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Thank You
Keeping It Green
A big thank you to the following supporters of the Kangaroo Valley Folk Festival
Kangaroo Valley Folk Festival is aiming to be the Greenest Folk Festival in Oz. Visitors are encouraged to bring along their 'keep-cup' to buy coffee to kick start the day. Free water will be provided (no need to buy those pesky bottles that get used once). Bring along your water bottle or buy one of our exclusive KVFF bottles to use throughout the festival. The bar will have re-useable middy's and wine glasses, getting rid of single use cups! Kangaroo Valley is Australia's first mainland 'Plastic Bag Free' town.' Let's make it the first 'waste free festival'.
Shoalhaven City Council Jaqualine Lenz, Showground Caretaker KV A&H Society Osborne Park Committee Edmiston Jones Architects QBB Jing Jo Café Restaurant Pioneer Motel Glenmack Park Kangaroo Valley Chamber of Tourism & Commerce Kangaroo Valley Voice Kangaroo Valley Public School St Joseph’s Church Church of the Good Shepherd Randall Sinnamon, KVFF Resident Artist Triple U FM Community Radio Mike Gorman, Kangaroo Valley Solar KV residents who billet performers
Festival Information Noise
First Aid
We need to consider residents who live close to the showground and have a right to a good night’s sleep. Please keep sessions after midnight reasonably quiet, with definitely NO DRUMMING. Quiet sessions around the campfire at Glenmack Park will be allowed, but please consider other campers.
There is a St John first aid post between the Hall and the Pavilion. The St John members are volunteers, so be nice to them. They also love to have a chat if you’re passing.
Camping
Smoke Free Festival Smoking is not permitted anywhere on the festival site, except within a clearly marked designated smoking area.
Please note that camping is not allowed in the showground, apart from performers, volunteers and stallholders. Anyone who is not booked in at Glenmack can go to Bendeela, where camping is free and there are no official noise restrictions.
Dogs
Alcohol
Parking
Our liquor licence is restricted to the fenced off bar area. Consumption of alcohol is not allowed in the venues or anywhere else in the showground. Please do not bring your own supplies into the showground.
Dogs are allowed in the festival site, but please do not bring them into venues and ensure they are on a lead and supervised at all times. Do not leave dogs tied up outside venues since they can easily become distressed.
Patrons are encouraged to use the off-street parking provided in the dog show area of the showground. The entrance is through the public car park next to the police Station. If all
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the parking in the main street is taken up with for the Kids’ Festival . festival-goers, it can affect the business of local The Tantric Turtle shopkeepers. specialises in creating a temporary space full Access to Oval of people, music, laughter and love. It will To avoid the steep steps, the venues on the operate a blackboard concert for the whole oval can be accessed via breaks in the fence festival from 3pm Friday to 5pm Sunday. just below the Tantric Turtle and along the Dance Till You Drop road to the Pony Club, the “yellow brick road” With dance workshops all weekend and dancCD Sales es every night. There is no CD shop at the festival. Performers will be selling their own CDs at the venues.
Workshops
Special Events Outdoor Gospel Service An hour of southern USA gospel singing, led by a visiting singer. People will be invited to sing along to some songs. It's free and all are welcome to attend. Good Shepherd Anglican Church opposite primary school, Sunday 10.00 am
Poetry Galore
MC Workshop With Jason Roweth, offering insights and thoughts on what makes a good MC at a folk festival - it’s not only about introducing acts and recognising sponsors, it’s about generating a generous atmosphere, helping an audience to engage with the music they’re hearing and drawing thoughtful connections between acts as well. 4.45 - 5.30 Friday Hall
Kangaroo Valley Ukestra Pt 1
