The following acts have been confirmed for 2012. Please note that there may be lineup changes closer to the event.
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| Adam Hall and The Velvet Playboys | Adam Hall is a vocalist and trumpeter of extraordinary talent and an accomplished performer.The music captures a mood reminiscent of the Rat Pack or Louis Prima in Las Vegas in the 50s - swingin' jazz ,rockin' rhythm and blues and good ol' boogie woogie.Their repotoire also features more contemporary music in a vein similar to artists as diverse as James Brown Ray Charles & Harry Connick Jr. (WA) | adamhall.com.au |  |
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| Alanna and Alicia | Melbourne's twin sister singer/songwriters Alanna & Alicia have charmed audiences from Port Fairy to the National with their own special blend of folk/jazz/roots songs, their onstage warmth and humor and their beautiful new album 'Two in a Book'. Known for their fine songwriting and sweet harmonies they will be accompanied by the talented Damien Neil on guitar and by Bridget Graham on violin and piano. (VIC) | www.alannaandaliciaegan.com | myspace.com/alannaandaliciaeganband |  |
| Andrew Winton | Multi award-winning songwriter and lap slide specialist Andrew Winton shows you how a cypress tree root from Alabama became the Lucky 13 double-neck 13-string lap monster in his innovative and captivating display of acoustic music, suburban songstories and vocal mayhem. Fresh from a huge national tour with brand-new album Happy tucked under his arm. (WA) | www.andrewwinton.com | myspace.com/andrewwintonmusic |  |
| Animal Yoga | Children and parents can refresh and recharge with Animal Yoga. Music and rhythm are an integral part of this workshop to calm the inner child and energise the body. Elaine will introduce children to yoga in a fun and creative way allowing them to use their imagination when they learn animal poses and relax with a gentle meditation. (Suitable for small children) | |||
| April Verch Band | April Verch doesn't just perform music she exudes it. The internationally renowned Canadian fiddler, singer, songwriter and stepdancer has a passion for performing and her goal is to touch the lives of those who are listening at any given moment. "The world is this amazing puzzle that we can't fully understand and music is the joy that pulls it all together and helps us make sense of it" says Verch. (Canada) | www.newsouthfolk.com.au |  |
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| Ballpoint Penguins | This stylish musical package conceals subversive wit and wordcraft on intelligent design, retail rehab and ridding your home of excess adult offspring. Having toured festivals across Australia, these original a capella comedians return with a new crop of songs storming the intellectual barricades of decent right-minded folk. (WA) | www.ballpointpenguins.com | ||
| Big Rory and Ochie | Big Rory, that 9ft Giant Scotsman, is out for a walk with his Greater Scottish Beer Hound Ochie. Chaos ensues as he tries valiantly to keep the amorous and incontinent dog under control! (VIC) | www.bigrory.com |  |
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| Blue Celts | The Blue Celts band returns to Fairbridge with a larger driving sound of their unique Celtic Rhythm & Blues. Featuring some of Perth's top blues and Celtic players, Blue Celts deliver a innovative combination of Celtic swing, lilting country blues and soulful trad ballads. (WA) | myspace.com/bluecelts |  |
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| Blue Lucy | Blue Lucy are a young folk/pop trio hailing from Fremantle combining sweet and soulful vocal harmonies, fingerpicking guitar and enchanting cello and featuring in festival performances the talents of accomplished multi-instrumentalist David Hyams. (WA) | www.facebook.com/bluelucymusic | myspace.com/bluelucymusic |  |
| BluGuru | Finally free from a myriad of other bands, they came to tell it all: a twisted taunt of celtic, blues, swing, bluegrass, jazz, Indian and adventure. The roads and flights between Kenya, Calcutta, London, Vancouver, LA & Oz weave a soaring night of music, song and story between Josh Bennett, Andrew Clermont and Parvyn Kaur, all members of the Dya Singh World Music Group, The Supper Club, and The Lawnmowers. (East Coast) | www.bluguru.net |  |
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| Button Moon | Button Moon are 3 young high school girls with a passion for songwriting. Their honest and earthy acoustic sound created on ukulele, guitar, fiddle and glockenspiel support heartfelt lyrics and sweet harmony singing that tell stories of loss, love and days off school spent on the southern coast of Western Australia. Button Moon's "Man in the Moon" recently reached Number 6 on Triple J's Unearthed High competition. (WA) | |||
