Annual music festival in Western Australia
The Fairbridge Festival is a music festival held annually since 1993 at Fairbridge village near Pinjarra in Western Australia until 2023. The festival is held over a weekend in April and is FolkWorld Inc.'s flagship annual event.
Visitors staying for the whole weekend can camp in the surrounding fields in tents or vans. The festival offers options for those who don't have their own camping equipment in the form of "Cosy Camping" and "Glamping". Day tickets are also available.
The event takes place over three days and three nights (Friday to Sunday), across 12 stages, which include marquees, a chapel, dance stage and workshop rooms. The program features a variety of musical genres such as blues, roots, Celtic, folk, dance, a cappella and world music as well as acts and activities specifically catering for children and young people.
Fairbridge Festival has experienced steady audience growth with the 2016 tally of about 15,000 day attendees. The most common patrons are families, but Fairbridge Festival is enjoyed by all ages including teenagers, young adults and the young at heart.
The 2017 Fairbridge Festival celebrated the festival's 25th anniversary, and part of these celebrations included an extended four-day event: 21–24 April 2017.
The last festival was held on 9–11 April 2021. In November 2022, the difficult decision was made to cancel the 2023 event due to concerns the Fairbridge Village may no longer be a suitable venue. A search for a new regional venue is underway to host the 2024 Festival and beyond.
History
The Festival was established by Max Klubal and Sally Grice, who at the time were committee members of the Western Australian Folk Federation (WAFF). WAFF already ran a folk festival at Toodyay and formed a partnership with the organisation Parents for Music to run the festival at Fairbridge Village, in Pinjarra, with the intention of making it a more family-orientated event than Toodyay. The two festivals continued concurrently for two years but eventually the Toodyay festival ceased.
In 1996, Fairbridge Festival disassociated itself from WAFF to its present status as an incorporated not-for-profit association.
In 2006, a board of management was incorporated into Fairbridge Festival headed up by a president. During this time, a general manager was also appointed to lead the growing Festival Operations Group. who were mainly volunteers. Up until this point the president, Wendy Corrick, had managed the event.
Fairbridge Festival and the organisation, Fairbridge WA, were often confused, particularly in relation to invoicing and accounting matters. Fairbridge WA Inc. manages Fairbridge Village, the site of the Fairbridge Festival. To help distinguish the organisations, in November 2011, the incorporation changed its name from Fairbridge Festival Inc. to FolkWorld Inc. This change also better reflects the role of FolkWorld Inc. as the premier peak organisation supporting and promoting folk, roots and world music in Western Australia.
Since 2022, Jon Cope has been in the role of artistic director. Prior to that, Rod Vervest was artistic director from 2015 when he took over the role from Steve Barnes. Fairbridge Festival's program is guided by the FolkWorld Inc. constitution: "FolkWorld Inc. is dedicated to promoting traditional, contemporary and multicultural folk music, dance and related performing arts, with particular emphasis on the involvement of families".
Overall festival programming is contributed to by several festival programmers, including a Children's Program Director, Youth Program Director and a Dance Program Director.
In 2012, the Fairbridge Festival Quest songwriting competition for high school-aged young people was launched and has been regularly unearthing new talent from across Western Australia since then.
The 2017 Ben Elton film Three Summers is set at a fictional folk festival in Fairbridge which is called 'Westival', but is inspired by and based on the Fairbridge Festival.[1] Ben Elton is a Patron of FolkWorld Inc.
Donations are invited to help support and contribute to the future of Fairbridge Festival and other FolkWorld Inc. initiatives. Donations of $2 or over are tax deductible.
The last Fairbridge Festival was held as scheduled on 9–11 April 2021. In 2020 the festival was postponed for six months, then cancelled, due to the COVID-19 pandemic .[2] [3]
The next festival is being scheduled during April 2024.Fairbridge Festival 2023 cancellation
Site
The festival site was originally Fairbridge School , a combination of orphanage , farm school and Imperial social engineering project set up as part of a colonial vision by Kingsley Fairbridge in 1912. The school was founded with the mission of taking deprived children from the orphanages (such as Dr. Barnardo's Homes ) and streets of Britain with the promise of a healthy life in the Colonies with better prospects, as was the prevailing ethos of the time. The school functioned until the early 1960s. Past pupils of the school are represented by the Old Fairbridgians Association WA.
2019
The 2019 festival was held 26–28 April 2019.