Poets’ breakfasts Saturday & Sunday 8.30- With Jack n Jel. Think that there must be 10.30am Tantric Turtle more to playing ukulele together than the ol' Poets’ Brawl Sat 4pm La Petite Grande hum n strum? Be a part of the Kangaroo Valley Ukestra (ukulele orchestra) where contemReciter of the Year porary songs are arranged into different parts Competition for the best performance of a for all levels of players. The very essence of a poem (original, contemp0rary, freeform or ukestra is inclusion, so the parts cater for a traditional). This is a walk up event, see Allan wide range of abilities, to create an entertainStone to enter. The winner will receive custody ing sound and to have fun. You will learn great of a beautiful hand crafted red cedar trophy riffs that make the songs sound so much more. for one year, a certificate and two weekend 10.00 - 11.00 Sat Pony Club passes to come back and judge next year's winFunky Ukulele ner. For kids and adults with Nick Rheinberger. Sunday 12.00 – 1.30 La Petite Grande 11.15- 12.15 Sat Pony Club
Chill Out Tent
Make Your Own Stompbox
Our new youth venue. See some up-andcoming talent while relaxing with a chai and With Rosie Burgess. Ever wanted to make your own stomp box? Come and explore the delicious snacks. incredibly satisfying but surprisingly simple Koori Camp process of building your own stomp box with At venue Mudjin Gaal. Indigenous displays stuff you have lying around at home. Discuss and activities all weekend. It’s also the venue issues and best design principles for that super
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fat sound. Even make your own simple micro- Learn some collected Australian tunes with phone! You’ll be amazed at how great it can Ian Hayden sound. 2.30 - 3.30 Sun Pony Club 11.15 - 12.15 Sat Pony Club
Lip to Lung Beatbox and beyond with Mal Webb. Exploring the physics, physiology and phrivolity of every sound a face can make. A cultural jaunt into your gob. Sideways yodelling, beatbox, throat singing, looping and safe vocal distortion. Be a band with your voice and the lead singer too. 1.45 - 2.45 Sat pony Club
Themed Concerts Danny Spooner Tribute Roaring Forties and friends Danny was the quintessential folk performer and a regular at KVFF. We will remember him with some of his favourite songs. Sat 11-12.30 St Joseph’s Church
Multi-Modal Worlds.
With Ruido Flamenco. Exploring the modes and rhythms of songs beyond the horizon. Giffen provide an engaging choral workshop Narration, interpretive flamenco dance, deliwhich covers healthy vocal production, rounds cate harmonies, entrancing rhythms and powand canons. We also teach the vocal parts to erful vocals. one of our original a cappella songs and invite Sat 2.45 - 3.30 Hall participants to join us in singing this piece at our following gigs at the festival. Devil Dodgin’ on the High 3.00 - 4.00 Sat Pony Club Seas
Choral Workshop
Bush Uke
A bush music singalong with ukuleles. Kerry Doherty Rick Hull & Chris Poleson. 4.15 - 5.15 Sat Pony Club
Turning History into Song With Andy Gordon & John Kane 9.30 - 10.30 Sun Pony Club
Kangaroo Valley Ukestra Pt 2 With Jack n Jel 10.45 - 11.45
I’ll Write With You Collaborative songwriting. Ideas, hints and fun from veteran co-writers Men With Day Jobs Using collaborators as a filter. Making difficult decisions, avoiding conflicts, staying friends. 12.00 - 1.00 Sun Pony Club
Beginner Autoharp With Denis McKay. Loan instruments provided. 1.15 - 2.15 Sun Pony Club
Tunes of Sally Sloane
Over decades of collecting folk songs, the Roaring Forties have found themselves custodians of a large amount of god-bothering songs from England, America and the Caribbean – and a proportion of these intersect with their vast repertoire of maritime songs – hence the title of this presentation. Don’t worry though, they’re as likely to convert you to religion as they are to shave their bellies with a rusty razor. Actually none of them know what a razor is. Sat 2.45 - 3.45 La Petite Grande
The Roar of the Crowd Delving through old and new traditional Australian song, story and poem, Chloe & Jason explore the clear duality in the nation’s modern history, unearthing a cycle of dispossession and dislocation. Pieces are tied together thematically, music running under poems and expanding into songs, weaving together diverse threads of Australian tradition. A rich and resonant presentation - with plenty to chew on... and plenty of laughs! Sun 11.30am - 12.30pm Pavilion
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Performers 19-Twenty Ask for forgiveness not for permission. No rules, no limits. The closest to punk the Blues & Folk will ever get. Raucous and manic. "One of the most exciting riff and groove based blues and roots acts emerging from the east coast of OZ!"- Tone Deaf “These guys are sick!” – Ash Grunwald “Who the hell is this guy? He definitely has the talent!” – Ian Moss “Definitely a guitarist to watch!” – Australian Guitar Magazine Saturday 1pm Marquee Saturday 8pm Marquee Sunday 2pm Marquee
