Acts 2000 - 2005

Pic: The Top Twins

PFFF March 10 - 13 2000
INTERNATIONAL
Artisan, Les Barker, Seamus Begley & Jim Murray, Bill Bourne, Robin Huw Bowen, Chipolatas, Mike Cooper, Felpeyu, Laurianne Fiorentino, Andy Irvine, James Keelaghan, Kusun Ensemble , Dougie MacLean, Rod MacDonald, Nomos, Mollie O'Brien & Nina Gerber, Kristina Olsen & Peter Grayling, Colin Reid, Mose Scarlett, Chris Smither, Andy M Stewart & Gerry O’Beirne

NATIONAL
Geoff Achison & The Souldiggers, Akasa, Kylie Auldist & Heavy Earth, Bantaba Bindi, David Beniuk, Bluegrass Parkway, The Borderers, Cyndi Boste, Steve Boyd & The Preachers, Briagolong Bush Band, Caledonia Australis, Vince Brophy, Rose Bygrave, Celtic Spirit, Greg Champion, Kathryn Clements & The Peat Fires, Coco's Lunch, Cool MacFinn, Dalriada, Silvia Entcheva Trio, Shirley Friend, Gerry Hale's Uncle Bill , Git, Gorani, The HaBiBis, Dianna Kiss featuring Ross Hannaford, The Hornets, Hot Club Swing, Marcia Howard, Shane Howard, Bo Jenkins, Karma County, Paul Kelly, Enda Kenny & Lindsay Martin, Valanga Khoza, The Killjoys, Jimmy Little, Mara!, Kavisha Mazzella, Sandy McCutcheon, Miles From Nowhere, The Mojos, The Moonee Valley Drifters, Pigram Brothers, The Ploughboys, Neil Quinlan Band, Red Rivers & The Rocketones, Margret RoadKnight, Jane Saunders, Sensitive New Age Cowpersons, Kerri Simpson, Judy Small, Mal Webb, The Somethings, Spot The Dog, Dave Steel, Sweethearts Of Swing, Texicali Rose, Mick Thomas & The Sure Thing, Tiddas, Kerrryn Tolhurst, Trouble In The Kitchen, The Waifs, Barb Waters, Rebecca Wright, Xenos, Yasmine & The Tea Leaves

Support Acts, Adana, Andy Alberts, All Star Fish, The Big Bag Band, Blackwood, The Brown Brothers, Kate Burke & Ruth Hazleton, Nellie Collins, Dan & Al, Dead Salesmen, Donegal Express, Tiffany Eckhardt, Jimmy Gregory, Highly Strung, Hip Cats, Dave Holder, Honky Trash, Jimi Hocking, Jugularity, The Lucksmiths, Bob Magor, Peter Maskell, Dave McFarlane, Mongolian Fishmongers, Cyril Moran & Greg Hunt, Mr Spin, Dobe Newton, Northumbria Down Under, Dennis O’Keeffe, David O’Neill & Jo Cresswell with Jon Jones, Kim Olsen, Oskar & Strudel, Mandy Pickett, RAtARtAt, Roundstone, Sacred Cow, John Scally, Second Line, Ananda Stillman, Penelope Swales, Systa B B & Sam G, Tartan Paddy, Danny Spooner, Rick E Vengeance

Children & Street Acts
Reg Bolton Suitcase Circus, Red The Clown, Andy Rigby, Cirque De Lurk, Fratellini Brothers, Scott Hone & Bronte Webster, The Hotties, Shep Huntly, The Magic Tent Safari Sue, Joel Salom, Shakti Belly Dancers, Kyra Smith, Campbell The Swaggy, Led Jelly, Monika Nosko, Daniel Oldaker, Francis Van der Mark


