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Dorrigo Folk & Bluegrass Festival

Locality: Dorrigo, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 6657 1224

Address: 4180 Waterfall Way 2453 Dorrigo, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.dorrigofolkbluegrass.com.au/

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24.01.2022 Well it’s time to soar high with us early birds! It’s a particular kind of high that comes with saving money on a ticket to a great event That’s it! Early Bird Tickets are now available online: https://www.dorrigofolkbluegrass.com.au/tickets/... We’re really excited about what’s in store this year. As always we’ll have just the right mix of traditional and progressive bluegrass and old-time music as well as some wonderfully talented folk musicians. It’s our 19th festival, that’s pretty decent! Hands up if you’ve been to all 19 festivals? We hope to see lots of familiar faces and new ones too. Live music creates such a community. #dorrigofolkandbluegrassfestival #DFandBF #becauseournameistoolong #nineteenth #dorrigo #livemusic #bluegrass #oldtimey #folk #earlybirdgetstheworm #tickets

24.01.2022 The DF& BF Inc. and Bess would like to send our gratitude and appreciation to folks who tuned into our Old-Time concert on Saturday 24th. The concert will remain available on our Facebook page and also our YouTube if you’re in for finer quality viewing. Our gratitude and appreciation is just as great for the musicians who contributed to the concert. It was such a joy to give you some form of stage once again. Your music was beautiful, energetic and empowering. ... We couldn’t have put this together without @shoelacecreative who produced the concert and provided advice on presenting a virtual event. If you are able to donate, you are still able to do so on our website. Everything made goes towards paying the musicians and producers, from both the old-time and upcoming concerts. We’d like to encourage everyone to continue supporting artists of all kinds through the pandemic. The upcoming concerts are hosted by the Dorrigo House Band and are more focused on bluegrass. As the DHB are based in Victoria we are dependent on the state opening up to film. The DHB will have some amazing guests from around Australia, Scotland and the United States. We can’t wait to show you! Keep an eye out! Stay safe and hug an instrument! #dorrigofolkandbluegrassfestival #dorrigo #virtual #livemusic #acousticmusic

22.01.2022 Hey friends! Don’t forget that Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms (of Foghorn Stringband) are playing for Pickathon’s Frqncy this Sunday 28th February at 2pm AEDT and we are happy to be apart of presenting it! It’s going to be a wonderful show! ... Tickets are available here: https://app.frqncy.live/caleb-and-reeb-north-america-feb27/

22.01.2022 Howdy folks, With a heavy heart we are here this morning to tell you that Flats & Sharps have made the decision to fly home to the UK earlier than planned. They’ll have one final gig at the Petersham Bowling Club, Sydney this Wednesday 18th March. We’re glad that the boys will be going home soon. This stressful time would be extremely difficult to get through without loved ones near by. ... Thank you for persevering on your Australian tour @flatsandsharps but we think it’s the right choice. There’s lots of folks here in Dorrigo who will be missing y’all so be sure to come back when the waters are calmer. To those who’d still like to be listening to Flats & Sharps this weekend make sure to purchase their new album ‘The Play’ here: https://www.flatsandsharps.net/m/new-album-available-soon-1 #flatsandsharps #cancellation #dorrigofolkandbluegrassfestival #dorrigo #bluegrass #cornwall

22.01.2022 Guest Concert #1 features Good Guy Hank and The James Harper Band premiering Saturday 28th November 2020. 1/3 of Good Guy Hank features Australia’s own Pepita Emmerichs (Oh Pep! and Fat Cousin Skinny) who has appeared at the Dorrigo Folk & Bluegrass Festival several times over the years. You may recognise James Harper from Dosca who played the Festival in 2018.... Guest Concert #2 features The New Graces and Circus No. 9 (US)- SAT 5th DECEMBER. Guest Concert #3 features Harry Jakamarra & Elwood Gray and Chloe & Jason Roweth- SAT 12th DECEMBER. Guest Concert #4 features Rachel Baiman & George Jackson (US/AUS) and Jake Blount (US)- SAT 19th DECEMBER. We’d like to thank everyone who has donated so far. If you are new and tuning in to these new concert segments please consider donating here: https://www.dorrigofolkbluegrass.com.au/ The minimum suggested donation per Guest Concert is: $10 AUD. All donations will go towards paying the musicians and producers involved in the DF&BF Inc. Concert Series. It’s a pleasure to be working with Shoelace Creative to bring these virtual concerts to the world. A special shout out to Jules and Ty for their dedication to this project, we most definitely couldn’t have done it without them! Make sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel and Facebook page to view the live concerts! If you missed the DF&BF Inc. Presents Old-time Concert you can view it on our YouTube channel!