500 Pounds of Joy is a blues & roots based duo from the Illawarra region of NSW Australia. The duo comprises Steve Cocksedge (Vocals/Harmonica/ Percussion) and Dan Stephenson (Guitar). Steve and Dan have enjoyed a long (20 years) partnership in blues music having previously been founding members and band leaders for Illawarra based bands The Taildraggers and El Caminos. 500 Pounds of Joy has become the primary focus of the duo's musical partnership which has recently allowed them to explore a more stripped back, traditional style of blues based music. Friday 6.45pm Hall Saturday 9.45am Hall Saturday 2.45pm St Joseph’s Church Sunday 11am La Petite Grande
Acapella Central Singers Gary Smith is the musical director of several community choirs in Sydney - Bondi Sings, The ABC Choir, The Bridge on the River Choir and The Cleftomaniacs. Whenever they tour or need to present a larger group, these singers will often come together with their common repertoire. Representing a cross section of Sydney’s choral community and with an engaging and eclectic repertoire, the group is
noted for the fine stage presentations and audience participation. Saturday 12.45pm Hall Sunday 1.45pm St Joseph’s Church
Andy Gordon with John Kane bring Stories of First Contact to light with Guitar, Voice, Banjo, Mandolin and Dobro. Friday 4pm Marquee Saturday 11.45am Hall Saturday 7.45pm Tantric Turtle Sunday 9.30am Pony Club
Appalachian Heaven Stringband is well known for its tight, driving arrangements of tunes and songs from the southern Appalachian USA mountains. The Stringband is the precursor of Bluegrass, featuring fiddle, banjo and vocal harmonies transposed from the Celtic fiddle traditions, infused with African-American cultures, and rural sensibilities. Appalachian mountain music is played with gusto and authenticity, learnt directly from the masters during regular visits to the USA. From sensitive and driving fiddle tunes, dance tunes with curly toes, to cheeky songs and disarmingly touching ballads, Appalachian Heaven Stringband delights audiences young and young-at-heart. Friday 7pm Marquee Saturday 1.15pm St Joseph’s Church Saturday 6.30pm Pavilion Sunday 11.15am Marquee
Black Joak Morris performs the traditional folk dancing of the bucolic English Cotswolds. Morris dancing is fresh and varied, friendly and skilled, danced to live music provided by our talented and knowledgeable musicans. The Joakers are an energetic side, who couple athletic display with bright costumes and loud bells to delight and mystify audiences of all ages. Sunday 9.30am Hall ...B u t bew ar e – they are likely to appear anywhere at any time.
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Bush Music Club The Bush Music Club was founded in 1954 to collect, publish and popularise Australia’s traditional songs, dances, music and folklore. The Concert Party was formed in 1957 to be the performing arm of the Club, and over the decades has trained hundreds of musicians and created countless bush bands.
phere with expert bush musicians as tutors. Bring instruments or use ours! Saturday 10am Verandah Sunday 10am Verandah
Bush Uke
Friday 5.30pm Verandah Saturday 11am Verandah
Pack the Hawaiian shirt, the billy and your ukulele, the ukulele is going bush! Join Chris, Rick and Kerry in singing to the melodic strumming of your ukulele as we all sing the old bush favorites.
Bush Music Club Saplings
Saturday 4.15pm Pony Club
For would-be musicians aged 8-16 to give Canberra Contra Club them the experience and enjoyment of playing recreates the exhilarating and inspiring contra Australian collected music in a relaxed atmosdance scene from northern America. With diverse music from the Appalachians through
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to Quebec, a social dance style that everyone Now come and see him do his own show (he loves, and all dances taught, Canberra Contra might bring some friends). Club will be a highlight of your festival. Saturday 4pm Tantric Turtle Saturday 2.30pm Anglican Hall Chloe & Jason Roweth Saturday 9.30p bring you the songs, poems and yarns of the Cantares kitchen, the verandah, the shearers’ huts, and is a small choir which has been enjoying a var- the local pub. Pieces are tied together musicalied repertoire for the past decade under the ly and thematicallyweaving together and drivdirection of Carlos Alvarados and Bethany ing forward diverse threads of the Australian Morris’ fine piano accompaniment. tradition. Saturday 12.45pm Hall Sunday 1pm St Joseph’s Church
Friday 4.45pm Hall MC W or kshop Friday 6.15pm La Petite Grande Saturday 1pm La Petite Grande Carl Pannuzzo Sunday 12pm Pavilion We've seen Carl perform with Totally Sunday 2pm Mudjin Gaal Gourdgeous, with Fred Smith and with others.