2018
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2017
The 2017 festival was held 21–24 April. The acts were:
2016
The 2016 festival was held 15–17 April. The acts were:
Loren Kate
Carus Thompson
Nadia Reid
The Mae Trio
Neil Murray
Carla Geneve
Albert Gray
Davey Craddock and the Spectacles
Galloping Foxleys
Chris Matthews
Simon & Tammy London
One Up Two Down
The Company
Gordie Tentrees with Jaxon Haldane
Powderkeg Reunion
Freddie White
Cat and Americana
Andrew Winton
The Recycled String Band
Andy Baylor's Cajun Combo
Jordan McRobbie
Fasta
Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin
The Freewheeler
Siar
Shanty Club
Voicemail
Iris
Tinpan Orange
Riley Pearce
The Sideshow Allies
The Baker Suite
Jacob Diamond
Things of Stone and Wood
The Beez
Devon Sproule
Eddie Green
Racoo Charles with the Moke Folk
Bullhorn
Tony McManus & Beppe Gambetta
Jason Freeman Fox & the Opposite of Everything
Messer's Lore
Double Entendre
The Tommyhawks
Los Kumbia Killers
Eastwinds
Red Sea Pedestrians
The Pioneers
Loaded Dog
Shelter
Poets Breakfast with Phil Gray
Inglorious Bardsters
Jones of A.R.K.
Glenn B Swift
Kidz Kaperz
Cook up a Storm!
"Arrr is for Adventure" Presented by Pirateman
The Pinch Pot Project
Free Little Library
Rainbow Yogis
Animal Yoga
Two-Bar Almost Instant Band
Amazing Drumming Monkeys
Little Notes
Fairy Jem
Ndorse
Arty Brellas Magic
Phil Doncon's Paint Storm
Playback Theatre
Totes Ridic
Great Hastings and Millie Taylor
Star-Trackers
Wood Shed
Morning Wake Up with Taoist Tai Chi
Mother Hen's Coop
Zen Garden
Yoga and Sound Meditation
Tranquila
Fairbridge Labyrinth/Mandala
Rainbow Yogis
Animal Yoga
Yogateens
Waagyl
2015
The 2015 festival was held 10–12 April. The acts were:
2013
The 2013 festival was held 26–28 April. The acts were:
A.J. Leonard
Afrique Acoustic
Afrotonic
Amazing Drumming Monkeys
Andrew Winton
Animal Yoga
Baba Lala
Battlers' Ballad
Belleville - Gypsy Swing
Bernard Carney
Black Choks, the
Black Diamond Trio
Bluegrass Parkway
BordererS, the
Bossa Pura
Brow Hall Orchestra, the
Carmel and Lindsay
China Doll
Circle Dance
Community Mandala/Labyrinth
Company, the
Cubbihouse
Daramad
Dilip n the Davs
Dreamcatchers
Enda Kenny Band
Evan & Mischa
Flap!
Frank Yamma
Glenn B Swift
Gleny Rae Virus and her Tamworth Playboys
Go For 2&5 Adult Cooking Classes
Go For 2&5 Children's Cooking Classes
Go For 2&5 Youth Cooking Classes
Hairball Theatre
Hilary McKenna - Ceili Dancing
Hot Paprika
Hussy Hicks
Iris
Jam Tarts
James Teague
Jay Grafton
Jennifer Renee
Jordan McRobbie
Junkadelic Brass band
Justin Walshe Folk Machine, the
Keszkeno Hungarian Folk Dance Group
Kevin Dempsey
Kidz Kaperz
Kristina Olsen
Lalique
Last Five Coins and Perth International Dance
Loaded Dog
Let's Make a Fairytale
Loren Kate
Lucy Wise and The B'Gollies
Mcmaster/Hay
Mad Tatters Morris (Dancing)
Mae Trio, the
Mama Kin
Mitch Becker
Morgan Bain
Morning Meditation with David Rivett
Morris & the Cuttlefish
Moving Bodies Workshop
Needing Cherie
Neil Adam and Judy Turner
Neal Boba's Bustamento
Nylon Zoo
Paul Gioia Band
Perth Morris Men
Perth Tango Embrace
Phillip Walley Stack
Poet's Breakfast
Pribumi Dance Indonesia
Pugsley Buzzard
The Quest Winners
Rhys Wood and the Self-Righteous Brothers
Sam and Lucy's Hawaiian Adventures
Saruzu Quartet, the
Seeds of The Sea
Sensational Storytelling
Sexteto Zona Sul
Singing the Spirit
Singing with the Faeries
Squeebz
Steve and Ros Barnes with Gary Burke
Stoney Joe
Stream Contingent
Taoist Tai Chi Society of Australia morning wake up
Them Little Secret
Tinpan Orange
toobaboo
Unfriendly Dragon, the
Vardos
Village Vibes Tribal Dance Band
Xave Brown
Yoga in the Loft
Yogateens
Zap Circus
2012
The 2012 festival was held 13–15 April. The acts were:
2011
The 2011 festival was held 29 April – 1 May. The acts were:
Andy Irvine and Rens van der Zalm
Ange Takats
Animal Yoga
Anything Is Valid Dance Theatre (AIVDT)
Australian Institute of Theatre Sports
Ayers Rock Surf Lifesaving Club
Bernard Carney
Bernard Carney and David Hyams
Big Old Bears
Bluegrass Parkway
Brett Campbell
Brow Horn Orchestra, the
C.A.S.E.
