Folk festival extends to Woy Woy
The Umina Beach Folk Festival will have concerts in Woy Woy this year.
Two concerts at Woy Woy will be hosted by the Woy Woy Bowling Club and will be held in the auditorium on Saturday, October 23.
The first concert will start at 4pm with award winning poet Graeme Johnson as master of ceremonies.
The first performers will be duo Wayward playing music from the 12th century to the present, on hurdy gurdy, bag pipes, harp and drum.
They are followed by Sydney singer songwriter Wayne Gillespie who has performed in Paris and London before winning two music awards in New Zealand as well as an APRA award for his first album.
Graeme Johnson then takes centre stage with his own special collection of poetry laced with enough humour.
Bill Bekric will present at 5.30pm well-loved songs that everyone can join in singing.
The matinee concert ends with a finale from Barmaids Blush, a duo from Wollongong that performs English, Irish and Scottish ballads as well as instrumentals on violin, guitar, bodhran and mandolin.
The second concert starts at 8pm with local singer songwriter Linda Campbell, weavign drama, song and story into a moving and thought-provoking performance.
Linda will be followed by Collector, a seven-piece band from western New South Wales.
This is then contrasted by the beautiful voice of Jaqueline Freeman on cello and guitar.
Jaqueline is followed by Frank Sample, a satirical singer songwriter with "a huge chip on his shoulder". Frank is infamous for his songs about grog, sex and the banks.
The evening ends with an indigenous singer songwriter from far north Queensland.
Elena reaches into her ethnic origins to draw from her ancestors by integrating Polynesian, Celtic and Afro-American music to produce a fresh and vibrant musical style.
Tickets cost $5 per concert.
Tickets are available from reception at the club until sold out.
Further information on the performers and the rest of the festival is available from the festival website www.ccbdma.org or from published programs available at the club.
Tickets for the festival are also available from Peninsula Music, George St, Woy Woy, or on 4342 9099.
Weekend festival tickets cost $45 including both Woy Woy concerts.
Cec Bucello, September 22