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25.01.2022 49th Top Half Folk Festival Glen Helen; 7-10 June 2019 Newsletter Number 1 Where is it?...Continue reading

25.01.2022 What a beaut little festival it was! More info and photos when we've recovered. Tony.

24.01.2022 Ted Egan leads the chorus at the singing session in the lounge bar at Glen Helen Lodge. Photo by Barry Skipsey.

24.01.2022 This coming weekend we would have been making tracks to Darwin and onwards to Mary River.....to celebrate the 50th Top Half Folk Festival....then COVID changed our plans.... A small contingent of stalwarts, who are fortunate to reside in this amazing tropical paradise, will be heading to Mary River at various times over the weekend to pay tribute to what was planned... pics and experiences to come, depending on wifi.

24.01.2022 Ticket sales are on! Get your early bird ticket by checking in to the Top End Folk club website - https://www.topendfolkclub.org//Weekend-Ticket-purchase-fo Same booking system as previous years - bank transfers preferred. NOTE: All accommodation bookings are to be made directly with Mary River Wilderness Retreat: phone (08) 8978 8877 or email [email protected] ... Make sure you mention the Top Half Folk Festival See more

24.01.2022 Centralian Advocate, Alice Springs, 24 May 2019

23.01.2022 THE 50TH TOP HALF FOLK FESTIVAL will take place at the Mary River Wilderness Retreat on 5-8 June 2020. All enquiries to [email protected] Further news to follow...

21.01.2022 Noted Centralian photographer Barry Skipsey has upload a video memoire of the 49th Top Half https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MkzbnNIReE

18.01.2022 Congratulations to Bernard Carney on his Queen's Birthday Weekend gong :) ...OAM in the General Division; "for service to music"

13.01.2022 Starts tonight!!!

13.01.2022 Jayne Nankivell and Ian White.

12.01.2022 Celebrating the 50thTop Half Folk Festival 5th 8th June 2020 Mary River Wilderness Retreat Newsletter No 2 - March 2020...Continue reading

12.01.2022 50th Top Half Folk Festival 2020 CANCELLATION Today with regret and sadness we made the difficult decision to cancel the 50th Top Half Folk Festival scheduled for June 2020. Celebrations will be deferred until June 2021. We know this is a great disappointment for all those involved, but given the public health directive regarding non-essential gatherings we cannot proceed. The health of everyone, participants, audiences, and the NT community must come first. ... Your willingness to support our humble festival as performers, workshop facilitators, volunteers and audience is an inspiration to us and much appreciated. We hope you will be able to attend and participate next year as part of the 50th Celebrations. We thank you for your ongoing support. Those who have purchased Weekend Tickets to date will be refunded as soon as possible. You should contact Mary River Wilderness Retreat as soon as possible regarding accommodation cancellation and refunds call 08 8978 8877 or email [email protected] Similarly, contact the airlines for changes to flight bookings. The location of next year’s festival is still to be decided and will be advised in due course Regards Vic Stephens [email protected] Top End Folk Club Inc.

12.01.2022 Our friends in WA have a festival coming up... https://www.facebook.com/albanyshantyfest/

09.01.2022 And we're off! The 50th Top Half Folk Festival newsletter #1 is reproduced below or can be downloaded from the Top End Folk Club website https://www.topendfolkclub.org/top-half-folk-festivals/ 50th Top Half Folk Festival, 5-8 June 2020...Continue reading

07.01.2022 50TH TOP HALF FOLK FESTIVAL UPDATE The 50th Top Half Folk Festival has been rescheduled to 11-14 June 2021 at the Mary River Wilderness Retreat. Following discussion with the Central Australian Folk Society it has been agreed that the 50th Festival will be celebrated in the Top End in 2021. ... The Retreat has offered transfer of current bookings as follows: We are pleased to hear that the 50th Top Half Folk Festival will be held again in June 2021 at Mary River Wilderness Retreat. We are offering all guests that booked and paid the deposit for the 2020 Folk festival the chance to hold over the deposit to the 2021 Folk Festival. All guests will need to contact Mary River Wilderness Retreat to transfer the deposit or payments either via email [email protected] or phone 08 89788877 Please adjust or cancel your current booking prior to the 60day cancellation deadline (6 April 2020). Further information will be advised through newsletters, www.topendfolkclub.org/top-half-folk-festivals/ , www.facebook.com/topendfolkclub/ and www.facebook.com/tophalffolkfestival/

06.01.2022 49th Top Half Folk Festival - Update Glen Helen; 7-10 June 2019 ONLY 7 Days To Go... It’s all looking good for the festival and we hope to see as many of you as possible out at Glen Helen. It’s a packed programme with artists from all over Australia, ready to perform in one of the four featured concerts. Locals include:- Scott Balfour Ted Egan Rusty & The Infidels Malarkey Watertank Players Dave Oakes The Shavings Ross Muir Fiddlesticks From Darwin Tony Suttor Peter Bate From Katherine South Of The Berrimah Line From Perth Phil Beck Dingo’s Breakfast Colin Smiley From Qld Bob Barford Ted & Carolynne Burns From Sydney Timber & Steel Margaret Walters MaD aDaM From Vic. Alison Mapleson From SA Mel & Neil Phillips AND OF COURSE OUR SPECIAL GUEST Pete Titchener There will be 2 presentations over the weekend: Saturday will feature "The early years of Daisy Bates & The Breaker Harry Morant" with songs, tales and tunes; Sunday will feature the songs and the lives of miners in "The Devil’s Bargain". The folk quiz gets a Guernsey again on Saturday; 60 mins of fun and mayhem. The poet’s breakfast features each morning to start your day off properly. AND of course singing galore all weekend. Programmes and tickets will be available out at Glen Helen. For those arriving from out of town, as per usual, we will be having a meet and greet together with locals on Thursday 6th June from 6.30pm onwards. This year it is at the Gap View Hotel (opposite the roundabout at Heavitree Gap). If you have any questions or queries you can ring me on 0418 519 211 Please be aware that Glen Helen is no longer pet friendly See below for concert times Cheers for now Dave Saturday Afternoon Concert Performers Shavings Choir Ted Egan Alison Mapleson Rusty & The Infidels Sunday Afternoon Concert Performers Ted & Carolynne Burns Mel & Neil Ross Muir Watertank Players Saturday Evening Concert Performers Dingo's Breakfast Margaret Walters Phil Beck INTERVAL Fiddle Sticks Pete Titchener Sunday Evening Concert Performers Malarkey Dave Oakes MaD aDaM INTERVAL South of the Berrimah Line Bob & Scott Timber & Steel

03.01.2022 The 49th Top Half Folk Festival will be hosted by the Alice Springs mob. Early in 2019 we can expect some info from them. https://www.alicespringsfolkclub.com/

02.01.2022 Piece in today's Centralian Advocate. Only three more sleeps until the Top Half out at Glen Helen. Are you getting excited?

01.01.2022 Great write up on the festival in Tuesday's Centralian Advocate. Thanks to Gareth for the kind words and Barry for the amazing photos.