The Whare Flat Folk Festival 10/11

Whare Flat is the annual festival of the New Edinburgh Folk Club and is held each new year from the 30th December to 2nd January inclusive (with pack-up and in-town session on the 3rd). The festival features the best in international and national musicians and dance. This is an affordable, enjoyable and safe event for the whole family where the accent is on participation and inclusiveness.

This year's guests include: Mara! (AUS), The String Contingent (AUS), Footspa (DN), Jackie Bristow (NZ), Hazel Dawson (Youth Guest, DN), John McGee (UK/DN), Vic McDonald (DN), Cashy Yates (WN), BB and Alex (WN), Moana House (DN), Blues Forum

There's no better place to welcome in the New Year (the very last and the very first folk festival on the planet every year!). Over three days and nights of concerts, dances, workshops, sessions and jams both formal and informal, all in the beautiful bush-clad hills of Dunedin's hinterland where the only other sounds are those of our native songbirds.

Regular festival-goers return year after year to catch up with old friends, make new ones and pass the time playing and listening to music or just relaxing in the idyllic sylvan surroundings. This is a camping festival but day visitors are most welcome too - the festival site is a mere 15 minutes by car from the centre of town.

Check back often to the Breaking News page for festival reviews, updates and developments. Also, the Downloads page has resources and music from some of the workshops of the last festival and the Previous Festivals page has pictures as they come to hand. The New Edinburgh Folk Club website has news and a calendar of ongoing events throughout the year, including the Whitestone Winter Festival in June and the Dunedin Celtic Arts Festival in October.

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