PFFF March 9 - 12 2001
INTERNATIONAL
Apodimi Compania, The Arrogant Worms, Bob Brozman, Csokolom, Flook, Gyuto Monks, The Jazz Pigs, Nancy Kerr & James Fagan, Liz Doherty Band, Lunasa, Ralph McTell, John McCutcheon, Rory McLeod With Aimee Leonard, Kristina Olsen, Faith Petric, Pomegranate, Del Rey, The Topp Twins, Chris While & Julie Matthews, Wob, Martyn Wyndham–Read & Iris Bishop

NATIONAL
Akin, Andy Alberts & The Walkabouts, The Backsliders, Bantaba Binde, Philip Beggs, The Blackeyed Susans, the bluehouse, Eric Bogle, Justin Brady & Jo Jo Smith, Colin Buchanan, The Bushwackers, John Butler Trio, Bernard Carney & Peter Grayling, Nick Charles Trio, Claymore, Colcannon, Cosmo Cosmolino, Dancehall Racketeers, Dya Singh, Ted Egan, Richard Frankland, Fruit, Marco Goldsmith, Peter Grayling, Colin Hay, Damian Howard, The Idle Diddlies, Invention In Time, Vince Jones, Klezmeritis, Jeff Lang, Lil ' Fi, Manuhiri, Bruce Mathiske, Miles From Nowhere, Mongolian Fishmongers, Neil Murray, My Friend The Chocolate Cake, Nabarlek Band, Ploughboys, Jan Preston, Jane Saunders, Sparnetts, Spiel Azoi, The Stiff Gins, Straight Ahead, Mick Thomas & The Sure Thing, Totally Gourdgeous, The Waifs, Warako Musica, Michael Waugh, Mal Webb, Peter Willey, Chris Wilson & Shannon Bourne, Zydeco Jump

Support Acts: Neil Adam & Judy Turner Band, Michael Allen & The Makeshift Orchestra, The Beenies, The Bluegrasshoppers, Nicole Brophy & Jodi Moore, Kate Burke & Ruth Hazleton, Cassidy's Ceili, Australian Chinese Music Ensemble, Phil's Flight, Patricia Clarke, Clumpy Bogg, Abi Collins, Cool MacFinn, The Dead Livers, Rory Ellis, Ethiopian Circus, Father & Son, Fratellini Brothers, Fruit Salad, Oriel Glennen & Band, Tierra Dulce, It's Your Thing, Jigzag, Linus & Merri–May Gill, Loch Ard, Pheasant Pluckers, The Poachers, Salty Dog, Sounds Of Polynesia, The Tongan Choir - The E-Tags, Trouble In The Kitchen, Vardos, Velvet Janes, Voicepopfoible, women in docs

Street Acts
Alakazam, Angelfish, The Bell Boy, Bike Boy, Mr Boom, Bushwahzee, Christof!!, Conan The Bubbleman, Domino The Jester, Kim Kaos, Jon Madin, Port Fairy Crafts Group, Red The Clown, Andy Rigby, Jan Wositzky

Hosts, Frank Daniel, Jim Haynes, Danny Spooner, Rick E Vengeance, Fay White


PFFF March 8 - 11 2002
INTERNATIONAL, annA rydeR, Burach, Carmina, Colin Reid Trio, Dan Crary & Beppe Gambetta, Eddi Reader, Ember Swift, Eric Bibb, Fairport Convention, Guy Davis, Jennifer & Hazel Wrigley, Kristina Olsen & Peter Grayling, Maddy Prior & Friends, Mozaik, Patrick O’Dea, Patty Larkin, Pete Morton, Mundy–Turner, Ron, The Proclaimers, Tom Lewis, Toumani Diabate

