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VIEW the 2024 Festival highlights reel
What do our patrons say about Tablelands Folk Festival? “It is an intimate, inclusive and accessible event featuring eclectic, authentic and surprising acts, something for everyone.” “It’s a safe creative space and a yearly ritual – once you’ve been, you’ll be hooked.” “It’s the family you see every year.” “You can choose your level of…
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Looking forward to the ’25 Festival
The 2025 Festival will be a chance to include and develop programs we have been working on over the last few years. Our recognition within the Festival circuit has grown and become established amongst performers and audiences. Through Bronwyn’s tireless work to include the ‘Shine-a-light’ program for music students and schools, develop the TAFE stage Youth…
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We are the Champions, my friend!
At the recently held Tablelands Folk Festival (TFF), participants smashed the Great North Queensland kazoo challenge! TFF is now the reigning Champion with a count of 400 kazoos played simultaneously on the main street of Yungaburra on October 26, 2024. Adjudicators from Yungaburra and Townsville verified the official count. With our hands free version of…
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Dulgubarra Yidinji Yarning Circle
Join Janggaburru/Yungaburra Elders Uncle Laurie Padmore and Auntie Syb Bresolin and the Festival gentle giant Janggaburru for an insightful yarn.
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John Buttigieg
2 pm Sat – The Chapel 10 pm Sat – Pub Ballroom 1 pm Sun – Garden Stage
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Blue Reed featuring Shenzo Gregorio
10 pm Fri – Garden Stage 12 Noon Sat – Nick’s Restaurant 8.30 pm Sat – The Chapel
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Playful Puppetry Workshop
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I Got Rhythm – Uke Got Rhythm
THREE ukulele workshops will be held, facilitated by Bruce Watson across the Tablelands Region in the townships of Herberton, Yungaburra and Atherton in the week leading into Tablelands Folk Festival in October 2024. Bruce Watson, who will facilitate the workshops is a multi-award-winning performer of nearly 40 years’ experience, and has led workshops for nearly…
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September Sessions featuring TAFE Music Students
In keeping with the Tablelands Folk Festival policy of encouraging and enabling emerging artists, the September Yungaburra/Janggaburru Sessions will feature TAFE Music Students. Saturday September 28 sees the Cairns Tafe Music Dept. present its first ever showcase at the Sessions in the Yungaburra pub. This follows on from many years of being perennial favourites at…
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Woyaya
11 am Sat – Curtain Fig Motel 2 pm Sat – Curtain Fig Motel – Sing Your Heart Out w/shop
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BellaCappella
10 am Sat – Curtain Fig Motel
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Raine Dance
7.30 pm Fri – Nick’s Restaurant
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Tenni
7 pm Sat – The Chapel 10 am Sun – The Chapel
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Shake Your Booty
Elle and Taciano (FNQ Samba) Sunday 11 am at The Gem Gallery
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FNQ Samba
7 pm Fri – Community Hall 1 pm Sun – The Fringe
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Shibashi movement with Syb
9 am Sat and Sun – TAFE Stage area
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WOW, check-out the 2024 Festival Program!
VIEW the 2024 Tablelands Folk Festival Program.
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Whiskey
11.45 am Sat- Garden Stage
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PJ Myers
1 pm Sat – Nick’s Restaurant 12.30 pm Sun – Silver Ash Cafe
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Stevie Roberts
3 pm Sat – The Chapel 11.45 am Sun – Silver Ash Cafe
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Aussie Folk Legends Tribute
Mangrove Jack 2.45 pm Sat – Pub Ballroom
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Woody’s Ukulele School
Woody’s World 11.45 am Sat – TAFE Stage
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Winds Of Change
Tom and Keryn 11 am Sunday – Nick’s Restaurant
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Sing Your Heart Out!
Jane Younghusband 2 pm Sat – Curtain Fig Motel
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I Got Rhythm – Uke Got Rhythm – Ukulele fun- with songs that don’t suck
Bruce Watson 4.30 pm Sat – The Fringe
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Record that Song
Jeff Cripps 4 pm – Sat – Gem Gallery
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All about The Blues
Lucky Lester and T-Bird M 4 pm Sat – St Mark’s Church
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Chiller’s fiddle
Austral 3 pm Sat – St Mark’s Church
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Salty Seas Shanty Writing
The Salty Sirens 2pm Sat – Gem Gallery
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Mongolian Horse Fiddle
Mark Easton 1 pm Sat – Gem Gallery
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Choonbacker
Austral 12 noon Sat – Gem Gallery
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Vocal and Stage Craft
Julian James 11 am Sat – Gem Gallery
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Bush Dance
Presented by Woody’s World 10.45 am Sunday – TAFE Stag area (Children’s Fair)
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Your Voice, Your Journey, Your Story
Keesha McLean 10.30 am Sat – St Mark’s Church
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Singing Up the Women
Jessie and Pearl, Nicole Nighthawk, Talitha Jae 1.30 pm Sun – Pub Ballroom
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Slide Right In
Mark Easton 3pm Sat – Gem Gallery
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Poet’s Breakfast
8.30 am Sunday – The Fringe Stage
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The NQ Kazoo Challenge
On The Street 6.30 pm Saturday
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The Shine a Light Project
Saturday from 1 pm – TAFE Stage and Community Hall
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The Man and the Woman and the Edison Phonograph
Bruce Watson 12 noon Sat – St Mark’s
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Snackapella Lunch
12 noon Sat – Curtain Fig Motel
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Rockin ’the Hall
Carns String Orchestra, Mississippi Shakedown, Lucky 13 Blues Band and Pelicana 11 am to 4 pm Sat – Community Hall
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Tropical Kazoos
All Weekend around the Festival and leading The NQ Kazoo Challenge Saturday 6.30 pm
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Roving Dragonfly Puppets
Various Characters Around the Festival site – all weekend
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Living Harmony Yoga
Rachel and Nick 8 am Sat and Sun – TAFE Stage area
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Bubbles, bubbles EVERYWHERE!