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Colin Towns
Folklines
has been dancing and teaching for over 30 years across a whole variety of styles from English, American, Morris, and Australian. Colin's clear and concise teaching, and his relaxed and fun approach will make any dances achievable, and a thrill for all who dance. Live music provided by Ian, Sarah and Abiah Bull.
was established to share the dance music and songs of our heritage with performances, sessions and workshops at folk festivals - the National, Numeralla, Cobargo, Majors Creek, and, of course, Kangaroo Valley. Ray and Dave drive Bush Traditions Inc which presents the Bundanoon DanceFest and the Goulburn Gathering.
Saturday 9.30am Anglican Hall Saturday 7.45pm Hall
Saturday 11.30am Anglican Hall Sunday 12 Verandah Sunday 3.15pm Hall
Den Hanrahan and the Rumrunners Den Hanrahan is a singer-songwriter whose songs tell the stories of modern Australia – from the red dust of the landscape, to the loves and losses of the people that have touched his life. Steeped in bluegrass, classic folk tradition and Australian country rock, Den, with longtime musical partner Matt Nightingale on upright bass, Dave O'Neill on mandolin and fiddle, Peter Logue on the squeezebox and Zena Armstrong on the bodhran (Irish Drum), is now exploring the source of his Irish/Celtic heritage with his band, The Rumrunners. Pushing beyond genres and dipping generously into the melting pot that is Australian folk music, Den Hanrahan and the Rumrunners have flung the rules out the window and the result is a surprisingly fresh take on roots music. Friday 10pm Marquee Saturday 11.15am Pavilion Saturday 6pm Marquee Sunday 1.45pm Pavilion
Denis McKay is a local musician with an eclectic view on 'Folk Music'. His interests include tradition and indigenous dance tunes and songs, songs of the working man and their history. He has played and sung at festivals along the Australian east coast as well as performed and taught autoharp workshops in the US and Canada Sunday 1.15pm Pony Club
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Food of Love Choir Our philosophy is that everyone can sing and enjoy the thrill of singing in harmony in a warm and welcoming environment. Our repertoire of songs is varied and uplifting and joyful. The choir supports community events such as the Relay for Life , Cambewarra Carols, Choral and Folk festivals. Saturday 12.45pm Hall Saturday 6.45pm Tantric Turtle
Fred Smith Trio It is about time Australia caught up with Fred Smith. This remarkable singer-songwriter – who at various times reveals influences that range from Paul Kelly via Lou Reed to Loudon Wainwright III to Leonard Cohen – keeps releasing amazingly accomplished albums.” (Bruce Elder, SMH). Accompanied by an all star band (Liz Frencham and Carl Pannuzzo), Fred will be playing songs from his rich back catalogue and his new album “Great” – a wry interrogation of American politics, history and pathologies.
Friday 9.45pm Pavilion Saturday 8.30pm Pavilion Sunday 1pm Marquee
George Bishop is a local, but recently he has been living off the grid north of Broome. It’s hard to know what George will do. He may be mellow or he may be dancing. He will be in the finals for the most infectious smile at the festival. Expect the unexpected. Friday 11pm Marquee Saturday 1.15pm Tantric Turtle Saturday 10.30pm Pavilion Sunday 10am La Petite Grande
Giffen Weaving meaningful poetry into memorable sound and story, Giffen sing wistful songs of family, unrequited love and folk music. Rooted in folk traditions with a contemporary flavour, Giffen feature rich multi-layer harmonies, fiddle, guitar, mandolin, bowed double bass, sweeping accordion textures and beautifully placed percussion. Friday 8.45 Pavilion Saturday 11am La Petite Grande Saturday 3pm Pony Club Saturday 4.30pm Pavilion
Good Tunes
Ian Hayden is a keen Irish style box & banjo player living on the NSW Central Coast. Besides Irish dance music he currently plays a range of instruments in bush bands, a jazz group, a swing big band, and a baroque ensemble. Sunday 2.30pm Pony Club
Jack n Jel On their annual workshop and concert tours to North America, J'n'J are compact travellers - 7 instruments in 2 bags (guitar, banjo, bass, ukes, & pocket trumpet). At KVFF they fatten up, joined by John (on bass) & Ruth (on ukulele), to enjoy rich vocal harmonies ... and unpredictable banter. Saturday 10am Pony Club Saturday 3.30pm Pavilion Saturday 11.15pm La Petite Grande Sunday 10.45am Pony Club Sunday 12.15pm Marquee Festival Choir
Jordan Brodie Queensland Music Award wining guitarist and composer, Jordan Brodie, is regarded as “one of the best young guitar players in the area [QLD]”. Blending the sounds of folk, jazz and classical music, his style incorporates the bass, rhythm and melody parts simultaneously, in a solo fingerstyle guitar performance not to be missed. Saturday 3.15pm Tantric Turtle Saturday 6.15pm La Petite Grande Sunday 10.15am Chill Out Tent Sunday 1.15pm Tantric Turtle
Josh Maynard At 19, Josh is an exciting new up and coming self-taught musician who has set out on a journey to help develop and grow our own Australian National Folk Scene. With inspiration from Shane Howard, Bob Dylan and James Taylor, Josh Maynard is a story teller with an old soul when it comes to creating his art.
