Illawarra Folk Festival

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The Illawarra Folk Festival started in 1985[1] in Jamberoo, New South Wales. It has grown to become one of the largest festivals in Australia run entirely by volunteers from the Illawarra Folk Club Inc.

In 2007 it moved to Bulli. The festival now presents approximately 170 performers over four days on 13 stages in mid-January. It is one of the largest festivals in Australia run entirely by volunteers.[1][2]

## Features

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As well as performances by some of the best national and international traditional acts, the program features a two-day intensive folk school, workshops, sessions, dancing, the Youth Folk Traditions Awards, instrument makers, poets’ breakfasts, the famous Mediterranean Lunch, the infamous Tripe Dinner and beautiful international cuisine and craft stalls. The Music Train brings visitors from Sydney who are serenaded on the journey to Bulli.

The folk festival celebrates the Illawarra's mining history, trade union traditions, coastal environment and multicultural communities.[citation needed]

## History

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The festival is run by the Illawarra Folk Club[3] which formed in 1980[4] and has had various locations around Wollongong for its concerts, including:

* Coniston Hotel (first venue)
* Wollongong Tennis Club
* Bridge Theatre, Coniston
* Faces On Crown
* Wongawilli Community Hall
* Illawarra Leagues Club
* Illawarra Performing Arts Centre
* Fraternity Club
* Shellharbour Bowling Club
* Kembla Grange Golf Club
* Jamberoo Valley Lodge
* Mount Kembla Hotel
* Lysaghts Bowling Club
* The Ukrainian Club
* City Diggers Wollongong (current main venue)

The Folk Club draws its membership generally from the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. It has presented the Illawarra Folk Festival at Jamberoo from 1985/86-2006 and at Bulli from 2007 to 2020, resuming in 2022. One folk festival was organised in 1985 at Wilton in association with the NSW Folk Federation and Bankstown Folk Club.

Club presidents have included:

* Alan Musgrove
* Kevin Baker
* Vince Brophy
* Anne Fox
* Peter Williams
* Peter Kerr
* Roger Fleming
* Russell Hannah

### Illawarra Folk Festival directors have been

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* Chris Cartledge (1986-1990)
* John Harpley (1991-1995)
* David De Santi (1996 to 2009)
* David De Santi (from 2009 as Artistic Director)
* Neil Rowsell (from 2009 as Project Manager)
* Cody Munroe Moore(from 2022)

### Honorary life members

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* Anne Fox +
* Mairi Petersen
* George Petersen +
* John Harpley
* Marie Harpley
* Dot Roberts
* Henry Roberts +
* Russell Hannah
* Bev Hannah
* David De Santi
* Tania De Santi
* Kevin Baker +
* Tony Foley
* Peter Butler +
* Yvonne Butler
* Graeme Morrison

\+ deceased

The club has also organised special folk music related tours over the years:

* 1989 Kuranda National Folk Festival Tour through northern NSW and Queensland
* 1990 Adelaide National Folk Festival Tour via the Grampians, Murray River (houseboats) and the Great Ocean Road
* 1994 Bushranger Tour to central NSW - Forbes, Eugowra, Carcoar
* 2006 Tin Hare Tour to Cowra, Young
* 2009 to 2013 Snowy Mountains of Music Festival

As of 2015, it spawned a fringe festival of activist street brass bands known as HONK! Oz,[5] taking place in the nearby city of Wollongong. A number of bands from this fringe festival were also billed at Illawarra Folk Festival the following week.[6]

## References

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1. ^ a b Savage, Desiree (2 November 2016). "Illawarra Folk Festival set for 2017". Illawarra Mercury. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
2. ^ "Illawarra Folk Festival - Bulli". VisitNSW.com. Destination NSW. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
3. ^ "Home | Illawarra Folk Club". Retrieved 7 August 2020.
4. ^ "Events". Illawarra Folk Club. Illawarra Folk Club. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
5. ^ "HONK! Oz Festival of Street Music". Honk! Oz. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
6. ^ "Home". honkfest.org.au.

## External links

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* New South Wales portal

* Official website

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Significant places and items of interest in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia

Commerce and industry

| Industry|

* Australian Aerial Patrol
* Australian Hydrographic Service
* BlueScope
* Illawarra cattle
* Illawarra Coke Company
* Metropolitan Colliery
* Port Kembla

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Shopping|

* Crown Street, Wollongong
* Dapto Mall
* Figtree Grove
* Stockland Shellharbour
* Warrawong Plaza
* Wollongong Central

Education

| Secondary|

* Bulli High
* Corpus Christi Catholic, Wollongong
* Corrimal High
* Dapto High
* Elonera Montessori
* Figtree High
* Illawarra Christian
* Illawarra Grammar
* Illawarra Sports
* Kanahooka High
* Keira High
* Lake Illawarra
* Shellharbour Anglican
* Smith's Hill
* Warilla High
* Wollongong Performing Arts

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Tertiary|

* Illawarra TAFE
* University of Wollongong

Entertainment, culture and sport

| Entertainment and culture|

* Illawarra Folk Festival
* Wollongong Botanic Garden
* Wollongong Conservatorium of Music
* Wollongong Entertainment Centre
* Wollongong Illawarra Roller Derby
* Wollongong Showground
* Wollongong Symphony Orchestra
* Wollongong the Brave

