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25.01.2022 Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru has begun and runs until 8th August. **WATCH OUR COLLABORATION TONIGHT ** WALES & AUSTRALIA 3.30PM WALES & 12.30AM AUSTRALIA... NCF have established a partnership with the National Eisteddfod of Wales - the largest & oldest celebration of Welsh culture, unique throughout Europe, normally each year it visits a different area of Wales but this year has moved online this festival attracts 150,000+festival goers and has been running since 1861 ! Amazing . So, bringing together two artists to collaborate, share cultures and stories and to prepare a concert for this year’s Eisteddfod . one from Wales Angharad Jenkins ( who appeared at the National Celtic Folk Festival with a festival favorite ... the band CALAN ) and superb Australian artist Jenny Thomas with Chris and Dan from the fabulous trio Bush Gothic together these artists researched, scoped out creative ways to present our collaboration and possibly the most challenging part for Jenny Thomas and Bush Gothic learnt Welsh language! Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru | Arts Council of Wales Cardiff Council / Cyngor Caerdydd Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru Events Geelong Tourism Greater Geelong and The Bellarine Visit Geelong and The Bellarine Visit Melbourne Sounds Australia Visit Victoria Corporate www.eisteddfod.wales/amgen 12.30AM https://vimeo.com/443333126
23.01.2022 Steph Geremia should be just finishing up our Australian & New Zealand tour with a weekend spent at our festival. She sent us some amazing music over the week-end and a lovely message ( which failed to load yesterday ). So we thought this update is well worth sharing! Steph is joined by these legends & gentlemen Ben Gunnery John Joe Kelly & #AaronJones - who is now sitting in hospital potentially waiting for hand surgery after recording this video and having an undetected sp...linter become infected So pleeeeaaaase send your thoughts and prayers to him From Steph " I hope you enjoy the tunes and we look forward to getting Down Under in 2021!! xox #CovidCeilidh #Quarantunes " #StephGeremia #BenGunnery #JohnJoeKelly Scroll through our Face Book feed and take a look at what was on offer over the week-end. Temple Bar TradFest Culture Ireland #RayGiffen #Covidtimes
22.01.2022 Take us away Kilter - Geelong Thanks for joining us over this week-end - its be great to feel out community connection and the importance of our gathering.
16.01.2022 Take us away Kilter - Geelong. Thanks for joining us this week-end - its been great to feel your connection and be reminded of how important our gathering is .... getting togther once a year a least from all over the country.
16.01.2022 BIG SHOUT out to our festival Green Team and Jace B-Alternative and Ang #BellarineCatchment ,#Caringforourbays and Geelong Sustainability Group.. they know how to 'party ...with the planet '. Go GREEN TEAM !
14.01.2022 Also on this years line up was Steph Geremia is an Irish multi-instrumentalist and singer highly regarded as one of the finest traditional musicians of her generation. Perhaps best known for her vibrant and versatile Irish flute playing and as a mainstay of the critically acclaimed Irish group, Alan Kelly Gang. Steph is joined today with a mighty fine line up of Irish musicians Ben Gunnery on fiddle, Aaron Jones on guitar and John Joe Kelly on Bodhran. We hope to see Steph a...t the festival in 2021! Steph Geremia See more
13.01.2022 We have two creative collaborations on the go at the moment - one with Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru l National Eisteddfod of Wales and the other with Feis Rois ( Scotland ). Really looking forward to sharing details at the end of this week - plans are still hatching ! Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru Fèis Rois... #globalconnections #wales #scotland Creative Scotland Events Geelong Melbourne Welsh Church The Welsh Rugby Union See more
