by Pam Merrigan | Apr 5, 2024 | Industry News, Reviews
2024 National Folk Festival – A Snapshot. With many music festivals, folk and otherwise on a precipice and indeed, with some having already slipped into the abyss, it was a sheer delight to be in Canberra for the 2024 National Folk Festival. Autumn in Canberra...
by Keith Preston | Apr 4, 2024 | Industry News
Folk Alliance Australia were busy at the National Folk Festival in Canberra at Easter. Thank you to ‘The National’ for supporting FAA events at the festival, promoting our projects and work and allowing us to engage with the folk community. FAA hosted an...
by David De Santi | Apr 3, 2024 | Industry News
2025 Illawarra Folk Festival Performer Applications Are Open! Closing Midnight 20 May 2024 Illawarra Folk Club presents the 38th ILLAWARRA FOLK FESTIVAL Friday, January 17 – Sunday, January 19, 2024. Artist applications are open and will close 20 May 2024. The...
by Pam Merrigan | Mar 22, 2024 | Articles, Industry News
Below is a synopsis of key concepts and points from the recent NSW Folk Coordinators’ Meeting held on Sunday 10th March. Introduction From the discussion it seems that our folk sector operates on three main tiers. While festivals are the lynchpins of our folk...
by Cec Bucello | Sep 24, 2023 | Articles, Industry News
Trad&Now Live! is a free international streaming service for Australian folk music in its broadest sense. It has been live on air since July and has gone ahead in leaps and bounds since then. There are already over 5,000 tracks programmed with another 5,000 to be...
by Pam Merrigan | Jun 17, 2023 | Articles, Industry News, Obituary
Our folk community was saddened this week to hear of the passing of Chris Sullivan, one of Australia’s most prolific and influential folklore collectors. I had an opportunity in 2016 when I was Director of the National Folk Festival to work with Chris when he was...
