About this festival
A full program of concerts, workshops, dances, poets breakfasts, comedy acts, sessions, intimate blackboard concerts, plus exotic food stalls, bar and refreshments. This is a very friendly festival and judging from the many accolades from last year-s festival it just keeps getting better.
In keeping with the trend of recent festivals Cobargo Folk Festival has broadened the concept of ?folk- to include not only Celtic, English and Australian traditional music but elements of blues, bluegrass and jazz The music and dance program covers a wide range of cultures.
Special guests at this year-s Festival include The Beez (Germany), The Fagans (all of them), Jez Lowe and Kate Bramley (UK), Graham Moore (UK), Warren Fahey and The Larrikins, Davidson Brothers, Beautifully Mad, Cobargo-s own Damon Davies and a host of talented performers from all over Australia.
The program in 2009 includes exciting special features - ?The Southern Cross Is Calling Me? ? songs about migration to Australia; ?Tom Waits For No Man-- a quirky, broad interpretation of Tom Waites style and material and concerts featuring some of the best bluegrass exponents in Australia.
Festival goers are welcome to attend workshops for guitar, banjo, accordion, fiddle, song writing and stagecraft. There will be opportunities for budding musicians to perform at open mic sections of the program.
A folk festival is not complete without a Poet-s Breakfasts ? this year to be held in the Session area from 8.30am. So bring along your poems, yarns stories and join in.