Woodford Folk Festival, Qld

December 27, 2010 - January 1, 2011

The Woodford Folk Festival is an event of international standing. Held over six days and six nights from Dec 27th through to January 1st, more than 2000 performers and 580 events are programmed featuring local, national and international guests.

The exciting programme featuring concerts, dances, street theatre, writers’ panels, film festival, comedy sessions, acoustic jams, social dialogue and debate, folk medicine, an entire children’s festival, an environmental programme featuring talks, debates and films, art and craft workshops, circus performances and workshops, late night cabarets, parades and special events including a spectacular fire event.

Within the festival village you can find 22 performance venues, of which 18 are all weather. The festival streets are lined with restaurants, cafes, stalls, bars, street theatre and parades. Tree-filled campgrounds, butterfly walks, ponds and wildlife complete the picturesque site.

The festival appeals to a diverse audience with all ages and many nationalities attracted each year. The event is powered by an army of volunteers whose numbers are now in excess of 2800. Volunteering is a great way to get involved and experience the spirit of the Woodford Folk Festival. Go to http://www.woodfordfolkfestival.com/volunteers for more information.

Who's playing...

You Am I, The Cat Empire, Kate Miller-Heidke, Katie Noonan and The Captains, Tim Freedman, Archie Roach, Mama Kin, Jeff Lang, Lior, The Upsteppers, Microwave Jenny, Dubmarine, Felix and The Phoenix, Hermitude, Marshall and The Fro, Cumbia Cosmonauts, The Barons of Tang, Basement Birds, The Break, TinPan Orange, Vika and Linda Bull, Christa Hughes and The Honkytonk Shonks, Flap!, Blue King Brown, Tijuana Cartel, Drawn from Bees, The Chemist, Leah Flanagan, kooii, Laneous and The Family Yah, Radical Son, Jackie Marshall, That 1 Guy, The Little Stevies, Shane Howard and his Band, Yeshe, Arrested Development, The Dynamites featuring Charles Walker, the incredible Katzenjammer, Baskery, Daara J Family, Tom Fun Orchestra, Jill Barber, Dan Mangan, Matthew Barber, Passenger, Love in the Circus, Stevie Salas and Bernard Fowler, The Whitetop Mountaineers, Mani Neumeier with Etsuko Watanabe

Ticketing:

Check out the ticket page, and log in to purchase: http://www.woodfordfolkfestival.com/tickets/login/register

Getting There:

Driving from South:

Drive along the Bruce Highway from Brisbane. Turn left at Kilcoy Exit 152. Follow service road parallel to highway. Turn left onto D’Aguliar Highway. Travel straight through to Woodford. Four kilometers after Woodford, turn right onto Kilcoy-Beerwah Road. Travel one kilometer then turn left into Woodrow Road.

Driving from North:

Turn off the Bruce Highway at Highway 85 (Kilcoy), just short of the Caboolture turnoff, and follow the D’Aguilar Highway to Woodford. Travel four kilometres after Woodford and turn right towards Beerwah, travel one kilometre, then turn left into Woodrow Road.