Please Note: The format for Folkmail is a weekly (Mon-Sun) listing of folk related events listed in chronological order. Some of you might find that your email client requires you to click on a 'View entire message' link to see the last day or so's events. - Julie
Colour coding:
'Live' events are in green. 'Mediated' events are in yellow. Hybrid 'live' + 'mediated' events are in blue.
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Volunteer – The Sydney Folk Festival needs your help!
Volunteering at the Sydney Folk Festival is a great way to be part of an exciting urban festival & meet lovely, like-minded people. Our Volunteer Program offers opportunities for you to support us in the delivery of an exciting & diverse festival program & you’ll be providing valuable support to the folk sector.
In exchange for 8 hours of volunteer work you’ll get a FREE festival weekend pass. With more than 24 hours of programming over this 3-day event you’ll have plenty of time to enjoy the Festival. A one-day pass is also available for 4 hours of volunteering.
Click here for more information.
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An Exciting Mix - More Artists Announced For SydFolkFest21
Señor Cabrales, performing the passionate & infectious music of Asturias, Galicia & Brittany. The Last Aurochs, with their modern take on old traditions. Pansuri, a cross cultural trio with influences from Indian, African, Latin, Jazz. Rinchen Dorjee, an exciting newcomer, playing music from his Tibetan homeland. Luke Robinson, from Mullumbimby, northern NSW, will inspire with songs addressing social & environmental issues. Nerida Cuddy (Canowindra, NSW) has a passion for stories, esp. those of women, rural life & resilience. The Water Runners, South Coast band, with their original bluegrass-infused Australian folk. SqueezeBox Boogaloo, Sydney party band, with upbeat cajun & zydeco of the bayous of S-W Louisiana & Bourbon St bars.
Check out all our artists & their profiles on the SydFolkFest website. Stay connected on our Facebook Page for all the latest news.
Early Bird tickets close at the end of June.
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Seeking St.Albans History Details - Attention 'old folkies' in particular. A history of the St.Albans Folk Festival is being compiled & we are looking to update & add to what we currently have. Unfortunately, many of those who were there in the early days have now passed on & we'd like to capture this historical info before it is too late.
We would be happy to receive any documents, photos, anecdotes, memories, insights, reviews, financial docs, Committee meeting Minutes, etc that you have of the St.Albans Folk Festival, for any period.
However, we are specifically interested in any information pre- 1989, & in particular, the years 1981, 1982, 1988 & 1989. (A copy of the festival programme for 1989 would be nice.)
Quite a bit of information & documentation has been collected but we'd like to receive anything that is missing from our collection. We would especially like to hear from people about their first hand experiences of the festival over the years. ie things that stood out for you, your memories etc.
If you can help please contact me (Bilbo) so I can check if we already have the info/docs/images etc you can provide. If not, we will be happy to pay postage for or arrange pick up of any new material.
Note - We are also looking for someone with the skills to take this information & write up the history of the festival, for publication into a booklet. Suitable remuneration can be considered/negotiated.
Kind Regards Bilbo (St Albans Festival Manager) 0410 584 533
[From Folk.e.News, NHVFC's weekly email newsletter]
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Australian Folk Music Awards
Folk Alliance Australia today announces the launch of The AFMAs, the inaugural Australian Folk Music Awards a new National Awards program for the folk music sector. The AFMA awards will celebrate and recognise the musical and cultural talent, vibrancy, richness, diversity and community nature of the Australian Folk Music sector and will be presented at a live-streamed Live Music Awards Concert/Gala event at The Lion Arts Centre, Adelaide on Thursday 14 October as a lead in event to the Fleurieu Folk Festival. Full information.
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FAMS 50th Anniversary Celebration
You are warmly invited to help us celebrate 50 years of FAMS Theatre Company at St Albans Anglican Church, Frenchs Forest, the very place it all began, on Saturday 10th July. Let us meet, eat, drink, watch some snippets of our achievements and, most importantly, sing together. To assist with catering, please book by 1st July.
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Minstrels Gallery - 6pm. Folk music program is broadcast every Monday, 6-8pm Sydney time. The program can be heard locally on Highland FM 107.1, & streaming.
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SongsOnStage Beatles Tribute - 7-10pm.
Cocina del Barrio 526 King Street, Newtown
Acts so far: Gordon Biok, Geoff Strum, Usha Pillai, Giddy Pillai, Steve Walsh, Rodney Rockhopper, Cassy Judy, James Lyon, Russell Neal (host) - FREE SPOTS
Facebook event. Email Russell Neal or go to his Facebook page for more info.