Captain Cleanup
Circle of Rhythm
Company Gongoma
Cooking for you - Go for 2 & 5 Youth Cooking Classes
Creature feature - Flea Circus Productions
Dance 4 Africa
Daramad Quartet with bellydancer Rose
Dark Horses (Flossie Malavialle and Keith Donnelly)
David and Liz Rivett
David Hyams and the Miles to Go Band
Dingo's Breakfast Oz Music and Poetry Band
Doris
Dunumba
Evelyn's Secret
Fiddleinquents
Fiona Scott-Norman
Flossie Malaiville
FourPlay String Quartet
Frank Jones and the Western Furphies
Funkarillaz
George Jackson and Davydd McDonald
George Walley and Friends
Glenn Swift
Go For 2 & 5 Children's Cooking Workshops
Go Set, the
Good Lovelies, the
Gospel Big Sing
Grace Barbe Afro-Kreol
Great Dave, the
GypRock Uke jam
Gypsie Howls, the
Helens Yoga in the loft
Ian Lowe
Joseph Tawadros Trio
Junkadelic Big Band
Justin Walshe Folk Machine, the
Kameruga
Katie Campbell
Keith Donnelly
Kim Churchill
Leapin' Louie
Little Notes
Lonely Brothers, the
Loren and Wirebird
Lucy Wise and the B'Gollies
Martin Pearson
Martin Pearson and The MP3
Martyn Wyndham Read and Iris Bishop
Mike Compton
Minky G and the Effects
Miriam Lieberman
Morgan Bain Band
Old time sing-a-long
OrganiK Dance
Pepperjacks, the (The Peppercorns and the Skipjacks)
Perth International Dancers
Perth Morris Men
Peter Ella
Portaloos, the
Read Juliet
Riccardo Tesi and Banditaliana
Robert Zielinski
Ross Vegas (Musical)
Royal Wedding Frockathon
Runskull
Sensational Stiltwalking and Storytelling
Shirlee Sunflower Show, the
Simon Kelly and the Lonely Wives
Skip Jacks, the
Southern Right Males
Stephen Lalor
String Contingent, the
Summerhouse
Swing Academy
Tin Dog
Toby
Trio Alegra & the Velvettes
Volatinsky Trio, the
Warren Fahey and the Larrikins
West O' The Moon
Wonderfuls, the
Yogateens
Zigatango
2010
The 2010 festival was held 9–11 April. The acts were:
Adam Hall & The Velvet Playboys
Andrew Cronshaw & Ian Blake
Andrew Winton
Animal Yoga
Anything is Valid Dance Theatre (AIVDT)
Arte Kanela Flamenco
Australian Institute of Theatresports
Ballpoint Penguins
Barons of Tang, the
Beleza
Beppe Gambetta
Boo Hewerdine
Cahoots Cajun Down Under
Carolann
Chipolatas
Club Qahira
Crossbow
Daniel Champagne
Dave Mann Collective
Dingo's Breakfast
Dream State Circus
Dva
Echoes of Djanga
Eddi Reader
Elk Bell
Fancy Brothers, the
Fiddle Chicks
Five Point Turn
Genticorum
George Walley et al.
Giant Seagulls
Gilbert Whyte
Glenn Swift
Go For 2+5 Children's Cooking Workshops
Go For 2+5 Youth cooking
Gospel Big Sing
Greg Sheehan
Gypsy Ukulele Workshop
Helen's Yoga in the Loft
Hot Paprika
Hussy Hicks
Iris
Isabel
James Keelaghan and Hugh McMillan
Jane Germain & The Yahoos
Junior
Keszkeno Hungarian Folk Dance Group
Khin Myint
Lanterns
Last Five Coins, the
Lemonwise
Little Notes
Lucky Oceans and the Darling Rangers
Mara!
