Fairbridge Festival

Coordinates: 32°35′59″S 115°56′44″E / 32.59972°S 115.94556°E / -32.59972; 115.94556
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FolkWorld Fairbridge Festival
GenreFolk, Blues, Roots, Acoustic, Celtic, A cappella, World music
DatesTo be confirmed
Location(s)To be confirmed
Years active1993–2019,
2021–
Websitefairbridgefestival.com.au

The Fairbridge Festival is a music festival held annually since 1993 at Fairbridge village near Pinjarra in Western Australia until 2023. The festival is held over a weekend in April and is FolkWorld Inc.'s flagship annual event.

Visitors staying for the whole weekend can camp in the surrounding fields in tents or vans. The festival offers options for those who don't have their own camping equipment in the form of "Cosy Camping" and "Glamping". Day tickets are also available.

The event takes place over three days and three nights (Friday to Sunday), across 12 stages, which include marquees, a chapel, dance stage and workshop rooms. The program features a variety of musical genres such as blues, roots, Celtic, folk, dance, a cappella and world music as well as acts and activities specifically catering for children and young people.

Fairbridge Festival has experienced steady audience growth with the 2016 tally of about 15,000 day attendees. The most common patrons are families, but Fairbridge Festival is enjoyed by all ages including teenagers, young adults and the young at heart.

The 2017 Fairbridge Festival celebrated the festival's 25th anniversary, and part of these celebrations included an extended four-day event: 21–24 April 2017.

The last festival was held on 9–11 April 2021. In November 2022, the difficult decision was made to cancel the 2023 event due to concerns the Fairbridge Village may no longer be a suitable venue. A search for a new regional venue is underway to host the 2024 Festival and beyond.

History[edit]

The Festival was established by Max Klubal and Sally Grice, who at the time were committee members of the Western Australian Folk Federation (WAFF). WAFF already ran a folk festival at Toodyay and formed a partnership with the organisation Parents for Music to run the festival at Fairbridge Village, in Pinjarra, with the intention of making it a more family-orientated event than Toodyay. The two festivals continued concurrently for two years but eventually the Toodyay festival ceased.

In 1996, Fairbridge Festival disassociated itself from WAFF to its present status as an incorporated not-for-profit association.

In 2006, a board of management was incorporated into Fairbridge Festival headed up by a president. During this time, a general manager was also appointed to lead the growing Festival Operations Group. who were mainly volunteers. Up until this point the president, Wendy Corrick, had managed the event.

Fairbridge Festival and the organisation, Fairbridge WA, were often confused, particularly in relation to invoicing and accounting matters. Fairbridge WA Inc. manages Fairbridge Village, the site of the Fairbridge Festival. To help distinguish the organisations, in November 2011, the incorporation changed its name from Fairbridge Festival Inc. to FolkWorld Inc. This change also better reflects the role of FolkWorld Inc. as the premier peak organisation supporting and promoting folk, roots and world music in Western Australia.

Since 2022, Jon Cope has been in the role of artistic director. Prior to that, Rod Vervest was artistic director from 2015 when he took over the role from Steve Barnes. Fairbridge Festival's program is guided by the FolkWorld Inc. constitution: "FolkWorld Inc. is dedicated to promoting traditional, contemporary and multicultural folk music, dance and related performing arts, with particular emphasis on the involvement of families".

Overall festival programming is contributed to by several festival programmers, including a Children's Program Director, Youth Program Director and a Dance Program Director.

In 2012, the Fairbridge Festival Quest songwriting competition for high school-aged young people was launched and has been regularly unearthing new talent from across Western Australia since then.

The 2017 Ben Elton film Three Summers is set at a fictional folk festival in Fairbridge which is called 'Westival', but is inspired by and based on the Fairbridge Festival.[1] Ben Elton is a Patron of FolkWorld Inc.

Donations are invited to help support and contribute to the future of Fairbridge Festival and other FolkWorld Inc. initiatives. Donations of $2 or over are tax deductible.

The last Fairbridge Festival was held as scheduled on 9–11 April 2021. In 2020 the festival was postponed for six months, then cancelled, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3]

The next festival is being scheduled during April 2024.Fairbridge Festival 2023 cancellation

Site[edit]

The festival site was originally Fairbridge School, a combination of orphanage, farm school and Imperial social engineering project set up as part of a colonial vision by Kingsley Fairbridge in 1912. The school was founded with the mission of taking deprived children from the orphanages (such as Dr. Barnardo's Homes) and streets of Britain with the promise of a healthy life in the Colonies with better prospects, as was the prevailing ethos of the time. The school functioned until the early 1960s. Past pupils of the school are represented by the Old Fairbridgians Association WA.

2019[edit]

The 2019 festival was held 26–28 April 2019.

2018[edit]

2017[edit]

The 2017 festival was held 21–24 April. The acts were:

  • Andrew Winton & Dave Brewer's "Electric Blues Dance Hall"
  • Barefeet Sojourns
  • Bernard Carney
  • Bill Lawrie
  • Bluegrass Parkway
  • Brassika
  • Comedy Club
  • Daniel Susnjar Afro-Peruvian Jazz Club
  • Daoiri Farrell
  • Darling
  • De Cuba on
  • Duende Indalo
  • Earl St. Rum Rummers
  • Emily Wurramara
  • Flats & Sharps
  • Fromseier Hockings
  • Hannah Mae and the Hoodwinks
  • Harpeth Rising
  • Harry Hookey
  • Heathcote Blue
  • Himmerland
  • Inglorious Bardsters
  • Iris
  • Jack Harris
  • Jarlath Henderson
  • John Flanagan Trio
  • Josh Rennie-Hynes
  • Junkadelic Brass Band
  • Kristina Olsen
  • Lazy Colts
  • Les Poules a Colin
  • Leszek Karski
  • Los Car Keys
  • Los Porcheros
  • Lucy Peach
  • Lucy Wise
  • Miss Eileen & King Lear
  • Mucky Duck Bush Band
  • Odette Mercy & Her Soul Atomics
  • Oi Dipnoi
  • Open Swimmer
  • Phil Gray
  • Phil Wiggins (US) & Dom Turner
  • POW! Negro
  • Praashekh Borkar Quartet
  • Pugsley Buzzard
  • Ros and Steve Barnes with Blue Inc Trio
  • Salary
  • Sex on Toast
  • Something Doing
  • Soukouss Internationale
  • Soulin Wild
  • Spirit of the Streets Choir
  • Stella Donnelly
  • Ten Cent Shooters
  • The Albany Shantymen
  • The Bambuseae Rhythm Section
  • The Chipolatas
  • The Hilltones
  • The Kirwin Sisters
  • The Last Five Coins
  • The Little Lord Street Band
  • The Lost Quays
  • The New Macedon Rangers
  • The Raglans
  • The Rogues
  • Tom Richardson
  • Wasambai! Freo's Carnival Drummers
  • Acro Yoga
  • Morning Wake U With Taoist Tai Chi
  • Rainbow Yogis
  • True Spirit Revival - Yoga with Live Music
  • Yogateens
  • Rainbow Yogis
  • Axel Carrington
  • Belgrade
  • Beni Bjah
  • Demon Days
  • DJ Hap
  • DJ Ndorse
  • Feels
  • Idgie
  • Jack Davies
  • Kol Nafshi
  • Little Whiskey
  • New Nausea
  • Racoo Charles & the Moke Folk
  • South Fremantle SHS
  • Tandem
  • The Fruity Whites
  • African Oz Drum 'n' Dance
  • Arrr is for Adventure
  • Bedtime Stories with Glenn B Swift
  • Dr Hubble's Bubble Show
  • Kidz Kaperz with Glenn B Swift
  • Ladybird Entertainment
  • The Actors Workshop
  • Banjo Worm
  • Fair Maids of Perth
  • Hairball Street Theatre
  • Jesse Teichelman
  • Mad Tatters Morris
  • Per Contra Dance
  • Perth International Dance
  • Perth Morris Men
  • Push Me Pull You
  • Souleiado French Dance Group
  • Soukouss Dance Workshop
  • Wasamba! Freo's Carnival Drummers

2016[edit]

The 2016 festival was held 15–17 April. The acts were:

  • Loren Kate
  • Carus Thompson
  • Nadia Reid
  • The Mae Trio
  • Neil Murray
  • Carla Geneve
  • Albert Gray
  • Davey Craddock and the Spectacles
  • Galloping Foxleys
  • Chris Matthews
  • Simon & Tammy London
  • One Up Two Down
  • The Company
  • Gordie Tentrees with Jaxon Haldane
  • Powderkeg Reunion
  • Freddie White
  • Cat and Americana
  • Andrew Winton
  • The Recycled String Band
  • Andy Baylor's Cajun Combo
  • Jordan McRobbie
  • Fasta
  • Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin
  • The Freewheeler
  • Siar
  • Shanty Club
  • Voicemail
  • Iris
  • Tinpan Orange
  • Riley Pearce
  • The Sideshow Allies
  • The Baker Suite
  • Jacob Diamond
  • Things of Stone and Wood
  • The Beez
  • Devon Sproule
  • Eddie Green
  • Racoo Charles with the Moke Folk
  • Bullhorn
  • Tony McManus & Beppe Gambetta
  • Jason Freeman Fox & the Opposite of Everything
  • Messer's Lore
  • Double Entendre
  • The Tommyhawks
  • Los Kumbia Killers
  • Eastwinds
  • Red Sea Pedestrians
  • The Pioneers
  • Loaded Dog
  • Shelter
  • Poets Breakfast with Phil Gray
  • Inglorious Bardsters
  • Jones of A.R.K.
  • Glenn B Swift
  • Kidz Kaperz
  • Cook up a Storm!
  • "Arrr is for Adventure" Presented by Pirateman
  • The Pinch Pot Project
  • Free Little Library
  • Rainbow Yogis
  • Animal Yoga
  • Two-Bar Almost Instant Band
  • Amazing Drumming Monkeys
  • Little Notes
  • Fairy Jem
  • Ndorse
  • Arty Brellas Magic
  • Phil Doncon's Paint Storm
  • Playback Theatre
  • Totes Ridic
  • Great Hastings and Millie Taylor
  • Star-Trackers
  • Wood Shed
  • Morning Wake Up with Taoist Tai Chi
  • Mother Hen's Coop
  • Zen Garden
  • Yoga and Sound Meditation
  • Tranquila
  • Fairbridge Labyrinth/Mandala
  • Rainbow Yogis
  • Animal Yoga
  • Yogateens
  • Waagyl

2015[edit]

The 2015 festival was held 10–12 April. The acts were:

