Woodford Folk Festival is all set for another big event as it attracts visitors from all over the world in December. Now's the time to get your Brisbane campervan rental or car hire sorted and get ready to lose yourself in one of the best Aussie music events on the calendar.
This year the festival theme, "Imagining a Beautiful Future", aims to encourage organisers, artists and patrons alike to explore the ways in which we might counteract some of the negative rhetoric surrounding the future of the world.
Though 65% of the program is completely new-to-the-festival artists and presenters, patrons will enjoy much-loved returnees including Kate Miller-Heidke, Harry Manx, Electric Fields and Archie Roach in his first shows with Paul Grabrowsky for his 'Tell Me Why' memoir and accompanying album.
Flicking through the 145 page program quickly confirms what those who have attended the festival before will tell you – you won't be able to see it all. Organisers strive to create a sensetingling and immersive festival experience, liking it to exploring a new town - park up, settle into base camp and go for a wander.
Festival Director Bill Hauritz believes that, no matter your age, festivals are critical to the robust development of all people and all communities, explaining that, “All festivals depend on artists to deliver us from the humdrum, bring us into a plane where we can appreciate our very existence and celebrate all that's positive in our lives.”
Tickets available online now at woodfordfolkfestival.com/tickets
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