Martin and Shan Graebe
Michael Kennedy
Mucky Duck Bush Band
Nano Stern
Nathan Kaye
Old time Sing-a-long
Peppercorns, the
Perth International Dancers
Play Music By Breathing
Prita
Real Sing, the
Richard Niyoyankuze & The Burundi Children's Choir
Sally Dastey
Sensational Stiltwalking
Shout Sustainability talks
Simon Kelly Band
Souleiado French Dance Group
Southern Right Males
Spiderfish Stew
Spooky Tales
Storycatcher
String Theory
Sugar Blue Burlesque
Suitcase Circus
Swing It
Taal Naan
Ten Cent Shooters
Tetrafide + Temple of Fine Arts 'Spice' dance show
Three Tunes, the
Tin Dog
Tingley Turner
Toby
Tom McConville
Vin Garbutt
Wadumbah Noongar Dance Group
Westwood
Yoga Teens
Zap Circus
2009
The 2009 festival was held 17–19 April. The acts were:
Alan Banks
Amazing Drumming Monkeys
Ancestrais Brazilian Capoeira and Samba
Andrew Clairmont Supper Club
Animal Yoga
Anything is Valid Dance Theatre
Ashley Elizabeth Rodier
Ayers Rock Surf Livesaving Club, the
Bajalay Suso
Bandish
Beenies, the
Beez, the
Bernard and Eleanor Carney
Bernard Carney and David Hyams
Bianca Jade
Big Rory
Blue Genes Family Band
Bluegrass Parkway
Brenda Chapman & Friends
Camelot Choir
Carus Thompson
Cecil and Marie-Anne Pontre
Charlie Jones Ukulele Workshop
Chris White and Julie Matthews
Craig Werth
Crunchkin Crew Puppets, the
Dance 4 Africa
Dave Hellens
Dave Mann Collective
David Francey
David Ross McDonald
Dell Fuego
Dev'lish Mary
Diana Clark Trio
Djangle
Doug de Vries
Dreamcatchers
Dunumba
Elegant Pedlars, the
Faerd
Fiddleinquents
Fling, the
Flying Carpathians, the
Flying Heart Productions
Folk of the Puppetree, the
Free Spirit Gypsy Tribal
George Walley
Go For 2+4 Children's Cooking Workshop
Go for 2 & 5 Youth Cooking Classes
Gospel Sing
haBiBis, the
Hall Family Trio
Harry James Angus
Hedge Bandits Junkedelic Collective, the
Hilary McKenna
Inka Marka
James Michael Thompson
Jonathan Brain
Josh Bennett
Kate Rowe
Keszkeno Dance Croup
Kidz Kapers
Kris Arnott and band
Last Five Coins, the
Lawnmowers,
Lazy Railway, the
Little Notes
Lonely Brothers, the
Loren Kate
Louie Prez trio
Mal Webb
Mark Cain Instrument Making
Matt Gresham
Mic Conway (solo)
Mic Conway with Clarke's Grey Vest
Mick O'Neill
Miles to Go Band, the
Mindfulness Meditation
Minna Raskinen
Naomi Pigram
Natasha Bouchard
Old Man Luedecke
Old Spice Boys, the
Paul Robert Burton and Andrew Toner
Peel Scottish Fiddlers
Perth International dancers
Pert Mod Gypsy Brass Band
Peter Brandy
Peter Combe
Pierre Bensusan
Poets' Breakfast
Pot'n'Kettle
Remembering Nick Drake
Rose Barker
Rumskull
Ruth Hazleton
Sabroson Latin Big Band
Sambanistas
Saritah
Saz Lockyer
Schola Cantori
Sensational Stiltwalking and String
Sneaky Weasel Gang
Souleiado French Dance Group
Spooky Men of the West
Stephen Taberner
Suburban Songstories with Simon Nield (short film)
Sue Cunningham
Suitcase Circus
TheatreSports
Tinpan Orange
Torchlight Trembles
Totally Gourdgeous
Undesirables, the
Valanga Khoza
Victor Valdes
Voicemale
Voices from the Tomb
Waranga
Warrdong
West Coast Blues Club Showcase
Wise Family Band
Wise Girls
Xave Brown
Yoga in the loft
Yogateens
Zebra Crossing
Zen Group of Western Australia
2008
The 2008 festival was held from 24 to 27 April 2008. The acts were:
2007
The 2007 festival was held from 13 to 15 April 2007. The announced performers were:
2006
The 2006 festival was held 21–23 April. The acts were:
A Case of Blue: songs of Joni Mitchell
Aaron Peden
Aladdin Fun Magic Show
Alegrias Spanish Dance Ensemble
All the World is an Enchanted Stage
An Afternoon at the Races
Andrew Winton
Andy Copeman
Andy Rigby
Angus Grant
Animal Yoga
Balvindar Singh
Barking Gecko Theatre Company
Barnes Family Band
Ben Witt & Harley Burke
Bernard Bolan
Bindjareb Middars