  • All Our Exes Live in Texas
  • Liz Stringer
  • John Bennett
  • David Francy
  • Lucy Wise Trio
  • Grimick
  • The Royal Parks
  • Rowena Wise
  • Jordie Lane
  • Oh Pep!
  • Amanda Merdzan
  • Kiersten & Cionne Fage
  • The Woods
  • Joe Flisco & Erik Nowden
  • Bill Lawrie & Paul Gioia
  • Jane Germain and the Lazy Boys
  • The Bombadils
  • John Flanagan
  • Luke Plumb & Peter Daffy
  • Katie J White
  • Nullabor Mountain Boys
  • Harry Jakamarra
  • Nuala Kennedy Band
  • Tolka
  • Santa Taranta
  • Kvonn
  • King George Sounds
  • Co-Cheol
  • Stephen Taberner
  • The Spooky Men of the West
  • Ross Vegas
  • The Jessica Stewart Few
  • Innes
  • The String Contingent
  • The Lammas Tide
  • Sparrow
  • Nodes
  • Raksha
  • The Bearded Gypsy Band
  • Miracle Band X
  • The Crooked Fiddle Band
  • The Rogues
  • Ungus Ungus Ungus
  • Kallidad
  • Odette Mercy and her Soul Atomics
  • Koi Child
  • London Klezmer Quartet
  • DVA
  • Eastwinds
  • The Black Chooks
  • Gerard Mapstone & Dalecana Flamenco Company
  • Baka Beyond
  • Feel the Manouche
  • Czech DVA
  • Mic Conway's National Junk Band
  • Bruce Watson
  • Rob Barratt
  • Greg Champion
  • Dark Horses
  • Amanda Merdzan
  • The Bearded Gypsy Band
  • The Crooked Fiddle Band
  • Czech DVA
  • Harry Jakamarra
  • In Za Loop Hoop Dance
  • Kallidad
  • Katie J White Band
  • Kiersten & Cionne Fage
  • Koi Child
  • The Lammas Tide
  • Miracle Band X
  • Nodes
  • Oh Pep!
  • Raksha
  • Ross Vegas
  • The Royal Parks
  • Rowena Wise
  • Tolka
  • Ungus Ungus Ungus
  • The Woods
  • Quest Winners
  • Scotch Youth Voices
  • Kidz Kaperz
  • Glenn B Swift
  • Magic Mic
  • Love Case Suit Nut
  • In Za Loop Hoop Dance
  • Thurtinkle
  • Sensational Storytelling Presents Many Moons
  • The Jessica Stewart Few Kids Show
  • Kinetica
  • Rastelli
  • Spare Parts Puppet Theatre
  • Storytelling with the Lucy Wise Trio
  • Camara Story
  • The Spooky Men Kids Show
  • Kids in the Kitchen
  • Baba Lala
  • Morning Wake Up with Taoist Tai Chi
  • Yoga in the Loft
  • Rainbow Yogis
  • Animal Yoga
  • Yogateens
  • Mother Hen's Coop
  • Tranquila
  • Fairbridge Labyrinth/Mandala
  • Brendan Darby
  • Roly Skender

2014[edit]

  • Adrian Edmondson and the Bad Shepherds
  • Ami Williamson
  • Ange Takats
  • Animal Yoga
  • Argentine Tango with Dania Percy
  • Baba Lala
  • Ballpoint Penguins
  • Barons of Tang, the
  • Bernard Carney and David Hyams
  • Bohemian Nights
  • Carolina Cordeiro
  • China Doll
  • Chinook
  • Chipolatas, the
  • Coco de Mer - Sounds of the Seychelles
  • Cole & Van Dijk
  • Coolgrass
  • Dave Johnson
  • David Hyams and the Miles to Go Band
  • David Lazarus
  • Dingo's Breakfast
  • Eleanor McEvoy
  • Ensemble Formidable
  • Equus
  • Fay White and Jane Thompson
  • Formidable Vegetable Sound System
  • Funkalleros
  • Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse - Kalyakool
  • Glenn B Swift
  • Glenn Rogers
  • Go for 2&5 Cooking Classes
  • Grace Barbé
  • Gurpeet Singh
  • Hairball Street Theatre
  • Himmerland
  • Hot Paprika
  • Irish Ceilidh with Hillary McKenna
  • Jaaleekay
  • Jane Thompson
  • Jonathan Brain
  • Junior
  • Kamerunga
  • Kids with Wolves
  • Kingsley Dawes and the Jo King Cloggers
  • Labyrinth/Mandala at Fairbridge
  • Le Chant Des Pavillions
  • Les Caramelles
  • The Littlest Fox
  • Lucy and Roma, Kayaan Djildjit, Koodjal Djildjit
  • Mad Tatters
  • Mick Thomas and Squeezebox Wally
  • Morgan Bain
  • Mr Shaggles Circus World
  • Mucky Duck Bush Band
  • Nadis
  • Nick Charles
  • Ochre
  • Ozmosis
  • Pepperjacks, the
  • Perch Creek Family Jug Band, the
  • Percussion Experience
  • Perth Morris Men
  • Perth Scottish Fiddlers
  • Poques Tribute Showcase
  • The Quest Winners
  • Rainbow Yogis
  • Rory McLeod
  • Rushah Eggleston
  • Ruth Roshan & Tango Noir
  • Sambaninstas
  • Sasta
  • Scotch College School Performance
  • Seals, the
  • Sensational Storytelling
  • Simone & Girlfunkle
  • Singing the Spirit
  • Siskin River
  • Stella Savy
  • Swing Zing Lindy Hop Workshop
  • Tara Tiba's "A Persian dream"
  • Terry Jones Fairy Tales
  • Timothy Nelson & The Infidels
  • Tingley Turner
  • Tirthankar Banerjee
  • Turlku Birni
  • Women in docs
  • Yoga in the Loft
  • Yogateens

2013[edit]

The 2013 festival was held 26–28 April. The acts were:

  • A.J. Leonard
  • Afrique Acoustic
  • Afrotonic
  • Amazing Drumming Monkeys
  • Andrew Winton
  • Animal Yoga
  • Baba Lala
  • Battlers' Ballad
  • Belleville - Gypsy Swing
  • Bernard Carney
  • Black Choks, the
  • Black Diamond Trio
  • Bluegrass Parkway
  • BordererS, the
  • Bossa Pura
  • Brow Hall Orchestra, the
  • Carmel and Lindsay
  • China Doll
  • Circle Dance
  • Community Mandala/Labyrinth
  • Company, the
  • Cubbihouse
  • Daramad
  • Dilip n the Davs
  • Dreamcatchers
  • Enda Kenny Band
  • Evan & Mischa
  • Flap!
  • Frank Yamma
  • Glenn B Swift
  • Gleny Rae Virus and her Tamworth Playboys
  • Go For 2&5 Adult Cooking Classes
  • Go For 2&5 Children's Cooking Classes
  • Go For 2&5 Youth Cooking Classes
  • Hairball Theatre
  • Hilary McKenna - Ceili Dancing
  • Hot Paprika
  • Hussy Hicks
  • Iris
  • Jam Tarts
  • James Teague
  • Jay Grafton
  • Jennifer Renee
  • Jordan McRobbie
  • Junkadelic Brass band
  • Justin Walshe Folk Machine, the
  • Keszkeno Hungarian Folk Dance Group
  • Kevin Dempsey
  • Kidz Kaperz
  • Kristina Olsen
  • Lalique
  • Last Five Coins and Perth International Dance
  • Loaded Dog
  • Let's Make a Fairytale
  • Loren Kate
  • Lucy Wise and The B'Gollies
  • Mcmaster/Hay
  • Mad Tatters Morris (Dancing)
  • Mae Trio, the
  • Mama Kin
  • Mitch Becker
  • Morgan Bain
  • Morning Meditation with David Rivett
  • Morris & the Cuttlefish
  • Moving Bodies Workshop
  • Needing Cherie
  • Neil Adam and Judy Turner
  • Neal Boba's Bustamento
  • Nylon Zoo
  • Paul Gioia Band
  • Perth Morris Men
  • Perth Tango Embrace
  • Phillip Walley Stack
  • Poet's Breakfast
  • Pribumi Dance Indonesia
  • Pugsley Buzzard
  • The Quest Winners
  • Rhys Wood and the Self-Righteous Brothers
  • Sam and Lucy's Hawaiian Adventures
  • Saruzu Quartet, the
  • Seeds of The Sea
  • Sensational Storytelling
  • Sexteto Zona Sul
  • Singing the Spirit
  • Singing with the Faeries
  • Squeebz
  • Steve and Ros Barnes with Gary Burke
  • Stoney Joe
  • Stream Contingent
  • Taoist Tai Chi Society of Australia morning wake up
  • Them Little Secret
  • Tinpan Orange
  • toobaboo
  • Unfriendly Dragon, the
  • Vardos
  • Village Vibes Tribal Dance Band
  • Xave Brown
  • Yoga in the Loft
  • Yogateens
  • Zap Circus

2012[edit]

The 2012 festival was held 13–15 April. The acts were:

  • Adam Hall and the Velvet Playboys
  • Adrian Barker
  • Alaana & Alicia
  • Andrew Winton
  • Andy White
  • Animal Yoga
  • April Verch Band
  • Australian Institute of Theatresports
  • Baba Lala
  • Ballpoint Penguins
  • Be the change - Awakening the Dreamer
  • Big Rory and Ochie
  • Blue Celts
  • Blue Lucy
  • BluGuru
  • Button Moon
  • Carl and Parissa - The Hottentots
  • Carl Cleves
  • Carus Thompson & Band
  • Chipolatas, The
  • Chris While and Julie Matthews
  • Conservation Council
  • Dave Johnson
  • Dave Mann
  • David and Liz Rivett
  • David Hyams Finale Band-Commission
  • David Ross McDonald
  • Dry Bones
  • Ensemble Formidable
  • Fairbridge Eco-Village
  • Fancy Brothers, The
  • Five Point Turn
  • Flamenco Puro
  • Fling
  • Flying Heart Productions
  • Fred Smith and Liz Frencham
  • George Walley
  • Glen Be Swift
  • Go For 2 + 5 Cooking Workshops
  • Good-Time Stompers
  • Gospel Sing
  • Great Gardens
  • Hairball Theatre
  • Irish Sessioners
  • Jane Germain, Ian Simpson & John Reid
  • Jenny M. Thomas solo
  • Jeri Foreman, Paddy Montgomery and Daniel Watkins
  • Joe Black Trio
  • Jook Joint Band
  • Jude Iddison and Craig Sinclair
  • Jugularity
  • Kavisha
  • Kwela Swingsters
  • Last Five Coins and Perth International Folk Dance Group
  • Lemonwise
  • Linsey Pollak
  • Lucy Wise and Mischa Herman
  • MacClarke's Gray Vest
  • Madjiti Moorna
  • Mal Webb
  • Mattias Perez Trio
  • Mighty Camelot, The
  • Miles to Go Trio, The
  • Miriam Lieberman and friends
  • Mucky Duck Bush Band
  • My Friend the Chocolate Cake
  • Old Time Sing-a-long
  • Perth Morris Men
  • Perth Scottish Fiddlers
  • Poet's Breakfast
  • Rachel & Henry Climb a Hill
  • Rich and Famous
  • Robert Zielinski and Mick Doherty
  • Rocket Girl
  • Sambanistas
  • Samuel J Dass
  • Scott Wise
  • Seals, the
  • Sensational Storytelling
  • Seth Lakeman
  • Shane Howard
  • Shooglenifty
  • Shortis and Simpson
  • Simpson Three, The
  • Solar Oven Cooking
  • Spooky Men of the West
  • Stefan Grossman
  • Stiff Gins
  • Su Hart
  • Suitcase Circus
  • Sunshine Brothers
  • Speaker's Spots
  • Swing Academy
  • Tang-e-lang
  • Taoist Tai Chi Society
  • Ten Cent Shooters
  • Tjupurru
  • Totally Gourdgeous
  • TradDisco
  • Wadumbah Aboriginal Dance Group
  • Western Australia Police Pipe Band
  • Wise Family
  • Woohoo Revue, The
  • Yoga in the Loft
  • YogaTeens
  • Youth cooking