22.01.2022 Our final segment in The DF&BF Inc. Concert Series premieres this Saturday and we'd love to have your support. This SATURDAY 19th DECEMBER join us at 8pm AEDT for Rachel Baiman & George Jackson (US/AUS) and Jake Blount (US). Tune in on YouTube or Facebook. As a teenager, Rachel Baiman found music to be a welcome escape from worrying about global politics. I often found the constant discussion of seemingly unsolvable problems to be intense and overwhelming, and when I moved ...to Nashville to pursue music it felt like something positive, beautiful and productive that I could put into the world. Now that I’ve had some years to devote to music. George Jackson is a Nashville-based fiddle player who tours as a band leader and fiddler for hire, working with artists such as Front Country, Peter Rowan, Missy Raines and many more. Born in New Zealand, George grew up in a musical family and first heard bluegrass music around the age of 14, immediately falling in love with the style he started trying to work out how to play it from recordings and from the few mentors he could find in New Zealand. Moving to Australia as a 16-year-old, he won the Australian National Bluegrass Championship on fiddle three times and toured the country with his bluegrass band, The Company, playing many major folk festivals on the Australian circuit. Jake Blount is an award-winning banjoist, fiddler, singer and scholar based in Providence, RI. He is half of the internationally touring duo Tui, a 2020 Strathmore Artist in Residence and a board member of Bluegrass Pride. He is a 2020 recipient of the Steve Martin Banjo Prize. Although he is proficient in multiple performance styles, he specializes in the music of Black and indigenous communities in the southeastern United States, and in the regional style of Ithaca, New York. He foregrounds the experiences of queer people and people of color in his work. He has studied with modern masters of old-time music, including Bruce Molsky, Judy Hyman (of the Horse Flies), and Rhiannon Giddens and Hubby Jenkins (of the GRAMMY-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops). We’d like to thank everyone who has donated so far. If you are new and tuning in to this last segment please consider donating, just follow the link below. Please head to our YouTube page to watch the previous segments. The minimum suggested donation per Guest Concert is: $10 AUD. Donations: https://www.dorrigofolkbluegrass.com.au All donations will go towards paying the musicians and producers involved in the DF&BF Inc. Concert Series.

21.01.2022 We'll be going LIVE at 7pm AEDT TONIGHT! Tune in here on Facebook or head to our YouTube page for higher quality viewing. Can't wait to see you all! In this inaugural virtual concert we are delighted to have Cat & Clint, Craig Woodward, Ashlee Watkins Andrew Small & Mac Traynham (USA), Golden Shoals (USA), Daffy’s Porch Pickers, Paul Brown & Terri McMurray (USA) and the Bucking Mules (USA), hosted by The Lyrebirds. The suggested minimum donation for this concert is $15 which... can be made at our website. Of course we understand the effect that COVID-19 is having on people, anything is appreciated. Every little bit goes towards the musicians and producers involved in the Concert Series. Don’t fear if you can't tune in tonight, the concert will be available on Facebook and YouTube after it’s premier! https://youtu.be/WfiPie-qZH8

21.01.2022 Thank you to those who tuned in to our inaugural Virtual Concert, DF&BF Inc. Presents Old-Time. If you missed it, you can still view it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/WfiPie-qZH8... For our next segment we were hoping to have the Dorrigo House Band hosting some truly wonderful guests. Unfortunately, due to difficult circumstances, we are not able to present ‘DF&BF Inc. Concert Series Hosted by the Dorrigo House Band’ as we had planned. We have decided to go ahead and release our guest videos over the next four weekends, beginning with a very special Scottish segment. Guest Concert #1 features Good Guy Hank and The James Harper Band which will go live on Saturday 28th November 2020 @ 7pm AEDT (we believe that’s 8am Sat in Scotland! Sorry!). 1/3 of Good Guy Hank features Australia’s own Pepita Emmerichs (Oh Pep! and Fat Cousin Skinny) who has appeared at the Dorrigo Folk & Bluegrass Festival several times over the years. You may recognise James Harper from Dosca who played the Festival in 2018. Guest Concert #2 features The New Graces and Circus No. 9 (US)- SAT 5th DECEMBER Guest Concert #3 features Harry Jakamarra & Elwood Gray and Chloe & Jason Roweth - SAT 12th DECEMBER Guest Concert #4 features Rachel Baiman & George Jackson (US/AUS) and Jake Blount (US)- SAT 19th We’d like to thank everyone who has donated so far. If you are new and tuning in to these new concert segments please consider donating. The minimum suggested donation per Guest Concert is: $10 AUD. All donations will go towards paying the musicians and producers involved in the DF&BF Inc. Concert Series. Look out in the future for news on a Dorrigo House Band Concert. We can’t not have them involved! We can’t thank you all enough for your ongoing support of the Dorrigo Folk & Bluegrass Festival Inc which enables us to support musicians and the music industry, especially here in Australia. We hope you are all doing well, keeping healthy and happy, and finding moments to treasure amidst the crazy world we live in currently. May we gather soon to celebrate music! Fingers crossed we will be able to share news of DF&BF Inc. 2021! Take care, DF&BF Inc. Team.

