Fairbridge Festival - 17 to 19 April 2009

Fairbridge Festival is an annual family-friendly celebration of folk, roots, blues, acoustic, celtic, a capella and world music in a traffic-free, self-contained bushland site at Fairbridge Village, which is about an hour south of Perth, near Pinjarra. This year the festival is held from 17 to 19 April. Legendary French guitar guru Pierre Bensusan heads up a lineup of world-class international artists from Canada, USA, Denmark, Germany, England and Guinea, mixing it up with the hottest Australian world music acts. Expect Greek rebetika, Mexican harp, West African kora and South African jazz, cool Brazilian grooves, Irish reels, Peruvian pan-pipes, Pygmy yodelling, old-time string band music, a nine-foot bagpiper, red-hot guitar, ukulele and banjo pickers and the pumpkin-powered mayhem of Totally Gourdgeous (Aus Folk Awards Best Live Act 2008). With arguably the best kid’s festival in Australia, perennial “King of the Kids”, Peter Combe, heads up an action-packed program. And there’s an exciting new element to the youth program. See http://www.fairbridgefestival.com.au/ for the full program, campingg and ticketing details!