Kangaroo Valley Folk Festival 2011
21 Oct 2011 - 23 Oct 2011
Featured local artists include Frencham Smith, The Pigs, Pat Drummond & Karen Lynne, Wheeze & Suck, Rough Red, The Blue Goose Band, Chloe & Jason Roweth, The Original Snakeskins and the Badja River Quartet.
They are joined by 40 other acts in 5 venues.
Visiting from Scotland is the duo Tattie Jam. Textured with crunchy harmony and unusual flavours, it's home-made in Scotland by the unique pairing of cello, frets, and the voices of Seylan Baxter and Ruaridh Pringle.
Toe-tapping jigs are reeled out on banjo, mandolin, guitar and bass fiddle, and though cheekily Scottish, they don’t care what the neighbours think.
New Acoustic Venue
We’re very excited to have the use of St Josephs Church this year.
What better place to enjoy the sweet harmonies of choirs, acapella groups and instrumentalists? Compared to some of the larger festivals, all of our venues are small and allow you to get up close and personal with the performers. Poets will love our daily poets’ breakfast and our annual bush poetry competition.
Dance Till You Drop
This year there are dance workshops all weekend, plus a welcome bush/contra dance in the hall on Friday night and the dancers’ dance in the historic Upper River Hall on Saturday night. Workshops include Irish, Estonian, Bush, Contra, German, Morris, Flamenco, International and English country dancing.
Join in
Hang out in our famous session bar with the fabulous view of the valley’s trademark red cliffs. Learn some new tunes at one of our hosted sessions or learn the finer points of singing, playing, poetry or songwriting at one of the workshops with our featured artists.
Kids’ Festival
As usual, we have a fantastic kids’ festival, featuring The Puddin’ Eaters, Super Kenny, Miss Molly’s Maypole, Naomi’s Craft Tent and lots more.
Volunteers Wanted
A minimum of 6 hours volunteer work entitles you to a free weekend pass.
Some volunteer jobs: set up before or pack up after the festival, ticket office, check wristbands at venues, bar (RSA required), waste team, venue management, traffic control.
Billet a Performer
In return for offering a bed and breakfast to one or more homeless performers, you will receive a free weekend ticket for your family.
It’s a great chance to be involved with the festival and to get to know some of the performers.
Accommodation is needed for the nights of Friday 21 and Saturday 22 October, with some possibly staying Sunday night as well.
For volunteering or billeting, contact Sally or Stuart Leslie on 44215538 or 0412 288923.
Earlybird tickets are on sale now at our website www.kangaroovalleyfolkfestival.com.au
Stuart Leslie