21.01.2022 Make sure to tune in this Saturday 28th November at 7pm AEDT on YouTube & Facebook for our Scottish virtual concert! Guest Concert #1 features Good Guy Hank and The James Harper Band. 1/3 of Good Guy Hank features Australia’s own Pepita Emmerichs (Oh Pep! and Fat Cousin Skinny) who has appeared at the Dorrigo Folk & Bluegrass Festival several times over the years.... You may recognise James Harper from Dosca who played the Festival in 2018. The minimum suggested donation per Guest Concert is: $10 AUD. This can be made via our website www.dorrigofolkbluegrass.com.au All donations will go towards paying the musicians and producers involved in the DF&BF Inc. Concert Series. Thank you to @shoelacecreative for helping make this possible! We hope you’ll join us! #dorrigofolkandbluegrassfestival #folk #bluegrass #oldtimey #virtualconcert #jamesharper #goodguyhank #scottish

21.01.2022 We’re super stoked to have these videos to look back on, reminding us what a privilege it is to have music in our lives. You are listening to the Jacob Jolliff Band performing at the 18th Dorrigo Folk & Bluegrass Festival 2019. Jacob is joined by Alex Hargreaves, Myles Sloniker and Ross Martin. This was so much fun and such an honour to have the JJB here in Dorrigo! Big cheers to Shoelace Creative for the audio and visual content that’s now helping us pull through. ... Live sound by Chris Rogers and his team from Soundtrap Music Centre. We hope y’all are doing alright! Love, light and music to everyone! Remember, now’s a good time to pick up an instrument! #huganinstrument #dorrigofolkandbluegrassfestival #shoelacecreative #jacobjolliffband #livemusic

21.01.2022 Continuing on with videos from past festivals here’s The South Carolina Broadcasters with top quality audio and video content by Shoelace Creative! Shot at the 18th Dorrigo Folk & Bluegrass Festival 2019. It was a real delight to have these folks play the festival and teach at the Dorrigo Old-Time Music School! #southcarolinabroadcasters #dorrigofolkandbluegrassfestival #dorrigo #livemusic #shoelacecreative

20.01.2022 Dear friends, The festival would have kicked off earlier tonight with a Welcome to Country by local aboriginal elders followed by one of the festival favourites, the Hoe-Down. We sure are missing everyone; volunteers, patrons, performers, sound crew, stall vendors. You’ve been so wonderful to us over the 18 years of the Dorrigo Folk & Bluegrass Festival. ... As usual we are already thinking about next years festival and we’re hoping that we’ll be gathering once more at the Dorrigo Showgrounds with that buzz of excitement in the air. It’s a mixture of sweet spring and music. We were feeling a little sad but as usual Festival Mascot Bess came to the rescue with some of Bridget’s flowers! It’s almost customary for Bess to be hanging out with the volunteers making sure we’re all smiling. On Friday afternoons, before the festivities begin, she’ll head home to keep Ezra company. Ezra’s a little sad too, she’d usually have lots of guests with instruments to hang out with. We’ve got a concert going LIVE tomorrow (Saturday) at 7pm AEDT. We’d love to have you hang out with us for it, but it will be available afterwards if you can’t make it. Stay safe and keep in touch with your musician buddies! #dorrigofolkandbluegrassfestival #dorrigo #festivalmascot #homegrownflowers

19.01.2022 Very sad to hear that Blue Mountains Music Festival has cancelled their event this weekend. We hope that the festival can recover from this and remain a strong part of the Australian festival scene. We acknowledge that this must’ve been a tough last minute decision and hope that all musicians and attendees are safe.

19.01.2022 On Saturday 23rd May, Dan Parsons and Tracy McNeil would have been doing a lovely gig at the Megan Hall. Megan Hall gigs are intimate and bear great memories. We’d have been starting off gathering around the trestle table sharing a pot luck dinner, to which we’d all have contributed something. We’d chat, laugh and appreciate what we were eating and the music that was about to start. Then local legend Bill would take to the piano and tinkle out some old favourites, always st...arting with ‘the hills are alive with the sound of music’. And they would be!! Then Dan & Tracy would take to the stage and warm our hearts and put a smile on our dials! Unfortunately, we can’t celebrate a Megan Hall gig as we usually would so please join us on our FACEBOOK page at 6PM on SATURDAY 23RD MAY where the very kind and talented @danieljamesparsons and @tracymcneilandthegoodlife will still play their hearts out for us. Suggested donation of $20 to PayPal.Me/danieljamesparsons Thanks so much Dan & Tracy!! #dorrigofolkandbluegrassfestival #meganhall #danparsons #tracymcneil #livestream

