Waimate Winter Folk Festival - Kings Birthday Weekend
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The Warmest Festival of the Year
The Waimate Winter Folk Festival is a folk music festival held every King’s Birthday Weekend
(to include the first Monday in June). It is a great, homely musical gathering for performers and enjoyers of folk music of all ages and levels of skill, from beginners to seasoned professionals.
Due to the cold climate and remote location, the winter festival attracts a loyal and hardy type who enjoy huddling together around the fire or kitchen table, having a yarn, performing and listening to ballads, tales and tunes and playing (mostly) acoustic instruments. There are many beards and woolly jumpers and much porridge and knitting.
Unlike most music festivals, we don't employ professionals to entertain us, rather we have the opportunity to create our own entertainment (not compulsory!). Pretty much anyone that wants to get on stage can do so at some point over the weekend. Take your spot as our special guest! Bring an act or a poem prepared as a group or solo and fill a short slot, or devise something with others at the festival.
A great way of getting involved and meeting people is to put your name into the hat for the blind date concert.
It's also fine to enjoy the music from the comfort of the audience.
The choir, beginners jam and evening play-arounds are open to everyone.
You are welcome to arrive from 2pm on Friday 31st and you need to leave by 2pm Monday 3rd June.
If you want to arrange to stay longer - do so directly in arrangement with Gunns Bush
This year's theme - "Power to the People"
You can use this theme to inspire song choices and conversations and also as a dress up theme for our Sunday night dinner. You can interpret the theme in any inclusive way you want. Please be culturally sensitive with your choices.
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