Black Nonnas, (Commedia Academy)
Blackwood
Blue Celts
Bron Ault-Connell
Captain Quirk
Carney Family Band, The
Carrol Hall, Michelle Hall & Danellia Daniels
Chris While & Julie Matthews
City Farm Chameleon Brass Band
Cloudstreet
Colum Sands
Craig Sinclair
Cuarteto Faro
Curl
Danni Stefanetti
Dave Clarke
The Family Bands
Dave Mann Collective
David Hyams and the Miles To Go Band
Diamond Dave and the Doodaddies
Dougal Adams and Ormonde Waters
Eric Kowarski
Fagans, the
Fay White
Fiddle Fever
Fiddlleinquents
Flute N Veg
Funky String Band, the
Gary Collinson
Glenn B Swift
Go For 2&5 Youth Cooking Classes
Go For 2&5 Children's Cooking Classes
Gospel Concert
Greg Hastings
Guitar Heaven
Handfull of Soul
Hey Presto comedy magic
Home Brew
Hora Shalom Dances of Israel
Howard Family, the
Ilan Zagoria and Troy Gennoe
Jane Cornes and Margie Hanly
Jelly Belly & Illusions of Isis
John Whaite Dance Workshop
Joni Mitchell, songs of
Judy Turner
Kate Fagan
Kavisha Mazzella
Keszkeno Dance Group
Khin Mynt
Kidz Kaperz Concert
Kidz Comedy Kaperz
Last Five Coins, The
Livingston Thudpucker
Loren and the Grow Your Owns
Luke Plumb
Mickey J (aka Michael Johnson)
Mike Cooper
Mr Sister (featuring Mel Robinson)
Mount Hawthorn Primary School
Mucky Duck Bush Band
Nabarlek
Nancy Kerr and James Fagan
Nautilus Band (Barnes, While and Matthews)
Never the Twain
New Dogs Old Tricks
Ngewell Kora Group
Ozmosis
Pascale
Paul Gioia
Paul Tanner
Peel Fiddlers
Peel Scottish fiddlers
Pepitas, The
Perth International Dances
Peter Capp
Pigram Brothers
Pink and White Bridge
Pioneers, the
Poets Breakfast
Pria Schwall-Kearney
Psallite
Pulse Youth Performance Company
Puppet Folk
Really Great Aunt
Reg Bolton Circus Workshops
Riders, The
Rigby Thompson Family Band
Rose Bygrave
Royal Scottish Country Dance Society
Roztiazhka Cossacks Dancers
Sambanistas
Sensational String Stories
Shane Howard
Shangara Jive
Silent Partner
Simon Fox
Sit Down Cedric
St Agnes
Stilt-Walker Extraordinaire
StringyBach
Summerhouse
Tali White
Tecoma
Telescopic Roger
Ten Cent Shooters
Teresa and Jen
TheatreSports
Those Bloody McEnnas
Tribal Astronaut
Tria Alegra
Unhinged Symphony
Variety Youth Choir
WA Heritage and Colonial Dancers
Wadumbah Aboriginal Dance Group
Walin' Jennys, The
Waiting for Guinness
Warnbro Community High School Concert Band
White Family, The
Winton Family Band
Wise Barn Owls, The
Wise Family Band, The
Wise Girls & Friends
Women in docs
Young Performers Showcase
Zen Group of WA
Zrinjski Croatian Dance Group
2005
The 2005 festival was held 15–17 April. The acts were:
2004
The 2004 festival was held 16–18 April. The acts were:
Afrique Acoustic
Aladdin Fun Magic Show
Andrew Clermont
Andrew Winton
Anneka's PianoEasy
Ballpoint Penguins, the
Beach, the
Binjarreb Middar Dance Group
Blair Greenberg
Blended Reds
Bluegrass Parkway
BobBrozman
Borderers, the
Bruce Watson
Bubblemania
Bush Olympics, the
Canto Sikuri
Capswain
Catalan Festa Major Dance
Chojo Jaques
Christy O'Leary and Bert Deivert
Dave Clarke
Dave Mann Collective, The
David Hyams and the Miles To Go Band
Deep Water Blue
Dingo's Breakfast Oz Music & Poetry Band
DJ Funktions
Donal Baylor
Doris
Duo Lenz
Dya Singh
Earthwise Junkadelic
Fairbridge Village Activities
Ferguson and Downes
Fiddle Fever
Fiddlelinquents, the
Flip'n'Flop Circus
George Walley and Knotwork
Gina Williams
Greg Hastings
Guitar Heaven
Iris
James Nash
Judy Turner
Ju/z and Friends
Kavisha Mazzella
Kinetic Theatre
Kismet Tribe, the
Kristina Olsen & Peter Grayling
Latin Gypsy Experiment
Lee West
Lois Olney
Louisa Wise
Magic Pirate, the
Mandoline Affaire
Mandomania
Margret RoadKnight
Mark Cain and Tim Chambers
Merri-May Gill
Midnight Mahina
Mike Jackson
Mucky Duck Bush Band
Neil Adam
Neil Adam & Judy Turner
Old Spice Boys, the