| Carl Cleves | For listeners who adore great songs and deep lyrics. Cleves’s influences are broad, ranging from poets Charles Bukowski and Jack Kerouac to songwriters like Randy Newman, Dylan, Tom Waits and Caetano Veloso. “Carl Cleves is a rarity: a musician … who can write compelling songs… and who, after years of living in Africa, formed Australian world music group The Hottentots… this is an original variation on folk and world music.” SMH, Bruce Elder, Jan 2012 | www.carlcleves.com |  |
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| Carl and Parissa – The Hottentots | Admired and respected across the globe by audiences and peers alike, Carl and Parissa, both powerful performers and fine songwriters, weave stories with songs, touching a deep vein of humanity that leaves audiences moved and uplifted. Their discography boasts four award winning independent records, and their first release on the renowned German Stockfisch Records label has been met with widespread critical acclaim. | youtube.com/user/carlandparissa?feature=mhee#p/a |  |
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| Carus Thompson and Band | International troubadour Carus Thompson returns to Fairbridge after a three year hiatus with his band and new album CARAVAN in tow - an album that speaks of Carus's time on the road split over two continents, Europe and Australia. This Freo born folk-rocker has shown after three highly acclaimed records that he's a gifted songwriter and storyteller - in the tradition of artists like Paul Kelly and Mick Thomas. | www.carusthompson.com | myspace.com/carusthompson |  |
| Chipolatas, the | Established in 1992, The Chipolatas present unique performances incorporating high-octane circus skills, music, theatre and dance. Blending accordeon and acoustic rhythms with hip-hop and street style, their performances and inspiration are embedded in worldwide culture. This is the essence of their unique identity; mixing traditional roots with contemporary stylings. (UK). | www.chipolatas.com |  |
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| Chris While and Julie Matthews | Chris While & Julie Matthews are both individual writers of some note but it's when they combine their talents that the unique nature of their partnership flourishes. World renowned for their affinity on stage and for the energy and enthusiasm of their live perfomances. Winners in the Best Duo category at the 2009 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and nine times nominated since 2001 in the Best Duo, Best Song & Best Live Act categories. (UK) | www.whileandmatthews.co.uk |  |
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| Dave Mann Trio | From roots to rock through folk and ballads Dave Mann's incredibly beautiful songs will touch something deep inside you. The songs themselves are artistic gems in the tradition of the timeless classics. Dave will be joined by wife Bec Schofield on vocals and Phoebe Corke on vocals and violin, performing songs that examine the things that really matter in this world - family, the environment and love of country. (WA) | www.davemann.com.au | myspace.com/davemanncollective | |
| David Hyams Finale Band-Commission | David Hyams is one of Western Australia's most accomplished composers, producers, and multi-instrumentalists. Playing acoustic, electric and steel guitars, as well as mandolin, bass, dobro and harmonica, he has performed in a wide range of musical styles, from blues, pop/rock and country to the progressive folk of popular WA acts Devils on Horseback, The Press Gang and Reel to Reel. For this show David is putting together an all star band playing music specially composed for this one-off event. (WA) | |||
| David Ross Macdonald | It's a Nick Drake drinks with Leonard Cohen at 3am in some smoky tavern kinda deal... sometimes Waifs drummer David Ross Macdonald explains, while attempting to describe touring life and his music as a fingerpicking guitar aficionado and tunesmith. The press elaborate with “brilliant acoustic fingerstyle guitar prowess", Canberra Times; “exquisitely poetic lyrics", Rhythms Magazine and "Masterful”, Penguin Eggs Magazine. (SA) | davidrossmacdonald.com |  |
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| Dry Bones | Dry Bones is the perfect combination of contemporary songwriting highly influenced both by traditional music and by the great songwriters of earlier times. One moment Dry Bones sounds like a traditional Jug Band and then shifts and becomes the arousing herald of today's acoustic rock and roll. This group is both unique and powerful; the songwriting is superb; the instrumental approach brilliant and the on stage energy powerful. (NSW) | www.newsouthfolk.com.au |  |