13.01.2022 We were looking forward to introducing you to Rachel Hair & Ron Jappy from Scotland and BoxingBanjo from Ireland at the festival this year - on both acts firsts vsiti to Australia! We hope to be able to bring this amazing talent to you next year but in the meantime here they are .... #boxingbanjo #rachelhair #ronjappy Year of Scotland Australia 2020 Culture Ireland Irish Music Australia Robert Burns Club of Melbourne Bellarine Peninsula Noticeboard Portarlington Community Noticeboard ~ Victoria, Australia
11.01.2022 Here's a great plan for your week-end .... our good friends and partners Fèis Rois are celebrating 21 YEARS of the Feis Rois Ceilidh Trail. Launching a craicing album and bringing us an online concert with an amazing line up - proud to have introduced many of these artists to you through our partnership. *Also very proud to be part of a virtual Ceilidh Trail this year - young artists Quin Hames & Caleb Anderson are representing us! Take a look at the details in the post bel...ow ... You can find out more here: https://www.feisrois.org/ #MaiareadGreen Rachel Newton #AliMLevackProjectSmok #JosieDuncan #Inyal #TheOutsideTrack #BrìghdeChaimbeul #ChloëBryce #SallySimpson #JohnSomervilleMusic #KimCarnie #Iona Fyfe #InnesWhite #LauraWilkieMusic #CreativeScotland #YOSA Scottish Communities of Australia Scottish Gaelic Society of Victoria Irish Communities in Australia
09.01.2022 Delighted that our festival director Una McAlinden was asked to join Kieran Hanrahan from Ireland at Temple Bar TradFest ( amongst many other things you may know Kieran for ! ) for a live chat on https://tradfest.ie/podcasts/ Culture Ireland Irish Communities in Australia Celtic Club Melbourne Keysborough Gaelic Park Irish People Living In Australia Irish Australian Chamber of Commerce
08.01.2022 Tune in this week ...next installment of Postcards from Scotland with Brighde Chaimbeul Year of Scotland Australia 2020 #Scottish Scottish Banter VisitScotland
07.01.2022 And a message from Wales . Angharad Jenkins & Bush Gothic perform for us . https://eisteddfod.wales/amgen-gwerin-dwylo-dros-y-mor
05.01.2022 We had a great week-end sharing a Taste of the Festival. Heartfelt thanks to the artists who sent some amazing videos across, to our partners and Festival Community. To you those who gave us a SHOUT OUT !... Even through we could not gather in Portarlington we certainly gathered in spirit from across the globe. It was a reminder of why we do what we do... Time for us to reset now, adapt and for you to wait to see what comes next from us !! Head to our web site next week as the week-end activity/films will be loaded onto the site, with links to all the artists who joined us. The sun sets on NCF 2020 ..... but stay in touch, stay tuned and stay safe! Special thanks to #melissasmith and Jayne-Louise Collins who helped bring our week-end together. Year of Scotland Australia 2020 Fèis Rois #covid #Festival #winterfun #ColinFarrell #StephGeremia #BoxingBanjo #RachelHair #NikiNaMeadhra #KevinCrawford #PatrickDoocey #DaveCurley #WilliamHutton #FionaRoss #JimLawson #QuinHames #CalebAnderson #FionaDalgetty #DuncanChisholm #Kilter #CathiesCelticDance #VictorianIrishDanceAcademy
03.01.2022 This year NCF had planned to be part Fèis Rois Ceilidh Trail in Scotland with two young musician from Australia joining the project and representing NCF and Australia ... these are our 2020 Faces of the Festival Caleb Anderson and Quinlan Hames Instead of meeting up in Cromarty this year, the training week took place on video calls and gathered together participants from Scotland, England, Canada and Australia, through our partnerships with Cambridge Folk Festival, Celtic Co...lours International Festival and National Celtic Festival Australia Official. We are excited that the project is going ahead virtually and for them to get out on the road for next year’s Ceilidh Trail tour! Thanks to our cultural partners Fèis Rois. Can you pick Caleb and Quin in among these young musicians? Stay tuned for project updates ... Melbourne Scottish Fiddlers #YearofScotlandAustralia2020 Showcase Scotland Expo #VisitScotland Creative Scotland Events Geelong Tourism Greater Geelong and The Bellarine Visit Geelong and The Bellarine Scottish Communities of Australia Sounds Australia Fèis Rois Celtic Connections