2011[edit]

The 2011 festival was held 29 April – 1 May. The acts were:

  • Andy Irvine and Rens van der Zalm
  • Ange Takats
  • Animal Yoga
  • Anything Is Valid Dance Theatre (AIVDT)
  • Australian Institute of Theatre Sports
  • Ayers Rock Surf Lifesaving Club
  • Bernard Carney
  • Bernard Carney and David Hyams
  • Big Old Bears
  • Bluegrass Parkway
  • Brett Campbell
  • Brow Horn Orchestra, the
  • C.A.S.E.
  • Captain Cleanup
  • Circle of Rhythm
  • Company Gongoma
  • Cooking for you - Go for 2 & 5 Youth Cooking Classes
  • Creature feature - Flea Circus Productions
  • Dance 4 Africa
  • Daramad Quartet with bellydancer Rose
  • Dark Horses (Flossie Malavialle and Keith Donnelly)
  • David and Liz Rivett
  • David Hyams and the Miles to Go Band
  • Dingo's Breakfast Oz Music and Poetry Band
  • Doris
  • Dunumba
  • Evelyn's Secret
  • Fiddleinquents
  • Fiona Scott-Norman
  • Flossie Malaiville
  • FourPlay String Quartet
  • Frank Jones and the Western Furphies
  • Funkarillaz
  • George Jackson and Davydd McDonald
  • George Walley and Friends
  • Glenn Swift
  • Go For 2 & 5 Children's Cooking Workshops
  • Go Set, the
  • Good Lovelies, the
  • Gospel Big Sing
  • Grace Barbe Afro-Kreol
  • Great Dave, the
  • GypRock Uke jam
  • Gypsie Howls, the
  • Helens Yoga in the loft
  • Ian Lowe
  • Joseph Tawadros Trio
  • Junkadelic Big Band
  • Justin Walshe Folk Machine, the
  • Kameruga
  • Katie Campbell
  • Keith Donnelly
  • Kim Churchill
  • Leapin' Louie
  • Little Notes
  • Lonely Brothers, the
  • Loren and Wirebird
  • Lucy Wise and the B'Gollies
  • Martin Pearson
  • Martin Pearson and The MP3
  • Martyn Wyndham Read and Iris Bishop
  • Mike Compton
  • Minky G and the Effects
  • Miriam Lieberman
  • Morgan Bain Band
  • Old time sing-a-long
  • OrganiK Dance
  • Pepperjacks, the (The Peppercorns and the Skipjacks)
  • Perth International Dancers
  • Perth Morris Men
  • Peter Ella
  • Portaloos, the
  • Read Juliet
  • Riccardo Tesi and Banditaliana
  • Robert Zielinski
  • Ross Vegas (Musical)
  • Royal Wedding Frockathon
  • Runskull
  • Sensational Stiltwalking and Storytelling
  • Shirlee Sunflower Show, the
  • Simon Kelly and the Lonely Wives
  • Skip Jacks, the
  • Southern Right Males
  • Stephen Lalor
  • String Contingent, the
  • Summerhouse
  • Swing Academy
  • Tin Dog
  • Toby
  • Trio Alegra & the Velvettes
  • Volatinsky Trio, the
  • Warren Fahey and the Larrikins
  • West O' The Moon
  • Wonderfuls, the
  • Yogateens
  • Zigatango

2010[edit]

The 2010 festival was held 9–11 April. The acts were:

  • Adam Hall & The Velvet Playboys
  • Andrew Cronshaw & Ian Blake
  • Andrew Winton
  • Animal Yoga
  • Anything is Valid Dance Theatre (AIVDT)
  • Arte Kanela Flamenco
  • Australian Institute of Theatresports
  • Ballpoint Penguins
  • Barons of Tang, the
  • Beleza
  • Beppe Gambetta
  • Boo Hewerdine
  • Cahoots Cajun Down Under
  • Carolann
  • Chipolatas
  • Club Qahira
  • Crossbow
  • Daniel Champagne
  • Dave Mann Collective
  • Dingo's Breakfast
  • Dream State Circus
  • Dva
  • Echoes of Djanga
  • Eddi Reader
  • Elk Bell
  • Fancy Brothers, the
  • Fiddle Chicks
  • Five Point Turn
  • Genticorum
  • George Walley et al.
  • Giant Seagulls
  • Gilbert Whyte
  • Glenn Swift
  • Go For 2+5 Children's Cooking Workshops
  • Go For 2+5 Youth cooking
  • Gospel Big Sing
  • Greg Sheehan
  • Gypsy Ukulele Workshop
  • Helen's Yoga in the Loft
  • Hot Paprika
  • Hussy Hicks
  • Iris
  • Isabel
  • James Keelaghan and Hugh McMillan
  • Jane Germain & The Yahoos
  • Junior
  • Keszkeno Hungarian Folk Dance Group
  • Khin Myint
  • Lanterns
  • Last Five Coins, the
  • Lemonwise
  • Little Notes
  • Lucky Oceans and the Darling Rangers
  • Mara!
  • Martin and Shan Graebe
  • Michael Kennedy
  • Mucky Duck Bush Band
  • Nano Stern
  • Nathan Kaye
  • Old time Sing-a-long
  • Peppercorns, the
  • Perth International Dancers
  • Play Music By Breathing
  • Prita
  • Real Sing, the
  • Richard Niyoyankuze & The Burundi Children's Choir
  • Sally Dastey
  • Sensational Stiltwalking
  • Shout Sustainability talks
  • Simon Kelly Band
  • Souleiado French Dance Group
  • Southern Right Males
  • Spiderfish Stew
  • Spooky Tales
  • Storycatcher
  • String Theory
  • Sugar Blue Burlesque
  • Suitcase Circus
  • Swing It
  • Taal Naan
  • Ten Cent Shooters
  • Tetrafide + Temple of Fine Arts 'Spice' dance show
  • Three Tunes, the
  • Tin Dog
  • Tingley Turner
  • Toby
  • Tom McConville
  • Vin Garbutt
  • Wadumbah Noongar Dance Group
  • Westwood
  • Yoga Teens
  • Zap Circus

2009[edit]

The 2009 festival was held 17–19 April. The acts were:

  • Alan Banks
  • Amazing Drumming Monkeys
  • Ancestrais Brazilian Capoeira and Samba
  • Andrew Clairmont Supper Club
  • Animal Yoga
  • Anything is Valid Dance Theatre
  • Ashley Elizabeth Rodier
  • Ayers Rock Surf Livesaving Club, the
  • Bajalay Suso
  • Bandish
  • Beenies, the
  • Beez, the
  • Bernard and Eleanor Carney
  • Bernard Carney and David Hyams
  • Bianca Jade
  • Big Rory
  • Blue Genes Family Band
  • Bluegrass Parkway
  • Brenda Chapman & Friends
  • Camelot Choir
  • Carus Thompson
  • Cecil and Marie-Anne Pontre
  • Charlie Jones Ukulele Workshop
  • Chris White and Julie Matthews
  • Craig Werth
  • Crunchkin Crew Puppets, the
  • Dance 4 Africa
  • Dave Hellens
  • Dave Mann Collective
  • David Francey
  • David Ross McDonald
  • Dell Fuego
  • Dev'lish Mary
  • Diana Clark Trio
  • Djangle
  • Doug de Vries
  • Dreamcatchers
  • Dunumba
  • Elegant Pedlars, the
  • Faerd
  • Fiddleinquents
  • Fling, the
  • Flying Carpathians, the
  • Flying Heart Productions
  • Folk of the Puppetree, the
  • Free Spirit Gypsy Tribal
  • George Walley
  • Go For 2+4 Children's Cooking Workshop
  • Go for 2 & 5 Youth Cooking Classes
  • Gospel Sing
  • haBiBis, the
  • Hall Family Trio
  • Harry James Angus
  • Hedge Bandits Junkedelic Collective, the
  • Hilary McKenna
  • Inka Marka
  • James Michael Thompson
  • Jonathan Brain
  • Josh Bennett
  • Kate Rowe
  • Keszkeno Dance Croup
  • Kidz Kapers
  • Kris Arnott and band
  • Last Five Coins, the
  • Lawnmowers,
  • Lazy Railway, the
  • Little Notes
  • Lonely Brothers, the
  • Loren Kate
  • Louie Prez trio
  • Mal Webb
  • Mark Cain Instrument Making
  • Matt Gresham
  • Mic Conway (solo)
  • Mic Conway with Clarke's Grey Vest
  • Mick O'Neill
  • Miles to Go Band, the
  • Mindfulness Meditation
  • Minna Raskinen
  • Naomi Pigram
  • Natasha Bouchard
  • Old Man Luedecke
  • Old Spice Boys, the
  • Paul Robert Burton and Andrew Toner
  • Peel Scottish Fiddlers
  • Perth International dancers
  • Pert Mod Gypsy Brass Band
  • Peter Brandy
  • Peter Combe
  • Pierre Bensusan
  • Poets' Breakfast
  • Pot'n'Kettle
  • Remembering Nick Drake
  • Rose Barker
  • Rumskull
  • Ruth Hazleton
  • Sabroson Latin Big Band
  • Sambanistas
  • Saritah
  • Saz Lockyer
  • Schola Cantori
  • Sensational Stiltwalking and String
  • Sneaky Weasel Gang
  • Souleiado French Dance Group
  • Spooky Men of the West
  • Stephen Taberner
  • Suburban Songstories with Simon Nield (short film)
  • Sue Cunningham
  • Suitcase Circus
  • TheatreSports
  • Tinpan Orange
  • Torchlight Trembles
  • Totally Gourdgeous
  • Undesirables, the
  • Valanga Khoza
  • Victor Valdes
  • Voicemale
  • Voices from the Tomb
  • Waranga
  • Warrdong
  • West Coast Blues Club Showcase
  • Wise Family Band
  • Wise Girls
  • Xave Brown
  • Yoga in the loft
  • Yogateens
  • Zebra Crossing
  • Zen Group of Western Australia

2008[edit]

The 2008 festival was held from 24 to 27 April 2008. The acts were:

