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The website is now active for the Great Alpine Pick – Bluegrass and Traditional Country Music Convention. As previously reported the dates are 20th to 22nd May 2011. The site is short on detail currently, but given the circumstances from which this event was created this is not surprising. If you would like to join [...]
The 20011 festival scene is about to get a make over, especially in the Alpine region of northern Victoria. Despite assurances from organisers last week that rumours of 2010 Harrietville Bluegrass and Old Time Music Convention being the last, were just rumours, it now appears that, in the full light of day, we have indeed [...]
When arriving at Harrietville this week for the 22nd annual Bluegrass and Old Time Music Convention, I was confronted by some of the local business owners who have been told by relatively official sources that this weekend would see the end of the festival’s 22 years at Harrietville. The festival was moving camp, to where [...]
California Bluegrass Band to Play Harrietville As previously reported, appearing at this year’s Harrietville Bluegrass and Traditional Country Music Convention is a bluegrass band called Blue & Lonesome. This group has captured the traditional sound of bluegrass music and is made up of five of the world’s top traditional players in the business today: Ed [...]
News just in from Rod and Judy Jones on Harrietville is that plans have been finalised for this year’s 22nd Bluegrass and Old Time Music Convention to be held in Harrietville Victoria from Thursday 18th to Sunday 22nd November 2010. The full program will be up on the website shortly and we’ll have a copy [...]
The full details of the 2010 Convention listed are now available from the website - www.harrietvillebluegrass.com.au including the booking forms and program. Rod Jones has advised that the event has been oversubscribed with bands wanting to play both Bluegrass and Old Timey over the course of the weekend. Nevertheless the tentative program and band names [...]
Special overseas guests for this year’s Harrietville Bluegrass and Traditional Country Music Convention will be award winning Californian band, Blue and Lonesome. Blue and Lonesome is a traditional bluegrass band consisting of Ed Neff on mandolin, Mike Wilhoyte 0n guitar, Larry Cohea on banjo, Paul Shelaskyon fiddle and Jeff King on bass. The group has [...]
For the first time ever, the Sunday Morning Gospel Concert fromthis year’s Harrietville estival was to be broadcast on WAMU’s legendary Bluegrass Country. WAMU is a major broadcaster of bluegrass in the Eastern USA and is a trailblazer of internet broadcasting. The station is owned by American University in Washington DC and broadcasts bluegrass round [...]
God willing and the creeks don’t rise. Thanks to Ed Lowe from Western Australia for providing a run down on the 2009 Harrietville Festival. Leaving aside theological issues, I think that everyone would agree that the creeks did rise at Harrietville this weekend. The rain was not quite of biblical proportions, but it sure did [...]
Thanks to the organisers, artists and volunteer workforce for this year’s Harrietville Bluegrass and Ol’ Timey Music Convention. It was certainly one of the biggest and best events I have attended in recent years. The new grounds are readily accessible, well laid out and the line up of talent was extraordinary. Congratulations from the Australian [...]
The 21st Harrietville Bluegrass and Ol’ Timey Convention is underway in downtown Harrietivlle. The unofficial part of the weekend commenced on Thursday night with a performance on the main stage by Hungry Hill from the Canada followed by Bluegrass Parkway from WA presenting their Radio Show. The evening then saw jam sessions across the length [...]
Brief Listing On-Site Concerts Here’s a brief rundown on the 2009 Harrietville program. This is s very impressive lineup. Thu 19th Nov. 7:30pm Hungry Hill, then Bluegrass Parkways +WSM 1945 – 9:30 Old time Mountain Square dance (Community Hall) The West Virginia String Band Fri 20th Nov. in the Marquee 3:00 – 3:55 West Virginia [...]
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