19.01.2022 Pickathon & Dorrigo Folk and Bluegrass Festival PROUDLY PRESENT CALEB & REEB! Join us Sunday, February 28 at 2pm AEDT (that’s Feb 27, 7pm PST USA) for an amazing night of music and ability to connect with both the Artist and your friends! This is not your standard livestream event - the Artist will be able to hear your applause and you can invite friends into private video and audio chat rooms! Caleb Klauder and Reeb Willms hail from the Great Pacific Northwest. When these tw...o sing to us, their honest incantations leave a swirling cloud of magical sparkle smoke ‘round our hearts, and we can spin off into the night, spell-bound and smiling. Caleb Klauder’s rowdy, dynamic mandolin playing, and Reeb Willms’ unwavering guitar style weave a fabric around their songs and harmonies that proves joyous, timeless, and resilient. Follow this link to purchase tickets: https://app.frqncy.live/caleb-and-reeb-north-america-feb27/ Thanks to @pickathon and @frqncy_live for bridging the gap between performer and audience AND the two hemispheres!! #pickathon #frqncylive #calebklauderandreebwillms #dorrigofolkandbluegrassfestival #livestream

19.01.2022 Hey all, We’re really looking forward to presenting Luke Plumb & The Circuit this Saturday night at the Megan Hall. You know the drill; bring a plate of savoury or sweet food for a shared dinner around the trestle table at 6:30pm! Music from 7pm! BYO toilet paper (joking!) ... Let’s get together and remember what’s good in life! Award winning producer, world renowned mandolinist Luke Plumb, has drawn together an ensemble from the cream of Australia’s acoustic musicians to form a new music melding folk, ethnic traditions, rock and jazz. The Circuit consists of a searing frontline of his mandolin and the prodigious talents of jazz trumpeter Eamon McNelis, and is driven by a powerhouse rhythm section from Kate Burke (Guitar) and Robyn Martin (Double Bass). This is music that is new while being drawn from traditions, improvisatory while working in a framework of musically intricate composition. Enough imagination and innovation to inspire a new generation folk music of breathtaking originality. Bruce Elder The Age/SMH Don’t forget that if you come to all 3 of our March gigs then you go in the running for a Full Weekend Ticket for the Dorrigo Folk and Bluegrass Festival 2020!! #dorrigofolkandbluegrassfestival #meganhall

18.01.2022 Last night was superb thank you so much @tracymcneilandthegoodlife and @danieljamesparsons for sharing your music and good vibes! Thanks to all who tuned in, let’s do that again sometime soon #livestream #tracymcneil #danparsons #dorrigofolkandbluegrassfestival

16.01.2022 Reposting from @georgefiddle reposting from @clawhammerist!! The #dorrigochallenge just won’t go away and we LOVE that!! It’s amazing that so many people are still learning this sweet tune and you can hear them all at @georgefiddle or #dorrigochallenge woohoo!! #hugyourinstrument while you can’t hug your friends and learn a new tune! ... #dorrigo #dorrigofolkandbluegrassfestival #livemusic #adamhurt #georgejackson This has got to be one of the most exciting #dorrigochallenge posts I’ve had the pleasure of passing on! It’s Adam Hurt! (Yes *the* Adam Hurt) playing my tune Thanks Adam. I could listen to this all day. Repost from @clawhammerist I am using the #coronavirus #socialisolation period as an opportunity to catch up on various activities, such as the #dorrigochallenge (hopefully tune composer @georgefiddle will not mind my very tardy submission). As usual, I am playing my favorite @enochbanjos instrument, currently strung with strings from the new @daddarioandco XT line. You may ask, What does this have to do with Saint Patrick’s Day? Well, banjos have been curiously associated with frogs since long before Kermit and The Rainbow Connection. Frogs are sometimes green. I happen to be wearing green. The banjo ties it all together, right? #clawhammerbanjo #banjo #oldtimemusic #fiddle #dropthumbsnotbombs #enochbanjos #daddariostrings #clawhammerist See more