  • Adam Hall and the Velvet Playboys
  • Aiden Varro
  • Alan Banks
  • Alex Legg
  • Aminah Hughes
  • Andy Copeman
  • Andy Rigby and Friends
  • Animal Yoga
  • Australia Council Grants Information Session
  • Ballpoint Penguins
  • Barking Frank Valentine
  • Bellyfusion
  • Ben Zabbia
  • Blue Celts
  • Blues Harmonica Workshop
  • Bluetongue Bush Ceilidh
  • Boo-Boo and Bender
  • Bruce Watson Trio
  • Camelot Chorale
  • Cameron Proctor Rock'n' Roll
  • Camoon
  • Carl Cleves
  • Chameleon Brass Band
  • Cheeky monkey pre-school circus
  • Chloe Hall
  • Chris Duncan and Catherine Strutt
  • Clarks Grey Vest
  • Coolgrass
  • Craig Sinclair and Lara Norman
  • Danny Spooner
  • Diamond Dave and the Doodaddies
  • Doris
  • Double Entendre
  • Dream Catchers
  • enQ
  • Ernie Gruner
  • Fatt Matt
  • Fiddleinquents
  • Five Point Turn
  • Flying Heart Productions
  • Freya Hanly and That Brutal Moon
  • Glenn B Swift
  • Go for 2&5 Children's Cooking Classes
  • Go for 2&5 Youth Cooking Classes
  • Gugge Burras
  • Hassan Youssef Dervish Folkloric Group
  • Highland Lassies
  • Hilary McKenna
  • Hora Shalom Dances of Israel
  • The Hottentots
  • Irini Vela
  • Jane Germaine and the Yahoos
  • Jane Saunders and Michael Fix
  • Jenny M Thomas
  • Jenny Simpson
  • Jenny Simpson Gospel Choir
  • Jesse the Wind Wanderer
  • Jonathan Brain and the Captains of Industry
  • Judy Small
  • Jugularity
  • Junior
  • Kavisha Mazzella Trio
  • Keszkeno Hungarian Folk Dance Group
  • Kieran Halpin
  • Klezmeritis
  • The Last Five Coins
  • The Last Supper Club
  • The Librarian of Basra
  • Lillypilly Storytelling
  • Little Notes
  • Loaded Dog
  • Louisa Wise
  • Love, Actually
  • Lucy Wise and Jack Wilson
  • Mal Webb
  • Mandy Connell
  • Matt Gresham
  • MC Jeazed
  • The Mermaids Daughter
  • Michael Fix
  • Mike De Velta
  • Miles To Go Trio
  • Milltown
  • Mindfulness Meditation
  • Monsieur Camembert
  • Mr. Sister
  • Ngewell Kora Group
  • Ochre
  • Ozmosis
  • Ozmosis Streetband
  • Parissa Bouas
  • Patrick Davies
  • Paul Gioia Trio
  • Pedlar's Tales
  • Perth International Dancers
  • Perth Morris Men
  • Pigram Brothers (3-Piece)
  • Poets' Breakfast
  • Psallite
  • Pyro Flowers
  • Rich'n'Famous
  • Roger Montgomery And Friends
  • Rory McLeod
  • Sambanistas
  • Saz Lockyer
  • Scott Wise
  • Simon Kelly Band
  • Simon Nield
  • Slap My Thighs and Call Me Barbara
  • Sneaky Weasel Gang
  • Songwriting Group Showcase
  • Stiff Gins
  • Strat and Lyndal
  • Sugar Blue Burlesque
  • Suitcase Circus Make a Circus
  • Swing It
  • Tales of Terrible Deeds
  • Tangled Reel
  • Telescopic Roger
  • Ten Cent Shooters
  • Theatresports
  • Tin Dog
  • Tinpan Orange Trio
  • Tonshi McIntosh
  • Trembling Tales By Torchlight
  • Vasek School for Violin and Strings
  • Velveteen
  • Wadumbah Noongar Dance Group
  • Western Australia Police Pipe Band
  • Wise Family Band
  • The Wise Girls
  • Yogateens
  • Yoga with Andrea
  • Yuval Ashkar
  • Zigatango
  • Zulya and the Children of the Underground

2007[edit]

The 2007 festival was held from 13 to 15 April 2007. The announced performers were:

  • Adrian Barker
  • Alistair Hulett and Dave Swarbrick
  • Amazing Drumming Monkeys
  • Andrew Winton
  • Andrew Winton Trio
  • Animal Yoga
  • Ballpoint Penguins
  • Barking Gecko Theatre Company
  • Ben Stevenson
  • Bernard Carney
  • Big Island Jam
  • Blue Celts
  • Bluegrass Parkway
  • Bob Dylan Late Night Review
  • Bougainville Sky (documentary film)
  • Burke & Grills
  • Canto Sikuri
  • Captain Quirk (CIRQUEL)
  • Carrol Hall Michelle Hall and Daniella Daniels
  • Carus
  • Cheeky Monkey Pre-School Circus
  • Chipolatas
  • Clarke's Gray Vest
  • Club Loft Folk Club
  • Cook Islands Dance Group
  • Craig Sinclair
  • Cycology (Linsey Pollak)
  • Dave Brewer
  • Dave Swarbrick
  • The Dingle Delta: the Blues in Celtic Music
  • Djiva (was Yowarliny)
  • Doc Jones Lechery Orchestra
  • Double Entendre
  • Dream Catchers
  • Enda Kenny Band
  • Fiddle Fever
  • Five Point Turn
  • The Fling & The Celtic Summit
  • Frank Jones (and the Western Furphies)
  • Fred Graham
  • Fred Smith
  • Frencham Smith
  • Freya Hanly and her String Quartet
  • Gaelic Abandon
  • Gary Collinson and Dave Billing
  • Glenn B Swift
  • Glenn Rogers
  • Go for 2&5 Children's Cooking Classes
  • Go for 2&5 Youth Cooking Classes
  • Grace Barbe & the Seychelles Rhythms
  • Graham Seale
  • Great Scott Circus
  • Gugge Burras
  • Guitar Heaven
  • Harry Power & the Boy Bushranger
  • Hawaiinot
  • Heads We're Dancing
  • Hilary McKenna
  • Hoddle
  • IndoGypsy
  • Iris
  • Jeff Lang
  • Jigzag
  • Joe Ferguson
  • Just Fiddling
  • Kate Burke and Ruth Hazleton
  • Keszkeno Dance Group
  • Lindsay Martin
  • Linsey Pollak
  • Lonely Brothers, the
  • Loren and the Grow Your Owns
  • Loren Kate
  • The Mammals
  • Marcus Sturrock
  • Midnight Mahina
  • Mike and Lesley
  • Mike Jackson
  • Mindfulness Meditation
  • Miss Donna the Clown
  • Mr. Sister (featuring Mel Robinson)
  • Mukti
  • Mystery Pacific
  • Narasirato Pan Pipers
  • Nick Charles
  • Pacific Curls
  • Pascal
  • Pearlers - songs of the Pearling Industry
  • Pedlar's Tales
  • Peel Scottish Fiddlers
  • Pelangi
  • Pethr Morris Men
  • Peter Bugden
  • Pigswill Boys, the
  • Pirate Party - me Hearties
  • Poets Breakfast
  • Pulse Youth Performance Co.
  • Rebetiki
  • Red Clydeside
  • Rob Willis - Veranda Music
  • Rock'n' Roll'n Kids with Cameron
  • Rod Vervest
  • Rose and Wattle
  • Rhythm Missle & Cle
  • Sabroson
  • Saltwater Band
  • The Sambanistas
  • Sean Doherty
  • Sensational Stiltwalking
  • Sensational String Stories
  • Sid de Burgh
  • Simon Nield
  • The Sirocco Tribe
  • Sit Down Cedric
  • Souleiado French Dance Group
  • Spooky Men of the West
  • Squirt
  • State library of WA and National Library of Australia
  • Stephen Taberner
  • Steve Cook
  • Strangers on the Shore
  • Summerhouse
  • Tallest String Tower
  • Telescopic Roger
  • TetraFide Percussion
  • TheatreSports
  • Tin Dog
  • Tok Pan Tok
  • Tom Kearns
  • Tony Petrandonakis
  • Trio Grosso
  • Trouble in the Kitchen
  • Tulca Mor
  • WA Police Pipe Band
  • Wairua Tipuna
  • Your Really Great Aunt and Friends
  • ZARM
  • Zen Group of Western Australia
  • Zigatango

2006[edit]

The 2006 festival was held 21–23 April. The acts were:

  • A Case of Blue: songs of Joni Mitchell
  • Aaron Peden
  • Aladdin Fun Magic Show
  • Alegrias Spanish Dance Ensemble
  • All the World is an Enchanted Stage
  • An Afternoon at the Races
  • Andrew Winton
  • Andy Copeman
  • Andy Rigby
  • Angus Grant
  • Animal Yoga
  • Balvindar Singh
  • Barking Gecko Theatre Company
  • Barnes Family Band
  • Ben Witt & Harley Burke
  • Bernard Bolan
  • Bindjareb Middars
  • Black Nonnas, (Commedia Academy)
  • Blackwood
  • Blue Celts
  • Bron Ault-Connell
  • Captain Quirk
  • Carney Family Band, The
  • Carrol Hall, Michelle Hall & Danellia Daniels
  • Chris While & Julie Matthews
  • City Farm Chameleon Brass Band
  • Cloudstreet
  • Colum Sands
  • Craig Sinclair
  • Cuarteto Faro
  • Curl
  • Danni Stefanetti
  • Dave Clarke
  • The Family Bands
  • Dave Mann Collective
  • David Hyams and the Miles To Go Band
  • Diamond Dave and the Doodaddies
  • Dougal Adams and Ormonde Waters
  • Eric Kowarski
  • Fagans, the
  • Fay White
  • Fiddle Fever
  • Fiddlleinquents
  • Flute N Veg
  • Funky String Band, the
  • Gary Collinson
  • Glenn B Swift
  • Go For 2&5 Youth Cooking Classes
  • Go For 2&5 Children's Cooking Classes
  • Gospel Concert
  • Greg Hastings
  • Guitar Heaven
  • Handfull of Soul
  • Hey Presto comedy magic
  • Home Brew
  • Hora Shalom Dances of Israel
  • Howard Family, the
  • Ilan Zagoria and Troy Gennoe
  • Jane Cornes and Margie Hanly
  • Jelly Belly & Illusions of Isis
  • John Whaite Dance Workshop
  • Joni Mitchell, songs of
  • Judy Turner
  • Kate Fagan
  • Kavisha Mazzella
  • Keszkeno Dance Group
  • Khin Mynt
  • Kidz Kaperz Concert
  • Kidz Comedy Kaperz
  • Last Five Coins, The
  • Livingston Thudpucker
  • Loren and the Grow Your Owns
  • Luke Plumb
  • Mickey J (aka Michael Johnson)
  • Mike Cooper
  • Mr Sister (featuring Mel Robinson)
  • Mount Hawthorn Primary School
  • Mucky Duck Bush Band
  • Nabarlek
  • Nancy Kerr and James Fagan
  • Nautilus Band (Barnes, While and Matthews)
  • Never the Twain
  • New Dogs Old Tricks
  • Ngewell Kora Group
  • Ozmosis
  • Pascale
  • Paul Gioia
  • Paul Tanner
  • Peel Fiddlers
  • Peel Scottish fiddlers
  • Pepitas, The
  • Perth International Dances
  • Peter Capp
  • Pigram Brothers
  • Pink and White Bridge
  • Pioneers, the
  • Poets Breakfast
  • Pria Schwall-Kearney
  • Psallite
  • Pulse Youth Performance Company
  • Puppet Folk
  • Really Great Aunt
  • Reg Bolton Circus Workshops
  • Riders, The
  • Rigby Thompson Family Band
  • Rose Bygrave
  • Royal Scottish Country Dance Society
  • Roztiazhka Cossacks Dancers
  • Sambanistas
  • Sensational String Stories
  • Shane Howard
  • Shangara Jive
  • Silent Partner
  • Simon Fox
  • Sit Down Cedric
  • St Agnes
  • Stilt-Walker Extraordinaire
  • StringyBach
  • Summerhouse
  • Tali White
  • Tecoma
  • Telescopic Roger
  • Ten Cent Shooters
  • Teresa and Jen
  • TheatreSports
  • Those Bloody McEnnas
  • Tribal Astronaut
  • Tria Alegra
  • Unhinged Symphony
  • Variety Youth Choir
  • WA Heritage and Colonial Dancers
  • Wadumbah Aboriginal Dance Group
  • Walin' Jennys, The
  • Waiting for Guinness
  • Warnbro Community High School Concert Band
  • White Family, The
  • Winton Family Band
  • Wise Barn Owls, The
  • Wise Family Band, The
  • Wise Girls & Friends
  • Women in docs
  • Young Performers Showcase
  • Zen Group of WA
  • Zrinjski Croatian Dance Group

