Folk Festivals

Find out more about each of the Folk Festivals below by clicking on the festival’s name to go to their website.

January

Illawarra Folk Festival, Bulli, NSW
Tamar Valley Folk Festival, Georgetown, TAS
Thredbo Blues Festival, NSW
Numeralla Folk Festival, Numeralla, NSW
Nundle Country Music Festival Nundle, NSW
Tamworth Country Music Festival, Tamworth, NSW

February

National Australian Blues Festival, Goulburn, NSW
Cobargo Folk Festival, Cobargo, NSW
Frances Folk Gathering, Frances, SA
Nannup Festival, Nannup, WA
Corinbank Festival, Canberra, ACT

March

Adelaide Fringe, Adelaide, SA
Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Burke & Wills Festival, Mia Mia, VIC
Brunswick Music Festival, Brunswick, VIC
Mossvale Festival, Berry, VIC
Mordialloc By The Sea, Mordialloc, VIC
Blue Mountains Folk & Roots, Katoomba, NSW
Yackandandah Folk Festival, Yackandandah, VIC
Apollo Bay Music Festival, Apollo Bay, VIC

April

National Folk Festival, Canberra, ACT
East Coast Blues & Roots, Byron Bay, NSW
Undara Experience, Mt Surprise, QLD
Fairbridge Festival, Pinjarra, WA
Mt Beauty Muster, Mt. Beauty, VIC
St Albans Folk Festival, St Albans, NSW
Koroit Irish Festival, Koroit, VIC
National Jane Austen Festival, Canberra, ACT

May

Wintermoon Festival, Cameron’s Pocket, QLD
Cairns Blues Festival, Fogarty Park, QLD
Karuah River of Music (Bluegrass), Karuah, NSW
Australian Celtic Festival, Glen Innes NSW

June

SessionFest Morisset NSW – Queens Birthday Long Weekend
Snowy Mountains of Music, Perisher Valley, NSW
Henry Lawson Festival, Grenfel, NSW
Kilmore Celtic Festival, Kilmore, VIC
National Celtic Folk Festival, Port Arlington, VIC
Palm Creek Rainforest Festival, Townsville, QLD
The Dreaming, Woodford, QLD
Top Half Folk Festival, Kakadu, NT

July

Abbey Medieval Tournament & Festival, Caboolture, QLD
Redlands Bluegrass Convention, Kindilan, QLD
Festival Mystique, 4th Annual at Pokolbin NSW

August

Kelly Country Pick, Beechworth, VIC

September

Bush Traditions Gathering, Goulburn, NSW
Coastfest, Central Coast, NSW
Fatherhood Project, Bangalow, NSW
Great Southern Blues Festival, Narooma, NSW
Grassroots Music Festival, Brisbane, QLD
Coast Acoustics in the Park, Glendon Park, Nerang, Gold Coast, QLD
Guildford Banjo Jamboree, Guildford, VIC
International Buskers Festival, Coffs Harbour, NSW
Mildura Country Music Festival, Mildura, VIC
Nanga Music Festival, Dwellingup, WA
Turning Wave Festival, Gundagai, NSW
Wallaby Creek Festival, Rossville, QLD
Bony Mountain Folk Festival, Warwick QLD

October

Bellingen Global Carnival, NSW
Deniliquin Ute Muster, Deniliquin, NSW
Dorrigo Folk & Bluegrass Festival, Dorrigo, NSW
Fleurieu Folk Festival, Willunga, SA
Kangaroo Valley Festival, Kangaroo Valley, NSW
Folk in The Foothills, Jamberoo, NSW
Planet Dungog Dungog, NSW
Yungaburra Folk Festival, Yungaburra, Nth QLD

November

Folk in Broke, Hunter Valley, NSW
Adelaide International Guitar Festival, Adelaide, SA
Beechworth Celtic Festival, Beechworth, VIC
Blues At Bridgetown, Bridgetown, WA
Downsouth Festival, Albany, WA
Harrietville Bluegrass Festival, Harrietville, VIC
Maldon Festival, Maldon, VIC
Music at The Creek, Majors Creek, NSW
Snowy River Festival, Dalgety, NSW

December

Gulgong Folk Festival NSW – End December/New Year
Falls Festival, Lorne, VIC
Nariel Creek Festival, Nariel Creek, VIC
Peats Ridge Music Festival, Glenworth Valley, NSW
Woodford Folk Festival, QLD

Our thanks to Folk Alliance Australia for sharing their National Folk Festival Calendar with us! Visit their website www.folkalliance.org.au for further details and more folk-rich information.