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2008

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Welcome

Hello and welcome to our eleventh Folk Festival.  We are looking forward to sharing our unique community and special place with you.  A major event this year is The Great Yackandandah Jam which is made possible from funding from Festivals Australia (an Australian Government program which supports cultural activity at regional and community festivals).  Check out our program to discover our range of interactive workshops (Story telling, Harmonica) and musical talent from a selection of locally grown acts (Yackandandah Community Choir, Richard Perso, Wangaratta Ukulele Band) to national favourites (Cloudstreet, Brent Parlane,Margret RoadKnight) and international visitors (Mike Compton, Sayon Souare, Cecile Corbel).  See you here soon.

2008 program

You can check out the 2008 program here.

Great Yackandandah Jam Project

Community members of all ability levels are encouraged to participate in the Great Yackandandah Jam project that involves multitudes of people playing a range of instruments and singing.

The musical piece to be performed as a highlight of the Yackandandah Folk Festival on March 15th 2008 will be a creative extension of the recent Y-Talk report that reflects the uniqueness of life in Yackandandah.

The composition, commissioned by the Yackandandah Folk Festival through funding from the Festivals Australia Regional Residencies program, will be composed and directed by community music champions and members of acclaimed folk group Blackwood James Rigby and Jane Thompson who have recently researched and gathered local stories and material that has inspired their creative work.

Click here for more information.

Get Involved!

Whether you are a busker, a stall-holder or you just want to volunteer and have fun there is a place for you at the Yackandandah Folk Festival!

Click here to find out how you can get involved with our next festival.

While the music lasts

2007 Festival performer Brett Robin Wood has written a song for the Festival. You can listen to it here.

Newsletter

Keep informed about the Yackandandah Folk Festival by downloading one of our free PDF newsletters:

Issue 2 - 2008
Issue 1 - 2008
Issue 2 - 2007

Festivals Australia sponsorship

The Australian Government is proud to be associated with this festival. The Great Yackandandah Jam was made possible by Festivals Australia, an Australian Government program which supports cultural activity at regional and community festivals.

Through this program, festivals across Australia are able to present quality cultural events, providing greater access for more Australians to a wider range of cultural activity.