David DeSanti has been accumulating ‘good’ tunes for over 30 years and wants to share them! Be ready for a musical tour around Australia, Italy, Quebec, Scotland, Scandinavia, Spain, France, Ireland, England and beyond! Sheet music available or use your ear to Saturday 7pm Chill Out Tent join in. Saturday 9pm Tantric Turtle Saturday 1pm Verandah Sunday 11.15am Chill Out Tent Sunday 11am Verandah
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Kangaleles
Kangaroo Valley Public School Choir
Kangaroo Valley locals who belt out some favourite songs with (mostly) ukuleles and The incredibly talented students from the have a bit of fun. amazing Kangaroo Valley Public School will show us what they can do. Saturday 12pm Verandah
Kangaroo Ceili The members of Kangaroo Ceili are all experienced and versatile dance musicians who enjoy playing exciting up-tempo music for Irish set dancing and bouncy rhythmic tunes for English country dancing. We like to use traditional dance tunes collected from old Australian players. Friday 10pm Hall Saturday 3.30pm Anglican Hall Sunday 1pm Hall
Saturday 10.30am Marquee
Liz Frencham is a rare bird. A warm, exuberant performer known for multiple successful collaborations (FrenchamSmith, Jigzag and Dev’lish Mary) and a captivating soloist. A luminous presence, armed with the double bass and a smile, oozing cheeky Ricki-Lee spontaneity and Jonistyle honesty, dipped in velvet Norah Jones soul. Saturday 10.45am Hall
Kay Proudlove
Lizzie Flynn & The Reckoning
A display of honesty and a general acceptance of awkwardness, Kay's live performance is much like being invited to her lounge room. The co-ordination that never showed up on any sort of sporting field has made itself known in the form of engaging, narrative songwriting, sung out in soul-bearing fashion.
With a combination of lyrical honesty and charming melodies, Brisbane based Lizzie Flynn writes songs that blend a little satirical storytelling with a lot of joyful emotion. Her latest collection of songs weaves audiences through toe-tapping country to tender ballads… songs of lessons learnt and love lost.
Friday 3.45pm Pavilion Saturday 5.15pm Tantric Turtle
Friday 7.30pm Tantric Turtle Saturday 4.15pm St Joseph’s Church Saturday 7pm Marquee
Kiki & Pascal The Kiki and Pascal show is the funniest love story of all time. The journey of this unlikely couple is wrapped around a show full of beautifully diverse skills, singing, juggling, contortion, interactive comedy, acrobatics and a surprise magical ending. Saturday 10.15pm La Petite Grande Sunday 4.15pm La Petite Grande
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Low Down Riders Born and bred in Sydney’s inner west, the Low Down Riders are a five piece band inspired by the musical gumbo that is New Orleans street music. Friday 8pm Marquee Saturday 5.45pm Hall Saturday 11pm Marquee Sunday 4pm Marquee
Luci Blue is a young singer/songwriter from the Shoalhaven area. She is currently working on her debut CD of original songs and is also a longstanding member of the Shoalhaven Youth Orchestra. Saturday 1.30pm Chill Out Tent Sunday 12pm Chill Out Tent
Luke O'Shea Laureate storyteller, singer-songwriter Luke O'Shea spent decades travelling the world absorbing universal truths that he now weaves through his celebrated stories and songs. Powerfully delivered, heartbreaking and humorous - Luke O'Shea, with 7 Golden Guitars wrapped up in his swag, is a fitting heir to the bush troubadours of past.