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| Ensemble Formidable | Ensemble Formidable is an electric manouche-swing farmyard mash-up of jazz-droid chickens getting down to Django. Sporting a fully-live, dashing 10-piece outfit complete with horns, strings, accordion, junk percussion & synth, this bizarre dancefloor doof-device has been assembled from pieces of gypsy-jazz, swing, dub, dubstep and classical, producing a sound reminiscent of Zappa grinding with a cocktail at a 1940's Parisian rave. | www.ensembleformidable.com | youtube.com/eformidable |  |
| Fancy Brothers | Flamboyant fools The Fancy Brothers make you feel good when you deserve much less. Having had their way with WA's festivals and now set to unleash their long-avoided debut album the "spiritually courageous" Fancy Brothers will serenade you with songs of death, love and the death of love. This multiple WAMi nominated band serves up dubious bluegrass with a side dish of badly mashed country and undercooked banter. (WA) | www.phoebecorke.com | myspace.com/thefancybrothers | |
| Five Point Turn | Five Point Turn is Andrew and Karen Winton, Steve and Ros Barnes and Bob Thomson. This combination, of two national award winning songwriters, three great singers and some hot acoustic string instrument picking, is guaranteed to delight “Oh Brother Where Art Thou” fans and all lovers of acoustic roots music. (WA) | |||
| Flamenco Puro | Popular Perth group, “Flamenco Puro” (Farida Rabih, Jose Giraldo, Manolo Muñoz) will be joined by dancer Deanna Faust and percussionist Steve Richter, to bring you a high energy program, featuring the stirring sounds of guitar and song, infectious rhythms and the dynamism of Flamenco dance. |  |
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| Fling | If you could capture and convert the energy generated off the Fling dance floor Perth and surrounds would be aglow for months. Fling re-visits Fairbridge with its powerhouse arrangement of traditional tunes interspersed with exquisite slow airs. Experience and fine musicianship shine through in great performances. (WA) | members.iinet.net.au/~thegoodear/fling.html | ||
| Flying Heart Productions | Flying Heart Productions Presents Clown HardyHaHa - A clown in a world of fools reflecting life through a skewed lens sometimes poignant and sometimes strange. Follows a thread of clown logic punctuated with physical feats. A musician, a manipulator (of objects), a storyteller, a showman, a peddler of laughs. Would you buy a show from this man? The Musicians - The Musicians are a musical comedy duo whose knack for musical ineptitude is only surpassed by their dysfunctional relationship. As the pair attempt to showcase to the audience their questionable talents tackling genres from jazz to classical to post modern to whatever, they manage to shred any credibility they may have had. Whatever it takes to make music they will do it, sell their soul to the devil, hock their socks: no genre off limits and no melody untuned! | www.flyingheart.com.au | ||
| Fred Smith and Liz Frencham | Blending Liz Frencham’s double bass and voice with the songwriting and guitar work of Fred Smith, the duo has been described as “delicious, emotionally intelligent and entrancing folk music for the 21st century”. The man from the SMH wrote: “Smith is a superb songwriter… Frencham has a voice with the appeal, emotional honesty and clarity of someone like Shawn Colvin… There is no other folk duo in Australia which even comes close to this magical combination.” | www.fredsmith.com.au or www.reverbnation.com/fredsmith |  |
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| Glenn B Swift | Glenn is the best Storyteller you have ever seen working with large groups of children and he'll tell you this in all modesty. He may also be found conducting the popular Alexander Technique workshop and MC'ing for various events including Kids Performance Concert! (WA) | www.glennbswift.com | ||
| Go For 2 + 5 Cooking Workshops | Come along and have fun and bring out the Junior Master Chef in you in this hands-on cooking workshop for those love to cook. Children's classes are held during the day and there is one adults class at 4pm Saturday by special guest chef with gusto "Franco" who hails from Tuscany and has a passion for hearty, robust, old fashioned cooking. All these classes are hugely popular and bookings are essential. | |||
