Port Fairy Folk Festival

The Port Fairy Folk Festival is a popular annual four-day music festival based in the historic fishing village of Port Fairy in Victoria, Australia.

Festival background

The festival began over 02–04 December 1977 under the theme of "Australian and Irish Traditional Music" exploring traditional music and culture. The festival was founded by Jamie McKew leading a small group of folk music performers and supporters from Geelong and Melbourne. The focus moved to "World Roots and Acoustic Music" in the early 1980s and has subsequently broadened to include a very diverse range of genres, styles and influences. The 40th edition of the festival was held in March 2016 with Jamie McKew as Festival Director. The leadership transitioned seamlessly to Caroline Moore as Program Director since 2017. In late 2019 Australian folk singer and musician, Alana Wilkinson took part in the Festival of Small Halls including an appearance at the Port Fairy Folk Festival supporting Scottish folk group, Paul McKenna Band.[1] The festival now takes place over the Victoria Labour Day long weekend annually except 2021. The festival is produced by the Port Fairy Folk Festival Committee Incorporated and based in Port Fairy from 1992 to 2020 and resuming in 2022.

This festival was on hiatus from 2021 until March 2022 on grounds of COVID-19 pandemic.

References
  1. Brady, Anthony (5 December 2019). "News, views, reviews from Moyne Shire". The Standard. Warrnambool, VIC. Retrieved 28 November 2020.


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