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The Strzelecki Stringbusters have proudly announced that as part of his 2012 Australian tour, Peter Rowan and his Bluegrass Band will be performing in Yinnar on Sunday March 25th. As a house-hold name in US bluegrass circles, Peter Rowan’s legacy to the genre is still being written, but rest assured that after more than 40 [...]
The Gippsland band Borderline have been invited to play the famous Yinnar Hotel this month alongside the Strzelecki Stringbusters. You can catch this fine act this Wednesday 29th June, at the Yinnar Hotel, Main Street, Yinnar, from 7.30pm. There may be a small entry fee, and if you wish to come for dinner you’ll need [...]
Submitted by John Werner – Vic Bluegrass Parkway received an unbelievable reception at their debut Yinnar Pub show last week, as special guests at the Strzelecki Stringbusters last Wednesday of the month gig. Fresh from the successful Great Alpine Pick, this fine West Australian band performed a red-hot set of their favourite tunes, dazzling the [...]
In an effort to ‘refill the well from which we drink’, The Strzelecki Stringbusters have recently commenced a monthly beginners Bluegrass / Oldtime session at the Yinnar Hotel. The most recent gathering saw 40 pickers attending, with a good mix of fiddles, banjo’s, mandolins, guitars and even 3 ukes and a Dobro, all enjoying each [...]
Australia’s newest Bluegrass & Old Time venue, the Yinnar Hotel in Gippsland, played host to the Strzelecki Stringbuster’s final show for 2011 last week. Joining the boys this month were Coolgrass, who made the trek down the highway from Melbourne to entertain the crowd with their unique and irreverent take on Bluegrass, fresh from Harrietville, [...]
Submitted by John Werner – Victoria David Long and his entourage have finished up their east coast tour of Australia at one of the country’s newest and emerging bluegrass and acoustic music venues – the Yinnar Hotel. The band were engaged to play the Redlands Bluegrass Convention earlier in July this year, and thanks to [...]
A Night From Virginia USA at the Yinnar Hotel Submitted by John Werner – Yinnar Photos by Carolyn Boothman The people of Yinnar and the surrounding district were treated to a wonderful evening of traditional old-time mountain music on last Wednesday when the Whitetop Mountaineers appeared in the penultimate gig of their third Australian tour, [...]
In the leadup to their concert with The Strzelecki Stringbusters in Yinnar on 31st March, Virginia’s Whitetop Mountaineers will be presenting an instrument workshop at 7.30pm in the back room of the Yinnar Community Hotel. This is a unique opportunity for anyone interested in Fiddle, Clawhammer Banjo and Bluegrass Mandolin, to pick up some tips [...]
Arnie’s Barn, Strzelecki Stringbusters When it comes to playing Bluegrass and Ol’ Time music, the boys from the Strzelecki Stringbusters have the numbers, and with this, their third CD in as many years, they are certainly gaining the numbers in CD production too. ‘Arnie’s Barn‘ follows on from their highly successful album, ‘Scrubby Forest Run‘ [...]
The Yinnar Hotel’s reputation as a bluegrass and old-time friendly venue took on international proportions on Wednesday evening with a sold-out performance by Canada’s Hungry Hill. With the full-house sign going up several weeks ago, and the band refreshed from several days of good old southern Victorian hospitality provided by The Stringbusters, Hungry Hill continued [...]
Pigeonwing Strings – 28th Nov 2009 – 7:30pm The small community of Yinnar in south-east Victoria is fastly gaining a great reputation amongst the bluegrass fraternity as the number of appearances by bluegrass and Ol’ Timey performers continues to grow. The cross continental duo, Pigeonwing Strings, represent the novelty and organic nature of American old-time [...]
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