2005[edit]

The 2005 festival was held 15–17 April. The acts were:

  • Accidental Trio
  • Andrew Clermont
  • Andrew Winton
  • Bad Hair Day
  • A Balloon Is a Baboon!
  • The Ballpoint Penguins
  • Band of Angels Gospel Choir with Hot Gospel Big Band
  • Barnes Family
  • Belladonna the Witch
  • Ben Stephenson
  • Bernard Carney
  • Bluegrass Parkway
  • Bob Fox
  • Bougainville Sky
  • Bruce Mathiske
  • Buzz Dance Theatre
  • Cahoots Cajun-Down-Under
  • Carl Pannuzzo
  • Carmol Charlton
  • Carus & the True Believers
  • Colcannon
  • Comedia Academy
  • Cuarteto Farol
  • Dammit Janet
  • Danni Stefanetti
  • Diamond Dave and the Doodaddies
  • Diana Clark
  • Dingoes Brunch (with special guest Roger Montgomery)
  • Doch
  • Doris
  • Doug de Vries
  • Doug de Vries & Diana Clark
  • Elena Higgins
  • EmmA-Bee
  • Fiddle Fever
  • Fiddlinquents
  • Fiona Boyes
  • Flip 'n Flop Circus
  • Fred Smith and Liz Frencham
  • Funk Junktion
  • Gina Williams
  • Glenn Swift
  • Go For 2 & 5 Children's Cooking Classes
  • Go For 2 & 5 Youth Cooking Classes
  • Great Scott
  • Guitar Heaven
  • Homebrew
  • Hora Shalom Dances of Israel
  • Iris
  • Jane Brownlee Duo
  • Jane Germain, John Reed and Reuben Kooperman
  • Jessica Ipkendanz
  • Jody Martin with Robyn Martin
  • The Joys of the Women
  • Junkadelic
  • Kashtany Duo with Ivanna Mayorenko
  • Keith Donnelly
  • Kidz Kaperz
  • Kidz Komedy Kaperz
  • Kukuleczka Polish Folk Dancing Group
  • Last Five Coins, the
  • Laura Bernay
  • The Laws
  • Libbyah Queen of the Desert Belly Dancers
  • Loaded Dog
  • Louisa Wise
  • Magic Davo
  • Mall Webb
  • Marcus Bancroft
  • Marimba Magic
  • MegaMike
  • Melaleuca Road
  • Micadelic
  • Notes from Matron
  • Ochre
  • Ormonde Waters and Dougal Adams
  • Ozmosis
  • Oz Songwriters' Summit
  • Paul Gioia
  • Penelope Swales
  • Peter Willey
  • Pioneers, the
  • Pulse Youth Performance Co
  • Puppet Folk - the making of the little people
  • Raggabeats
  • The Retro Chef
  • Rose and Wattle English Country Dancing
  • Ruth and Lucy Wise
  • Salt Creek
  • Sambanistas Street Percussion and Community Arts Group
  • Saritah
  • Scott Wise
  • Sean Keane
  • Sensational String Figures
  • Sensitive New Age Cowpersons
  • Simon Neild
  • Sit Down Cedric
  • Slap My Thighs and Call Me Barbra
  • Souleiado French Dancing
  • Spooky Men of the West
  • Staying in Touch
  • Stephen Taberner
  • Steve and Roz Barnes
  • Storytelling Guild of WA
  • Tangled Reel
  • Ten Cent Shooters
  • Tenzin Choegyal
  • Tetrafide Percussion
  • Theatresports
  • Tom Walwyn
  • Tony McManus and Alain Genty
  • Totally Gourdgeous
  • Tyrrell Squirrel & Co Travelling Puppet Troupe
  • Wadumbah Aboriginal Dance Group
  • WALA
  • Warnbro Community High School Senior Concert Band
  • Warrdong Aboriginal Cultural Experience
  • Wise Family Band
  • Wishgiving Fairies
  • Xenos
  • Yarnspinners' Contest

2004[edit]

The 2004 festival was held 16–18 April. The acts were:

  • Afrique Acoustic
  • Aladdin Fun Magic Show
  • Andrew Clermont
  • Andrew Winton
  • Anneka's PianoEasy
  • Ballpoint Penguins, the
  • Beach, the
  • Binjarreb Middar Dance Group
  • Blair Greenberg
  • Blended Reds
  • Bluegrass Parkway
  • BobBrozman
  • Borderers, the
  • Bruce Watson
  • Bubblemania
  • Bush Olympics, the
  • Canto Sikuri
  • Capswain
  • Catalan Festa Major Dance
  • Chojo Jaques
  • Christy O'Leary and Bert Deivert
  • Dave Clarke
  • Dave Mann Collective, The
  • David Hyams and the Miles To Go Band
  • Deep Water Blue
  • Dingo's Breakfast Oz Music & Poetry Band
  • DJ Funktions
  • Donal Baylor
  • Doris
  • Duo Lenz
  • Dya Singh
  • Earthwise Junkadelic
  • Fairbridge Village Activities
  • Ferguson and Downes
  • Fiddle Fever
  • Fiddlelinquents, the
  • Flip'n'Flop Circus
  • George Walley and Knotwork
  • Gina Williams
  • Greg Hastings
  • Guitar Heaven
  • Iris
  • James Nash
  • Judy Turner
  • Ju/z and Friends
  • Kavisha Mazzella
  • Kinetic Theatre
  • Kismet Tribe, the
  • Kristina Olsen & Peter Grayling
  • Latin Gypsy Experiment
  • Lee West
  • Lois Olney
  • Louisa Wise
  • Magic Pirate, the
  • Mandoline Affaire
  • Mandomania
  • Margret RoadKnight
  • Mark Cain and Tim Chambers
  • Merri-May Gill
  • Midnight Mahina
  • Mike Jackson
  • Mucky Duck Bush Band
  • Neil Adam
  • Neil Adam & Judy Turner
  • Old Spice Boys, the
  • Parenthood Concert
  • Paul Gioia
  • Perth Accordion Orchestra
  • Perth International Dancers
  • Peta Lithgo & Malaika
  • Pete Morton
  • Pirates' Breakfast
  • Poets' Breakfasts
  • Pony Rides
  • Real Sing, the
  • Reg Bolton Suitcase Circus
  • Retro Chef
  • Salt Flat Trio
  • Sambanistas Street Percussion and Arts Group
  • Saritah
  • Scott Wise
  • Seychelles Cultural Group
  • Sheik to Sheik Bellydancers
  • Simon Nield
  • Slap My Thighs and Call Me Barbra
  • Sol y Luna
  • Staying in Touch
  • Steve and Ros Barnes
  • Stevie Coyle
  • Street Beat Productions
  • Taking the Pith
  • Tangled Reel
  • Tatterjack - Fairbridge Festival Special
  • Ten Cent Shooters
  • TheatreSports
  • Tin Dog
  • Toby and Code-Red
  • Trio Alegra
  • Trio Grosso and Friends
  • Twixter Gang, the
  • Tyrrell Squirrel & Co Travelling Puppet Troupe
  • Ulli Kec
  • Valanga Khoza and Leo Dale
  • Vardos
  • voicepopfoible
  • Wadumbah Aboriginal Dance Group
  • Waybacks, the
  • Wise Family band
  • Woman to Woman
  • Working Voices
  • Yunyu
  • Zen Group of Western Australia

2003[edit]

The 2003 festival was held 24–27 April. The acts were:

  • Accidental Trio
  • Akasa
  • Amanda McKenna Dance Workshop
  • Andrew Winton
  • Andy Copeman
  • Andy Copeman – The Spelman Project
  • Andy Rigby
  • Anna-Wendy Stevenson
  • Anneka Sparkes Simply Music Piano / Keyboard Workshop
  • Anvilmagic
  • The Anzacs... Over Here... Over There...
  • Ayesha Bellydance
  • Baamba Alert
  • Band of Angels Gospel Choir
  • The Bayou Brothers
  • B-Boy Jet and Aerial Assault
  • Bernard Carney
  • Binjarreb Middar Dance Group
  • Blackwood
  • Blair Greenberg
  • Blanche Dubois
  • Bob Fox
  • Bomba
  • Cahoots Cajun Dance Band
  • Caoilte O’Suilleabhain
  • Carus
  • Clarks Grey Vest
  • Class Act Theatre
  • Colin Smiley Paddy Connolly and Friends
  • Comhaltas Celhaltas Eireann
  • The Crank Squad Dance Party
  • Creative Writing with Janes Cornes
  • Curl
  • Danni Stefanetti
  • Dave Johnson and the True Believers
  • Dave Mann Collective
  • David Hyams
  • David Hyams and the Miles To Go Band
  • Desert Child
  • Diamond Dave and the Doodaddies
  • Dingo's Breakfast Oz Music and Poetry Band
  • Don Smith
  • Dot Combo
  • Earthwise Junkadelic
  • Enjoy Healthy Eating Children's Cooking Classes
  • Enjoy Healthy Eating Youth Cooking Classes
  • Fairbridge Village Activities
  • Fine Friday
  • Fred Smith
  • Frenchman Smith
  • Gallipolis Story – Then and Now
  • Geordie McGargle and the Tentclearers
  • Ghawazee Girls
  • Glenn the Jester
  • Gospel Sing
  • Greek Dance Workshop
  • Guitar Heaven
  • Hazelton Cox and Coffin
  • Heads We're Dancing
  • The Hottentots
  • Iln Zagoria
  • Irish Session
  • Jandy Lowe
  • Jane Cornes
  • Jean Paul Bell
  • Jenny Simpson
  • Joel Smoker and the Red Dirt Band
  • Josivac
  • Julia and Dieta Bajzek
  • Julia Watson
  • Just Fiddling
  • Kath Tate
  • Kerrianne Cox
  • Knotwork
  • Kris Drever
  • The Last Five Coins
  • Laurel de Vietri and Souleiado
  • Le Paradis
  • Les Barker
  • Machitun
  • Machwood
  • The Madogalup Yahoo
  • Mandoline Affair
  • Margie Hanly
  • Mark Cain and Tim Chambers
  • Martin Pearson
  • Martin Tucker
  • Mary G
  • Mick Conway and Sultans
  • Mirrors Breath
  • Monsieur Camembert
  • Mose Scarlett
  • Mucky Duck Bush Band
  • Nick Hunter
  • Novak 'N Goode
  • Nuala Kennedy
  • Ochre
  • Patrick Cordia
  • Perth International Dancers
  • Peta Lithgo and Malaika
  • Peter Capp
  • Peter Hicks
  • Poetry in Action
  • Quinstruments
  • Quintessence
  • Rachel Hore
  • Rachel Taylor
  • The Real Sing
  • Reg Bolton Suitcase Circus
  • Revolving Creations
  • The Rhythm of the Women
  • Richie Pavledis
  • The Riders
  • Rod Vervest
  • Roger Montgomery
  • Ruby's Grace
  • Safety Bay SHS & Warnbro CHS Combined Band
  • Sambanistas
  • Scott and Louisa Wise
  • Scottish Country Dancing
  • Sensitive New Age Cowpersons
  • Seychelles Cultural Group
  • Sheva
  • Simon Fox
  • Splintered Timbre
  • Staying in Touch
  • Storytelling Guild of Australia (WA)
  • Stringy Bach
  • The Sultans
  • Tatterjack
  • Tears to Topicketty
  • Hey Egan and Nerrys Evans
  • Theatresports
  • Three
  • Tok Pan Tok
  • Tom Haran
  • Trilogy of Trans
  • Tuxedoo Junction
  • Urban Art Workshops
  • Wadumbah Aboriginal Dance Group
  • The Wah Trees
  • Watsons and Friends
  • Well Strong
  • Willi's Turf Band
  • Womensong – A Retrospective
  • World Series Poetry Debate
  • Yoga for Kids
  • Zen Group of Westerna Australia
  • Ziggy Bey Jan Group
  • Zydeco Hop Workshop

