Thursday, March 6, 2008

13th Annual Blue Mountains Music Festival


Jam with your favorite musicians from around the world and across Australia in the highly anticipated event of the year, Blue Mountains Music Festival this coming March 14 to 16, 2008 in Katoomba.

All weekend, the site will by lively as sounds of acoustic guitars, dobros, mandolins, fiddles, accordions, concertinas, bouzoukis, banjos, pianos, drums, percussion, flutes, pipes, whistles and voices dominate the airwaves.

Blue Mountains Music Festival of Folk, Blues & Roots is a three day festival highlighting folk, roots and blues music with intimate and relaxed performances from various artists like Louden Wainwright III, Ron Sexsmith, Lucy Wainwright Roche, Danny O’Keefe, Kristina Olsen, Eleanor McEvoy, Shane Howard, Kerrianne Cox, Kate Miller-Heidke, Andrew Winton, Kate Fagan, Dan Sultan, and many more

Food and craft stalls, the poet’s brunch, children’s entertainment and performance workshops fill the venue. The festival precinct is a short stroll from Katoomba railway station and the buzzing strip of cafes, restaurants and shops. Also, Blue Mountains motor inns such as Katoomba Mountain Lodge, Felton Woods Manor and Redleaf Resort are within the vicinity ready to welcome and give you a fine Katoomba accommodation should you opt to stay for the weekend.

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