An evening of Australian folk music – songs, dance tunes, poems and more…

The Old Goulburn Brewery, Bradley Grange
Bungonia Rd, Goulburn
4821 6071

First Friday of each month 7.30-10.30pm

The accent is on participation so bring voices and instruments and join in. Dots are available or play by ear.

Enjoy:
A Folk Ring where we each choose an item in turn as a request or to lead.
A Theme where songs and poems on a particular theme are  hunted out, practised and performed.

A new booklet of local dance tunes has been compiled to use at the sessions. You can get one at the session or from David's Online Shop.

2010 Dates and Themes   

March 5th   New Songs with Historical Themes
April 2rd  No Session (National Folk Festival)
May 7th  Victorian Songs
June 4th Tribute to Early Recording Artists
July 2nd  Bush Poems
August 6th  Bills, Wills, Williams and Billies
September 3rd  Preparing for Gathering
October 1st Bush Traditions Gathering
November 5th Bush Meets Country
December 3rd Favourites  

The next Bush Traditions Gathering will be held 1st to 4th Oct 2010. Players, performers and dancers are welcome to enjoy a programme of music and dance workshops, poetry recitations, concerts and dances as well as hours of informal music sessions.

The basic idea of the weekend is to encourage participation in all aspects of our bush traditions - bush music, songs, dance, yarns, poetry. Hence there'll be workshops to learn tunes by ear or music, song workshops, dance music workshops, dances and concerts. The venue provides a terrific historical backdrop, locally brewed beer and excellent food.

The previous Gatherings in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 have established this as a major event in the Australian folk music calendar. 2008 saw the inclusion of on-site camping which added to the community spirit of the weekend. The official website with up-to-date information is here.