NATIONAL
Akasa, Alex Burns Novelty Trio, Al Jadida, Andy Baylor's Cajun Combo, Blue Drag, Bomba, Broderick Smith, Claymore, Collard Greens & Gravy, Dave Steel, David Hyams & The Miles To Go Band, Desert Child, Enda Kenny, Ennio Morricone Experience, Fiona Boyes, Fourplay Electric String Quartet, Gerry Hale's Uncle Bill, Grass Roots, Greg Champion, Jan Wositzky, Jason Lee Scott, Jimi Hocking & Blue Guitar Band, Judy Small, Jugularity, Karen Lynne & Acoustic Shock, King Curly, Lisa Miller & Barb Waters with The Men of Constant Sorrow, Living Out Loud, Matt Walker & The Necessary Few, Monsieur Camembert, Oxo Cubans, Phil Manning, Rose Bygrave, Ross Wilson, Sally Ford & The Pachuco Playboys, Xavier Rudd, Saltwater Band, Sforzando, Shane Howard, Slava & Leonard Grigoryan , Sweethearts Of Swing, Ted Egan, The Borderers, The Revelators, Things Of Stone And Wood, Vika & Linda, Wongawilli, Zulya

Support Acts
Howlin’ Wind, Andy Alberts & The Walkabouts, Big Bag Band, Blackwood, Bostocks, Colonel Vipers Whipstick Band, Crankenstein, Dalriada, Darren Hanlon, Emaline Delapaix, Freylok, Funky String Band, Hula Wonder, Jodi Martin, Junior, Lucid, Malumba, Maria Forde, Mark Ferrie & Ross Hannaford, Martin Pearson, Merri–May Gill, Mia Dyson, Mongolian Fishmongers, Mutiny, Passionbox, Rambunctious, Slap'n' The Cats, Stuart Lloyd, Sweet Painted Ladies, Systa B B & Sam G, Tane, Tantallon, Tartan Paddy, The Band Who Knew Too Much, The Hog Stompin' Zydegators, The Hotties, The Lucksmiths, The Muu Muus, The Spoils, The Ugly Uncles, Those Bloody McKennas, Tiffany Eckhardt, Vince Brophy, Fay White

Hosts
Jim Haynes, Frank Daniel & Neil McArthur, Dennis O’Keeffe, Danny Spooner, Rick E Vengeance,

Children’s & Street Acts
All Star Fish, Art Activities In The Bag, Dr Decibel, Bushwahzee, Canya Dantz, Fratellini Brothers, Mike Jackson, Musical Chairs, Phoenix Fire Tribe, Scott Hone, Ticklish Allsorts, Tim Tim, Red The Clown

PFFF March 7 - 10 2003
International
Paul Brady, Kate Campbell, Tenzin Choegyal, Cara Dillon, Felpeyu, Fine Friday, Flook, Dick Gaughan, Gyuto Monks, Hickory Project, La Volée d’Castors, Harry Manx, Brendan Power, Greg Quill & Kerryn Tolhurst, Sharon Shannon Band, Shooglenifty, Ember Swift, George Telek, Topp Twins, Chris While & Julie Matthews

National, The Alley Cats String Band, Audrey Auld, Banana Oil, Steve & Rosalind Barnes
The Bibbits, Eric Bogle, Cyndi Boste, Blackwood, David Bridie, Kate Burke & Ruth Hazleton, Bernard Carney, cloudstreet, Colcannon, Contrabanda, Andy Cowan, Sally Dastey & The Sweet Skeptics, Doug de Vries' Cafe Brazil, Renee Geyer, Keith Glass & Mick Hamilton, Gorani, The Great Chefs Of Europe, Harper, Jim Haynes & Grahame Watt, Heart 'N Soul, The Hoodangers, The Hottentots, Jeff Lang, Lil' Fi, Mic Conway's National Junk Band, Mister Whiskers, Jenny Morris, Musiki Manjaro, Ploughboys, Randy & Jah Roots, The Revelators, Archie Roach, Margret RoadKnight, Xavier Rudd, Sambumbia, Sensitive New Age Cowpersons, Fred Smith Band, Spectrum, Spiel Azoi, Mick Thomas & The Sure Thing, To Be Sure, To Be Sure, Totally Gourdgeous, The Waifs, John Williamson, Rob Willis & Peter Ellis – The Song And Dance Men, Chris Wilson, Paul Wookey, Yalla!, Zydeco Jump,