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Sport|

| Rugby league|

* Berkeley Eagles
* Collegians
* Corrimal Cougars
* Dapto Canaries
* Group 7 Rugby League
* Helensburgh Tigers
* Illawarra Rugby League
* Illawarra Steelers
* Port Kembla Blacks
* Shellharbour Sharks
* St George Illawarra Dragons
* Thirroul Butchers
* University of Wollongong Titans
* Warilla-Lake South Gorillas
* Western Suburbs Red Devils

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Soccer|

* Albion Park White Eagles
* Bulli FC
* Cringila Lions FC
* Dapto Dandaloo Fury FC
* Port Kembla FC
* South Coast A-League Bid
* South Coast United SC
* Wollongong Olympic FC
* Wollongong Wolves FC
* Wollongong United FC

Other sports|

* Illawarra Hawks
* Illawarra Baseball League
* Illawarra Lions
* Illawarriors
* Jamberoo Action Park
* John Crehan Park
* North Dalton Park
* Shoalhaven Mariners
* Shoalhaven Tigers
* South Coast AFL

Geography

| General|

* Boyds Beach
* Illawarra Plains
* Lake Illawarra
* Macquarie Valley

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National parks and
other conservation areas|

* Budderoo
* Macquarie Pass
* Morton

* Barren Grounds Nature Reserve
* Killalea State Park
* MacCabe Park
* Puckeys Estate Reserve
* Seven Mile Beach
* The Five Islands

Rivers|

* Avon
* Crooked
* Macquarie Rivulet
* Minnamurra

Mountain ranges and peaks|

* Bald Hill
* Brokers Point
* Illawarra escarpment
* Knights Hill
* Mount Keira
* Mount Kembla
* Mount Murray
* Mount Nebo
* Saddleback Mountain
* Sublime Point

Historical

| Defence|

* Breakwater Battery
* Drummond Battery
* Flagstaff Hill Fort
* Illowra (Hill 60) Battery
* Smiths Hill Fort

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General|

* Archer (horse)
* Tharawal

Industry|

* Illawarra Electricity
* The Wollongong Exchange

Maritime|

* Adele
* Adolphus
* Agnes
* Comboyne
* Hawkesbury Packet
* Illawarra Steam Navigation Company
* Queen of Nations
* Shockwave

People|

* Frank Arkell
* George Bass
* Natalie Bassingthwaighte
* David Campbell
* Rex Connor
* Wayne Gardner
* Henry Kendall
* Thomas Kendall
* Brett Lee
* Shane Lee
* Frank Moorhouse
* Archbishop Philip Wilson

Rail|

| General|

* Waterfall rail accident

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Railway lines|

* Illawarra
* Maldon - Dombarton
* Unanderra – Moss Vale

Railway stations|

* Lilyvale
* Mount Murray
* Ocean View
* Ranelagh House
* Summit Tank

Infrastructure

| Transport|

| Road|

* Appin Road
* Bulli Pass
* Church Street
* Illawarra Highway
* Lawrence Hargrave Drive
* Macquarie Pass
* Picton Road
* Princes Highway
* Princes Motorway
* Sea Cliff Bridge

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Railway lines|

* Illawarra
* Unanderra–Moss Vale
* Maldon–Dombarton (proposed)

Railway stations|

* Albion Park
* Austinmer
* Bellambi
* Bulli
* Coalcliff
* Coledale
* Coniston
* Corrimal
* Cringila
* Dapto
* Fairy Meadow
* Kembla Grange
* Lysaghts
* North Wollongong
* Oak Flats
* Otford
* Port Kembla
* Port Kembla North
* Scarborough
* Shellharbour Junction
* Stanwell Park
* Thirroul
* Towradgi
* Unanderra
* Wollongong
* Wombarra
* Woonona

Air|

* Shellharbour Airport

Bus|

* Dion's Bus Service
* Premier Charters
* Premier Illawarra

Maritime|

* Warden Head Light
* Wollongong Breakwater Lighthouse
* Wollongong Head Lighthouse

Utilities|

| Electricity generation|

* Tallawarra

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Media

* ABC Illawarra
* Illawarra Mercury
* VOX FM
* WIN Television
* Wollongong Advertiser

Other

| Religion|

* Nan Tien Temple
* Catholic Diocese of Wollongong
* St Francis Xavier's Cathedral

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Hospitals and
Medical research institute|

* Shellharbour
* Wollongong Hospital

* Illawarra Health & Medical Research Institute

Other|

* Illawarra Light Railway Museum

Government administration

| Federal|

* Division of Cunningham
* Division of Gilmore
* Division of Whitlam

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State|

* Electoral district of Heathcote
* Electoral district of Keira
* Electoral district of Kiama
* Electoral district of Shellharbour
* Electoral district of Wollongong

Local|

* City of Shellharbour
* City of Shoalhaven
* City of Wollongong
* Municipality of Kiama
* Wingecarribee Shire

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