The Nanga Music Festival committee recently met with the previous Araluen Folk Festival committee (at an Annual General Meeting) and decided to contribute some of the remaining Araluen funds to the local folk clubs who promoted the Araluen Folk Festival, encouraged its organisers and generally provided them with goodwill and comradeship over the years.

We donated $250 by way of recognition of their assistance in the past to

• The Hills Folk Club
• Jackadders Folk Club
• The Mundaring Folk and Blues Club
• The Wanneroo Folk Club

We encourage all supporters of folk and acoustic music to attend the Nanga Music Festival, so we can continue to support the WA folk and acoustic music scene.

We have extended earlybird ticket sales ($90) for the Nanga Music Festival until Thursday 31st of July. Book now and save $20!

We have updated the festival website. Go there for details about the current performer lineup, details of how to purchase tickets and a google map of the Nanga Bush Camp if you haven’t been there before.

You can book a ticket in three ways:
- By downloading and printing the booking form, filling it in and posting it to us with a cheque
- By downloading the booking form, paying by online bank transfer and emailing us the completed form
- By booking through BOCS on 9484 1133 or 1800 193 300 (if outside the Perth metro area)

Please pass this message onto your friends!

Yours in music,

Rob Phillips (for the organising committee)

The Nanga Bush Camp page now has a link to a google maps view of the site, so you can check out the lay of the land before you get to the festival.

Enjoy.

Unfortunately, two artists have had to drop out of the Nanga Music Festival - Peter Bugden and Velveteen.

We have replaced them with Jonathan Brain. This is an excerpt from his Myspace page:
Based in Perth Western Australia, singer / songwriter / multi-instrumentalist Jonathan Brain has been performing across a wide range of music stages over the last ten years. 2006 sees Jonathan launch a solo career, with the recording and release of his debut solo EP Billy the Kid, a five-track alt.country / new-folk feast, where rich instrumental textures provide a backdrop for Jonathans unique voice and striking songwriting.

As a free-lance vocalist, Jonathan has performed with a diversity of groups: singing traditional sacred music with the Choir of St Georges Cathedral, avant-garde improvisation with Pantheon, contemporary classical work with Schvendes Ensemble, baroque music with Ensemble Archangelo and recently accompanying the aerial-acrobatics of the Skadada company. With these groups he has toured both Europe and Australia, broadcast live for ABC Classic fm, recorded and given numerous concerts.

After a bit of delay getting our processes sorted out, tickets are now available for the Nanga Music Festival.

Numbers are limited so get in early.

Check out our Tickets page.

Check out the artists who have verbally agreed to perform at the Nanga Music Festival.  We still need to finalise the contractual stuff, but we don’t expect any problems. The artists are:

• Kristina Olsen (USA) 
• Rachel Taylor (Victoria)
• Bob Eden (Queensland)
• Doris (WA)
• Craig Sinclair and Lara Norman (WA)
• Saz Lockyer (WA)
• Paul Gioia Trio (WA)
• Brenda Chapman and Friends (WA)
• Djangle (WA)
• Tangled Reel  (WA)
• Simon Nield (WA)
• Velveteen (WA)
• The Rambling Bilbies (WA)
• Peter Bugden (WA)
• Danielle Pender (WA)

The first pages of the Nanga Music Festival site were posted today.