The Boolarra Folk FestivalA family festival in the beautiful Centenary and Rail Trail Parks By The Boolarra Folk Festival Inc - 22nd January 2003 - Back to News The inaugural Boolarra Folk Festival is to be held on Saturday March 22, 2003 at the Centenary and Rail Trail Parks in Boolarra Victoria. The theme for our first festival is "folk and drums". The theme incorporates traditional and contemporary folk music with Latin and African percussion groups.
Our community welcomes everyone to our lovely village, nestled in the foothills of the Gippsland Strezlecki Ranges. The Boolarra Folk Festival is a free event that will commence at 11.00am, concluding at 7.00pm. For those who will be attending, we do recommend that you bring a chair, sunscreen, and your jig dancing shoes. Feel free to bring your camping gear too, and really make it a weekend to remember.
Nineteen professional and amateur musical performers and groups from Gippsland and Melbourne will perform over the 7-hour daytime event. In the evening at the Boolarra Memorial Hall, the fabulous "Boola Boola"Band and Wendy Reed will wind up the festival with their unique brand of folk music. The Folk Dance will be the only event that will have an entry fee.
We are also holding an Art and Craft Market and Food Festival in the Rail Trail Park, which will showcase some of our talented, local artists.
One of the features of the Boolarra Folk Festival is for visitors to bring a tent, caravan or even a swag and just camp out at the Memorial Park (see photo) or even out on the grounds of the Boolarra Pub. Showers and Toilets will be supplied at the Boolarra Memorial Park and also electric bbq facilities. There will be no fee for camping at both venues so this is a great opportunity to bring along the whole family and enjoy the peace and quiet of our lovely village.
We are very grateful to our sponsors Vic Health, International Power Hazelwood, TXU and the Baw Baw Shire who have provided funding for this event with the Latrobe City Council providing assistance for infrastructure and administration.
Source: http://gippsland.com/ Published by: support@gippslander.com
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