What date is Woodford Folk Festival?
What date is Woodford Folk Festival?
The Woodford Folk Festival is held annually over six days and six nights, from Dec 27th through to January 1st. More than 2,000 local, national and international, artists, musicians and presenters put on over 438 acts to an audience of an estimated 132,000 people.
Is Woodford Folk Festival on in 2021?
The Woodford Folk Festival will not go ahead again this year over the Christmas/New Year period. While we are pretty heartbroken to not be holding Woodford Folk Festival for another year, we are encouraged to put our creative energies into our event Bushtime which will be held over the 27th Dec 2021 – 1st Jan 2022.
Is Woodford Folk Festival on this year?
The Woodford Folk Festival will not go ahead again this year over the Christmas/New Year period. The Woodford Folk Festival is a 6-day community festival that boasts over 2000 performers and over 400 events.
How many people attended Woodford 2019?
132,000 people
An estimated 132,000 people are expected to attend the six-day festival which will begin with the iconic Opening Ceremony and close with a spectacular Fire Event showcase on New Year’s Day.
Is Woodford Folk Festival Cancelled?
The pandemic has claimed one Brisbane’s most loved events, with Woodford Folk Festival cancelled for the second year running.
When was the first Woodford Folk Festival?
December 28, 1994
Woodford Folk Festival/First event date
The festival was opened on the new land on the 28 December 1994 and was called the Maleny Folk Festival Woodford. In 1997 the QFF launched the first May weekend working-bee where a band of committed volunteers gave their time and toil for the planting of trees.
Who owns Woodford Folk?
the Woodfordia Inc.
When the Woodfordia Inc. purchased this new permanent home for the Woodford Folk Festival, it was an enormous relief and a great responsibility. Festival organisers knew that the 240-acre cleared and degraded rural property, was going to take a lot of work to transform it to a festival site.
Who runs the Woodford Folk Festival?
To save the organisation, the Moreton Bay Regional Council (MBRC) purchased the land from the QFF and then leased it back to them for 50 years. The MBRC owns the land, however the QFF still owns all infrastructure and improvements made to the land.
Who started Woodford Festival?
Every year approximately 125,000 patrons attend the festival….
| Woodford Folk Festival | |
|---|---|
| Years active | 1994–2019, 2021– |
| Founded by | Queensland Folk Federation, Bill Hauritz, Amanda Jackes |
| Website | www.woodfordfolkfestival.com |
Where is Woodford Folk?
Woodfordia2019, 2018
Sunshine Coast2017Woodford2016, 2015, 2014.
Woodford Folk Festival/Event locations
Who started Woodford festival?
Will there be a Woodford Folk Festival in 2021?
While we are pretty heartbroken to not be holding Woodford Folk Festival for another year, we are encouraged to put our creative energies into our event Bushtime which will be held over the 27th Dec 2021 – 1st Jan 2022. sign up to our mailing list. Join us
What happens at the Woodford Festival?
The final evening of the Woodford festival culminates in a spectacular New Year’s Day closing ceremony, The Fire Event. Over 20,000 festival goers seated on the grassed Amphitheater hillside witness a spectacle of dance, music, theatricality and fire – with the burning of a large structure heralding the New Year.
What is bushtime at Woodfordia?
We are really happy to announce a new five day/night inspired camping holiday at Woodfordia, now called Bushtime. What is it? It’s a campground, at Woodfordia, our parkland which has never looked more beautiful.