2002[edit]

The 2002 festival was held 19–21 April. The acts were:

  • Acupella Gals
  • Accidental Trio
  • Afghani Duo
  • Afrique Acoustique
  • Akapella Muna
  • Alistair Hulett
  • Andrew Clermont
  • Andy Copeman
  • Andy Copemanb with Corine Brokken
  • Archipelago
  • Ayesha and Desert Stars Bellydance
  • Belladonna the Wich
  • Beltane Fire
  • Bernard Carney
  • Bhartha Kala Bavanam, School of
  • Binjarreb Middar Dance Group
  • Bluegrass Parkway
  • Bob Rummery
  • Bomba
  • Bridge, The
  • Brimstone and Treacle
  • Bungarra
  • Cajun Fiddle Workshop
  • Carl Panuzzo
  • Carus Thompson
  • Catfish
  • Cianan
  • Cortinas, The
  • Crank Squad Dance Party, The
  • Curl
  • Desert Child
  • Diatonic
  • Dot Combo
  • Dragonfly Funky Fairy Band
  • Drummerdonnas
  • Duo Lenz Classical Guitar Duo
  • Easydance
  • Enfants de Provence, Les
  • Enjoy Healthy eating Children's Cooking Classes
  • Fagains, The
  • Fishing for Rainbows
  • Ghawazee Girls
  • Glen the Jester
  • Graham Seal
  • Greg Hastings
  • Gypsy Latin Experiment
  • Hay Rides
  • Hooked on Hessian
  • Interactive Storytelling with Amanda
  • Ishka Forte
  • James Fagan
  • Jenny Simpson
  • Jez Low and the Bad Pennies
  • Jigzag
  • John Reed
  • Jovial Crew, The
  • Judy Dinning
  • Jugularity
  • Jus Jump
  • Just Fiddling
  • Kate Bramley
  • Kate Fagan
  • Kia Tupu Rupe Rupe
  • Kids Choir
  • Klezmeritis
  • Lara Steven and the Deep Dead Blue
  • Last Five Coins, The
  • Loaded Dog
  • Lois Olney
  • Looweeze De'ath
  • Los Chasquis
  • Lotus Trio, The
  • Mal Web
  • Marcus Sturrock
  • Margaret and Jeff Morgan with Amanda
  • Margie Hanly
  • Meredith Higgins
  • Midnight Mahina
  • Mike Cooper
  • Mike Jackson
  • Murray Jennings
  • Nancy Kerr and James Fagan
  • Okay Bayou with John Whaite and Dinah
  • Penelope Swales
  • Perth International Folk Dance Group
  • Peter Cap
  • Poetry in Action
  • Poets Breakfast
  • Presha Poynte
  • Psallite
  • Randall Matthews
  • Reel Thing, The
  • Resonant Voice
  • Riders, The
  • River Watch Activity
  • Rod Vervest
  • Roger Montgomery
  • Rose Bygrave
  • Ruby's Grace
  • Salim Omar Salim
  • Sambanistas
  • Scott Wise
  • Scottish Country Dancing
  • Sean Kenan
  • Sean Kenan's Shadowplay
  • Seychelles Cultural Group
  • Simon Haworth
  • Simon Nield
  • Simply Music with Anneka Sparks
  • Steve and Ros Barnes
  • Steve Barnes
  • Storytelling Guild of Australia (WA)
  • Strangers on the Shore
  • Sultans, The
  • Tears to Picketty
  • Ted Egan
  • Ten Cent Shooters
  • Theatresports
  • Tin Dog
  • Tony McManus
  • Totally Gourdgeous
  • Trio Grosso, Psallite and Friends
  • Ulli Keck
  • Variety Duo
  • Vasek School Tour Ensemble
  • W.A. Mandolin Orchestra
  • Warnbro Community High School Training Band and the Dance Group
  • Well Strung
  • Wise Family Band
  • Women in Docs
  • World Series Poetry Debate
  • Yalla
  • Yoga for Kids
  • Zen Meditation
  • Zig Bey Jan Group

2001[edit]

The 2001 festival was held 20–22 April. The acts were:

  • African Music Congress
  • Aimee Leonard
  • An t-Eilean Mor
  • Andrew Clermont
  • As Yet Untold
  • Ayesha Belly Dance
  • Band of Angels Gospel Choir
  • Belladonna the Witch
  • Ben Stephenson (See Trouble in the Kitchen)
  • Bernard and Eleanor Carney
  • Bernard Carney
  • Bernard Carney and Peter Grayling
  • Big Gospel Sing
  • Bill Sunbury
  • Binjarreb Middar Dance Group
  • Blowin Puppets
  • Bluegrass Parkway
  • Bob Rummery
  • Bomba
  • Bubblemania
  • Burdett Simpson and Young
  • Cajun Dance Workshop
  • Canons and Rounds
  • Caravan
  • Chris While and Julie Matthews
  • Cianan
  • Cliff Ellery
  • Cortinas, the
  • Crocodile's Holiday Home
  • Dammit Janet
  • Damon Davies
  • David Hyams and the Miles to Go Band
  • Desert Child
  • Dingo's Breakfast
  • Don Smith
  • Donal Baylor
  • Dougal Adams
  • Dreamtime in the Peel see Joe Walley and Amanda Yates
  • Drummerdonnas
  • Easydance
  • EChO (Education Chamber Orchestra)
  • Edward de Bozo
  • Eireann Dancing School
  • Enda Kenney
  • Enda Kenney and Lindsay Martin
  • Enjoy Healthy Eating Cooking Classes
  • Fairbridge Heritage Tour
  • Faith Petric
  • Fiddle Fever
  • Fiddling Accountant, The
  • Flaming Butterflies, The
  • Gerry O'Bierne
  • Ghawazee Girls
  • Glenn B Swift
  • Greg Hastings
  • Guitar Heaven
  • Head's We're Dancing
  • Helen Moran and Johnny Huckle - see Shades of Brindle
  • Hooked on Hessian
  • Jenny Simpson
  • Jester, The
  • Jim Smith
  • Jimmy Young and James Wilkinson
  • Joe Walley and Amanda Yates
  • Joel Smoker
  • John Butler Trio
  • Julia Watson
  • Jus' Jump
  • Kashtany Duo
  • Kate Burke and Ruth Hazelton
  • Kath Tait
  • Kavisha Mazzella
  • Keith McHenry
  • Kids' Craft Club
  • Kidz Kaperz - Concerts by Young Performers
  • Kindred Sounds
  • Last Five Coins, The
  • Les EnFants de Provence
  • Lindsay Martin
  • Listen to the Magic
  • Lois Olney
  • Looweeze de'Ath
  • Louisa Wise
  • Mara!
  • Margaret Gunson & Louisa Wise
  • Mark Cain
  • Medieval Pleasures
  • Mic Conway
  • Nanna's Wonderful Chair
  • 0rmonde Waters
  • Perth International Folk Dance Group
  • Peta Lithgo & Malaika with Ivanna
  • Peter Grayling
  • Poets' Breakfast
  • Poetry in Action
  • Pomegranate
  • Psallite
  • Rambling Bilbies
  • Real Sing, The
  • Richard Walley and Gary Ridge
  • Riley Lee
  • Riley Lee and Peter Grayling
  • Riverwatch
  • Roger Montgomery
  • Rory McLeod and Aimee Leonard
  • Rosie Johnstone
  • Royal Scottish Country Dance
  • Salim Omar Salim
  • Sambanistas
  • Scott & Louisa Wise
  • Scott Wise Blues Harmonica
  • Shades of Brindle
  • Sid de Burgh
  • Simon Nield
  • Steve Hammond & Band
  • Storytelling Guild of WA
  • Sultans, The
  • Suzuki Violin School
  • Ten Cent Shooters
  • The Pipes, The Pipes are Calling
  • Theatresports
  • Tin Dog
  • To Catch a Story by the Tale
  • Tok Pan Tok
  • Tom Walwyn
  • Trouble in the Kitchen
  • WAM Song
  • WA Romany Ternlpe Assn
  • Watson Family
  • White on Black
  • Whitfords Dance Centre
  • Wise Family Band
  • World of PVC Music - see Mark Cain
  • World Serles Poetry Debate
  • Zen Group of Western Australia

2000[edit]

The 2000 festival was held 14–16 April. The acts were:

