Everything Is Ready

Girgarre Beginners Concert

Girgarre Moosic Muster 2012. The folk in Girgarre have told us that everything is ready for their big weekend in early January. The annual Girgarre Moosic Muster is scheduled for 8th to the 10th January in the small town of Girgarre in Victoria. A number of musicians from around the country are headed there to [...]

Girgarre Festival Picks Up Another Sponsor

Contagious Community Spirit Chris Voce of Guitars Plus in Sandringham indicted in 2009 that he would be interested in attending the 2010 Girgarre Moosic Muster and providing an on-site music shop and repair facility for festival goers. In return he kindly donated some loan instruments that were used by beginners in various workshops. Chris arrived [...]

Girgarre November News

Jigarre Jammin’ More news from the Girgarre camp is that this month their November jam session will feature Pete Garvin who will be delivering a workshop on improving guitar skills. The workshop will be followed by the usual jam. this will be the last event for the year. The 2001 jam sessions will start up [...]

Baby Boomer Band Bash

Those folk from Girgarre are on the move, taking their music to Echuca. Love bluegrass, country, folk, pop favourites from the fabulous 60s onwards? Want to get back to your guitar, banjo, mandolin, harmonica, fiddle or ukulele or sing along? Want to make like-minded friends? Got no instrument but keen to borrow one of our [...]

Bluegrass Jam vs AFL Grand Final

What happens if you’re not into football in Victoria in September? Di Burgman and her Jigarre Jammers hosted a jam session in downtown Girgarre as an alternative offer. Di writes: Girgarre’s Jigarre Jammin’ competed admirably with the  A.F.L. Grand Final last Saturday. Whilst normally boasting 50+ players, we were thrilled to see 36 walk through [...]

Girgarre Moosic Muster 2011 Update

Only one thing beats sitting with a drink and nibbles in the summer dusk, listening to great, live acoustic music and that is playing the music yourself. The renowned Girgarre Moosic Muster is on again on January 7th to 9th Jan 2011, with an even bigger line-up of concerts and workshops. It’s grown in only [...]

Girgarre 2011 Program Announced

Girgarre Moosic Muster – 7th, 8th and 9th January 2011 The folk from Girgarre have advised us that the program for the 2011 Girgarre Moozic Muster is now finalised and up on their website. The Girgarre Moosic Muster is a community run festival held in February each year in the small farming community of Girgarre, [...]

News From Girgarre

The folks in Girgarre have asked us to post up a reminder that the next Jigarre Jammin’ is on Saturday, 25th September. The following month they are also planning a jam for seniors, to be held at the Echuca Council Chambers during the afternoon of 9th October during Senior’s Week. These are the folk who [...]

Fat Chance and The Bluegrass Playboys go Jigarre Jammin

News from the folk in Girgarre is that Fat Chance and The Bluegrass Playboys, Don Gula, David Aumann and Andrew Barcham will join in the fun at this month’s Jigarre Jammin’ in Girgarre, Victoria. For the uninitiated Girgaree Township is located just 35 Kilometers west of Shepparton anr 35 Kilometers south-east of Echuca This group [...]

Girgarre 2011 Dates Announced

Girgarre Moosic Muster – 7th, 8th and 9th January 2011. Organisers of the Girgarre Moozic Muster have advised us of the dates for the 2011 muster. this is one of the most amazing festivals in the country, this event kicked off in a time when their whole lifestyle is under threat from drought, the global [...]

Call for Instruments

Girgarre Moosic Muster Needs You. If you have not have the pleasure of attending the Girgarre Moosic Muster  in Victoria then can I commend this event to you. Whether you are a seasoned player, a novice or never held an instrument in your hands before, this festival has something to offer. My wife and I [...]

Fender Australia Donates to Girgarre Muster

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Girgarre Moosic Muster – 8th to 10th Jan 2010 News from Max Amos of the Girgarre Moosic Muster is that Fender Australia, the festival’s sponsor, has donated another eight guitars a mandolin and a banjo for the 2010 Gigarre Moosic Muster workshops. Apart from the many fabulous performances by the visiting artists, the Girgarre Moosic [...]