| Good-Time Stompers | Seamlessly spanning 20s Blues, Ragtime & Old Time into 30s Jazz and 40s Country whilst simultaneously fusing the electricity of the 50s Rock n Roll Revolution with the spirit of the 60s Folk Revival, Good-Time Stompers evolve with the natural selection of Americana's musical heritage as a keepsake of the good old times. (WA) | jessewoodward.bandcamp.com | ||
| Gospel Sing | Jenny Simpson leads our long-running and indispensible Sunday morning feat of music for the spirit. Come along and sing your heart out! | |||
| Hairball Theatre | Hairball Theatre is a Denmark based Street Theatre Group who emerged from the Brave New Works Festival 2010 as an unpredictable and highly entertaining collective of skilled improv performers willing to do anything for a laugh. (WA) | |||
| Irish Sessioners | What was performed with great success in the dining hall and later in Club West on Saturday last year for some Irish sessions - these Irish musicians play trad and contemporary Irish tunes and songs with great feeling and fun. All musicians and singers are welcomed and encouraged to join in and play or sing along. | youtu.be/3PEN2Pv-WwE | ||
| Jane Germain, Ian Simpson and John Reed | The individuals in this vibrant trio have collectively attracted a sackful of music industry awards - at last count seven Gold Guitars, an Aria Award and three WA Country Music Awards together with widespread critical praise - effortlessly combining country, blues, swing and bluegrass - their show will leave you yelling for more! (WA) | www.janegermain.com | myspace.com/janegermain |  |
| Jenny M. Thomas solo | Master of the rare art of singing and playing the fiddle simultaneously, Jenny M. Thomas has had many musical adventures including rollerskating backwards whilst playing violin for Circus Oz; playing a Norwegian Hardanger solo with the NZ Symphony Orchestra for the Lord of The Rings premiere; a solo concert series in Europe performing Indian classical violin plus a European tour with chamber-pop band ‘Naked Raven’. (VIC) | |||
| Jeri Foreman, Paddy Montgomery and Daniel Watkins | This trio of fine musicians have a specially selected repertoire of instrumental folk music ranging from bluegrass to Macedonian tunes, from Irish reels to Brazillian choros. Fiddles, mandolins, bouzoukis, guitars and everything else - they love nothing more than playing great music in each others' company. (SA) | |||
| Joe Black Trio | Joe Black Trio's sound features shredding violin, sultry vocals, deep dark bass and explosive percussion. No two tunes are alike in this mix of virtuosic instrumentals and elegant vocal interpretations - treat yourself to a reverie in a cool jazz bar before being gatecrashed by a gypsy caravan. (WA) | www.joeblacktrio.com | myspace.com/joeblacktrio |  |
| Jook Joint Band | A potent mix of raw roots, blues and jug band music scrubbed up on the washboard, soaked in sour mash whisky, stirred with the dulcet tone of guitars, bass, ukulele, kazoo and harmonica and served up in a jug. JJB's repertoire draws from an ever growing list of originals plus old and new covers…it's music to tap your hands, feet and all those other body parts to! (WA) | www.jookjointband.com | myspace.com/jookjointband |  |
| Jude Iddison and Craig Sinclair | With singing strings, fiery rhythms and haunting melodies Jude Iddison and Craig Sinclair present a delicious mix of original celtic-blues tinged gypsy tunes. It's true! We believe it! (WA) | |||
| Jugularity | Jugularity has entertained around Australia and beyond for 25 years. Comedy cabaret meets folk, blues, jazz, gypsy, country and rap with multivocals Ernie Gruner's fantabulous fiddling, Gavan McCarthy's bravissimo bass, Bruce Stephens' grandiloquent guitar and Peter Vadiveloo's peripatetic percussion." I laughed my heart out and off." Cygnet Festival fan. (VIC) | www.jugularity.com | myspace.com/jugularity |  |
| Kaela Rowan | Compelling singer-songwriter Kaela Rowan is the former lead singer of groundbreaking outfits such as Mouth Music and Sola and is also one of the vocalists in The Bevvy Sisters, specialists in the field of spine-tingling female harmonies. Her solo show includes ballads, self penned material and Gaelic Mouth Music. She is accompanied by James Mackintosh of Shooglenifty and other friends depending on the occasion. (VIC) | |||
| Kavisha | ARIA award winner Kavisha Mazzella's songs combine the ingredients of earthy, sensual vocals with deep lyrics that have humourous, poetic, social justice and mystic themes. They take you on an uplifting, boundary-riding adventure as she visits traditional Italian folk and her own well crafted songs that ring with echoes of celtic, fado and gypsy influences.She will be accompanied by Matthew Arnold on violin and viola. (VIC) | www.kavisha.com |  |
