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.