AUSTRALIAN MADE & PLAYED LIVE
FESTIVAL DVD
Kim Churchill
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WHERE?
The festival site is the village of Port Fairy, four hours drive west of Melbourne along the Princes Highway. The Great Ocean Road trip takes twice as long! The main site in the village is The Festival Arena with all the big venues.
THE PROGRAM
The festival presents a unique line-up of International and National artists over the four day long week-end. We present folk roots, blues, jazz, bluegrass, celtic roots, jazz, crossroads country and rock, and music of the world. Add the Children's Folk Circus a Free Festival of the Streets, markets, buskers and a beautiful setting of hsitory, sun and sea.
FESTIVAL RUNNING TIMES
The festival starts late Friday afternoon when a free Street Stage starts, followed by stages in The Arena opening after 6pm. Some 20 venues run all weekend, generally from 10am until aproximately midnight (Fri, Sat, Sun) and from 10am until 1pm on Monday afternoon.
FESTIVAL ARENA
The Festival Arena (pictured above) is the main location presenting ten stages, Food Festival, Market and Craft Stalls. The stages include five large covered Main Stages, The Folk Circus, The Wine & Guinness Bar, Lighthouse Cafe, FOLKworX and INSTRUMENTworX - a large instrument makers exhibition.
FESTIVAL OF THE STREETS
In addition to the main ticketed program, the festival presents a full weekend of open access events in the village centre. It starts Friday evening until 10.00pm and runs 10.00am to 10.00pm on Saturday and Sunday as well as 10.00am until 2.00pm on Monday. These include the Festival of The Streets with four stages: Fiddlers Green, Railway Stage, The Edge Stage at the Community Centre, The frINge Festival Stage at the Surf Club, Markets and Food Festival, Buskers, Sessions, Singalongs, Street Performances and much more.
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