Nanga Music Festival 9-11 October 2009
The 2009 Nanga Music Festival continues its celebration of acoustic and folk music with a stunning range of artists gathered under the tall trees of Nanga Bush Camp near Dwellingup, WA.
The Nanga Music Festival is all things acoustic, an exciting adventure of styles and influences; from bush ballads to blues, from celtic to contemporary to folk, showcased by a collection of WA’s finest emerging artists balanced with an exciting mix of interstate performers.
Currawong
The 2008 festival was amazing - the fireside jams, the Blind Date concert and the workshops all left a lasting impression on the artists as well as the audience. Make 2009 the year you experience the magic of the Nanga Music Festival.
Dates/times:
Friday, 9 October 7pm to late
Saturday, 10 October 9am to late
Sunday, 11 October 9am to 9pm
Tickets
A maximum of 300 patrons and artists can be seated in the main concert venue, so tickets are limited. Tickets ($90 earlybird) are only available through BOCS. Entry for children of 17 and under is free. Some day and concert tickets will be available to Dwellingup residents, and, if tickets remain available, to the general public.
Accommodation
Woodshed pergola
A little over an hour’s drive from Perth, the Nanga Bush Camp is set in a beautiful, unspoilt forest on the banks of the scenic Murray River. It offers rustic accommodation in three large jarrah log bunk-houses with mostly 4 bunk rooms and shared ablutions.
A few larger rooms are also available for small groups on a first-come, first-served basis. Go to the Bookings page.
Meals
A canteen will operate in the Woodshed building throughout the festival, offering pre-booked meals at modest cost. Self-catering is available in the other two main buildings.
How do I book?
Bookings are only available through BOCS.
Volunteers
Are you interested in helping out at the festival? We need some volunteers to help out during the weekend, especially when the patrons first arrive. As a small festival with a small budget, we can’t offer you much more than the good vibes you will get from helping make the festival more successful! But, everyone will appreciate your efforts to help out. Just email info@nangamusic.org.au if you can help out.
dear rob, i hope i can come this year as a day visitor. last year i came with helen robson, as did my brother ron and his wife anne. can you please put down our names just in case. would hate to miss out.
cheers
shobha/heritage/uwa
Shobha,
Thank you for your interest. Because we are expecting high demand in 2009, after the success of 2008, the Committee has decided to only offer full weekend tickets in the first instance. If there are still spaces available in September, then we will start selling day tickets. I understand this was not what you were hoping for.
Rob
Reykjavik Orange has just had their EP launch, and were told that Nanga was a great place for new musicians to play. But now we hear that it’s invites only. How does new local talent get a foot in the door for something like this?
Thanks
Hi Reyk!
One of the aims of Nanga is to support up and coming artists. We do this in several ways:
- by ensuring we have several young artists on the program (we’re finalising that now
- by having what we call 4-20 slots in the program. That is 4 songs or 20 minutes.
- through the Blind-date concert where people are randomly assigned to groups and have 24 hours to put on 2 items
- through a blackboard concert
- through evening jam sessions for both singer-songwriters and cover songs
We are currently compiling a list of 4-20 acts. I’ll add you to this list.
Yours in music
Rob
hi guys, what a great festival you are organising!!cant wait to be there, I was just wondering though if you have thought of having “hand made” style stalls/markets or if you did so last year?? could you please let me know as i am really interested in getting my handmade felt hats shoes and wee little ones clothing out there, within your festival! Thanks guys and keep up the great work!! sa
Hi Sara
The Nanga Music Festival is different to many festivals - it is small and self-contained on a private ‘bush camp’. As well as limited numbers of patrons, there is limited space. In our first year, we had only two vendors - a coffee/chai stall and an icecream van. There is opportunity for multiple purchases from these sorts of stalls. This may not be the case for your business.
I don’t think Nanga would be a viable opportunity for you. We’s be happy to see you at the festival, though!
Hi - just checking whether the cost of camping is the same as other accomodation. You sem to have only one price.
Andrew,
Indeed, the cost of camping at Nanga Bush Camp is the same as the bunk accommodation. This is the arrangement we have with Nanga. I appreciate that this may be too expensive for some budgets. One option is to camp at Lane Poole Reserve. It’s only a couple of kms by car, and only a few hundred metres if you swim!
Rob