16.01.2022 The DF&BF Inc. Concert Series has provided us the opportunity to support musicians we had booked for 2020's (cancelled) festival along with some we've had in previous years, and some we hope to host in the future. To us these videos are a wonderful collection of music and we hope you enjoy them just as much as we do. Our final segment in The DF&BF Inc. Concert Series premieres this Saturday and we'd love to have your support. This SATURDAY 19th DECEMBER join us at 8pm AEDT ...for Rachel Baiman & George Jackson (US/AUS) and Jake Blount (US). Tune in on YouTube or Facebook. Jake Blount is an award-winning banjoist, fiddler, singer and scholar based in Providence, RI. He is half of the internationally touring duo Tui, a 2020 Strathmore Artist in Residence and a board member of Bluegrass Pride. He is a 2020 recipient of the Steve Martin Banjo Prize. Although he is proficient in multiple performance styles, he specializes in the music of Black and indigenous communities in the southeastern United States, and in the regional style of Ithaca, New York. He foregrounds the experiences of queer people and people of color in his work. He has studied with modern masters of old-time music, including Bruce Molsky, Judy Hyman (of the Horse Flies), and Rhiannon Giddens and Hubby Jenkins (of the GRAMMY-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops). We’d like to thank everyone who has donated so far. If you are new and tuning in to this last segment please consider donating, just head to our website. Please head to our YouTube page to watch the previous segments. The minimum suggested donation per Guest Concert is: $10 AUD. All donations will go towards paying the musicians and producers involved in the DF&BF Inc. Concert Series. #dorrigofolkandbluegrassfestival #dorrigo #folk #bluegrass #oldtimey #banjo #acousticmusic #livemusic #jakeblount

16.01.2022 We’ve been thinking about 2020 and if it will bring the 19th Dorrigo Folk & Bluegrass Festival. We’re still unsure of the answer so for now we’ll post some dodgy but wonderful videos off our phones from past festivals. Here’s the @andrewcollinstriomusic at the 18th Dorrigo Folk & Bluegrass Festival 2019. How’s that mandocello? #andrewcollinstrio #dorrigofolkandbluegrassfestival #dorrigo #livemusic

15.01.2022 There’s a lot of amazing music being made during this crazy crazy time. We’re sad we can’t all be in the same place enjoying this new music live. But we can still show our support. Monique Clare has appeared at the Dorrigo Folk & Bluegrass Festival many a time over the years. She’s got a beauty in everything she does and we’re proud to see this latest project (only her DEBUT ALBUM!!!) come to fruition. Check out Monique’s pozible campaign https://www.pozible.com/profile/mon...ique-clare to read about her debut album and show your support. Thank you Monique for your beautiful music and heart #moniqueclare #pozible #debutalbum #dorrigofolkandbluegrassfestival #brisbane

14.01.2022 The Dorrigo Folk & Bluegrass Festival Inc. is delighted to present the DF&BF Inc. Concert Series 2020! We are absolutely delighted to have Cat & Clint, Craig Woodward, Ashlee Watkins Andrew Small & Mac Traynham (USA), Golden Shoals (USA), Daffy’s Porch Pickers, Paul Brown & Terri McMurray (USA) and The Bucking Mules (USA), hosted by The Lyrebirds. If you have attended the Dorrigo Old-Time Music School you may recognise some of these musicians as tutors! We’d love to have some... past attendees tuning in to this concert. Hosts, The Lyrebirds, are Jenny Shimmin (AUS) and Danielle Vita (USA), are a couple of the highest-regarded old-time/bluegrass ladies in Australia! Filmed in several locations within Australia and the United States, we'd like to pay our respects to the traditional custodians of these lands and elders past, present and emerging. The suggested minimum donation for this concert is $15 which can be made at here https://donorbox.org/dorrigo-folk-bluegrass-concert-series- Of course we understand the effect that COVID-19 is having on people, anything is appreciated. Every little bit goes towards the musicians and producers involved in the Concert Series. Producers: Shoelace Creative http://shoelacecreative.com/ Please support the artists by liking their social media pages and/or purchasing merchandise: Cat & Clint http://catandclint.com/ Craig Woodward https://www.facebook.com/Craig-Woodward-Friends-835744616534917/ Ashlee Watkins & Andrew Small The New Macedon Rangers Mac Traynham https://www.instagram.com/mactraynham/ Golden Shoals https://goldenshoals.com/ Peter Daffy http://www.daffyguitars.com/ Paul Brown & Terri McMurray https://www.pinecone.org//mostly-mountain-boys-paul-brown- The Bucking Mules https://www.josephdecosimo.com/the-bucking-mules The Lyrebirds

13.01.2022 Good morning friends, we had a chat to Luke yesterday and decided that it’s best to cancel our gig with Luke Plumb & The Circuit. Please share the news. We look forward to seeing Luke another time! Do not fear, we are still forging ahead with The Whitetop Mountaineers USA on Wednesday 18th March and Flats & Sharps UK on Saturday 21st March. We really hope to see your beautiful faces at these gigs. Live music is taking a really hard hit lately and it’s important to us that... we continue to support touring musicians. Tours and festivals are their bread and butter. If you can’t make it out to a show please consider purchasing a CD off of their websites. https://www.lukeplumb.com/ https://thewhitetopmountaineers.com/home https://www.flatsandsharps.net/ Thanks for understanding and we hope to see you this Wednesday at 6:30pm (music at 7:00pm) at the Dorrigo Old Gazette Theatre!