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Special 'ASC Afterparty' - 7-10pm. Zoom session. Facebook.
Russell will be attending the ASC Afterparty instead of running his usual Monday night SongsOnLine Zoom session - everyone is welcome to log in to this free event.
Email Russell Neal or go to his Facebook page for more info or to book to play.
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NEWCASTLE: Welsh, Cornish & Manx Folk Dancing - 7.30pm. Wal Young House, cnr Parry & National Park Sts, Newcastle West. Off Street Parking entrance from Parry St. Monday Nights, 7.30 - 9pm. Everyone welcome. Margaret Kenning 0413 229 740
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Figgy Folk Session - held on the third Monday of each month at 7.30pm at the Figtree Hotel, 47 Princes Hwy, Figtree, NSW. All musos, poets & storytellers welcome, & it's FREE. Come along & have a go or just enjoy the show! There's some great entertainment!
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NEWCASTLE: Poetry at the Pub - 7.30pm. 3rd & 5th Mondays of the month. This month's featured poet is Maggie Hall - a multi-disciplinary artist based in Newcastle where she lives with her daughter & 3 companion animals. Maggie has authored & contributed images to several publications & regularly exhibits her work. Her choice of medium covers photography; automatic writing; painting, printmaking. With an astute visual memory & thorough observational skills, her practice enlists the application of pattern & behaviour through various mediums of visual, mixed media, & performance art. Wickham Park Hotel, cnr Maitland Road & Albert St, Wickham. 7.30pm. Gold coin donation requested.
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SongsOnStage OpenMic - 7-10pm.
Fat Angel 512 Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills
Acts so far: Silky Rogers, Michael Kerr, Musique A Deux, Elizabeth Hylton, Allan Crew, Russell Neal (host) - FREE SPOTS
Facebook event. Email Russell Neal or go to his Facebook page for more info.
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Tales from the High Stool - 9pm.
Pádraig Ó Cuinn hosts this program on 2RRR with interviews with people involved in local & global music. Guests are invited into a virtual 'pub' to sit on 'The High Stool', & discuss music, musical influences, & whatever they like, with their virtual 'bar-person'.
This week his guest is Miriam Lieberman. African influences blend seamlessly with blues-infused melodies in the music by Sydney singer songwriter Miriam Lieberman. Often performs in her Trio - Lara Goodridge & Susie Bishop, who both play violin & provide soaring vocal harmonies. Her albums are soulful collections of stories, beautifully told through strings, African kora & Lieberman’s unmistakable voice. Her musical journey has taken her from Guinea & Mali, where she studied the kora – a west-African harp with a beautiful, evocative tone – to central India, Indonesia, Mexico, South America.
Streaming live on 2RRR (88.5MHz FM). Podcasts online after each show. Send suggestions for music, suitable guest etc. to Patrick.
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Australian Spectrum Show - 9pm
James Wiechman will be Ross M Fear’s studio guest on Alive 90.5 fm Australian Spectrum Show, 9pm, performing live & music from his 5 albums. Wiechman is a Sydney singer, songwriter & guitarist who has produced 3 albums with the assistance of Tracey-Ann Palmer, life & singing partner, & Michael McGlynn, record producer, representing 40 original songs professionally recorded.
Listen worldwide.
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SongsOnStage Songwriters/OpenMic - 6.30-9.30pm.
Bandit's Roost 7 Sussex Lane, Sydney
Acts so far: Lewis Beere, Johnny McDermott, Angelika & Jack, Ray David, Peter Salt, Rodney Rockhopper, John Chesher, Kenneth D'Aran, Russell Neal (host)) - FREE SPOTS
Facebook event. Email Russell Neal or go to his Facebook page for more info.
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NEWCASTLE: Classic Folk program on 2NURFM, Wednesdays, 9-10pm. Folk music - classic songs & emerging artists, from the Australian folk scene & around the world - Phil Bates & Jane Klein bring you the best of folk.
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SongsOnStage Songwriters & Performers - 7-10pm
Captain Cook Hotel 33-35 Kent St, Millers Point
Acts so far: Simrita Lodh, Elizabeth Hylton, Chris Brookes, Kenneth D'Aran, NovaBossa (host) - FREE SPOTS
Facebook event. Email Russell Neal or go to his Facebook page for more info.
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Classic Folk - 9-10pm, 2NURFM, with Phil Bates and Jane Klein.