Martin Fairweather Come and join Martin for an early morning strum and singalong. Bring your ukes and your friends. Even if you are a totally ukeless singer, Martin will make you feel welcome. Saturday 8.30am Pavilion Sunday 8.30am Pavilion
Maypole with Molly
and her lively accordion will have kids dancing and creating intricate ribbon patterns or playing percussion. Emphasis is on fun audience participation where adults are invited to join in. Erika Cleaver (Molly), an experienced early Mal Webb & Kylie Morrigan childhood teacher and her helpers enjoy sharVocal adventurer, multi-instrumentalist and ing music and dance with kids. looping beatboxing songwriter Mal sings his Saturday 11.15am Oval brain provoking songs with guitar, mbira, Sunday 11am Oval slide trumpet, trombone and loopers. Kylie (who's played with Orchestra Victoria, Stevie Men With Day Jobs Wonder and Barry White!) provides violin Veteran ex-pop wannabes turned gleeful geeand voice in perfect balance to Mal's zers doing it for love. “Great words, tunes – nutsness. Imagine Einstein, Dr Seuss and funny, poignant, political, ingenious” (SMH). Varied satires, ballads, exuberant singalongs. 5 Paganini making pancakes. albums, songs covered worldwide, popular on Friday 5pm Marquee YouTube, top venues/festivals. None shall Saturday 11am Marquee escape without a laugh, tear, pricked conSaturday 1.45pm Pony Club science or stomped foot. Sunday 1.15pm La Petite Grande Saturday 10.15am Pavilion Margaret Bradford Saturday 3.45pm Hall has been chortling her way around the folk Sunday 12pm Pony Club scene for way too long to men- Sunday 2.15pm La Petite Grande tion. Nowadays she enjoys singing with her Montgomery Church daughter, Sonya, who adds variety to the duo Hailing from Cooma, NSW, Montgomery with keyboard. Their songs cross the folk/ Church are a Folk/Americana inspired duo country/blues genre and reflect everyday isfast becoming known for their captivating sues both comical and poignant. She stage presence and ability to move audiences plays guitar, fiddle, bowed psaltery and ukuwith their powerful harmonies, skilful acoustic lele. Come along to the kids tent, sing and instrumentation on dobro and acoustic guitar, play instruments (supplied) with Margaret well-crafted original songs and undeniable and Allan. They’ll help you to make chemistry. Influenced by greats such as Gillian an instrument out of recycled materials. Welch, Dave Rawlings, Tim O’Brien, and Patty Saturday 10am Mudjin Gaal Griffin, this is a musical pairing not to be Saturday 2pm St Joseph’s Church missed. Sunday 10am Mudjin Gaal Friday 4.45pm Pavilion Saturday 9.30am Marquee Saturday 5.15pm La Petite Grande Friday 7.45pm Pavilion Saturday 3.30pm St Joseph’s Church Saturday 8.15pm La Petite Grande Sunday 11am Pavilion
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Kerry & Claire Doherty
The Northern Folk
For quite a few years now, the Doherty family has been doing a fantastic job with the kids craft tent. Come and join in or just have a look at how the kids love the craft tent.
is a collective of eleven musical ambitionists spreading their unique brand of folk/pop/ stomp/rock into the roots of small towns and big cities alike. Combining two powerful vocalists, roaring horns, bashful bass and addictive percussion, their big, diverse sound proves flexible both on stage and on record.
Saturday and Sunday from 10am
Friday 9pm Marquee Saturday 3pm Marquee Saturday 9pm Marquee Sunday 3pm Marquee
NukeM Led by the intrepid Martin Fairweather, NukeM is rated as one of the top thirteen Ukulele groups in the Shoalhaven area. Too much fun!! Sunday 1pm Verandah
Nick Rheinberger is one of Australia's most versatile creative people. He's been in the radio business for over 25 years, starting as a comedy writer, singer and songwriter. He is also a children's entertainer, journalist, podcaster, musician and teacher. He loves uke, charango, baglama and other small instruments. He sings mostly funny songs.
