EWINGAR RISING FUNDRAISING MUSIC FESTIVAL RETURNS TO THE NORTHERN NSW TOWN OF EWINGAR, TWO YEARS AFTER THE BUSHFIRES!
FRIDAY, 17th September Clarence River Mamas | Jonah Earley | Red Belly Black | Rawnchi | The Sultans SATURDAY, 18th September Haystack Mountain Hermits | Aine Tyrrell Tullara | August River Band | The Band Woodshed | Comedienne: Mandy Nolan | Two Tears in a Bucket | Jimmy Willing & The Real Gone Hick-Ups | Marshall Okell | Ash Grunwald SUNDAY, 19th September The Jacksons | Nadarra | Nikolaine Martin | Mermaid Avenue | Matt Scullion | Col Finley |Scrapboy |Highly-Strung Puppets
Ewingar Rising acknowledges the traditional custodians of the Bundjalung nation, the Wahlabul people, and pays respect to the Elders past, present and emerging. We recognise this land was never ceded and acknowledge the continuation of culture and connection to land, sky and sea. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as Australia’s First Peoples and honour the rich diversity of the world’s oldest living culture.
Join us for another weekend of great music and camping! And this time …. the grass is green, the birds are singing and the trees are in recovery from the bushfires of September- November 2019. Ewingar Rising 2019 was a three-day fundraising music festival staged just six weeks after our area burned.
COVID Update July 2021: It's still on, folks! We are consulting with Health NSW to ensure we can go ahead with a safe and fun festival.
We’ve invited back the bands who supported us in 2019 – many who had gigs cancelled during the Please note that we are restricting numbers to pandemic. ensure we comply with COVID safety regulations and of course the safety of our artists, volunteers, food And this time…. the bands will be paid, and half of and market stallholders and you. any profit will be donated to SupportAct, Australia’s only organisation to deliver crisis relief to those in Tickets are refundable in the event of postponing due the music industry. to COVID. We are grateful to Destination NSW, Yulgilbar Join us to celebrate community and how far we – and Foundation and Healthy North Coast PHN for grants, the bush - have all come since the 2019/20 bushfires! Essential Energy for their much appreciated sponsorship and Mountain Blue for their generous donation - this event would not be possible without their funding and support! This event will be "on donation" (what you can afford) for locals who suffered in the 2019 fires, including Drake, Tabulam, Ewingar, Bonalbo, Baryulgil and Rappville; and we will donate half of any profit to our Ewingar Community Hall for future events.
If you are from these areas, please contact us at ewingarrising@gmail.com for a link to on donation ticketing. Those outside of these areas can purchase tickets at very affordable prices (please see the ticket section).
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CBD MAGAZINE
AUGUST 2021 ISSUE
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