Venues for 2007

There will be a 300 seat marquee on the Yackandandah Primary School grounds for the 2007 festival. This will make a new, more comfortable space and travel between venues will be even easier.

You can download a map showing all of the venues here.

New Camping area available

The Yackandandah Holiday Park is now fully occupied for the Folk Festival Weekend. Extra camping space has kindly been made by the Yackandandah Football Club at Butson Park. For further info re alternate camping accommodation Phone (02) 60271988 or email admin@uniqueyackandandah.com.au

Download this guide for more information.

Ukelele Dreaming

If you have always had a secret desire to learn the ukulele then this is for you! We have received a grant to support music making with new instuments at the folk festival coutesy of the Ruth Whyte Bequest. We have purchased 20 ukuleles (that will be the property of Yackandandah) to form a ukulele orchestra, and will be running a ukulele workshop on the Saturday morning with a small performance somewhere over the weekend. So if you are interested, make a note of this when you get your program as space will be limited unless you have your own instrument.

Newsletter

You can download our latest newsletter (427kb pdf - requirtes Adobe Acrobat)

Food Glorious Food

Saturday night features a family dinner in the gardens. Sunday's Market Day includes an extensive Food Court.

A"Called" Bush Dance and Ceilidh after the Parade on Friday night in the marquee

After the parade you are invited to the new venue at Yack Primary - the marquee - for a dance. The Reelistics will lead traditional tunes and call easy dances. The cost for non festival ticket holders will be $5 a head or $15 for a family. All interested instrumentalists who want to join the band will also be most welcome.

Stalls and Market Day

Stall sites are available for the market on Sunday. Ring Yackandandah Primary School for site bookings on 02 60271431 or email yackandandah.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Totally Gourdgeous

Totally Gourdgeous play instruments made from gourds, but that's just the start of it. Four of Australia's most adventurous singer songwriters musicians; Penelope Swales (guitar), Carl Pannuzzo (drums), Mal Webb (bass, mbira and bugle) and Andrew Clermont (violin, mandolin and guitar) sing songs of love, fellowship and environmental sanity. Folk-Funk-Philosophy. Outrageous eclectic beauty, united under gourd. Imagine Joni Mitchell and James Brown getting down in Bob Marley's pumpkin patch in glitzy costumes. www.totallygourdgeous.com

Laura Love (US)

Laura Love is an African-American funk bassist / songwriter with an astonishing voice and an eclectic style. Laura weaves an amalgam of styles together, mixing American and British folk melodies, jazz, bluegrass and blues into an exciting stew that she calls"folk-funk". This is strong stuff - Laura's vocals sail over her funky bass and everyone who hears this is never the same. This is Laura's first Australian tour. Come see why she has thousands of rabid fans all over North America.

Keith Donnelly (UK)

Keith has been described as -"a superbly original Stand-Up", "a great singer-songwriter", "a fine guitarist", "a kids entertainer par excellence", "a stunning storyteller" and "the cleanest comic I’ve ever seen.”

And .....

Judy Small, Megan Bowman, Devlish Mary, Mad Violet, The Counterfeit Gypsies, SourSob Bob, David Ross MacDonald, Michael Kennedy, Datu Efren and Lisa Mandipensa, Ryan Sterling and Shane French, Cass Eager, The Hellands, Wildfire, Anthony McGloin, Dirtbird, The Rainmakers, Betty Means Business, Brett Robin Wood with Liz Frencham.