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| Kwela Swingsters | The Kwela Swingsters play township jive from 1960s South Africa. Bring your dance shoes and swing moves as the pennywhistles, horns and irresistible rhythm section play tunes and Polly sings swing era standards. From Jo'burg via Victoria we bring the Kwela groove to you! (VIC) | youtube.com/watch?v=lN9lnz40Lvo |  |
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| Last Five Coins and Perth International Folk Dannce Group | The Last Five Coins play vibrant music from the villages of Europe and beyond using authentic instruments. The band is augmented by a couple of serious young violinists for this event and they join forces with The Perth International Folk Dance Group to present participative workshops and dances at festivals and other functions. (WA) | |||
| Lemonwise | This fine young duo consists of Augusta/Margaret River girls Isabelle Lemon and Rowena Wise. With fiddles, guitars, ukes, bodhran and harmony singing they play trad, contemporary and admittedly pop-esque folky originals with liveliness and skill. Look out for their long-awaited debut album launch at this year's festival! | myspace.com/wishwecouldchangeourbandname | ||
| Linsey Pollak | Linsey Pollak is a dynamic and exciting performer, well-known for his work in many musical roles - as musician, instrument-maker, composer, musical director and community music facilitator. Linsey has a reputation for making and playing instruments made from found objects such as rubber gloves, carrots, watering cans, chairs, brooms and bins. He has toured all over the world with his solo shows. (QLD) | linseypollak.com |  |
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| Lucy Wise and Mischa Herman | Singer-songwriter Lucy Wise and Mischa Herman combine influences from their backgrounds in Classical European folk and Celtic music playing songs about people and the small things that illuminate everyday life. (VIC) | www.lucywise.com.au | myspace.com/lucywisemusic | |
| MacClarke’s Gray Vest | Peter Grayling (cello), Rod Vervest (guitar) and Dave Clarke (mandolin, harmonica, fiddle) have been playing at Fairbridge for 20 years. Looking a bit older than they’d prefer but arguably a tad wiser than they were, these venerable acousticians continue to deliver up-beat music with a love for spontaneity, improvisation and solid musicianship. (WA) | |||
| Mal Webb | Mal Webb plays too many instruments in too many styles to too many people. He gives solo performance a bad name, and that's Mal, whatever your language. Music that stomps all over stylistic boundaries. It's as grittily human as it is other worldly, as clever as it is stupid, as playful as it is ponderous. Ballads, beatbox and beyond. A jolly jaw dropping journeyman. Eclectic, ebullient and even educational. (VIC) | malwebb.customer.netspace.net.au/ |  |
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| Mattias Perez Trio | Discover the great musical traditions of Sweden with the exciting trio MP3 consisting of the highly acclaimed musicians Mia Marin, Nina Perez and Mattias Perez. (NSW) | myspace.com/mattiasperez | ||
| Mighty Camelot, the | The Mighty Camelot has been bringing the community together through singing for the past 12 years. Look out for them around the site and singing up a storm at the Sunday Gospel Concert. If you can't find them please check the pool enclosure! (WA) | |||
| Miles To Go Trio, the | Miles To Go Band leader David Hyams is joined by two of Australia's most classy and innovative string players in this trio line up to coincide with the release of his 3rd album. (WA) | www.milestogo.com.au | myspace.com/davidhyams | |
| Miriam Lieberman and friends | Miriam Lieberman is a robust singer with a sensual yet brittle undertone. Her songs are beautifully melodic, richly textured but can have pointed themes. "Simply brilliant" - Jeff Glorfeld, The Age. A Sydney based world singer songwriter with a unique global perspective, she accompanies her powerful vocals with kora (African harp) and guitar. Miriam will be joined by David Hyams and Ziggi Diagne on percussion. (NSW) | www.miriamlieberman.com.au | ||
| Mucky Duck Bush Band | Ye Olde Mucky Duck Bush Band's 38th year of dancing folks off their feet with tunes and songs of the bush. All dances are called for your entertainment and education: come and give it a whirl. (WA) | www.muckyduckbushband.com | ||