Parenthood Concert
Paul Gioia
Perth Accordion Orchestra
Perth International Dancers
Peta Lithgo & Malaika
Pete Morton
Pirates' Breakfast
Poets' Breakfasts
Pony Rides
Real Sing, the
Reg Bolton Suitcase Circus
Retro Chef
Salt Flat Trio
Sambanistas Street Percussion and Arts Group
Saritah
Scott Wise
Seychelles Cultural Group
Sheik to Sheik Bellydancers
Simon Nield
Slap My Thighs and Call Me Barbra
Sol y Luna
Staying in Touch
Steve and Ros Barnes
Stevie Coyle
Street Beat Productions
Taking the Pith
Tangled Reel
Tatterjack - Fairbridge Festival Special
Ten Cent Shooters
TheatreSports
Tin Dog
Toby and Code-Red
Trio Alegra
Trio Grosso and Friends
Twixter Gang, the
Tyrrell Squirrel & Co Travelling Puppet Troupe
Ulli Kec
Valanga Khoza and Leo Dale
Vardos
voicepopfoible
Wadumbah Aboriginal Dance Group
Waybacks, the
Wise Family band
Woman to Woman
Working Voices
Yunyu
Zen Group of Western Australia
2003
The 2003 festival was held 24–27 April. The acts were:
2002
The 2002 festival was held 19–21 April. The acts were:
Acupella Gals
Accidental Trio
Afghani Duo
Afrique Acoustique
Akapella Muna
Alistair Hulett
Andrew Clermont
Andy Copeman
Andy Copemanb with Corine Brokken
Archipelago
Ayesha and Desert Stars Bellydance
Belladonna the Wich
Beltane Fire
Bernard Carney
Bhartha Kala Bavanam, School of
Binjarreb Middar Dance Group
Bluegrass Parkway
Bob Rummery
Bomba
Bridge, The
Brimstone and Treacle
Bungarra
Cajun Fiddle Workshop
Carl Panuzzo
Carus Thompson
Catfish
Cianan
Cortinas, The
Crank Squad Dance Party, The
Curl
Desert Child
Diatonic
Dot Combo
Dragonfly Funky Fairy Band
Drummerdonnas
Duo Lenz Classical Guitar Duo
Easydance
Enfants de Provence, Les
Enjoy Healthy eating Children's Cooking Classes
Fagains, The
Fishing for Rainbows
Ghawazee Girls
Glen the Jester
Graham Seal
Greg Hastings
Gypsy Latin Experiment
Hay Rides
Hooked on Hessian
Interactive Storytelling with Amanda
Ishka Forte
James Fagan
Jenny Simpson
Jez Low and the Bad Pennies
Jigzag
John Reed
Jovial Crew, The
Judy Dinning
Jugularity
Jus Jump
Just Fiddling
Kate Bramley
Kate Fagan
Kia Tupu Rupe Rupe
Kids Choir
Klezmeritis
Lara Steven and the Deep Dead Blue
Last Five Coins, The
Loaded Dog
Lois Olney
Looweeze De'ath
Los Chasquis
Lotus Trio, The
Mal Web
Marcus Sturrock
Margaret and Jeff Morgan with Amanda
Margie Hanly
Meredith Higgins
Midnight Mahina
Mike Cooper
Mike Jackson
Murray Jennings
Nancy Kerr and James Fagan
Okay Bayou with John Whaite and Dinah
Penelope Swales
Perth International Folk Dance Group
Peter Cap
Poetry in Action
Poets Breakfast
Presha Poynte
Psallite
Randall Matthews
Reel Thing, The
Resonant Voice
Riders, The
River Watch Activity
Rod Vervest
Roger Montgomery
Rose Bygrave
Ruby's Grace
Salim Omar Salim
Sambanistas
Scott Wise
Scottish Country Dancing
Sean Kenan
Sean Kenan's Shadowplay
Seychelles Cultural Group
Simon Haworth
Simon Nield
Simply Music with Anneka Sparks
Steve and Ros Barnes
Steve Barnes
Storytelling Guild of Australia (WA)
Strangers on the Shore
Sultans, The
Tears to Picketty
Ted Egan
Ten Cent Shooters
Theatresports
Tin Dog
Tony McManus
Totally Gourdgeous
Trio Grosso, Psallite and Friends
Ulli Keck
Variety Duo
Vasek School Tour Ensemble
W.A. Mandolin Orchestra
Warnbro Community High School Training Band and the Dance Group
Well Strung
Wise Family Band
Women in Docs
World Series Poetry Debate
Yalla
Yoga for Kids
Zen Meditation
Zig Bey Jan Group
2001
The 2001 festival was held 20–22 April. The acts were:
2000
The 2000 festival was held 14–16 April. The acts were:
1999
The 1999 festival was held 9–11 April. The acts were:
Animal Touch Farm
Band of Angels Gospel Choir
Barnes, Ros
BBQ Breakfast with the Jesters
Bellydance workshop
Bedouin Celebration
Binjarreb Middar Dance Group