All Weekend throughout the Festival site.
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Pub Verandah Session
ALL WEEKEND
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Welcome to Country with Elders Uncle Laurie and Auntie Syb
Friday 6 pm – Fringe Stage
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A Sonic Journey
Capt Bluetongue 3 pm Sun – St Mark’s Church
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Feeling, Finesse and Fear
Julian James 3 pm Sun – CWA Hall
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Scandi-style
Sue Ferrers 10 am Sun – Gem Gallery
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Clawhammer Banjo
Ryland Moranz 2 pm Sun – Gem Gallery
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Song Construction
Tim Woodz 1 pm Sun – Gem Gallery
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Noodling, Doodling and Googling
JuJu Moon 1 pm Sun – St Mark’s Church
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DADGAD
Todd Cook 12 noon Sun – Gem Gallery
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Will it blend?
Austral 12 noon Sun – CWA
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Yee Haw!!
Brodie Buttons 12 noon – St Mark’s Church
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Let’s party like it’s Nineteen Twenty Three
Django in the Djungle 12 noon Sun – The Fringe
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Bubbleology
Bugzee Bumblebee 11.45 am Sun TAFE Stage
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Songwriting with History
Broken Creek 11 am Sun – CWA Hall
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Throat Singing
Mark Easton 11 am Sun – St Mark’s Church
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Woody’s World – Vic
2 pm Sat – TAFE Stage 10.45 am Sun – TAFE Stage BUSH DANCE (special event) 11.45 am Sat – TAFE Stage – Woody’s Ukulele School – w/shop
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Wind & Wood
10 am Sat – Silver Ash Café 7.45 pm Sat – Silver Ash Café
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Whiskey Boat
7 pm Fri – Garden Stage 1.45 pm Sat – Garden Stage 10 am Sun – Garden Stage
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Toria Richings – NSW
9.15 pm Fri – The Fringe 7 pm Sat – Silver Ash Cafe 2 pm Sun – The Chapel
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Tim Woodz and the Holy Socks – Vic
4.45 pm Sat – The Chapel 7 pm Sat – Pub Ballroom 10 am Sun – TAFE Stage 3.45 pm Sun – Pub Ballroom 1 pm Sun – Gem Gallery – w/shop
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The Salty Sirens – Bris
8.30 pm Fri – Pub Ballroom 11 pm Sat – Pub Ballroom 2 pm Sat – Gem Gallery – Salty Seas Shanty Writing – W/Shop 12 noon Sun – Nick’s Restaurant – Shanty Session (special event)
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The Backyard Banjo Club – Vic
9 pm Fri – Community Hall 11 pm Sat – Community Hall 12 noon Sun – Garden Stage
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Tessa Devine Band
11 pm Fri – Garden Stage 1.45 pm Sun – Garden Stage Tessa solo: 7 pm Fri – Silver Ash Café 9 pm Sat – Pub Ballroom 11.45 am Sun – Pub Ballroom
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Talitha Jae – Bris
12.30 pm Sat – Silver Ash Café 7 pm Sat – The Fringe 10 am Sun – Silver Ash Cafe 1.30 pm Sun – Pub Ballroom – ‘Singing Up The Women’ (special event)
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Steve Williams
10 am Sat – Pub Ballroom 4.45 pm Sun – The Fringe
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Sonic Bloom
12.45 pm Sun – TAFE Stage
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Raconteurs
7 pm Sat – Community Hall 11 pm Sat – Garden Stage 3.45 pm Sun – Garden Stage
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Pelicana
7 pm Fri – TAFE Stage 12.45 pm Sat Garden Stage 3 pm Sat – Community Hall – ‘Rockin’ the Hall’ (special event)
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Olive Mae – WA
7.30 pm Fri – The Fringe 11 am Sat – TAFE Stage 3 pm Sun – The Chapel
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Nick Atherton
7 pm Fri – Nick’s Restaurant 5 pm Sat – Pub Ballroom 7 pm Sat – Nick’s Restaurant 10.30 am Sun – Nick’s Restaurant
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Nicole Nighthawk
11.45 am Sat Silver Ash Cafe 9:15 pm Sat – The Fringe 1.30 pm Sun – Pub Ballroom – Singing Up the Women (special event)
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Mississippi Shakedown