| My Friend the Chocolate Cake | My Friend The Chocolate Cake are an imaginative and intensely colourful acclaimed live band whose career spans the last two decades. Singer/songwriter and pianist David Bridie, alongside the glorious strings of Helen Mountfort’s cello and Hope Csutoros’ violin are high in the curious collision of elements that have made My Friend The Chocolate Cake a failsafe concert draw and triple ARIA winners. (VIC) | www.mftcc.com |  |
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| Old Time Sing-a-long | A participation workshop of old english sing-a-long songs from the 1920's to 1960's. The type of songs that our grandparents would sing to pass the time or to forget their troubles. Encouragement is given to participants that think they cannot sing or have not sung before to join in. A fun workshop to resurrect sing-a-long songs of the past that are rapidly being forgotten. Song Books will be supplied. (WA) | |||
| Perth Morris Men | Founded in 1974 the Perth Morris Men present the ancient traditional Morris dances from the Cotswold Hills and other areas of England. The side has toured extensively throughout WA and interstate, dancing at major folk festivals, folkloric shows, country festivals and fetes. | perthmorrismen.org |  |
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| Perth Scottish Fiddlers | The Perth Scottish Fiddlers is a group of musicians who play the rich and extensive violin and dance repertoire of Scotland. The group comprises fiddles cello, guitar and accordian and they play a range of music from beautiful airs and elegant strathspeys to fast and furious jigs and reels. | www.perthscottishfiddlers.com.au | ||
| Rachel and Henry Climb a Hill | Rachel and Henry Climb a Hill are Fremantle's darlings of quirk-folk. Since winning the WAM World & Folk Song of the Year in 2010 their playful effervescence has endeared them to audiences across the state. The group is vibrant and unpredictable, spinning colourful stories of kites, pirates and lost loves. (WA) | myspace.com/rachelandhenryclimbahill | ||
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| Robert Zielinski and Mick Doherty | Robert Zielinski plays traditional fiddle music from Ireland, Scotland and the Shetland Isles. At 17 he left Perth and spent 14 years in Ireland. In 2000 Robert won Ireland's Michael Coleman Traditional Fiddle competion. Accompanied by Phil Waldron on bouzouki with special guest Dympna Finch on whistles. (WA) | www.robert-zielinski.com | ||
| Rocket Girl | Rocket Girl Rocket Show is a spectacular and exciting outdoor performance. Fun for all primary school and lower high school aged kids Rocket Girl introduces the science of rocket flight, 'Newton's third law' and 'conservation of momentum'. Safe and inclusive educational fun. (WA) | www.rocketgirl.com.au | ||
| Sambanistas | The Sambanista Drummers and Dancers perform choreographed Samba dancing to live Brazilian rhythms, followed by a Samba dance workshop with live Samba music and will finish off on Sunday with a spectacular Samba parade. (WA) | sambanistas.com | youtube.com/watch?v=doBpgIteWIA | |
| Samuel J Dass - Sitar Maestro | Samuel J Dass is South East Asia's leading sitar player. He was initially trained by his father, inspired by Ravi Shankar and travelled to India to study under the world renowned sitar maestro Ustad Shahid Parvez. He has played in Malaysia, Singapore, Europe, America, Korea and New Zealand. He will be playing traditional acoustic Indian music accompanied with the tabla (Indian Drums) and local sitarst Balvinder Singh. | samueljdass.com | myspace.com/samueljdass | |
| Seals, the | Playing a unique blend of blues, country, bluegrass and reggae The Seals wow audiences with their sweet vocal harmonies, unique instrumentation and fun loving stage show. Their raucous, rollicking tunes will get your toes a'tapping and knees a'slapping and have you coming back for more. (WA) | www.theseals.com.au | myspace.com/the_seals | |
| Sensational Storytelling | Pirate Penelope! She is perfectly putrid! Pirate Penelope tells a wonderful tale of a high-seas adventure encountering sharks, treasure and other pirates along the way. It is a highly interactive and active show. (WA) | www.sensationalstorytelling.com | ||
| Seth Lakeman | Seth Lakeman is widely regarded as the UK’s foremost folk singer songwriter. His music encompasses traditional and modern themes of love, loss and human struggle. He came to wide public attention following his Mercury nominated Kitty Jay album in 2005, when Seth brought folk music to a new, younger audience. Expect a captivating, energetic and undeniably compelling live show from Lakeman and his superbly talented band. | www.sethlakeman.co.uk |  |