Pamela Wilson Start your day feeling relaxed, revitalised and reinvigorated with Pamela's Tai Chi Saturday 8.30am Hall Sunday 8.30am Hall
Paul Greene & The Other Colours
Stylistic chameleons with beautifully crafted songs ranging from delicates and complex to Friday 8.15pm La Petite Grande raucous and rollicking. An 8 album catalogue Saturday 11.15am Pony Club (one an aria finalist best blues & roots album Saturday 4pm Marquee 2012) means every festival show will be differSaturday 9.30pm Pavilion ent. No Such Thing Saturday 10pm Marquee No Such Thing is a group of musicians who Sunday 4.45 Pavilion play collected Australian dance tunes. The Raduga Trio unusual name came about after a Scottish Fun Babushka music & dance of Gypsy, Slavic, musician commented that “there is no such Russian, Klezmer, Balkan, Breton and origithing as Australian dance music�. The band nals collected from the treasure-trove of our recreates the authentic feel of the old time heritage. Raduga Trio was founded nearly 10 dance bands and will soon get your feet tapyears ago by artistic director, accordion player, ping. Russian born Nina Kharakoz and is accompaFriday 8pm Hall nied by Diana and Irina. Saturday 4pm Verandah Sunday 12pm Hall
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The Roaring Forties
tifully crafted and sung with a voice that pours from Sydney had a successful tour in the USA sincerity and emotion over every line and in June 2017, returning with renewed energy. note”. Friday 9.15pm La Petite Grande Saturday 1.30pm Pavilion Saturday 9.15pm La Petite Grande Sunday 11.15am Tantric Turtle
They have a huge repertoire with solid roots in the best Australian and British folk songs. All members are strong individual singers who enjoy singing robust, unaccompanied chorus songs in harmony. Friday 6pm Marquee Saturday 11am St Joseph’s Church Danny Spooner Tribute Concert Saturday 2.45pm La Petite Grande Sunday 3.45pm Pavilion
Robyn Sykes Champion Bush Poet Robyn Sykes loves to entertain.The Binalong Bard uses her energetic mix of original, traditional and modern Rosie Burgess Trio verse to breathe life into poetic characters and stories. Robyn is not your average rhyming Sometimes it’s hard to fit people into boxes, poet. A flick of her pen makes words twist, and the music by The Rosie Burgess Trio is no exception. Sliding from folk to blues to gypsytuck and double-somersault with pike. roots, the trio cross more genres than state Saturday 12pm La Petite Grande (an d borders, giving off "more energy than an illeother poetry events) gally sparked firecracker" [Drum], while still maintaining their unmistakable flavour. Rory Faithfield is a story-telling folk singer-songwriter who embodies the lyricism of his Irish heritage, the raw passion of his early Punk band days and the clear-eyed sensibilities of his life on the coast of Western Australia - Performing solo and mesmerising audiences and critics alike. Bruce Elder stated, "Faithfield inhabits the same rich musical world as Christy Moore, Luka Bloom and Glen Hansard. His songs are wistful, romantic, deeply felt, beau-
Friday 6.45pm Pavilion Saturday 12.30pm Pony Club Saturday 4.45pm Hall Sunday 10.15am Marquee
Ruido Flamenco weave their award-winning contemporary flamenco sounds with an honest gypsy tradition. Enter their world where musicians dance and the dancers play! An explosion of colour,
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movement and passion. Beautiful interpreta- rhythms of traditional Irish tunes from Kangations of an elusive and magical world. roo Ceili. Friday 5.45pm Hall Saturday 12.15pm Mudjin Gaal Saturday 2.45pm Hall Sunday 2pm Hall
Ryebuck Sydney’s oldest bush band, Ryebuck has been playing for over 35 years and Margaret has calling dances for over 25 years. With a variety of dances and music, there is something to suit everyone. Come along and join in the fun with friends old and new. Saturday 1.30pm Anglican Hall Sunday 10.30am Hall
Saturday 10.30am Anglican Hall Sunday 1pm Hall
Steve Wilson - The Man With The Concertina is one of the finest exponents in Australia of song accompaniment with concertina. His concertina style is refreshing and his songs, an eclectic mix of trad and contemporary folk, pop, country, jazzy, bluesy and original material, will bring a smile or a sigh and get toes tapping. Steve’s passion for the concertina is infusing and his performance certainly entertaining.