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WINGHAM: Wingham Folk Club - 6pm. Come & enjoy a Bardic Circle where we share new & almost forgotten songs, tunes, tall stories, poetry, magic, the odd shindig & whatever else takes our fancy. We regret that we cannot have shared supper at this time; please feel free to bring your own personal refreshments. Wingham Presbyterian Church Hall. 6-9pm.
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Toongabbie Music Club - 7.30pm
Scouts Hall 17 Whitehaven Road Northmead
Cost: $7. Supper provided. Please bring firewood if possible as it become quite cool down there in Frog Hollow during Winter. Also, warm clothing and good cheer highly recommended.
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The Manly Fig - 8pm
Alex Gibson Nicole Warner Band Women of Soul
Seaforth Bowling Club 39 Kirkwood Street, Seaforth
To book, send us an email and we will confirm your reservation by return email. Alternatively phone: (02) 9905-7215. If we don't reply to your email or phone message within 72 hours then assume we didn't receive it. Tickets are $25 payable in cash only at the door. More information on the web site.
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The Flaming Stars - 8pm
The Flaming Stars, Sydney's favourite Rock n Roll dance band, are back for their first gig since March 2020! Take advantage of the great dance floor at Leichhardt Bowlo! They are Sydney’s finest exponents of authentic '50s & '60s popular music, playing a seamless combination of Rock n Roll, Rockabilly, R&B, Doo-Wop, & Swing. They are especially known as a great dance band with an infectious beat, as well as performing stunning Doo-Wop vocal harmony. Their musical influences are all the greats: Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bill Haley, Louis Jordan, etc. The band: Drew Campbell (guitar, vocals), Greg Dean (keyboards, vocals), Andy Travers (drums, vocals), Aaron (Slap Bass).
Leichhardt Bowling Club 88-92 Piper St, Lilyfield
$26. Bookings.
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SongsOnLine Songwriters/OpenMic - 11am-2pm. Zoom session. Facebook.
Acts so far: Neil Bennett, Les Matthews, Kenneth D'Aran, Shawn Lawrie, Russell Neal (host) - FREE SPOTS
Email Russell Neal or go to his Facebook page for more info or to book to play.
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NEWCASTLE: Newcastle Medieval Dance (previously Medieval Magic) - 2.30pm. We have a new name, venue & time. Wal Young House, cnr Parry & National Parks Sts, Newcastle West. 2.30 - 4pm on Saturdays. We welcome beginners & old friends. All dance levels accepted. For more information, please call Diane, 0418 118 758.
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Worldwide Folk - 3-5pm. Illawarra Folk Club has supported local community radio station VOX FM 106.9 for many years. The Club presents a folk music programme every Saturday, 3-5pm. Presenter this week is Russell Hannah.
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NEWCASTLE: The Foke - 6pm. Irish, Folk Rock, Punk, Fusion - appearing live, at Northern Star Hotel, 112 Beaumont St, Hamilton. 6-9pm.
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Parissa Bouas & Friends - 6.30pm
An intimate celebration of love, loss and resilience in the time of COVID, in one of Byron’s iconic halls, featuring some of Byron’s best musicians including: Carl Cleves, James Ross, James Pattugalan, Shivam Rath, Sean Mackenzie, Elliott Orr, Steve 'Bongo' Nugent and more surprise guests will be sharing their musical talents, creating an almost music festival vibe.
Ewingsdale Hall William Flick Lane Ewingsdale NSW
$25 (children under 10 yrs free) - Bookings essential.
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The New Graces - 7pm
Songwriters & multi-instrumentalists Melanie Horsnell, Kate Burke & Robyn Martin. Exquisite 3-part harmonies, with a little desert heat-haze that could only be Australian. Tales of farmers, hippies, mothers, lovers, the ordinary, the mysterious. Guitar, double bass, mandolin, fiddle, banjo; songs tell stories of their Australia; desert country steeped in history, wild bush dances, snowy mountains, remote swimming holes. Generations of family life on the land. Each member is an accomplished musician & much-loved performer on her own. Together, they are the Cream of Australian Folk Country. Their debut album ’Seasons' is peaking at #1 on the ARIA Australian Country Album Charts. They also received 4 CMAA Golden Guitar nominations in 2021.
The Troubadour Everglades Country Club Cnr Dunban Rd & Moana St, Woy Woy.
7-10.30pm. $20, conc. $15, Troubadour members $13. Bookings.
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Michael Waugh - 7pm. (Rescheduled from Friday.)