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| Shane Howard | The incredibly talented Shane Howard makes a long awaited return to Fairbridge. Joined by guitar maestro John Hudson, Howard will captivate audiences. These special performances are on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the release of the ground breaking album Spirit of Place - featuring Solid Rock. Be treated to classic Howard songs spanning 30 years from Spirit Of Place to Goanna Dreaming. (VIC) | www.shanehoward.com.au | myspace.com/shanehowardgoanna |  |
| Shooglenifty | Famous the world over for inventing techno ceilidh, acid croft and hypnofolkadelia, Shooglenifty's original, exciting sound launched the band on an international career. A wild uptempo mix of trad talent and super funky phonics melding heritage and hedonism into one unbreakable whole. Shooglenifty is one of Scotland's most unique musical exports. | www.shoogle.com |  |
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| Shortis and Simpson | Shortis and Simpson are Canberra’s leading satirists, specialising in up-to-date original songs and parodies that send up the foibles and follies of our fearless leaders, and the general goings-on in the nations’ capital. John Shortis writes and plays guitar and keyboard, Moya Simpson has a wickedly comic flair and an extraordinary vocal range. Topical, sharp, highly entertaining and very funny cabaret. Not to be missed. (ACT) | www.shortisandsimpson.com |  |
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| Simpson Three, the | The Simpson Three are a trio of Celtic musicians performing traditional contemporary and original Irish and Australian music. Their line up includes tenor banjo, mandolin, fiddle, bodhran and guitar. The trio have been awarded the Declan Affley Award and the Folk Alliance Youth Excellence Award from the National Folk Festival. (VIC) | www.facebook.com/pages/The-Simpson-Three/168781616512781 | myspace.com/simpsonthree | |
| Spooky Men of the West | The Spooky Men of the West present their unique vocal brand of pointless grandeur, magnificant manhomerie and poignant pathos; singing a range of Georgian and original songs alongside their special cover versions. Their manly voices and tender blend will make you laugh or cry, possibly both at the same time. (WA) | www.spookymenofthewest.com.au |  |
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| Stefan Grossman | Stefan Grossman's name is synonymous with most aspects of the acoustic guitar experience. On the 'Fingerstyle Guitar - Blues Ragtime to Beyond' tour Stefan makes it look easy. His laid back humour abets his brilliance and one might forget that the man on stage is playing some of the most difficult pieces out there. (US) | youtube.com/watch?v=91u_0PccY4c or youtube.com/watch?v=M1aUizaS19o&feature | ||
| Stiff Gins | Stiff Gins are one of Australia’s best known and most loved Indigenous acts. These two women combine their stunning harmonies and wicked humour to transport you to a world of joy, spirit and song. (NSW) | www.stiffgins.net |  |
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| Su Hart | Join Su Hart (UK) singer (with world acclaimed Afro-celtic band Baka Beyond) and exuberant vocal leader on her premier solo tour to Australia. She sings from heartrendingly beautiful English folk to hilarious quirky Caribbean story-songs and material from many world destinations between. 20 years visiting Cameroon's rainforest people, indigenous Pygmy hunter-gatherers, guarantees rhythm and fun are always smiling through her music. | www.suhart.com or www.baka.co.uk | myspace.com/singerpainter | |
| Suitcase Circus | Roll up roll up to the Suitcase Circus Mini-Top. 'Watch the show and have a go!' - a performance and a hands-on circus skills workshop with Jo Bolton. Everyone is welcome to practice juggling, diabolo, poi, hoops, stilts, unicycle and more. Then join us and perform in the 'Fairbridge Circus Show' each afternoon. (WA) | www.suitcasecircus.com | ||
| Sunshine Brothers | Australia's premium purveyors of reggae/dub/roots music are always guaranteed to turn the stage into what looks and feels like the rolling rollicking deck of a rum-running pirate ship with their armory of atmospheric dub, uplifting reggae and buccaneer ska. (WA) | sunshinebrothers.com.au | myspace.com/sunshinebrothers | |
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| Tang-e-lang | Kids at heart Tang-e-lang are searching for the musical equivalent of a playgroup prepared to play with kids of all ages. They love to sing, dance and play with things that bang, twang and rattle including themselves. | myspace.com/Tang-e-lang | ||