Support, Andy Alberts & The Walkabouts, Art Activities In The Bag, The Beenies, Blow It Out Ya' Brass Band, Dan Brodie & The Broken Arrows, Monique Brumby, Croque Monsieur, Dan Burt, James Butt & Fogwatch, Canya Dantz, Kathryn Clements & The Peatfires, Cole Kirkpatrick & Van Dijk, Kate Gane & The Regulators, Ned Kelly By Ashley Davies & Ian Jones, Donegal Express, Dr Decibel, Mia Dyson Band, Fatkat & Their Tuesdays, Fratellini Brothers, Oriel Glennen, Peter Gray, Peter Grayling, The Horse's Leotard, The Houseprouds, Inish, Jyllie Jackson, Mike Jackson, Claire Jenkins, Jigzag, Los Chanelas, Lost In Suburbia, Louie & The Rustlers, John Malcolm, Tim McPherson, Melbourne Scottish Fiddle Club, Kieran Murphy, Caoilte O’Súilleabháin & Jeremy Dunlop, Ragged, Andy Rigby, Ruby's Grace, Shock Of The Gnu, The Smallgoods, The Sommers Family Bluegrass Band, Spoot O'Skerry, Gibb Todd, Tonchi, Trouble In The Kitchen, Emma Wall, Peter Willey, women in docs


PFFF March 5 - 8 2004
INTERNATIONAL
Seamus Begley & Jim Murray, Alison Brown Band, Bob Brozman, Eliza Carthy Band, Bruce Cockburn, Mary Coughlan, Gráda, Inti–Illimani, Kieran Kane & Kevin Welch, Léo, Ralph McTell, Jim Moray, Kristina Olsen, Niamh Parsons, Emily Smith Band, Chris Smither, Star Shields, Steeleye Span, Andy White, Martyn Wyndham–Read Song Links

NATIONAL
Backsliders, King Bell & Soukous Ba Congo, The Blackeyed Susans, Fiona Boyes, The Bushwackers, Rose Bygrave, Glenn Cardier, Chain, Coco's Lunch, Deborah Conway, Dave de Hugard, Dili Allstars, Drum Drum, Lyn Eales & John Hudson, Fiddlers Festival, Joe Fitzgerald & Pat Mc Kernan, The Flood, Maria Forde, Git, Hardrive Bluegrass Band, Marcia Howard, Shane Howard Band, Idle Diddlies, Jillaine Jones, Jugularity, Enda Kenny & Lindsay Martin, Klezmania, La Voce Della Luna, Bruce Mathiske, Kavisha Mazzella, Pigram Brothers, Psycho Zydeco, Chubby Rae & The Elevators, Judy Small, Dave Steel & The Welcome Wagon, Marcus Sturrock, Things Of Stone & Wood, The Ugly Uncles, Barb Waters & The Mothers Of Pearl, Whirling Furphies, Chris White & The Casual Souls, Wise Family Band, Jan Wositzky, The Yearlings

Support Acts
Vince Brophy, Carus, Michelle Chandler & The Handful, Claymore, The Colonials, The Dave Mann Collective, Dead Livers, Merri-May Gill, Ash Grunwald, High & Lonesome, The Hog Stompin' Zydegators, Junior, The Ade Kelly Band, The Lost Chords, The Lucksmiths, Mariachi Los Romanticos, Mayfly, Moonah, Pheasant Pluckers, Rektango, Sforzando, Slap 'n' The Cats, The Stumpjumpers, The Tank Dilemma, Trojan Horns, Violethands, Bruce Watson, Whip The Mule, Andrew Winton, Jamie McKinnon, Rosie Westbrook