Saturday 10am La Petite Grande Saturday 12.30pm St Joseph’s Church A yodellin´, thigh slappin’, lederhosen wetSaturday 2.15pm Mudjin Gaal tin´ dancefest of German music with The Bee(as Bluey Bones) z’ Deta and Rob. Thrill to comic classics from Sunday 3.15pm Tantric Turtle Rammstein to Kraftwerk; tear off that dirndl and shake a Teutonic Tailfeather to Nena´s Strangelove 99 Red Balloons but, most of all, be enter- Joropos, Cumbias & Clave from the Latin harp tained- thats an order! repertoire of Venezuela & Mexico. Interspersed with unique vocal & instrumental arFriday 10.45pm Pavilion rangements of swing, funk & pop covers inSaturday 1.15pm Mudjin Gaal cluding original compositions. A varied musiSaturday 5pm Marquee cal palate with soaring vocals & harmonies. Sunday 10am Pavilion
The Sauerkrauts
Friday 7.15pm La Petite Grande Saturday 10.15am St Joseph’s Church from Tasmania's Coal River Valley presents a Saturday 6.45pm Hall family friendly folk explosion of old time, jug Sunday 3.15pm La Petite Grande band, early blues, originals and even the odd Istrian folk tune and song. They also love do- Surley Griffin Morris ing hands on sciency musical stuff and also Canberra's own morris side is focussed on fun jamming and busking whenever the oppor- and inclusiveness. They are a mixed side and tunity pops up. will be performing a mixture of traditional and modern border morris dances. Audiences love Friday 6.30pm Tantric Turtle their distinctive black kit with colourful ribSaturday 11.15am Tantric Turtle Saturday 2pm La Petite Grande Sunday bons, and find their jaunty tunes and relaxed style infectious. This morris side will intrigue, 12pm Mudjin Gaal inspire and amuse you. They could pop anySet in Their Ways where. Is an engaging group of Irish Set Dancers from Canberra with a diverse repertoire of Theresa Young traditional and contemporary dances, includ- plays, writes and collects songs of grace, coling several we have choreographed ourselves. our, heart and humour - songs about commuAll danced to the wonderfully infectious nity, family, ridiculous things and love. She
The Scary Family Band
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won the Folk Federation of Tasmania 2016 Song of the Year and People’s Choice awards and the Cygnet Festival's 2017 Song & Tune Writing Contest and has recently released her first album ˜Pulling Clouds”.
ary songs from the 1960s and a third eye on the cosmic gospel of peace and love. Friday 5.45pm Pavilion Saturday 12pm Marquee Saturday 7.30pm Pavilion Sunday 5pm Marquee
The Water Runners play a high energy blend of folk incorporating elements of traditional folk, bluegrass and country in songs about life, love, death and South Coast tales. Guitar, banjo, mandolin, double bass, percussion and harmonies combine to produce music that moves both the heart and the feet. Saturday 2pm M Saturday 7.15pm LaPetite Grande Sunday 2.45pm Pavilion Friday 5.15pm La Petite Grande Saturday 12.15pm Pavilion Saturday 5pm St Joseph’s Church Sunday 1pm Mudjin Gaal
Trilogy
The Winnetts Margaret and Bill Winnett share their love of Irish dancing with anyone and everyone. They are Australia's most experienced Irish dance teachers and callers. Enjoyment of their workshop and dance calling is guaranteed. It will not matter whether you are a beginner or an advanced dancer - come, dance with the Winnetts! Live music by Kangaroo Ceili.
Shoalhaven's singing sisters present a singalong concert featuring all your favourite songs from the sixties. Bring along your voice to sing, feet to tap and be ready to have some fun! Friday 10pm Hall Saturday 3.30pm Anglican Hall Saturday 5.30pm Pavilion
Trilogy with Trio 42
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Shoalhaven group Trio 42, Jim Dorrington, Vicki McCartney and Anne Stuart, join vocal group Trilogy (Joy, Kathy and Robin Sharpe) to present a selection of much-loved Irish and English folk songs. Classical guitar, cello, flute and three part harmonies breathe new life into traditional arrangements, with a few contemporary pieces thrown in.
Be transported with this ensemble to forgotten fishing villages, moonlit olive groves, and a hard life under a hot Sunday where peasants play music to celebrate life with a fierce sense of humour. They provide the sounds and energy of folk, gypsy and Italian world music woven expertly together to provide a truly spaghetti and meatballs experience.
Sunday 2.30pm St Joseph’s Church
Friday 3pm Marquee Saturday 2.30pm Pavilion Sunday 12.15pm St Joseph’s Church
The Trippy Hippy Band Like a VW Kombi van with The Mamas & The Papas, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, all wailing out of a groovy AM radio, Joe & Harmony’s Trippy Hippy Band takes off at a cool pace with one hand on the good book of revolution-
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Artwork by Annie McCarron & Diana Jaffray