  • Action acting
  • African Music Congress
  • Akappella Munda
  • Akin
  • Alan Welsh
  • Anatomy of the Guitar
  • Art of Food - See Linsey Pollak
  • Anvilmagic
  • Ayesah & the Desert Stars
  • Band of Angels Gospel Choir
  • Belladonna the Witch
  • Binjarreb Middar
  • Black Stump Bedlams
  • Bob Rummery and Phil Gray
  • Brief History of Wind
  • Bubblemania
  • Bungarra
  • Bush-it Artists
  • Cajun Dance Workshop
  • Caravaan
  • Catfish
  • Chipolatas
  • Chrysalis Creations
  • Dammit Janet
  • Dave McDonald
  • David Hyams and the Miles to Go Band
  • Dingo's Breakfast
  • Dogg Pound Posse
  • Don Smith
  • Donough O'Donovan
  • Dot Combo
  • Dougal and Lisa Adams
  • DrummerDonnas
  • Edward de Bozo
  • Eireann Dancing School
  • Fairbridge History
  • Flaming Butterflies
  • Fool Extent Circus
  • Fruit 'n' Veg Cooking Classes
  • Ghawazee Girls
  • Glenn B Swift
  • Greenjacket
  • Greg Hastings
  • Guitars of the Americas
  • Hazelton Cox and Coffin
  • Hooked on Hessian
  • Hot Potatoes
  • Hottentot party
  • Ilan Zagoria
  • Jamie Mills
  • Jane Darcey
  • Jayker
  • Jenny Thomas
  • Jess & Joe Bargmann
  • John Burn
  • John Butler
  • Johnnie Miller
  • Julia Watson
  • Ken Ferguson
  • Kerrianne Cox
  • Kids' Craft Club
  • Kidz Kaperz - A Concert by Young Performers
  • Knotwork
  • Kristina Olsen
  • Kristina Olsen and Peter Grayling
  • Last Five Coins
  • Les Barker
  • Les Enfants de Provence
  • Linsey Pollak
  • Louisa Wise and Friends
  • Louisa Wise and Margaret Gunson
  • Lowry Olafson
  • Lowry Olafson Trio
  • Lucky Oceans
  • Lynn Hazleton
  • Magic Pirate
  • Maids of Perth
  • Marcus Sturrock
  • McClarke's Gray Vest
  • Melissa Raser Weed
  • Michael Kennedy
  • Mike and Lesley
  • Mike Horton
  • Mose Scarlett
  • Mystique Arabian Fantasy
  • Natalie Ripepi
  • Neil Adam
  • Meal Adam & Judy Turner
  • Nola Formentin
  • Not Enough Rope
  • Nova Ensemble
  • Ocean Choir, the
  • Olsen and Grayling
  • Parissa Bouas
  • Perth International Folk Dance Group
  • Perth Morris Men
  • Peter Clarke
  • Piping Hot
  • Polka.Com
  • Psalite
  • Quintessence
  • Resonant Voice
  • Richard French
  • Riverwatch Activity
  • Rose and Wattle Country Dancers
  • Royal Scottish Country Dance Society
  • Sambanistas Community Percussion
  • Samba Parade
  • Scope
  • Scott Wise
  • Sensitive New Age Cowpersons
  • Shane Howard
  • Shantyman, the
  • Simon Fox
  • Singing Sessions
  • Snakefoot
  • Songs in the Quay of Sea
  • Steve Scanlon
  • Storytelling Guild of WA
  • Sultans
  • Suzuki Method of Teaching
  • Suzuki Students in Concert
  • Suzuki Violin School Concert
  • Tamariki O Waimarama
  • Team Games
  • The Jester
  • Theatresports
  • Tin Dog
  • Tom Walwyn
  • Tour, Talk and Museum Visit
  • Tulipan
  • WAMI Song Contest
  • Watson Family
  • Waxing Lyrical
  • Wise Family Band
  • Workingman's Paradise
  • Zydecats

1999[edit]

The 1999 festival was held 9–11 April. The acts were:

  • Animal Touch Farm
  • Band of Angels Gospel Choir
  • Barnes, Ros
  • BBQ Breakfast with the Jesters
  • Bellydance workshop
  • Bedouin Celebration
  • Binjarreb Middar Dance Group
  • Blacksmith - Charl Nienebar
  • Black Stump Bedlams
  • Blight, Sam
  • Blue Rinse Ensemble
  • Bluegrass Parkway
  • Bluehouse
  • Brandy, Peter
  • Cargill, Jenny
  • Carney, Bernard
  • Carney, Bernard and Eleanor
  • Claddaghdance
  • Clarke's Grey Vest
  • Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann (Junior Group)
  • Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann (Senior Group)
  • Cooking Fruit'n'Veg Children's Cooking
  • de Bhaldraithe, Orlagh
  • De'Ath, Loo-weeze
  • Edward de Bozo
  • Del Fuego
  • Desert Child
  • Dingos Breakfast
  • Discover It, Draw It - studies in black ink
  • Dreamtime in the Peel
  • Drummerdonnas
  • Eireann Dancing School
  • Fiddlers Heaven Bush Band
  • Flamin Butterflies, the
  • Flute'n'Veg
  • Ghawazee Girls
  • Ghosts
  • Gregory, Jimmy
  • Gregory, Jimmy and John Deery
  • Gruner, Ernie
  • Guitars of the Americas
  • Hastings, Greg
  • Hastings, Val and Bob Eden
  • Hazelton, Lynn
  • Hobson's Choice
  • How Long is a Piece of String Band
  • Hysterically Historical
  • Jayker
  • Johnstone, Rosie
  • Jones, Frank
  • Jugularity
  • Kerr, Nancy and James Fagan
  • Kidz-Fiz-Biz
  • Last Five Coins, The
  • Let's Sing Community Choir
  • Lithgo, Peta and Malaika
  • Lost and Found
  • Melville High Swing Band
  • Melville Senior High School Dancers
  • Mexican Divorce
  • Mischief Down Under
  • Mystique Gypsy Tribal Dance Group
  • Nazca
  • Newton-Wordsworth, Kelly
  • No Nukes Muse
  • Not Enough Rope
  • Olafson, Lowry
  • Osborne, Elle
  • Pack o' Pirates
  • Perth International Folk Dance Group
  • Pigram Brothers
  • Psallite
  • Puppetears
  • Raser-Weed, Melissa
  • Real Sing, The
  • Red Sea Pedestrians
  • Reels in D'd
  • Resonant Voice
  • Ride the Rainbow
  • Rider, Jessie
  • River Watch Activity
  • Royal Scottish Country Dance Society
  • Simpson, Jenny
  • Sing from the Heart
  • Singala
  • Smoker, Joel
  • Smoker, Joel and the Red Dirt Band
  • Sock
  • Songs from a Secret Garden
  • Suzuki Violin School
  • Ten Cent Shooters
  • Theatre sports
  • Those Darn Squeezeboxes
  • Trio Grosso
  • Tucker, Martin
  • Two Nutters
  • Velvet Janes
  • Vena Cava
  • Vervest, Rod
  • Vervest, Rod and Dave Clarke
  • Vibrolators, the
  • Voices of the Forest
  • Wadumbah Dance Group
  • Walters and Warner
  • Ward, Brian and Jenny
  • Warwick, Dick (Cowboy Poet)
  • Watson, Bruce
  • Whaite, John
  • Wise Family Band
  • Wise Trio, The
  • Wise, Louisa
  • Wise, Scott
  • Wrigley, Jennifer and Hazel
  • Yarnspinners
  • Zulya

1998[edit]

The 1998 festival was held 17–19 April. The acts were:

  • Action Acting"
  • African Heartbeat
  • African Music Congress
  • Alain Thirion and Kerry Fletcher
  • All Ordinaries
  • Anam (Ireland and UK)
  • An t'Eilean Mor
  • Andy Brown
  • Andy Copeland and the Magic Band
  • Ayesha and Desert Stars
  • Belly Dance Workshops with Angie
  • Bindjarreb Middar
  • Bluegrass Parkway
  • Bob Eden and Val Hastings
  • Butterfly Man
  • C. Weed Raser
  • Carmen Miranda
  • Chipolatas
  • Classical Guitar Ensemble
  • Comhltas Ceoltoiri Eireaa (Junior Group)
  • Crooked Road
  • 'Cry of the Sea Dragon'
  • David Hoffman
  • Del Fuego
  • Dingo's Breakfast
  • Elle Osborne (UK)
  • Enda Kenny and Neil Adam
  • Fair Maids of Perth
  • Faith Petric (US)
  • Foc'sle Firkins
  • Fulani
  • Gamelan Carinakan
  • Gary Ridge
  • Glenn B. Swift
  • Greg Hastings
  • Greg Hastings and Joan Chenery
  • Heads We're Dancing
  • Hobson's Choice
  • How Long is a Piece of String Band is
  • Ilan Zagoria
  • Jandy Lowe
  • Jenny Simpson
  • Joe Walley and Amanda Yates
  • Joel Smoker and Red Dirt Band
  • John and Pauline Allen
  • Joy of Sets
  • Kanyana Chorus
  • Kavisha Mazzella
  • Kelly Newton-Wordsworth
  • Ken Ferguson
  • Kilmarnock
  • Kissing Tree
  • Last Five Coins
  • Louisa Wise
  • Mad Dog's Lunchbox
  • Mandurah City Choral Society
  • Marcus Sturrock
  • MacClarke's Gray Vest
  • McCool
  • Melody Lane
  • Moondyne
  • Moroccan Wedding
  • Morris West
  • 'Music for Fun'
  • Mystique Gypsy Tribal
  • Neil Adam
  • Nomad
  • Perth International Dancers
  • Perth Morris Men
  • Peta Lithgo and Malaika
  • Peter Brandy
  • Peter Keelan
  • Pony rides
  • Ragabillys
  • Red Sea Pedestrians
  • Riverwatch Activity
  • Rodney Vervest
  • Rory McLeod (UK)
  • Royal Scottish Country Dance Society
  • Sandpiper Productions and Blow-in Puppets
  • Scott and Louisa Wise with Sean Diggins
  • Sheva
  • Simon Fox
  • Singala
  • Steve and Ros Barnes
  • Steve Tallis Trio
  • Stinger
  • Suzuki Violin School
  • Ten Cent Shooters
  • Theatresports
  • The Bargmanns
  • Tropicana
  • Velvet James
  • W.A. Junior Ballet Company
  • WA Street Arts
  • Which Music
  • World Pan Pipe
  • Zhota Games Dance Workshop

1997[edit]

The 1997 festival was held 4–6 April. The acts were:

