BURKE
& WILLS FESTIVAL
2008
March 7th to 10th
Friday evening to late Monday night.
will include:Kieran Halpin (Scotland), Peter Denahy, Martin Pearson,
Kate Fagan, Hardrive Bluegrass Band, Michelle Chandler, Enda Kenny,
Andrew Clermont, Bruce Watson, Graham Wilson (UK), Celtaclysmic,
Gary Rose and Colin Wilson, Bobby Shank, George Papavgeris (UK),
and more very special guests .........
(subject to change)
Monday
is always a big day, as several performers from Port Fairy usually
come to spend the evening with us on their way home and join in
our grand finale concert.
FOR THE 2008 PROGRAMME
DETAILS CLICK HERE (updated 21/2/08)
Tickets prices for 2008 are:
$65
for adults
14 to 18 years half adult price
(No prepayment required)
Free for children under 14
Free camping
Day
tickets $35 for adults and free for children under 14.
Probably the world's smallest folk festival, and certainly the most
intimate and relaxed. One main stage, home-cooked meals and snacks,
cellar door wines, free camping, beautiful open, spacious &
peaceful landscape miles from anywhere, yet only 101kms. from Melbourne.
In
its eighth year and determined to stay small, intimate and friendly,
our annual Folk Festival is set around a marquee in the gardens
around the winery and vineyard with nearly 360 degree distant everchanging
views of the stunning landscape around the Burke & Wills Track
between Lancefield and Mia Mia.
Run
by former 'Troubadour' founder Andrew Pattison the event sees around
20 musicians and 200 festival goers enjoy an extremely relaxed weekend
of concerts, sing-a-longs, quizzes, wine, food, snoozing under trees,
etc.
The
musicians love the easy-going atmosphere of this event, and the
chance to play for the love of it all weekend, rather than being
confined by the rigorous structures of some of the bigger festivals
which have outgrown their grass roots beginnings.
Photo
above: Rock & Roll Party - Brent Parlane, Spectrum and other
festval artists. (The festival at its original home Lancefield Winery)

The Amazing Rhythm Aces at a previous festival.
How
to get there:
We've moved!
The festival use to be the Lancefield Winery Folk Festival at Lancefield
Winery, but we've moved recently and become Burke & Wills Winery
so the festival is now Burke & Wills Festival at our new Winery
in a fantastic location just a few kms. further north and bitumen
all the way to our driveway!
Burke
& Wills Winery is 31 kms. NW of
Lancefield via the Burke & Wills track, in Coombes lane(our
driveway), 3155 Burke & Wills Track, Mia Mia. Melway 609 G6,
VicRoads Country Directory 60 B2.
From Melbourne go via the Tullamarine Freeway, Melbourne Airport,
Bulla, Romsey, drive straight through Lancefield continuing north
for 2 kms. and bear left onto Burke & Wills Track (to Baynton
and Mia Mia) just after Mustey's Bridge. From there it is approx.
29 kms. to Coombes Lane, which is 4.5 kms. after Watchbox Road,
and 1.5 kms. after Haires Lane and Buntings Lane. (You will also
pass Knights' Granite Hill Winery a little over half way along the
Track.)
Bookings
& info:
Phone (03) 54 255 400
wineandmusic@bigpond.com
Performers please note that this festival is booked by invitation
not application and being a small budget festival there is very
little room for acts not already know to us. If you wish to send
promotional material to us please do not send anything that needs
to be returned. Mail to Burke & Wills Winery, RMB 350, Mia Mia
3444.
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