Friends of Folk Festival, Brisbane

THE MODERN ENTHUSIASTS INC. & TIME OFF PRESENT

The 3rd Annual

FRIENDS OF FOLK FESTIVAL

More than a concert. It’s a concept.

www.friendsoffolkfestival.com

~ Featuring rare performances by

ROBERT FORSTER

and

DON WALKER ~

~ And special performances by THE GIN CLUB, ANDREW MORRIS, ASA BROOMHALL, EMMA DEAN, TARA SIMMONS, MARDI LUMSDEN & THE RISING SEAS, HOTEL MOTEL, HANNAH MACKLIN & THE MAXWELLS, THE GOOD SHIP, RACHAEL BRADY, MARK LOWNDES, MATT NELSON, PLASTIC WOOD, JENNIFER BOYCE, CANDICE LONG, THE FLUMES, GRESHKA, SHANNON CADDY, BERNIE CARSON …and more!! ~
Special KIDS PROGRAMME including FACE-PAINTING, CIRCULAR RHYTHM indigenous music workshop, KIDS YOGA, JUGGLING, PASS-THE-PARCEL and more!

$1 from every ticket will be donated to the

ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION

Plus a SILENT AUCTION for an artist-signed poster

All other ticket profits donated to the Premier’s

DISASTER RELIEF APPEAL

GUITAR RAFFLE

Tanglewood TW45NS-B Acoustic/Electric folk guitar donated by Music 440 Musical Instruments

Proceeds will be included in our DISASTER RELIEF APPEAL donation.

SUNDAY, MARCH 6^th | THE OLD MUSEUM | BRISBANE |

Family-friendly | All-ages* | Doors: 11am-8pm

*All minors MUST be accompanied by an adult

TICKETS ON SALE NOW via www.oztix.com.au and www.friendsoffolkfestival.com

PRESALE TICKETS (plus booking fees): $44 Adults / $38 Students / $10 Kids / $92 Family

AT THE DOOR: $55 Adults / $48 Students / $10 Kids / $110 Family

Proudly presented by The Modern Enthusiasts Inc. and Time Off, the 3rd annual Friends of Folk Festival has just released its 2nd Artist Announcement, featuring many of Queensland’s best artists. Taking place March 6th at Brisbane’s iconic Old Museum, the day will feature local music, short films, visual arts, fine arts and other festivities in a colourful, family-friendly atmosphere. Friends of Folk Festival is a community-run not-for-profit music/arts festival with the vision of showcasing and celebrating the artists that define our community.

Featuring rare performances by Robert Forster and Don Walker; and special performances from The Gin Club, Andrew Morris, Asa Broomhall, Emma Dean, Tara Simmons, Mardi Lumsden & the Rising Seas, Hotel Motel, Hannah Macklin & the Maxwells and many more. Sponsored by James Morrell Website Development, Music 440 Musical Instruments, Angel Studios, Emily Weier Designs, The Sneaky Cafe, Posterbill and Shotz Digital Print.

The Go-Betweens: Live in Hamburg 1986

I haven't posted a Gobs' bootleg in quite a long time (a whole year), so it is definitely time for me to start again and, plus, with one of my favourite periods of the band, when they had just become a five piece ensemble and were starting to write great pop songs (while they still had some very new wake-like/edgy songs in the repertoire).
In fact, this is one of the very first concerts with Amanda Brown (on violin and, I suppose, keyboards) in the band given that, according to David Nichols' biography of the band, she joined the group around April 1986 and this german gig is supposed to date back to June of the same year. The new element does bring some new nuances to the live renditions of many songs and, though many pieces are still to be worked properly maybe, there is an appealing rawness in this concert when some songs seem to punch harder than ever (One thing can hold us, In the core of a flame, Palm sunday) although -yes- there are some weird arrangements, too mostly because of the keyboard (Bachelor kiss, I work in a health spa).
The bootleg is an audience recording, but a quite decent one.

Live in Hamburg 1986