Michael Waugh is a songwriter’s songwriter, a compelling live performer & extraordinary storyteller. Among his admirers are the legendary Eric Bogle, alt country luminary Shane Nicholson & country hitmakers The Wolfe Bros. His 2019 album 'The Weir' received two Golden Guitar nominations in 2020 - Male Artist of the Year & Alt Country Album of the Year - as well as a nomination at the 2020 Victorian Music Awards.
The Water Runners - 'watered down' with only 3 members playing, but still an amazing band playing a high energy blend of Australian folk, & mostly original songs that combine influences from bluegrass, country, traditional folk & roots as well as the work of folk artists like Paul Kelly, John Flannagan, The Morrisons.
Illawarra Folk Club Joyce Wheatley Hallat (new venue - originally at City Diggers, Wollongong) Hindmarsh Park, Kiama
Seating is limited to 60 persons. 7-11pm. Tickets $20, $25.
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Traditional Graffiti - 7.30pm
Traditional Graffiti are the exciting roots music band that evolved out of Australia’s ever-popular gang of ex-pats, ‘The Wheeze & Suck Band’. Ian ‘The Pump’ Macintosh (melodeon, guitar, harmonica), John ‘Red Tips’ Milce (percussion and japes ie he hits things hard!), Nigel ‘Muddy’ Waters (mandolin, cello mandolin, harmonica, guitar) & Rhonda ‘Harmony’ Mawer (vocals, whistle, castanets, guitar). Unique readings of English-based traditional, ceremonial and contemporary folk material, now including the strong Australasian and North American songs that influenced them over the years.
Forty Degrees South - an archetypal trad-style acapella folk group singing maritime songs and other robust material concerning Australian social, industrial and political history; choruses, harmonies and wit abound. They also perform finely-crafted original material, some accompanied. They now have a CD!
The Loaded Dog Back Hall, Annandale Neighbourhood Centre 79 Johnston St, Annandale.
Door opens 7 for 7.30 start. $20, cash at the door. Sign in using QR code in the usual way. No supper, so BYO. Enq., bookings, Sandra 9358 4886
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The Drey Rollan Band - 8pm
The Drey Rollan Band - Drey Rollan, Lozz Benson, Gabbi Newland, Scott Leishman & special guests - take you on a journey to the heyday of the classic acoustic singer-songwriters of the '60s & '70s featuring songs of Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Joan Baez, Simon & Garfunkel, America, The Carpenters, many more! "Sounds of The Acoustic '60s & '70s": From the '60s Folk Revival to the Laurel Canyon scene of the early to mid '70s.
Leichhardt Bowling Club 88-92 Piper St, Lilyfield
$26. Bookings.
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Whirled Wide - 1pm, Fine Music 102.5 FM; & live streaming, Showcasing diverse music from cultures around the world, both traditional & modern. It features musicians from all corners of the globe including Australia. Presented this week by Linda Marr.
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SongsOnStage Songwriters/OpenMic - 2-4pm
Cocina del Barrio 526 King St, Newtown
Acts so far: Allan Crew, Sparkle, Kenneth D'Aran, Russell Neal (Host) - FREE SPOTS
Facebook Event. Email Russell Neal or go to his Facebook page for more info or to book in to play.
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Ecopella - 3pm. 'You're Needed Now' CD Launch. Ecopella is an environmental choir that sings about the beauty of our world & the struggle to protect it from exploitation & degradation.
Gaelic Club 1/64 Devonshire St, Surry Hills
Free admission.
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Miriam Lieberman Trio - 6.30pm
Miriam Lieberman Trio Album Launch. Miriam Lieberman, Lara Goodridge (Baby et Lulu, Fourplay) & Susie Bishop (Chaika) - releasing Miriam’s new all originals album 'Just Transforming'. Written & recorded during the height of the Covid pandemic, a collection of songs about our incredible, fragile planet, about becoming a mum, about imagination & about our need for each other. Soulful collection of stories, beautifully told through strings - kora ( West African harp), soaring violin arrangements, guitar, lush vocal harmonies & Lieberman’s unmistakable voice.
Django @ Camelot Cnr Marrickville Rd & Railway Pde.
Doors 6pm, Show 6.30pm. Under-18s must be accompanied by an adult. Delicious food (incl. pizza!) available. Fully licensed - NO BYO. $34. Bookings.
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Folkmail is issued as a service to members of the Folk Federation of NSW Inc. If you are receiving it, and are a lapsed member, or not a member at all:
1. Please consider joining/rejoining. Details 2. Support folk music in NSW by 'attending' some of these events!
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