Dorrigo Folk and Bluegrass Festival

Dorrigo Folk & Bluegrass Festival 23rd to 25th October 2015.

As the summer months draw near it’s clearly festival time. We have a great many bluegrass and old-time music festivals scheduled here in Australia each year, with the likes of MountainGrass in Victoria, Wirrina in South Australia, Manjimup in Western Australia to name but a few.

In New South Wales, the 2015 14th Annual Dorrigo Folk and Bluegrass Festival is shaping up to be one of the best yet, with an exceptional line-up and some new surprises in store. Each year the Dorrigo Festival just gets better.  The overseas line-up will include The Andrew Collins Trio (Canada), and the return of Chris Henry and The Hardcore Grass from the USA.

The Festival kicks off on Friday night with a foot-stomping Community HoeDown Dance in the Main Pavilion featuring one of the country’s best old-time band My-T-Fine Stringband with special guests.

The festival also features a list of workshops longer than we have space for. Some of the workshops include:

• Safety In Numbers workshop offering those not so confident to learn to sing and play along with Jacinta
• Old-Time and Duo Harmony Workshop with Rod and Judy Jones
• Dobro Workshop with Peter Fidler and Quentin Fraser
• Bluegrass Fiddle Workshop with Lachlan and Hamish Davidson
• Bluegrass Banjo Workshop with Kyle Tuttle, Hamish Davidson, Jenny Shimmin and others
• Clawhammer Banjo Workshop with Richard Galuzzi
• “The Subtle Art of Performing and Jamming” Workshop with The Andrew Collins Trio
  and many others.

In addition to the international acts this year, other bluegrass and old-time acts include:

• Le Blanc Bros Cajun Band
• The Davidson Brothers
• Astro Cobalt
• Gleny Rae Virus and her Playboys
• Lee Fielding
• Little Rabbit
• Rod and Judy Jones
• One Up Two Down
• River Mountain Riot

This year’s Dorrigo Folk and Bluegrass Festival is larger than ever and one not to be missed if you are into great music and gorgeous countryside.