1 pm Sat – Community Hall – ‘Rockin’ The Hall’ (special event) 4 pm Sat – Gem Gallery – Jeff Cripps – Record that Song w/shop
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Mark Easton – Bris
11.15 pm Fri – Pub Ballroom 7 pm Sat – Garden Stage 4.45 pm Sun – The Chapel 1 pm Sat – Gem Gallery – Mongolian Horse Fiddle w/shop 3 pm Sat – Gem Gallery – Slide Guitar – w/shop 11 am Sun – St Mark’s Church – Throat Singing w/shop
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Mariah McCarthy – Vic
1 pm Sat – Pub Ballroom 8 pm Sat – Pub Ballroom 11 am Sun – The Chapel
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Lucky 13 Blues Band
2 pm Sat – Community Hall – ‘Rockin’ The Hall’ (special event) 4 pm Sat – St Marks – T Bird M & Lester – All About The Blues – w/shop
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Julian James & the Moonshine State – Vic
9 pm Fri – Garden Stage 3.45 pm Sat -Garden Stage 8 pm Sat – Community Hall 11 am Sat – Gem Gallery – Vocal & Stagecraft – w/shop 3 pm Sun – CWA Hall – Feeling Finesse & Fear – w/shop
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JuJu Moon
8 pm Fri – Community Hall 10 am Sat – Garden Stage 11 am Sun – Garden Stage 1 pm Sun – St Mark’s Church – Noodling, Doodling & Googling – w/shop
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Jo Davie – Bris
3.45 pm Sat – The Chapel 10.45 am Sun – Pub Ballroom 1 pm Sun – The Chapel
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Jessie and Pearl
7 pm Fri – The Fringe 11 am Sat – Silver Ash Cafe 1.30 pm Sun – Pub Ballroom – Singing Up The Women (special event) 4 pm Sun – The Fringe
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Ivy Amara
12 noon Sat – Pub Ballroom 11 am Sun – Silver Ash Café 2.30 pm Sun – The Fringe
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Gottani Sisters – T’ville
11 am Sat – Garden Stage 7.30 pm Sat – Nick’s Restaurant 2.45 pm Sun – Pub Ballroom
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Django in the Djungle
10 am Sat – The Chapel 7.45 pm Sat – The Fringe 12 noon Sun – The Fringe – Let’s Party Like it’s Nineteen Twenty-Three w/shop
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Broken Creek – Vic
7.45 pm Fri – Silver Ash Café 11 am Sat – Pub Lounge 7.45 pm Sat – The Chapel 11 am Sun – CWA Hall – Song writing with History w/shop
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Austral – Melbourne
10 pm Fri – Community Hall 8 pm Sat – Community Hall 4.45 pm Sun – Garden Stage 12 noon Sat – Gem Gallery – Choonbacker w/shop 3 pm Sat – St Mark’s Church – Chiller’s Fiddle w/shop 12 noon Sun – CWA Hall – Will it Blend? w/shop
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Abi Muir
8.30 pm Fri – Silver Ash Cafe 11 am Sat – The Chapel 8.30 pm Sat – Silver Ash Café
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The Marvellous Hearts – NSW
9.30 pm Fri – Pub Ballroom 1 pm Sat – The Chapel 12.30 pm Sun – Pub Ballroom 3 pm Sun – A Sonic Journey – w/shop
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Todd Cook & the Rufous Whistlers – Vic
11 pm Fri – Community Hall 2.45 pm Sat – Garden Stage 9 pm Sat – Garden Stage 12 noon Sun – Gem Gallery -DADGAD – w/shop
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Ryland Moranz – Canada
10.30 pm Fri – Pub Ballroom 2 pm Sat – Pub Ballroom 12 noon Sun – The Chapel 2 pm Sun – Gem Gallery – Clawhammer Banjo – w/shop
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Kanela – Kuranda
4.45 pm Sat – Garden Stage 10 pm Sat – Community Hall
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Bruce Watson – Vic
7 pm Fri – Pub Ballroom 10 am Sat – TAFE Stage 12.30 pm Sat – St Mark’s Church – The Man, The Woman and the Edison Phonograph (special event) 10 am Sun – Pub Ballroom 3.45 pm Sun – The Chapel 4.30 pm Sat – TAFE Stage – I Got Rhythm, Uke Got Rhythm…
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Brodie Buttons – Sunshine Coast
7.45 pm Fri – Pub Ballroom 4 pm Sat – Pub Ballroom 9.30 pm Sat – The Chapel 12 noon Sun – St Mark’s Church – Yee Haw!! w/shop
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Benji and the Saltwater Sound System – NSW
8 pm Fri – Garden Stage 9 pm Sat – Community Hall 2.45 pm Sun – Garden Stage
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Albi and the Wolves – NZ
12 noon Sat – The Chapel 10 pm Sat – Garden Stage 4.45 pm Sun – Pub Ballroom
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Festival Map
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