Acts 1977 - 1983

Port Fairy Folk Festival Acts 1977 – 1983
The Shinboners with Frank Punch. Pic:John Ault Connell

December 2 – 4th 1977
Declan Affley, Bush Turkey, Flying Pieman, Nick Mercer, Poteen, Tipplers All, & many more


December 1– 3rd 1978
Declan Affley, Buckley's Bush Band, John McAuslan, Poteen, Rum Buggery & The Lash


December 7 – 9th 1979

Redgum, Finnegan’s Wake, Poteen, Mick & Helen Flanagan, Tim O'Brien & Captain Moonlight, Buckley's Bush Band, Paddy McGinty's Pigs, Flying Pieman.


March 7 – 10th 1980
The Bushwackers, Eric Bogle, Paradiddle, Moving Cloud, Poteen, The Sundowners, Buckley's Bush Band, Banish Misfortune, Tim O'Brien, Gordon McIntyre & Kate Delaney, Rick E Vengeance, Seamus Gill, Shirley Power, Freshwater Yabbies


March 6 – 9th 1981
International:
Alistair Anderson UK, Dave Burland UK,
National:
Eric Bogle, Declan Affley, Tim O'Brien, Paradiddle, Captain Moonlight, Yasmine & the Tealeaves, Bush Telegraph, Blackwood, Ted Simpson, Danny Spooner, Lynne Muir, Andrew Gibson, Shirley Power, Richard Leitch, Peter Anderson

March 5– 8th 1982
International:
Boys of the Lough (Scotland)
National:
Dave De Hugard, Gordon Mcintyre & Kate Delaney, Paul Wookey, Jan Wositzky, Danny Spooner, Yasmine & the Tealeaves, Phyl Lobl, Irish National Pipe Band, Ian Paulin, Captain Moonlight, Rick E Vengeance, Tim O'Brien, Muddy Creek Bush Band, Tam O'Shanter, Shirley Power, Raymond Ayres, Bruce McClure, Five 'n A Zac

March 11–14th 1983
International:
Martyn Wyndham–Read
National:
Sirocco, Judy Small, Eric Bogle, Danny Spooner, Tansy's Fancy, Facial Expressions, Chris Duffy & John Kane, Tim O'Brien, Ian Paulin, Poteen, Tinkers & Taylors, Vengeance Bush Band, Jan Wositzky, Fay White, Lisa Young



Music Music

At the first dance Dec 1977

& the Band Played On!

Family Gatherings

First Festival 1977

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