
WA EVENTS CALENDAR
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| WAFF events | Main Events | Regular Song & spoken word events | Regular Dance Events |
| Radio Folk | National Guide | Submit your event | |
| Cave of Links | The Folk Clubs | "West Coast Folk", the official WAFF podcast #7 will shortly be online and will feature interviews with respected UK and Australian Folk artist and connoisseur Ray Downes as well as Mundaring Folk Club stalwart Steve Ewing. | |
| Thanks to the MEAA Musicians section here are 3 documents to assist with hiring musicians WA Musicians Live Performance Code WA Rate Sheet Musicians Live Performance WA Musicians Standard Contract for Live Performance.pdf | |||
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Main Events (and more details of regulars as supplied )
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Regular Song & Spoken Word Events
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Fridays | Sundays |
Every Monday |
Every Tuesday |
Wednesday |
1stThursday |
Regular Dance Events
(for group details visit:The Club and Dance page)
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MONDAY | TUESDAY |
WEDNESDAY |
THURSDAY |
FRIDAY |
SATURDAY |
SUNDAY |
Folk On Radio and TV
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Mon-Fri |
2:20 pm & 11:20 pm |
Radio National (also online) |
810 am |
Sat & Sun |
10 pm |
Radio National (also online) |
810 am |
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Monday |
9-11 pm |
Folking Around |
Radio Fremantle |
107.9 fm |
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Tuesday |
1 - 3pm |
Celtic Music Show |
6CRA Albany |
100.9fm | 9-11 pm |
Roots & Branches |
Radio Fremantle |
107.9fm |
Wednesday |
6-8pm |
Folk4All |
KCR fm |
102.5 |
8-10pm |
Beneath the Southern Cross |
KCR fm |
102.5 |
8-10pm |
Acoustic Cafe |
RTR FM |
92.1 |
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Friday |
12:30-1 pm |
The Scottish Half Hour |
Curtin Radio |
100.1 fm |
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Saturday |
5-8 am |
Telling Tales (every fortnight) |
Curtin Radio |
100.1 fm |
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6-9 am |
Irish Beakfast |
Radio Fremantle |
107.9 fm |
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11am-1 pm |
Global Rhythm Pot |
RTRfm |
92.1fm |
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12-2 pm |
Only Folking |
Heritage FM |
107.3 fm |
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5-6 pm |
You Don't Have To Be Irish |
Curtin Radio |
100.1 fm |
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7:30-9:30pm |
Music Deli |
ABC National |
810 am |
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Sunday |
7 - 8:30pm |
Heritage Ireland |
6EBA |
95.3fm |
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WEST AUSTRALIAN FOLK FEDERATION INC.
CONTACT DETAILS
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BOX 328 INGLEWOOD WA 6932
EMAIL: folk@wafolk.iinet.net.au
WEBSITE: www.wafolk.org.au
ABN: 23 052 531 632
WEST AUSTRALIAN FOLK FEDERATION INC.