Blacksmith - Charl Nienebar
Black Stump Bedlams
Blight, Sam
Blue Rinse Ensemble
Bluegrass Parkway
Bluehouse
Brandy, Peter
Cargill, Jenny
Carney, Bernard
Carney, Bernard and Eleanor
Claddaghdance
Clarke's Grey Vest
Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann (Junior Group)
Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann (Senior Group)
Cooking Fruit'n'Veg Children's Cooking
de Bhaldraithe, Orlagh
De'Ath, Loo-weeze
Edward de Bozo
Del Fuego
Desert Child
Dingos Breakfast
Discover It, Draw It - studies in black ink
Dreamtime in the Peel
Drummerdonnas
Eireann Dancing School
Fiddlers Heaven Bush Band
Flamin Butterflies, the
Flute'n'Veg
Ghawazee Girls
Ghosts
Gregory, Jimmy
Gregory, Jimmy and John Deery
Gruner, Ernie
Guitars of the Americas
Hastings, Greg
Hastings, Val and Bob Eden
Hazelton, Lynn
Hobson's Choice
How Long is a Piece of String Band
Hysterically Historical
Jayker
Johnstone, Rosie
Jones, Frank
Jugularity
Kerr, Nancy and James Fagan
Kidz-Fiz-Biz
Last Five Coins, The
Let's Sing Community Choir
Lithgo, Peta and Malaika
Lost and Found
Melville High Swing Band
Melville Senior High School Dancers
Mexican Divorce
Mischief Down Under
Mystique Gypsy Tribal Dance Group
Nazca
Newton-Wordsworth, Kelly
No Nukes Muse
Not Enough Rope
Olafson, Lowry
Osborne, Elle
Pack o' Pirates
Perth International Folk Dance Group
Pigram Brothers
Psallite
Puppetears
Raser-Weed, Melissa
Real Sing, The
Red Sea Pedestrians
Reels in D'd
Resonant Voice
Ride the Rainbow
Rider, Jessie
River Watch Activity
Royal Scottish Country Dance Society
Simpson, Jenny
Sing from the Heart
Singala
Smoker, Joel
Smoker, Joel and the Red Dirt Band
Sock
Songs from a Secret Garden
Suzuki Violin School
Ten Cent Shooters
Theatre sports
Those Darn Squeezeboxes
Trio Grosso
Tucker, Martin
Two Nutters
Velvet Janes
Vena Cava
Vervest, Rod
Vervest, Rod and Dave Clarke
Vibrolators, the
Voices of the Forest
Wadumbah Dance Group
Walters and Warner
Ward, Brian and Jenny
Warwick, Dick (Cowboy Poet)
Watson, Bruce
Whaite, John
Wise Family Band
Wise Trio, The
Wise, Louisa
Wise, Scott
Wrigley, Jennifer and Hazel
Yarnspinners
Zulya
1998
The 1998 festival was held 17–19 April. The acts were:
Action Acting"
African Heartbeat
African Music Congress
Alain Thirion and Kerry Fletcher
All Ordinaries
Anam (Ireland and UK)
An t'Eilean Mor
Andy Brown
Andy Copeland and the Magic Band
Ayesha and Desert Stars
Belly Dance Workshops with Angie
Bindjarreb Middar
Bluegrass Parkway
Bob Eden and Val Hastings
Butterfly Man
C. Weed Raser
Carmen Miranda
Chipolatas
Classical Guitar Ensemble
Comhltas Ceoltoiri Eireaa (Junior Group)
Crooked Road
'Cry of the Sea Dragon'
David Hoffman
Del Fuego
Dingo's Breakfast
Elle Osborne (UK)
Enda Kenny and Neil Adam
Fair Maids of Perth
Faith Petric (US)
Foc'sle Firkins
Fulani
Gamelan Carinakan
Gary Ridge
Glenn B. Swift
Greg Hastings
Greg Hastings and Joan Chenery
Heads We're Dancing
Hobson's Choice
How Long is a Piece of String Band is
Ilan Zagoria
Jandy Lowe
Jenny Simpson
Joe Walley and Amanda Yates
Joel Smoker and Red Dirt Band
John and Pauline Allen
Joy of Sets
Kanyana Chorus
Kavisha Mazzella
Kelly Newton-Wordsworth
Ken Ferguson
Kilmarnock
Kissing Tree
Last Five Coins
Louisa Wise
Mad Dog's Lunchbox
Mandurah City Choral Society
Marcus Sturrock
MacClarke's Gray Vest
McCool
Melody Lane
Moondyne
Moroccan Wedding
Morris West
'Music for Fun'
Mystique Gypsy Tribal
Neil Adam
Nomad
Perth International Dancers
Perth Morris Men
Peta Lithgo and Malaika
Peter Brandy
Peter Keelan
Pony rides
Ragabillys
Red Sea Pedestrians
Riverwatch Activity
Rodney Vervest
Rory McLeod (UK)
Royal Scottish Country Dance Society
Sandpiper Productions and Blow-in Puppets
Scott and Louisa Wise with Sean Diggins
Sheva
Simon Fox
Singala
