Burke and Wills Folk Festival
Probably the world's smallest folk festival, and certainly the most intimate and relaxed. One main stage, home-cooked meals and snacks, cellar door wines, free camping, beautiful open, spacious & peaceful landscape miles from anywhere, yet only 101kms. from Melbourne.
Determined to stay small, intimate and friendly, the annual Folk Festival is set around a marquee in the gardens around the winery and vineyard with nearly 360 degree distant everchanging views of the stunning landscape around the Burke & Wills Track between Lancefield and Mia Mia.
Run by former 'Troubadour' founder Andrew Pattison the event sees around 20 musicians and 200 festival goers enjoy an extremely relaxed weekend of concerts, sing-a-longs, quizzes, wine, food, talking to the clydesdale, snoozing under trees, etc.
The musicians love the easy-going atmosphere of this event, and the chance to play for the love of it all weekend, rather than being confined by the rigorous structures of some of the bigger festivals which have outgrown their grass roots beginnings.
When? March. 2012 March 9th to 12th
Where? Burke and Wills Winery, between Lancefield and Mia Mia, VIC
Who? 2012 Stefan Grossman (USA), Jez Lowe & Kate Bramley (UK)
Mic Conway & Robbie Long, Martin Pearson, The Beez, The Hollands, Naom Blat, Rory Faithfield,
Roger Montgomery, John Angliss & Graham Wilson, The Nano Stern Band (Chile)(Monday) and more ....
Tickets? 2011 prices
(bookings essential but no prepayment required)
$85 for adults
(Earlybird - $70- book before the end of January)
14 to 18 years half adult price
Free for children under 14
Free camping
Day tickets $45 for adults and free for children under 14.
In 2011? Martyn Wyndham-Read & Iris Bishop, Greg Champion,
Martin Pearson, Gilly Darbey, Matteas & Nina Perez (Sweden), Tommy Leonard, Graham Wilson, Hayward Williams (USA), Kavisha Mazzella (CD Launch!), The Luau Cowboys,
Peter Anderson, Roger Montgomery & John Angliss, Fred Smith, Ken Prato
Festival Website? Burke and Wills Festival
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