13.01.2022 Fellow Australian festival, the National Folk Festival, is looking for an Artistic Director! It has been a sad year for the music industry, and the industries it supports and relies on, all around and all over. The National Folk Festival supports local, national and international artists and are critical creative contributors to the diverse Australian music scene. ... Please share around!

12.01.2022 Thanks for the love Montgomery Church!! It’s been so great to see everyone proudly showing their support of the Australian music industry by wearing musicians and festivals t-shirts. https://supportact.org.au/ #ausmusictshirtday

11.01.2022 Taking it back to the 18th Dorrigo Folk & Bluegrass Festival with The Dorrigo House Band. That’s Daniel Watkins on lead vocals & guitar, Paddy Montgomery on mandolin, George Jackson on fiddle, Andrew Small on double bass, Thomas Kendall on guitar and Hamish Davidson on banjo! All of these musicians have been great supporters of the Festival over the years and it was a real treat to have them create House Band! Another big cheers to @shoelacecreative for the audio and visual... content. Live sound by Chris Rogers and his team from Soundtrap Music Centre. #dorrigofolkandbluegrassfestival #dorrigo #dorrigohouseband #livemusic #hugyourinstrument

10.01.2022 #theshowmustbepaused There’s been a lot of passionate well-worded posts lately on this issue and we feel we don’t have the words to add much to what’s already been said. But we can’t be silent. We’d like to acknowledge the coloured and indigenous peoples who’ve given so much to this world. Music and art, heart and soul. The world has also taken much from them and it’s time we stand in solidarity to show our respect and gratefulness to people of colour. It is too long overdue. We stand for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery and the countless other coloured people who have been murdered. We stand for the murders and injustice towards coloured people here in our own country. It has to change and we should all take on board how we can change ourselves and our behaviour for the better. Let’s listen, and hear.

09.01.2022 Hello friends, We must apologise for our silence. It’s been a difficult few weeks as worldwide festivals, gig venues, musicians, sound technicians and many other music industry related work is hit hard. We choose to look at this time in isolation as inspiration for creation when we are not so busy with the day to day bustle of life. We need to use this time carefully and respect it; treat it and others with care so we can recover with strength, gratitude and better ways of ...moving forward. We hope that music is a bright light in your isolation, we’d surely be feeling poor without it right now. We’d like to reassure our patrons, artists, stall vendors, volunteers and supporters that it’s our priority to run the 19th DF&BF 2020. This is of course with hopes that the world has settled and we are once again ready to gather with our friends and loved ones close, and make merry listening to live music in the beautiful hills and fresh air of Dorrigo. We commit to updating you as often as possible in this tumultuous time. Performer Applications will remain open until the 20th May. Stall and Volunteer applications will open at a later date. Earlier in March we opened ticket sales for the 19th Dorrigo Folk & Bluegrass Festival 23rd-25th October 2020. We have made the decision to temporarily take ticket sales down until we have the information needed to give you a definite answer about the running of the festival. To anyone who had already purchased a ticket, please know that your ticket will be valid should the festival go ahead and fully refunded if cancellation is necessary (we really hope that doesn’t happen). Picture 1 is Director, Bridget Rees, up early in her garden on the Saturday morning of last years festival. That’s what she has been doing in isolation, tending to her garden and embracing her natural surroundings. Picture 2 is Festival mascot Bess amongst fairy lights ready to be installed last year. We hope these lights shine brightly too come October. Take care of yourself and others. Do not lose faith. We will be together soon in the good company of live music. #dorrigofolkandbluegrassfestival #dorrigo #isolationcreation #livemusic

