National Folk Festival

at Exhibition Park in Canberra Cr Flemington Rd & Northbourne Ave, Canberra , 2911 Australia

1. Festival
2. Live Music Venue

National Folk Festival | EASTER | Exhibition Park in Canberra w: folkfestival.org.au t: (02) 6262 4792 e: info@folkfestival.org.au The National Folk Festival is one of Australia's longest running music festivals with all the key elements that bring people together from all over the country. The Festival, held annually at Exhibition Park, Canberra is the ACT's premier music, cultural and arts event. The Festival features an A-list of national and international performers and provides a range of engagement for its patrons from high end entertainment to grassroots and participatory activities. The Festival celebrates all things folk from contemporary grooves and traditional sounds to some of the quirkier and more obscure interpretations of the genre.

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The National Folk Festival started life in Melbourne in 1967 as the Port Phillip District Folk Festival. Today this iconic event is one of Australia’s longest running and most patron friendly festivals offering a wide range of opportunities for attendees to engage in the folk arts. Up until 1992 it crisscrossed the country, being held in a different city each year. As the Festival flourished and grew this model proved unmanageable. In 1993 the National Folk Festival Ltd was formed as a not-for-profit company for the purpose of presenting the event. It established a permanent home at Exhibition Park, Canberra. This big showground like complex with its permanent, well heated, all weather buildings, has ample space for the erection of large temporary venues and good infrastructure and facilities for camping patrons. It provides the perfect setting to create the Festival’s reimagined temporary village. Held annually over 5 days & nights during Easter, today’s Festival is overseen by a volunteer Board of 11 Directors with a permanent staff of 6 full-time and 3 part-time employees. Leading up to, and during the event this core team is augmented by over 500 contractors and some 1200 volunteers drawn from all parts of Australia. Populated with themed bars, food and market stalls, circus performers and roving musicians the Festival’s vibrant streetscape comes alive in a riot of colour, sound and enticing aromas. Its multi-disciplinary program is broad and innovative. Boasting an A-list of performers across music, dance, spoken word, film, circus and traditional crafts the Festival raises the city’s profile as a place of celebration. To deliver an annual National Folk Festival that offers a wide range of engagement in the folk arts, and a high level of participation for its attendees. To ensure the event is safe, culturally relevant, creative and enduring with a strong sense of community.

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National Folk Festival is Canberra based place and this enity listed in Festival category. Located at Exhibition Park in Canberra Cr Flemington Rd & Northbourne Ave ACT 2911. Contact phone number of National Folk Festival: 02 62624792