Postal Address:
PO Box 328
INGLEWOOD WA 6932
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folk@wafolk.iinet.net.au
WEBSITE:
www.wafolk.org.au
ABN: 23 052 531 632
News!LIVE ON STAGE. http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/grants/grant_items/live_on_stage_-_music_international_showcase_program The LIVE ON STAGE program provides travel support for professional musicians and their manager/representative selected to showcase original Australian music at key international music trade fairs and international festivals. Support is available for musicians selected to showcase at the following three international trade fairs - South by South West (USA), The Great Escape (UK) and WOMEX, World Music Expo (Europe) -due to their significance on the international music calendar, their ability to showcase live music and proven track record in attracting the music world’s most influential decision makers. Support is also available for ‘career-defining’ performances at key international music festivals tied to developing career and market potential for musicians. Eligible applicants must: • have an official trade fair invitation or festival invitation with confirmed performance fees. • have an album or body of work that is nationally distributed. • be based in Australia, be Australian citizens or have permanent resident status in Australia. Individuals, groups and organisations are eligible to apply for the funding.Nannup Music Festival 09 Just a reminder that applications are open for Nannups 2009 festival ,our 20th year!!! They are available online www.nannupmusicfestival.org and follow the links. Seeking Western Australian Sound Recordings Are you a recording artist? Have you recently launched a CD? Are you a record collector? If you have answered yes to any of the above questions, the State Library of WA wants to hear from you. We aim to collect a copy of every music recording - compact disc, DVD, MP3, cassette or vinyl produced in Western Australia, or recorded by Western Australian artists. The Library has an archive of Western Australian music sound recordings, containing over 4000 items. We are keen to track recordings from all over the state, particularly those that are not widely available. All genres of music are collected, and all formats are welcomed. Please contact Allison Fyfe or Joanna Andrew Subject Specialists: Music, State Library of WA Perth Cultural Centre, Perth WA 6000 t: (08) 9427 3165 f: (08) 9427 3256 e: allison.fyfe @ slwa.wa.gov.au or joanna.andrew @ slwa.wa.gov.au National Folk Festival 2009 Performer applications for the 2009 National Folk Festival are now up on the website http://www.folkfestival.asn.au/pages/performing.html -you have until August 31st to get your submission in ( and remember to include photos)! If you're a dancer, there's a special information sheet now on the Performing webpage to help you fill in your application. for more info. you can contact the Festival office on 0262 49 7755 or drop a line to info@folkfestival.asn.au. In 2009 South Australia is the Featured State; the musical theme for 2009 is Music of the Americas (all of them North, South Latin and Central) and the social theme is Natural Fibres - think cotton, hemp, silk, sisal, wool, rayon, hessian, bamboo, soy, calico, paper, Indigenous fibres and any others your fertile imagination may produce. (Bran-rich breakfast cereal has been suggested ....) The 2009 National will run 9 - 13 April; Performer Applications will open on-line on June 1st and close on 31 August 2008. Booking notifications should be out by the first week in December. So gird up your loins, rev up the computer and rouse your Muse - its time to apply! Fairbridge Festival 09 Performer applications for the 2009 Fairbridge Festival, April 17-19, are now open online. Go to www.fairbridgefestival.com and follow links from the home page. We are encouraging on-line support materials (Website/YouTube/MySpace) this year. If applying from outside WA, please don't snail-mail us support materials unless we ask for them, thanks. Please address any enquiries that aren't answered on the "tips for applicants" page to www.fairbridgefestival.com, but you should find everything there. New WAFF Headquarters The WAFF office is now situated at the Activity Centre, 476 Guildford Road (near Slade Street) in Bayswater. A huge "Thank You" to Steve Rayner for all his efforts. On the crest of the multicultural arts cultural wave The Office of Multicultural Interests in WA has funded a progressive project to help better understand the needs of multicultural artists in participating in the arts. Deakin University is conducting the study through the Centre for Leisure Management Research. We are riding the crest of a multicultural arts wave and all we need is more recognition of the fantastic creative new arrivals to this country. This is a good news story that demands to be told to counter the bad news stories that receive so much coverage. Deakin argues that too little attention is paid to building enduring relationships with new and emerging communities as a way of building cultural capital and making best use of the people in our diverse community. Multicultural artists are too often ignored, brushed aside and considered irrelevant yet they play an important role in creating cultural harmony. There is so much emerging new artistic talent in WA and we need