09.01.2022 The warmer weather has really been hanging on in Dorrigo, warding off the cold and letting the flowers, positive thoughts and hopes linger just a little longer. But, it is with heavy hearts The DF&BF Inc Committee, like many other festivals and events, has made the tough decision to cancel this year’s 19th Dorrigo Folk and Bluegrass Festival and the 4th Dorrigo Old-Time Music School, scheduled for late October 2020. The impact of COVID-19 is much more widespread and long-ter...m than anyone could have anticipated, so please forgive us as we take the time to process the extent of the damage on us, the music industry and, well, everything. Industry-wide people are without work; fellow festivals have been forced to cancel, venues are shutting their doors. This all means we are unable to support the musicians, who would normally be on tour, which covers their costs and supports them, and this in turn of course affects other industry roles such as sound technicians, stall vendors and media and infrastructure crew. A lot of people have been in this same position in the last 2 to 3 months, and we have been saddened to watch this happening. We still can’t find the words to describe how we are all feeling, but we believe we have to stand in solidarity. It's a long and unknown road forward, which can be frightening, but knowing that we will eventually gather again amongst the open arms of music and other creative arts is enough to see us through. We will always be dedicated to running the Dorrigo Folk & Bluegrass Festival with its well-known quality and integrity, but because of the incredible current circumstances this year, we will instead be focusing our energies on providing a different kind of support for the music industry. We are going to persevere with making music to honour the Festival weekend, and while we can’t say exactly how that is going to work at the moment, we’ll let you know as soon as possible because we want you to be there with us. If you are reading or hearing this, you are in one way or another involved in this music community. Musicians, event organisers, volunteers, stall holders, sound technicians, media crew, patrons and any other contributors/supporters; we love and appreciate you all. We look forward to embracing you in our festival family again soon. Please consider donating to Support Act - who are providing crisis relief and mental health support for artists, crew and music workers affected by the COVID-19 closures and shutdowns. https://supportact.org.au/

08.01.2022 It's a delight to hear that Stringmania camp is forging ahead this year! Welcome to Stringmania Online, 30th Sep - 4th Oct 2020 Their first online camp, carrying the same immersive ethos, unique learning experience, high quality tutors and diverse event programming that Stringmania Camp has developed over the past 5 years. The camp will run from the evening of Wednesday 30th September till late night on Sunday 4th October (AEST), hosted at their online event page where you ...will find the schedule, Zoom class links, and other useful information and links. The program is carefully curated to maximise quality online connection, support, depth and diversity of learning experience and social interaction. The core classes will be recorded and available as they happen to all participants for 30 days after camp closes so if you just can’t get out of that one day of work or you are in a different time zone, never fear you can always catch up if you miss a class or two. Stringmania will be joined by tutors and campers from across the country and around the world, as they lean into the unique possibilities of online learning and social facilitation, making this camp the most diverse Stringmania yet. Alongside core tutors teaching Scottish, Baroque, Americana and Swedish traditional music, each day will feature a guest artist or duo drawing from Indigenous, Chinese, Indian and post-modern folk culture, language and music. Formal classes, thought provoking forums, electives and shared meals during the day and evening will make way for sessions, concerts, dance parties and late-night entertainment, creating a rich and interactive experience. Stringmania welcomes people from all walks of life, ages and cultural backgrounds. They are committed to creating a safe, inclusive space and experience for all, and strive to continue to increase access to and diversity within the camp, as a reflection of our ethos and vision for a rich, supportive and vibrant folk and world music community in Australia. If you have any questions or comments, please contact Stringmania camp! For camp information, tutor bios, to book, or to contact, visit the website at www.stringmaniacamp.com To view the camp event page where we’ll be hosting the camp, visit www.stringmaniacamp/online.

07.01.2022 Don’t forget to tune in this evening at 7pm AEDT! We’ll be going live on YouTube and Facebook with our first Guest Concert featuring Scottish bands Good Guy Hank and The James Harper Band! Donations can be made here: https://www.dorrigofolkbluegrass.com.au/ ... The suggested minimum donation is $10 with all proceeds going to the musicians and producers. Thank you to Shoelace Creative for producing this concert!

07.01.2022 Thanks so much for tuning in folks! And a massive heartfelt thank you to Tracy & Dan for their wonderful music tonight. A suggested donation of $20 can be made via PayPal.Me/danieljamesparsons Anything is appreciated folks

07.01.2022 Really sad to share this news from the Whitetop Mountaineers that they are heading home, but we are glad that they will be in their homes and with their families. Their gig in Dorrigo this Wednesday the 18th March is CANCELLED but we prefer to say that it’s POSTPONED as we sure hope to see Martha and Jackson back here in Australia sometime soon. We hope they have a safe journey home. Our hearts continue to go out everyone affected in this hard time. You mightn’t get to hea...r them live but we’ve got a limited amount of Martha’s self titled CD. It’s got some of her beautiful originals on it. The CD’s are $25 (+ shipping if not local to Dorrigo). Please DM us with your details if you would like to purchase a copy. Alternatively please support the Whitetop Mountaineers through their site: https://thewhitetopmountaineers.com/buy-cds-downloads Please share this news with anyone who was hoping to attend one of their shows! Thank you to the Whitetop Mountaineers for the songs! Remember to wash those hands while singing Jolene Jolene Jolene Joleeeeeennnne 4 times over! Lots of love to all.

07.01.2022 Going live now! Here’s a little of what the festival has to offer. Sit back and enjoy some awesome music on what would have been another festival weekend.

