer hours in leadership roles both throughout the year and during the festival itself. Our festival depends on each of these people as well as the other 300+ volunteers who fill their teams. On your behalf, let me extend a big thank you to all our volunteers. Let’s enjoy the 2014 version of our festival, and hope that we are blessed with good weather throughout.
Illawarra Folk Club & Illawarra Folk Festival The Illawarra Folk Club was formed in 1979 and has conducted fortnightly concerts on and off in the Wollongong/Illawarra region ever since. Since 1985 the Club has presented the Illawarra Folk Festival 20 times in the village of Jamberoo and 7 times in Bulli. The festival has grown from a humble beginning to being recognised as one of Australia’s premiere folk festivals and the biggest in NSW. The Illawarra Folk Club is a community based incorporated association dedicated to the preservation, performance and presentation of folklore in all its various forms. The members include many local folk musicians, dancers, poets and storytellers. The Club holds regular concerts and events at venues around the Illawarra area. The Festival is a sub-committee of the Folk Club with around 40 members. It meets once month during the year and more often as the festival approaches. If you are interested in helping with the Folk Club or Festival then contact us by calling 1300 887 034 or email info@illawarrafolkclub.org.au The Club has provided support to a number of local artist members who have produced recordings. It has also assisted in providing folk performers to many community and charity events in the Illawarra.It has produced a monthly newsletter for the past 30 years. You can join the Club and receive discounts to the regular concerts. Folk Club membership forms are available from the website and the Festival Reception.
www.illawarrafolkclub.org.au www.illawarrafolkfestival.com.au
Neil Rowsell, Project/Operations Director Illawarra Folk Festival, January 2014
Your donations will allow Greenacres to continue to support over 1000 local individuals with disability. We provide employment & services in the Illawarra for school leavers through to retirement age. Greenacres Disability Services has been an integral part of our local community for nearly 60 years and we wouldn’t be here today without local support.
INSTALL
Greenacres Disability Services Invites you to the inaugural
SUMMER NIGHTS BALL
SALES
Rock the night away with The Goyles @ City Beach Function Centre 7th February 2014 GDS Staff Tickets: $89 or Table of 10: $850
SERVICE HIRE
4226 5595
To purchase tickets: Call 4229 2666 online at http://www.greenacres.net.au/summerball.shtml Dress: Cocktail 7.30pm
Platinum Sponsor
PA SYSTEM DESIGN
Gold Sponsor
www.ipsonline.com.au
Silver Sponsors
63
The Venues The IIlawarra Folk Festival has 13 venues including a Festival and 2 food and market areas – the Global Green and the Piazza. All of the venues are within the confines of the Bulli Showground.
Black Diamond Marquee
Grandstand Restaurant
Slacky Flat Bar
This is the main festival concert space set in the middle of the Showground Racing Track. It will feature all the major concerts from Friday to Sunday evening and the Festival Finale.
This is upstairs in the Grandstand building and is used from Thursday lunchtime to Sunday evening. There will be concerts, workshops and Folk Club type concerts. It is also the venue for the world famous Tripe Dinner and Lunch Mediterranean Style!
A building under the Grandstand that can seat up to 500 persons. It forms part of the Festival Bar area. It hosts many ‘folk pub’ style performers. It is used on Thursday evening for the Opening Charity Concert and then from Friday evening to Sunday evening. The Bar stocks a number of Coopers Beers, wines, cider and soft drinks.
Concerts
The Chapel
Concerts, Workshop
Concerts, Workshops
La Petite Grande
The Chapel is situated in the Grevillea Park in a natural environment. The park is to the west of the showground and at the base of the Illawarra escarpment. It features a beautiful grassed and ambient area for acoustic style concerts.
This is a new venue adjacent to the Grandstand and at the trackside finishing post. Capacity of 120 persons for close up concerts and variety performances.
Concerts
Global Green
Miners Camp
The Global Green Stage is a Pavilion Tent over a large, specially constructed wooden floor. It will feature dance demonstrations, dances workshops and other outdoor entertainment. The stage will be surrounded by food and market stalls to create a ‘piazza’ environment. Supported by Multicultural Communities Council of Illawarra.