  • Sara Grey
  • James Keelaghan
  • Sheela Langeberg
  • Jez Lowe
  • Tony McManus
  • Pan Arkestra
  • Ragabillys
  • Sensitive New Age Cowpersons
  • Ten Cent Shooters
  • The Fling
  • Whak
  • Chris While and Julie Matthews
  • Scott and Louisa Wise
  • A Kapella Munda and One Voice Choir
  • All Ordinaries
  • An t'Eilean Mor Singers
  • Ayesha & The Desert Stars Belly Dance
  • Bags of Allsorts
  • Steve and Ros Barnes with Peter Grayling
  • Ros Barnes
  • Bayou Brothers
  • Binjarreb Middar Dancers
  • Cameo
  • Carmel and the Mites
  • Bernard Carney
  • Bernard Carney Band
  • Bernard and Eleanor Carney
  • Eleanor Carney
  • Clare Lancers Set Dance
  • Communal Bathing
  • Jonathan Cope
  • Craft Den
  • Craft Workshops
  • Dance of East Europe
  • Dingos Breakfast
  • Dymaxion Recorder Consort
  • Dynamic Adventures Abseiling
  • Elastic Band
  • Cliff Ellery
  • Face Painting
  • Fair Maids of Perth
  • Niall Fenix and John Reed
  • Ken Ferguson
  • Garlands
  • Hatha Yoga
  • Lynn Hazelton
  • Choice
  • Nick Hunter and Ed Kozinski
  • Just a Wee Dram Band
  • Kids Kooking
  • Life Be in It
  • Peta Lithgo and Malaika
  • Lost and Found
  • Jandy Lowe
  • Made to Fit
  • Magic Band
  • Mask Making
  • Gabrielle Miller
  • McCool
  • Roger Montgomery, Bruce Boyd and Friends
  • New Man River
  • New Youth Drama Company
  • Robert Oats
  • One Voice Choir
  • Out of Morocco
  • Perth International Folk Dance group
  • Playgroup Association
  • Psallite
  • Ran Dan Club
  • Reels in D'd
  • Rock Extravaganza
  • Bob Rummery
  • Shiralee
  • Shona Music Ensemble
  • Jenny Simpson
  • Singala
  • Marcus Sturrock
  • Glen Swift
  • Tanglewood
  • Tatenda Africa - formerly Sundiata Marimba Band
  • Theatresports
  • The Bargmanns
  • The Last Five Coins
  • The Magic Pirate
  • The Morgans
  • Trio Grosso
  • Rodney Vervest
  • Vicki Flinders and Leola Hollings
  • Whoops Hello

1996[edit]

  • A Kapella Munda
  • Abe Shields
  • African Heartbeat
  • Ayeshe & The Desert Stars
  • Belyssa and Desert Fire
  • Bernard Carney
  • Bluegrass Parkway
  • Bob Paterson Revisited
  • Brimstone and Treacle
  • Brookhampton Bellringers
  • Bryce Manning
  • Cameo
  • Carcoola Primary School Choir
  • Ceols' Rince
  • Cat's Craft
  • The Chipolatas
  • Class Act
  • Dances of India
  • Dingo's Breakfast – Oz Music & Poetry Band
  • The Double J's
  • Dulaman
  • Edelweiss Dance Group
  • Eleanor Carney
  • Eliza Carthy and Nancy Kerr
  • Eloise Robertson
  • Face Painters
  • Fair Maids of Perth
  • Fiddlers Green
  • Fiona Patrick
  • Fritz Fitton
  • Gamelan Carimankan
  • Gcalyut
  • Glenn Swift
  • Gospel Extravaganza
  • Grand Finale
  • Grace Reid and Mike Burns
  • Greg Hastings
  • Harvey, Harper and Bruce
  • The Jesters Handcart Theatre Company
  • Joel Smoker
  • Junkelan
  • Lost and Found
  • McCool
  • Magic Pirate
  • Martin Pearson
  • Melissa Raser Weed
  • Michael Family
  • Musical Mice
  • Nicole Bennet
  • Nick Turner
  • Opening Concert
  • One Voice Choir
  • Otozoy
  • Out of Morocco
  • Pan Arkestra
  • Pat Trick
  • Perth International Folk Dancers
  • Perth Morris Men
  • Pixie Stott
  • Press Gang
  • The Prickly Pair
  • Psallite
  • Ragabillys
  • Rasing C Weed
  • Rebecca Fathers
  • Roc K Extravaganza
  • Roger Montgomery
  • Ros Barnes
  • Scott and Louisa Wise
  • Scottish Country Dance Society
  • Sean Roche
  • Sheva
  • Shiralee
  • Sinbad's Daughters
  • Steve and Ros Barnes
  • Steve Tallis
  • Sue Sadler
  • Suitcase Circus
  • Theatre Sport S
  • The Swiss Yodellers OFWA
  • Tanglefoot
  • Tanglewood
  • The Ten Cent Shooters
  • Vicki Flinders & Trim the Cat
  • Watson Family & Ken Kenny
  • Wayne Bloomfield
  • Whoops Hello

1995[edit]

The 1995 festival was held 31 March – 2 April. The acts were:

  • Angelica and the Aziza Bellydance Ensemble
  • Applejack
  • Arrameida
  • Australian Bite
  • Avani and Friends
  • Azuma
  • Steve and Ross Barnes with Peter Grayling
  • Bill Beck
  • Bindjareb Pinjarra Aboriginal Dancers
  • Bindjareb Pinjarra Aboriginal Theatre
  • Bluegrass Bandits
  • Bluegrass Parkway
  • Christine Boult
  • The Boundary Riders
  • Brimstone 'N Treacle
  • The Brookhampton Bellringers
  • Nick Brown
  • Peter Bugden
  • Canto Sikuri
  • Bernard Carney
  • Bernard and Eleanor Carney
  • Bernard Carney and Peter Grayling
  • Eleanor Carney
  • Martin Carthy
  • Carmel Charlton
  • Circus Jam
  • City Farm - Planetary Action Network (Men of the Trees)
  • Cobwebs
  • Community Catchment Centre
  • Cranachan
  • Custie Chantas
  • Czimas Hungarian Dancerse
  • Sophie Dale
  • The Darling Rangers
  • Dolcet Quartet
  • The Double J's
  • Ellie the Clown
  • Feelin' Groovy
  • Jim Fisher
  • Fritz Fitton
  • Fo’c's’le Firkins
  • John Gill
  • Susan Hall
  • Harvey, Harper and Bruce
  • Greg Hastings
  • Val Hastings
  • Lynn Hazleton
  • Nick Hunter
  • Donna Iverson
  • Vanessa Johnson
  • Jugularity
  • Kanyana Chorus
  • Max Klubal
  • Peta Lithgo and Malaika
  • Looby Loo
  • Loonie Tunes Swing Band
  • Los Buskas
  • Lost and Found
  • The Magic Pirate
  • Mandurah Swing Jazz Band
  • Bryce Manning
  • McCool
  • Rita Menendez
  • Sam and Jamie Michael
  • Chris Newman and Maire Ni Chathsaigh
  • One Voice Choir
  • Peel Preservation Group
  • Perth International Folk Dancers
  • Perth Morris Men
  • Poet on a Tricycle
  • Press Gang
  • Ragabillies
  • Red Pepper
  • Red Sea Pedestrians
  • Grace Reid and Mike Burns
  • The Rhymes and Times of Percy French
  • Ring-a-Round Wolvens
  • Eloise Robertson
  • Roztiazhka Ukrainian Cossack Dancers
  • Bob Rummery
  • Sue Sadler
  • Kevin Saunders
  • Scottish Dancers
  • Sensitive New Age Cowpersons
  • Sheva
  • Flora Shevlin
  • Shiralee and Friends
  • Jenny Simpson
  • Simpson, Gillespie, and Wright
  • Sinbad's Daughters
  • Joel Smoker
  • Sturt's Pea Bushband
  • Sundiata Marimba Band
  • The Suzuki Tour Ensemble
  • The Ten Cent Shooters
  • Theatre Sports
  • Bob Latino (...Alias Tok Pank Tok, ... Alias The Tim Chambers Quartet)
  • The Travelling Riverside Trio
  • Trio Grosso
  • Jay Turner
  • Nick Turner
  • Two-Part Invention
  • Vardos
  • WA Mandolin Orchestra
  • Ormonde Waters
  • Waterson:Carthy
  • Ali Watson
  • Donna Weston
  • John Whaite
  • Fay White
  • The Wilderness Society
  • John Wilson
  • Louisa Wise
  • Scott and Louisa Wise
  • Wunjo
  • Ilan Zagoria

1994[edit]

The 1994 festival was held 15–17 April. The acts were:

  • Class Act
  • Ella McCarney
  • Eleanor Carney
  • Frank Chauveau
  • Craft Den
  • Thery Glen Mike
  • Jackson and Rowan Hammond
  • Koongamia Aboriginal Dancers
  • John Lee (from Scitech)
  • Eloise Robertson
  • Julian Scott
  • Pat-Trick
  • Atam
  • The Backsliders
  • Steve & Ross Barnes
  • Blackboy Jam
  • Bluegrass Parkway
  • Bruce Boyd and the Dustbowl Refugees
  • Brimstone 'N Treacle
  • Brookhampton Bellringers
  • Nick Brown
  • Peter Bugden
  • Bill Bunbury
  • Canto Sikuri
  • Bernard Carney
  • Eleanor Carney
  • Carmol Charlton
  • David Clark
  • Comhaltas Ceoltoeri Eireann
  • Cranachan
  • Jimmy Crowleythe
  • Darling Rangers
  • Dingo's Breakfast
  • Disgruntled Spouses Mouth Organ Band
  • The Double J's
  • Breakdowns and Ken Ferguson
  • Fair Maids of Perth
  • Fiddlers Firkins
  • Fo'c's'le Firkins
  • Fritz Fritton
  • The Grey Company
  • Greg Hastings
  • The Hungarian Dancers
  • Mike Jackson and Rowan Hammond
  • Iris Jones
  • Joys of the Women
  • Kanyana Barbershop Chorus
  • Paul Kooperman
  • Lock Stock and Teardrops
  • Lost and Found
  • McCool
  • Sam and Jamie Michael
  • The Mudcats
  • Perth International Folk Dance Group
  • Perth Morris Men
  • Phideauz
  • The Pioneers
  • Press-Gang
  • The Ragabillies
  • Red Pepper
  • Rich 'n Famous
  • Bob Rummery
  • Sean Roche
  • Graham Seal
  • The Settler
  • Shades of Grey
  • Joel Smoker
  • Strings in Harmony
  • Tok Pan Tok
  • Toucan Tango
  • The Travelling Riverside Trio
  • Trio Grosso
  • Nick Turner
  • Vardos
  • James Webb
  • Lesley Wheeler
  • Scott and Louisa Wise

1993[edit]

The 1993 festival was held 7–9 May. The acts were:

  • Alistair Hulett
  • Dude Ranch
  • Electric Bill
  • Fantasia Latina
  • Kavisha & John Reed
  • Kelly Newton-Wordsworth
  • Press Gang
  • Sundiata
  • Sister Moon
  • Roger Montgomery
  • Ken Ferguson and John Thompson
  • Greg Hastings
  • Scott and Louisa Wise
  • Fritz Fitton
  • Incidentals
  • Kelly and Friends
  • Haver Harper and Bruce
  • Michael Family
  • Torryl Fenton
  • Bob Rummery
  • David Stinson
  • Brenda Conerchy
  • Bluegrass Parkway
  • Fo'c's'le Firkins
  • Shaun Docherty

References[edit]

  1. ^ Findlay, Cam (7 July 2017). "Three Summers, Ben Elton's ode to Fairbridge, to hit Melbourne International Film Festival". Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  2. ^ "FAIRBRIDGE FESTIVAL First reveal of 2021 return". xpressmag.com.au. X-Press Magazine - Entertainment in Perth. 14 November 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  3. ^ Cooper, Daniela (13 March 2020). "Fairbridge Festival 2020, scheduled for the April school holidays, has been postponed for six months". Mandurah Mail. Australian Community Media. Retrieved 3 July 2021.

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