| Taoist Tai Chi Society | Discover a genuine path for health and tranquility. The Taoist Tai Chi Society™ a volunteer non-profit organisation dedicated to making available the Taoist Tai Chi arts of health invites you to a demonstration of the Taoist Tai Chi set, then to have a go at learning some of the moves. | www.taoist.org | ||
| Ten Cent Shooters | A long time favourite at festivals all around Australia the Ten Cent Shooters are back at last to get you dancing to their unique brand of old country blues. First formed thirty years ago the Shooters have had their current lineup since 1992 comprising Peter Woodward, Scott Wise and Sean Diggins. Are they too old for this? Can they still rock the joint? Come and find out. (WA) | www.louisawise.com/html/ten_cent_shooters.html | myspace.com/tencentshooters | |
| The Quest winning acts | The winners of our inaugural talent competition for high school age singer songwriters. | |||
| Tjupurru | Brisbane based international didjeridu performer Adrian Fabila Tjupurrula aka Tjupurru is a proud descendant of the Djabera Djabera tribe of the WA Kimberleys. Armed with a didjeribone and a seismic sensor called a face bass in his mouth and with electronic guitar effects, Adrian performs as a one man band, creating live samples and looping them to create songs and soundscapes that criss cross most musical genres. (QLD) | www.tjupurru.com |  |
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| Totally Gourdgeous | Formed in 1998, Australian band Totally Gourdgeous are four outrageously diverse singer/songwriter/musicians united under gourd (all 10 instruments played are hand-made of gourds), sing songs written by themselves and a few dear friends. Imagine Joni Mitchell and James Brown getting down in Bob Marley's pumpkin patch via the Muppets. Infectious eclectic beauty in the gourdiest of costumes. (East Coast) | www.totallygourdgeous.com |  |
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| TradDisco | Is it trad? Is it disco? wait... it's both! For the first time in WA, the phenomenon born in Ennis Co. Clare will get the festival dance floor pumping with trad tunes cranked to eleven and tons of bass. DJ for the night Ado Barker of Trouble in the Kitchen has built a cult following for the annual TradDisco at the Chewton/Newstead festival in Victoria. Don your party gear and dancing shoes - this is gunna crank! (VIC) | |||
| Wadumbah Aboriginal Dance Group | The Wadumbah Aboriginal Dance Group are proud to present south west Noongar traditional performances. We help people enjoy and understand our First Australian culture through music, dance and storytelling. (WA) | www.wadumbah.com.au | ||
| Western Australia Police Pipe Band | The Western Australia Police Pipe Band has proudly represented the WA Police and the State of Western Australia since 1966. The band has always strived for excellence - doing concert school and community performances in addition to ceremonial work and other police duties. It has twice featured in the world-renowned Edinburgh Military Tattoo in Scotland. | www.wapol.com.au | ||
| Wise Family | Scott and Louisa Wise started playing together 30 years ago and became well known in Australian folk music. As their three daughters Ruth, Lucy and Rowena grew they joined in to form the popular Wise Family Band which has played all over Australia, U.S.A. and Ireland. Their shows this year will feature favourite songs and tunes from over the years and will involve all the Wise Family combinations. Come and join the family! (WA) | wisefamilyband.com | ||
| Woohoo Revue, the | Call them what you will - 'Balkan gypsy brass band, roaring twenties swing ensemble, Wild West fiddle contest or a soundtrack for Looney Tunes' - it barely scratches the surface. There are few if any parallels to the sound of The Woohoo Revue. (VIC) | www.thewoohooreve.com.au | myspace.com/thewoohoorevue |  |
| Yoga in the loft | Come and join your community with early morning yoga in the loft. Let's move those stiff joints and bones in preparation for another fun day at Fairbridge. The classes are suitable for beginners with general stretches and postures to awaken the body, spirit and mind. Bring a towel, blanket or mat for more comfort. | www.hillsyogaclasses.com | ||
| YOGATEENS | Join Elaine in the practise of Hatha Yoga tailored to meet the needs of teens. Work on four of the five principals of yoga:- (1) asanas or body postures (2) pranayama or breathing exercises (3) music and sound therapy and (4) deep relaxation. This mind/body healing practise has been around for thousands of years and it really works. Come along and work out while aligning the chakras, then feel complete with a soothing meditation. | |||
| Youth cooking | Cooking classes for youth heavy on the fruit and veg. |