Steve and Ros Barnes
Steve Tallis Trio
Stinger
Suzuki Violin School
Ten Cent Shooters
Theatresports
The Bargmanns
Tropicana
Velvet James
W.A. Junior Ballet Company
WA Street Arts
Which Music
World Pan Pipe
Zhota Games Dance Workshop
1997
The 1997 festival was held 4–6 April. The acts were:
Sara Grey
James Keelaghan
Sheela Langeberg
Jez Lowe
Tony McManus
Pan Arkestra
Ragabillys
Sensitive New Age Cowpersons
Ten Cent Shooters
The Fling
Whak
Chris While and Julie Matthews
Scott and Louisa Wise
A Kapella Munda and One Voice Choir
All Ordinaries
An t'Eilean Mor Singers
Ayesha & The Desert Stars Belly Dance
Bags of Allsorts
Steve and Ros Barnes with Peter Grayling
Ros Barnes
Bayou Brothers
Binjarreb Middar Dancers
Cameo
Carmel and the Mites
Bernard Carney
Bernard Carney Band
Bernard and Eleanor Carney
Eleanor Carney
Clare Lancers Set Dance
Communal Bathing
Jonathan Cope
Craft Den
Craft Workshops
Dance of East Europe
Dingos Breakfast
Dymaxion Recorder Consort
Dynamic Adventures Abseiling
Elastic Band
Cliff Ellery
Face Painting
Fair Maids of Perth
Niall Fenix and John Reed
Ken Ferguson
Garlands
Hatha Yoga
Lynn Hazelton
Choice
Nick Hunter and Ed Kozinski
Just a Wee Dram Band
Kids Kooking
Life Be in It
Peta Lithgo and Malaika
Lost and Found
Jandy Lowe
Made to Fit
Magic Band
Mask Making
Gabrielle Miller
McCool
Roger Montgomery, Bruce Boyd and Friends
New Man River
New Youth Drama Company
Robert Oats
One Voice Choir
Out of Morocco
Perth International Folk Dance group
Playgroup Association
Psallite
Ran Dan Club
Reels in D'd
Rock Extravaganza
Bob Rummery
Shiralee
Shona Music Ensemble
Jenny Simpson
Singala
Marcus Sturrock
Glen Swift
Tanglewood
Tatenda Africa - formerly Sundiata Marimba Band
Theatresports
The Bargmanns
The Last Five Coins
The Magic Pirate
The Morgans
Trio Grosso
Rodney Vervest
Vicki Flinders and Leola Hollings
Whoops Hello
1995
The 1995 festival was held 31 March – 2 April. The acts were:
1994
The 1994 festival was held 15–17 April. The acts were:
Class Act
Ella McCarney
Eleanor Carney
Frank Chauveau
Craft Den
Thery Glen Mike
Jackson and Rowan Hammond
Koongamia Aboriginal Dancers
John Lee (from Scitech)
Eloise Robertson
Julian Scott
Pat-Trick
Atam
The Backsliders
Steve & Ross Barnes
Blackboy Jam
Bluegrass Parkway
Bruce Boyd and the Dustbowl Refugees
Brimstone 'N Treacle
Brookhampton Bellringers
Nick Brown
Peter Bugden
Bill Bunbury
Canto Sikuri
Bernard Carney
Eleanor Carney
Carmol Charlton
David Clark
Comhaltas Ceoltoeri Eireann
Cranachan
Jimmy Crowleythe
Darling Rangers
Dingo's Breakfast
Disgruntled Spouses Mouth Organ Band
The Double J's
Breakdowns and Ken Ferguson
Fair Maids of Perth
Fiddlers Firkins
Fo'c's'le Firkins
Fritz Fritton
The Grey Company
Greg Hastings
The Hungarian Dancers
Mike Jackson and Rowan Hammond
Iris Jones
Joys of the Women
Kanyana Barbershop Chorus
Paul Kooperman
Lock Stock and Teardrops
Lost and Found
McCool
Sam and Jamie Michael
The Mudcats
Perth International Folk Dance Group
Perth Morris Men
Phideauz
The Pioneers
Press-Gang
The Ragabillies
Red Pepper
Rich 'n Famous
Bob Rummery
Sean Roche
Graham Seal
The Settler
Shades of Grey
Joel Smoker
Strings in Harmony
Tok Pan Tok
Toucan Tango
The Travelling Riverside Trio
Trio Grosso
Nick Turner
Vardos
James Webb
Lesley Wheeler
Scott and Louisa Wise
1993
The 1993 festival was held 7–9 May. The acts were:
Alistair Hulett
Dude Ranch
Electric Bill
Fantasia Latina
Kavisha & John Reed
Kelly Newton-Wordsworth
Press Gang
Sundiata
Sister Moon
Roger Montgomery
Ken Ferguson and John Thompson
Greg Hastings
Scott and Louisa Wise
Fritz Fitton
Incidentals
Kelly and Friends
Haver Harper and Bruce
Michael Family
Torryl Fenton
Bob Rummery
David Stinson
Brenda Conerchy
Bluegrass Parkway
Fo'c's'le Firkins
Shaun Docherty