2009 Illawarra Folk Festival Artists

as at 5 December 2008

FULL PROGRAMME DUE FOR RELEASE EARLY DECEMBER

FROM OVERSEAS (6 ACTS): Ann Vriend (Canada), Bettina Schelker (Switzerland), Graham Moore (UK), Kai Fech (Senegal), The Beez (Germany), The Whitetop Mountaineers (USA)

FROM AUSTRALIA (115 ACTS):
Alan Musgrove & His Watsname Band
Alegrias Andinas
Anthony McGloin
Arch Bishop
Australian Phillipine Association Dance Group
Aviva Sheb'a
Az-I-aM
Balyana
Big Erle
Big Snore Hammers
Bill Quinn
Black Joak Morris
Blue Goose Band
Blue Mountain Bluegrass
Borderline Kaylee
Bowralhouse
Brett Robin Wood
Brian Bell
Cameron Mather
Canberra Contra Club
Charlie McMahon
Chloe & Jason Roweth
Cinnamon Twist Belly Dance Troupe
Combined Union Choirs
Coolfinn Mac
David Beniuk
David Meyers
Denizen
Di Khupe Heybners
Duelling Fiddles
Duncan Chalmers
Ecopella
Emma Hannah
Fergusson
Five Leaves Left
Garida
Geoffrey W Graham
Gobsmacked!
Handsome Young Strangers
Haven Harmonicas
Heather Mandich & The Southern Alliance
High Fidelity
Hoddle
Jane Aubourg
Jane Scott
Jarrah Reay
John Dengate
John Broomhall, Johnny Spillane & David De Santi
Kalalaya Dance Group
Kavisha Mazzella & Irini Vela & The Viaggiatori
Kazband
Keith McKenry
Kim Churchill
Len Neary
Lilli Rodrigues-Pang Storyteller
Lime and Steel
Lonnie Martin and Helen Rowe
Love In The Jungle
Mahri Autumn & The Chameleon Collective
Marcus Sturrock
Margaret Bradford
Mark Wilkinson
Mendala
Mic Conway
Michael-John Azzopardi
Mick Thomas
Mignon / Anemone
Mike Jackson
Mothers of Intention
Murrumbidgee Jones
Nautilus Sound
Nerds and Music
Nick Rheinberger
Nick & Liesl
No Such Thing
Once Upon a Song
Penny Hartgerink
Peter Miller
Phil Edgeley
Pilgrims
Queen Juanita and the Zydeco Cowboys
Rebecca Moore
Replay
S.T.R.U.M.
Scarlett Affection
Senor Cabrales
Shabnam
Shannon Evans
Shimmy N Sheik Belly Dance
Skorba
Southern Crane Martial Arts Academy Chinese Lion Dancers
Sydney Irish Ceili dancers
Tabla (of Ghawazee Moon Bellydance)
Tamnesia
Tallaganda Tango
Terry Fielding
The Ellis Collective
The Lurkers
The Poi Pixies
The Puddin' Eaters
The Reality Project
The Rhythm Hunters
The Shunyata Womens' Peace Choir
The Transylvaniacs
The Ya-Yas
Tim Hoevenagel
Tracey Bunn
Tribal Jewels Belly Dancers
Vardos
Vento del Sud
Wendy Regan
Whistler
Wongawilli
Zondrae King
Zumpa

2008 Festival Artists (held 17-20 January 2008)

Alan Musgrove & Whatsname Band
Alegrias Andinas
Allez-Gator
Alternate Route
Amy Lee Wilson
Anne Ridgway & Rosie McDonald
Anthony McGloin
Avalanche Bluegrass
Bajaly Suso (Gambia)
Band Who Knew Too Much, The (Vic)
Barmaids Blush
Bernard Carney & David Hyams (WA)
Big Erle
Big Snore Hammers
Black joak Morris
BMC Concert Party (Hut 44 Mob)
Bollywood Xclusive
Branxton Hicks
Brian Bell
Brian Dubb (South Africa)
Bruce Mathiske
Buck & Deanne
Cameron Mather
Canberra Contra Club
Canberra Union Voices
Cashews, The
Charlie McMahon
Chloe & Jason Roweth
Cinnamon Twist Belly Dance Troupe
Claudia Aphrodite
Coolfinn Mac
Counterfeit Gypsies, The Vic)
Craig and Simone
Crazy Creek
David Meyers
Dog Trumpet
Duncan Chalmers
Ecopella
Elwyn Jordan
Eric Bogle & John Munro (SA)
Fourth Realm, The
Francesca Sidoti
Franklyn B Paverty
Frencham Smith
Gary Og (Ireland/Scotland)
Go Set, The (Vic)
Gregory North
Harp Irish Set Dancers
High Fidelity
Illawarra Union Singers
Jane Aubourg
Jarrah Reay
Joe Dolce (Vic)
John Broomhall, Johnny Spillane & David De Santi
John Dengate
Junior (SA)
Just a TAD & Moz
Kalalaya Dance Group
Karen Cummings Trio
Karen Lynne & Acoustic Shock
Karl Broadie
Kate Fagan
Kash Mear
Lawnmowers, The
Leisure Coasters, The
Len Neary
Lin Van Hek - Difficult Women
Lolo Lovina
Mahri Autumn
Margaret Bradford
Martin Pearson (Vic)
Mendala
Miles to go Trio, The
Mithra Cox
Mothers of Intention
Mountain Jam
Nano Stern (Chile)
Neil Adam & Judy Turner (Vic)
Nester Lou & Slim Knackers Show, The
Newcastle Peoples Chorus
Nick & the Big Bang Theory
No Such Thing
Obrobini
Once Upon a Song
Paddy
Paris Dreaming - Ewan MacKenzie and Kay Sullivan (Qld)
Pat Drummond
Paul Jamieson & Ruthi 2 Shooz (Vic)
Pettibone
Poi Pixies, The
Prestons Historic Punch and Judy Show
Puddin Eaters, The
Replay
Rhythm Hunters, The
Russell Hannah
Sanskriti & Dheeraj Shrestha (Nepal)
Scarlett Affection
Shadow Folk
Shannon Evans
Shimmy N Sheik Belly Dance
Shiny Bum Singers
Solidarity Choir
SONiA & disappear fear (USA)
Southbound Train
Southern Crane Martial Arts Academy Chinese Lion Dancers
SqueezeBox Boogaloo
Strung6Teen
Sydney Irish Ceili Dancers
Sydney Trade Union Choir
Tamnesia
Tangocentric
Tia Wilson
Tim Hoevenagel
Tim Lukey
Tony Eardley
Tribal Jewels & Jewels of the Harem Bellydance
Vic Chapman
Vivienne Sawyer
Wendy Regan, Kids Circus
Wheeze & Suck Band
Whistler
Whitetop Mountaineers (USA)
Wongawilli
Zorbas Kefi Band
Zumpa
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