Children’s & Street
Asphyxia, Ben B, Bike Boy, Bushwahzee, Canya Dantz, Circus In A Suitcase, Cosmic Girl, Rhani Dean–Talbet, Fratellini Brothers, Kinetic Theatre Company, Justin Sane, Ledbouy, J- P McKendry, Isobel Necessary, Mike Jackson, The Seagulls, Tim Tim, Red The Clown, Shirlee Sunflower

Hosts
Jim Haynes With Paddy & Alli Ryan, Dennis O'Keeffe, Danny Spooner, Gibb Todd, Rick E Vengeance


PFFF March 11 - 14 2005
INTERNATIONAL
A Crowd Of Bold Shareman , Kim Barlow, Michael Jerome Browne, Capercaillie, Compton & Long, Guy Davis, Draíocht, Bob Fox, Janis Ian, Kieran Kane & Kevin Welch, James Keelaghan, Brian Kennedy, Jali Buba Kuyateh & Bintou Kandeh, Grey Larsen & André Marchand, The Laws, John McCutcheon, Tony McManus & Alain Genty, Madviolet, Raga Bliss, Serena Ryder, Ember Swift, Ben Weaver

NATIONAL
Bron Ault–Connell, The Barleyshakes, Bella, Big Snore Hammers, The Borderers, Clare Bowditch & The Feeding Set, Fiona Boyes & The Fortune Tellers, The Briscoe Sisters, Bulabos, Carus, Troy Cassar- Daley, Greg Champion, Nick Charles, Patricia Clarke & Band, Andy Collins, Commedia Academy, Conundrum, Jim Conway's Big Wheel, Rhys Crimmin, Davidson Brothers, Dirty Lucy, Doch, Durbeyfield, Mia Dyson, Ethiopian Circus Band, Eureka, Matthew Fagan & Voyages, Festival Comedy Company, The Flamin' Locos, Fratellini Brothers, Oriel Glennen & Band, Ash Grunwald, The Guild League, Mick Hart, Jim Haynes, Franciscus Henri, Hirst & Greene, Hog Stompin' Zydegators, Shane Howard & The Great Southwest Band, Mike Jackson & The Flying Wombat Band, Alex Legg, Lil' Fi, Kenny López And Havana Connection, Anne McCue, Tonchi Mc Intosh, Magic Mic, Melbourne Ukulele Kollective, Mikelangelo & The Black Sea Gentlemen, My Friend The Chocolate Cake, Nabarlek, Dennis O'Keeffe, The Old Spice Boys, The Prayerbabies, Jan Preston, Red The Clown, Andy Rigby, Rusty B, Mark Saul Band, Scared Weird Little Guys, Sensitive New Age Cowpersons, Skirl, Danny Spooner, Sara Storer, Stringmansassy, Those Bloody McKennas, Gibb Todd, Toe Sucking Cowgirls, Triskel, Trojan Horns, Trouble In The Kitchen, Tulca Mór with Jenny Fitzgibbon, Underbelly Trance, The Vasco Era, Rick E Vengeance, The Waifs, Waiting For Guinness, Marisa Yeaman, Zebra Crossing, Zydecats,

Street Invaders
Art Activities in the Bag, Icarus Performance Troupe, Bendy Em, Circus In A Suitcase, Daniel Oldaker, Dream State Circus, Shep Huntly, Sal Kimber, Kinetic Theatre: Marquisa D’Or, Ledbouy, Marie-Claude L'Or, Madge The Supermodel, Joe May, Nick Nickolas, Out Of Morocco, Reuben Dot Dot Dot, Justin Sane, The Seagulls, The Scrubber, Sweet & Sour Circus, Ulla Taylor Pavement Artist, Andy Zap, Isobel Necessary Superhooper Miss Information, Christine Meagher, The Connies




Music Music

At the first dance Dec 1977

& the Band Played On!

Family Gatherings

First Festival 1977

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