This venue returns to the Grevillea Park Gates area. The Bulli is renowned for its mining heritage, hence the name.
Grandstand Bar
The Piazza
This is in the Grandstand building and is adjacent to the Slacky Flat Bar. It hosts sessions from early to late and a number of concert and spoken word events such as the Woolly Yarnspinning and Limericks Competition.
Open air stage in the middle of the track area between the Black Diamond Marquee and The Shed venue. Enjoy a food, coffee and other refreshments while watching dance, street theatre, circus and the passing crowd.
Outdoor entertainment
Sessions and Concerts
64
Concerts
Nags Lounge Concerts
The southern part of the huge Horse Stables will be converted into an intimate concert venue. Outdoor entertainment
www.illawarrafolkfestival.com.au
Concerts
The Shed
Kids Festival, Youth
Children are entertained in this area from Friday to Sunday during daylight hours. Youth folk concerts are held on Friday and Saturday evenings.
Show Pavilion
Concerts, Workshops
This is a building behind the Grandstand and can seat up to 150 persons. It will be used from Friday morning to Sunday evening. It is the venue for the Poets Breakfast events – BYO breakfast and a poem.
Trackside Blackboard & Cafe This a new venue adjacent to the Grandstand Bar and at the trackside finishing post. It’s where unbooked artists get a chance to perform featuring Blackboard, and other concerts. See the Tantric Turtle folks to get a spot and for refreshments.
Festival Prices
Festival Supporters PRESENTED BY
GOLD SPONSORS
Entry to the festival is with a festival pass & wristband only. A Season Pass allows entry to all events from Thursday to Sunday and saves $90 on individual day purchases. Weekend, Day and Evening Passes are also available. The best value Pass is the Early Bird Season pass for $125 purchased by 20 December 2013. • Buy online from www.illawarrafolkfestival. com.au/page/tickets or • Call 1300 887 034 and purchase with credit card or
SILVER SPONSORS
• Buy from an outlet including Bulli PCyC, Albion Park Post Office, Greenacres Disability Services, Football South Coast, Camp Quality, Illawarra Folk Club concerts and events. Children under 12 will be admitted free with their paying parent.
BRONZE SPONSORS
community partners
SUPPORTERS Albion PArk Post office • bAnners r’Us • bUlli GreyhoUnd clUb • bUlli Pcyc • bUlli show society northern bUlli UnitinG chUrch • city diGGers wollonGonG • cobArGo folk festivAl • folk AlliAnce AUstrAliA • GrAeme morrison lAw • GrevilleA PArk • JUst crUisin’ • mckAy commUnicAtions mUlticUltUrAl commUnities coUncil of illAwArrA • nAtionAl folk festivAl • Perisher PeAk festivAl Pink lAdy cider • reG mombAssA • serco • trAd&now • voX fm • wongawilli colonial dance club
Early Bird SEASON PASS (by 20 Dec 2013) SAVE $55 Advance SEASON PASS (by 14 Jan 2014) SAVE $35 SEASON PASS Adult (after 14 Jan 2014) SEASON Youth Pass (12 - 17yrs) with paying parent On-site camping available. $20 per site + $20 per adult. Maximum of 6 persons per site. Camping limited, book EARLY. WEEKEND PASS (Saturday and Sunday) Adult ThurSDAy EVEning (from 2pm) Adult FrIDAy FULL DAY Adult SATurDAy FULL DAY Adult SuNDAy FULL DAY Adult SAT or SuN Day Youth (12 - 17yrs) with paying parent FrIDAy EVEning (from 6pm) SATurDAy EVEning (from 6pm) FrI / SAT Evening Youth (12 - 17yrs) with paying parent
$125 $145 $180 $55
$125 $10 $65 $75 $65 $30 $40 $45 $15
30th AnniversAry 2015 30th
illawarra
FOLK
15 - 18
January 2015
bulli showground, nsw