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If your into Folk Music and Folk Art this is the place to be to celebrate 2016's arrival.
Welcome to the 30th Anniversary of Gulgong Folk Festival!
Located in the historical town of Gulgong in the Central West of NSW, the traditional Gulgong Folk Festival has been known for 30 years as the best small Festival in the West. It is about 4 hours away from Sydney, close to Mudgee, Dubbo, Coonabarabran, Bathurst, Orange, Rylstone and Tamworth and is well worth the drive over the Christmas – New Year break.
This year the Festival will start on the 31st of December 2015 and will finish on the 3rd of January 2016 and again it is FREE. The Gulgong Folk Festival will return to its roots to celebrate its 30th anniversary, with a strong lineup of musicians to perform over four days. The Festival will open with a New Year’s Eve party on Thursday, December 31st. The whole town will be filled with music, including Home Rule and guests in the Centennial Hotel, Nick Wall and Jess Holland in the Prince of Wales Hotel, Kerry Ellen in the Commercial Hotel and Free Fried Chicken in the Post Office Hotel.
From the 1st to the 3rd January 2016 performances will include popular Music, Concerts and Blackboard sessions in the Centennial, the Commercial, the Prince of Wales and the Post Office Hotels, plus the Butcher Shop Café, also in the legendary Gulgong Opera House and in Coronation Park covering from Folk to Blues to Gypsy Jazz to Bluegrass.
Performers taking part over the 4 day festival are Home Rule and Guests, 19 – Twenty, Den Hanrahan & The Rumrunners, Jess Holland, Skarratt & Watts, Frank Povah, Tom Rummery, The Plough, Peter Riley, String Theory, Fanny Mae & The Haystack Hoons, Virago, Ron MacQuarrie, Slightly Off, Natalie Thoroughgood, Mimosa Duo, Matt & Luke Gaudry, Stringline,The Duffys, Springtide, David Johnson, Chris Cady, Bill Casey, Feytalistic, Euripi, The Sydney Union Choir, Rex Havoc, Nick Wall, Des Kelly, Bill Wisemann, Ross & Judy Kurtz, Don Coombes, Kent Daniels, Free Fried Chicken, Dubbo Folk Club, Larry and Ben Hughes, Cal Makin, Tom Hamilton, Robbin Binks, Salokin, Nicolas Goninan, Marcus McLennan, Fred Ginger Duo, Gary Roberts, Angie, Hugh Merrill, Jenny Drury, Angela Scott, The Westwoods, Kerry Ellen, The Ryan Family, Steve Denholm, U3A Ukeleles, Kay Binns, Kay – Lea + more to be announced.
On the 1st of January 2016 there will be a Guitar competition in the Prince of Wales Opera House with first prize being a guitar handmade by one of Australia’s finest luthiers, Gerard Gilet. ATalent quest for under 18s on the 2nd of January which will also be held at the Opera House. Come and share a Poets Breakfast on the 2nd of January at the RSL starting at 7.30 am and finishing at 10.00 am with one of Australia’s top Bush Poets Garry Lowe, award winning author Kevin Pye and local poet and musician Des Kelly. In the evening of the 2nd we will have a‘Midsummer Night Magic’ performance where you can watch young performers from the local area showcase their talent; some acts will be directed by Mudgee Artist Sam Paine.
Getting to the Gulgong Folk Festival:
By car: From Sydney, drive through the Blue Mountains to Lithgow. Follow Lithgow signs towards Bathurst and take the Mudgee turn off from the Great Western Highway. From there follow the signs and as you drive through Mudgee, Gulgong is approximately 28 km north of Mudgee.
By Bus: NSW Train Link buses run from Lithgow railway station to Gulgong.
Welcome to the 30th Anniversary of Gulgong Folk Festival!
Located in the historical town of Gulgong in the Central West of NSW, the traditional Gulgong Folk Festival has been known for 30 years as the best small Festival in the West. It is about 4 hours away from Sydney, close to Mudgee, Dubbo, Coonabarabran, Bathurst, Orange, Rylstone and Tamworth and is well worth the drive over the Christmas – New Year break.
This year the Festival will start on the 31st of December 2015 and will finish on the 3rd of January 2016 and again it is FREE. The Gulgong Folk Festival will return to its roots to celebrate its 30th anniversary, with a strong lineup of musicians to perform over four days. The Festival will open with a New Year’s Eve party on Thursday, December 31st. The whole town will be filled with music, including Home Rule and guests in the Centennial Hotel, Nick Wall and Jess Holland in the Prince of Wales Hotel, Kerry Ellen in the Commercial Hotel and Free Fried Chicken in the Post Office Hotel.
From the 1st to the 3rd January 2016 performances will include popular Music, Concerts and Blackboard sessions in the Centennial, the Commercial, the Prince of Wales and the Post Office Hotels, plus the Butcher Shop Café, also in the legendary Gulgong Opera House and in Coronation Park covering from Folk to Blues to Gypsy Jazz to Bluegrass.
Performers taking part over the 4 day festival are Home Rule and Guests, 19 – Twenty, Den Hanrahan & The Rumrunners, Jess Holland, Skarratt & Watts, Frank Povah, Tom Rummery, The Plough, Peter Riley, String Theory, Fanny Mae & The Haystack Hoons, Virago, Ron MacQuarrie, Slightly Off, Natalie Thoroughgood, Mimosa Duo, Matt & Luke Gaudry, Stringline,The Duffys, Springtide, David Johnson, Chris Cady, Bill Casey, Feytalistic, Euripi, The Sydney Union Choir, Rex Havoc, Nick Wall, Des Kelly, Bill Wisemann, Ross & Judy Kurtz, Don Coombes, Kent Daniels, Free Fried Chicken, Dubbo Folk Club, Larry and Ben Hughes, Cal Makin, Tom Hamilton, Robbin Binks, Salokin, Nicolas Goninan, Marcus McLennan, Fred Ginger Duo, Gary Roberts, Angie, Hugh Merrill, Jenny Drury, Angela Scott, The Westwoods, Kerry Ellen, The Ryan Family, Steve Denholm, U3A Ukeleles, Kay Binns, Kay – Lea + more to be announced.
On the 1st of January 2016 there will be a Guitar competition in the Prince of Wales Opera House with first prize being a guitar handmade by one of Australia’s finest luthiers, Gerard Gilet. ATalent quest for under 18s on the 2nd of January which will also be held at the Opera House. Come and share a Poets Breakfast on the 2nd of January at the RSL starting at 7.30 am and finishing at 10.00 am with one of Australia’s top Bush Poets Garry Lowe, award winning author Kevin Pye and local poet and musician Des Kelly. In the evening of the 2nd we will have a‘Midsummer Night Magic’ performance where you can watch young performers from the local area showcase their talent; some acts will be directed by Mudgee Artist Sam Paine.
Getting to the Gulgong Folk Festival:
By car: From Sydney, drive through the Blue Mountains to Lithgow. Follow Lithgow signs towards Bathurst and take the Mudgee turn off from the Great Western Highway. From there follow the signs and as you drive through Mudgee, Gulgong is approximately 28 km north of Mudgee.
By Bus: NSW Train Link buses run from Lithgow railway station to Gulgong.