to speak to multicultural artists so that we can find out what you need from the arts in order to participate more fully. Deakin University is looking for artists from multicultural backgrounds to participate in focus group consultations in your local area. In Fremantle, consultations will be held on: • Thursday June 19, 3 - 5pm • Saturday June 21, 10 – 12pm Consultations will be held at KULCHA in Fremantle. Artists who would like to participate should contact Kulcha on 9336 4544 or admin@kulcha.com.au. Clearly there is an obvious degree of overlap between themes and opportunities for developing multicultural arts. Let’s celebrate multiculturalism in the arts and a way of bringing harmony and creativity to our community. Ruth Rentschler (pictured) is Deputy Chair of the Board of Multicultural Arts Victoria, a voluntary position. She is Executive Director of the Centre for Leisure Management Research, Deakin University, her paid position, which allows her to follow her passion for multicultural arts. For more information, please contact: Professor Ruth Rentschler Deakin University Centre for Leisure Management Research(bh) (03) 9244 6228(hm) (03) 9827 4897 (mob) 0407 461287 Toodyay Folk Festival on 23 November (1 hour from Perth) - Expressions of Interest. We are still in the planning stage of this event. Artists who may be interested in performing 30 minutes slots (for payment of course) should contact us but as we currently have no grant or sponsorship we cannot and won't pay "rock star" salaries. Travel and food expenses will be taken into consideration. Arts and Crafts people may also be considered for participation. All enquiries to wafolk@yahoo.com.au Applications now open for the 2009 National Folk Fellowship. Established and emerging practitioners across music, dance and the spoken word can apply to research original folklore materials in the National Library that will lead to a performance at the 2009 Festival. Fellows receive: • special access to research facilities and collections • access to the Library’s professional sound recording studios • support for travel, accommodation and living expenses up to $8000 Closing date 30 June 2008 Find out more and apply online at http://www.nla.gov.au/grants/nat-folk-fellowship/ or phone 02 6262 1196 Nannup Music festival I wonder if you could help to locate people who were involved in performing or organising at the first Festival held in Nannup. It was called the South West Folk Festival at the time, and the first 3 (at least) were held at Easter. It is now known as the Nannup Music Festival and is held on the Labour Day long weekend (first Monday in March). I'd be absolutely delighted if anyone has a copy of the first programme - handwritten and photocopied, as I recall. Other memorabilia, such as tickets or posters would be amazing! I have a committee badge, made by David O'Connor and his badge-making machine. I have made a list of some names of people and acts that I am fairly sure were involved, but the 58 year old brain is struggling a bit, and I may be getting confused with the people who came to the Nannup Music Club prior to and after the first festival. My intention is to see if we can organise a "Reunion Concert" for next year, being the 20th Anniversary of the beginning. The festival has become one of the best organised and successful in Australia - no thanks to me as I left town when people started talking in $10's of thousands instead of the $few hundreds that the first one's budget was! Bernie Wilborn(H) 08 9447 0706(M) 0438 438 676(W) 08 9407 8433(E) wilborn@bigpond.net.au The Nanga Music Festival The new Nanga Music Festival is a celebration of acoustic music - largely contemporary folk music. It will be held on the weekend of 12-14 September, 2008 at the Nanga Bush Camp near Dwellingup. Our website is now live. Go to http://nangamusic.org.au for performer Applications and details of the festival. Artists and ticket prices will be advertised here once they have been finalised. The Nanga Music Festival replaces the Araluen Folk Festival, which ceased in 2007 after 10 years. We want to retain and build on the successful elements of Araluen, especially the laid-back nature, where you don't have to rush between venues. The new location is lovely, in the jarrah forest next to the Murray River. Our intention is to keep the intimate nature of Araluen, where the artists mingle with the patrons, and where there is a great sense of community. Tickets will be limited - around 300 patrons - so please put the dates in your diary now and watch this space for more information. Nannup Music Festival 2009 Performers Applications are now available at www.nannupmusicfestival.org NEWS FOR TOWN CRIER REQUIRED Our new editor of the Town Crier Frank Povah is getting ready to publish the next edition of the TC. He needs your news asap. We've had great feedback from the last edition and with Frank's expertise and enthusiasm it promises to give you - our members a great forum to advertise you gigs and learn of what is going on in the folk scene both locally, nationally and overseas. Also if you have helpful hints on songwriting, guitar tunings, performance skills etc. Frank would like to hear from you. Frank's email is fpovah@bigpond.net.au A big thank you to Ray Downes who is a great contributor to the magazine and keeps us informed with his reviews of Festivals in the UK. |