07.01.2022 The first segment of our Concert Series is ‘The DF&BF Inc. Concert Series Presents Old-Time’, which will go live on Saturday 24th October at 7pm AEDT on our Facebook and YouTube pages. Don’t forget to go like and subscribe to be sure not to miss this concert! We are absolutely delighted to have Cat & Clint, Craig Woodward, Ashlee Watkins, Andrew Small & Mac Traynham (USA), Golden Shoals (USA), Daffy's Porch Pickers, Paul Brown & Terri McMurray (USA) and The Bucking Mules (...USA), hosted by The Lyrebirds. If you have attended the Dorrigo Old-Time Music School, you may recognise some of these musicians as tutors! Hosts, The Lyrebirds, are Jenny Shimmin (AUS) and Danielle Vita (USA), a couple of the highest-regarded old-time/bluegrass ladies in Australia! The suggested minimum donation for this concert is $15 which can be made at our website. Of course we understand the effect that COVID-19 is having on people, anything is appreciated. Every little bit goes towards the musicians and producers involved in the Concert Series. We can’t wait to see you all virtually on Saturday Night! That is of course if the AFL Grand Final hasn’t distracted you! Don’t fear, the concert will be available on Facebook and YouTube after it’s premier! #dorrigofolkandbluegrassfestival #dorrigo #concertseries #virtualconcert #acoustic #live #bluegrass #folk #oldtimey

06.01.2022 Good afternoon folks! This evening at 8pm AEDT you can tune into our final DF&BF Inc. Concert Series segment with Rachel Baiman & George Jackson and Jake Blount! You can view this concert here on Facebook or follow the link below to our YouTube page. ... This is the 4th of 4 Guest Concerts featuring musicians who have attended the festival, those we had planned to host this year, and some favourites we wanted to support. You may recognise Rachel from her appearances at the Festival with 10 String Symphony, The New Worlds and her own band. George has appeared with The Company, Buffalo Nickel, The Dorrigo House Band, Missy Raines Trio and One Up, Two Down. If you’d like to listen back on other DF&BF Inc. concerts already released, you can find them on our YouTube and Facebook pages. The minimum suggested donation for tonight’s concert is: $10 AUD. All donations go towards paying the musicians and producers involved in the DF&BF Inc. Concert Series. Thank you for your support! https://youtu.be/ath0iZ5seYQ

05.01.2022 We miss being in the moment with y’all #concentration #inthemoment #dorrigofolkandbluegrassfestival #dorrigo #folk #bluegrass #oldtimey Elixir Photography

03.01.2022 TUNE IN THIS EVENING! Good morning folks! We’re looking forward to seeing you this evening at 6pm as Tracy McNeil & Dan Parsons go live! Tickets by donation. Suggested donation of $20 to PayPal.Me/danieljamesparsons Tune in here: https://www.facebook.com/1251032342107//2837034006350982/ ... Both highly acclaimed songwriters in their own right, Dan Parsons and Tracy McNeil will be accompanying each other through various selections from their impressive new works. Together, they captivate audiences of all ages through their golden vocal harmonies, deft musicality and dynamic performances. It is classic Americana with a healthy dose of shimmer - they make it easy to forget that it's just the two of them onstage.

03.01.2022 Live RIGHT NOW with Tracy & Dan! We appreciate their time and music so much. A suggested donation of $20 can be made via PayPal.Me/danieljamesparsons Enjoy folks

01.01.2022 A yellow bunch as it’s a happy colour and that’s how we hope you feel heading into 2021. We hope that you’re all able to find ways of being with friends and loved ones. It’s important to remember that even with a new year we’ll have some challenges of 2020 coming with us, but let’s walk forward together. COVID-19 is still running its course and we must each do our bit to keep others safe. We must continue doing the good and important things we had the humble time to remembe...r this year. Things like supporting local small businesses, saying g’day to neighbours, growing our own food, baking our own bread, listening to MORE music, PLAYING music, listening to the morning songbirds, reaching out, giving to those less fortunate, supporting creative arts... the things that remind us of our humanity, what will you be bringing with you? While 2020 was a different but good year for many of us, we must remember that there are a lot of people without a home/safe place or a family to turn to as the world continues in its harsh way for them. It’s important that support gets to those who need it. Like most communities, the music community lost many great friends who were innovators of the genres we love so much. We cannot express how deeply the loss hits, but we are forever grateful for all they have given to this community. It’s going to take a long time for the music industry to recover but we’ll get there by supporting it from the ground up. Here’s to not rushing into the fast lane, and walking forward together in music’s all encompassing company. Take care #dorrigofolkandbluegrassfestival #hugyoulater #huganinstrument #takecare