We are only two and a bit months away from the festival. How exciting! Are you making your Crazy Hats????
We are locking in our stall holders and food vendors so look out for your favourites and few new ones.
Tickets are selling well, buy now so you don't miss out!! Overnight camping tickets are now available if you can’t make the whole festival.
Scroll down or go to our Website for tickets & prices.
Can't afford to go? Then consider volunteering. It’s a great way to get to know new people and meet the festival team. You have to be 18 and over and all we ask is for 8 hours (usually 2 x 4 hr shift) in exchange for a weekend ticket! How good is that! Come get involved and walk around the festival, knowing you've helped create an awesome week-end!
Please note, those who've already applied, if you haven't already heard from us you will shortly
OR
Come along to Folk Club at the Bellevue Hotel every fortnight until the festival for your chance to win a double pass! If we have a big crowd, we might even give away 2 double passes!!
This Thursday, the 28th of March, is a blues themed evening with this weeks feature act, Old Salty, taking the stage around 8:30 - 9, depending on when they slide out of the swamp.. 😉
Folk Club is held every second Thursday at the Bellevue Hotel, 17 Allen St, South Townsville. Performers of all abilities are welcome and we aim to provide a welcoming and supportive environment.
So come along, put your name on the black board and show us your style! Alternatively, If you’d like to arrange to play beforehand, email us at info@palmcreek.com.au Folk Club is held every second Thursday at the Bellevue Hotel, 17 Allen St, South Townsville.
Scroll down for more info on this weeks folk club
Palm Creek Folk Festival is proud to be a family friendly festival. Over the last ten years we have grown our Kids Festival to include not only the Stomp Box Youth Stage but also Cajam Circus who run great workshops and performances for young people. We also have a Kids Parade so the children can show off their themed creations.
We have five stages that offer a variety of music and performances. The Mountain Stage is the main stage that feature bands and also hosts the Vertigals Aerial Silk shows.
The Jam Tin is a nice intimate stage that always packs out the crowds and has become a bit of a favourite of the festival.
The Blackboard Stage is a great place to play your tunes and maybe get together with some muso mates and have a jam. The Songwriting competition is held at this stage so if you want to get writing then this is the place to play your new songs to the judges.
The Homestead is where you will find one of our Festival legends Peter Dymond Ramplin playing his banjo, telling some tales, reciting bush poetry or giving you lessons on how to swing a billy and make damper.
Once again we will delight our audiences with the amazing Woodenbong Fire Show. This years show will be Dr Seuss themed and I’m told that it will be spectacular! Woodenbong Fire Tribe have been delighting our festival audiences for decades. They are pretty much part of the furniture and it wouldn’t be a festival without them.
We offer a multitude of workshops to keep you busy in between bands. They start early in the morning and go all day. Yoga, laughing circles, damper making, circus music and songwriting are just a few of the workshops we have on offer.
Decorating for the festival has commenced, & inline with this years’ theme we’re making some Crazy Hat lanterns.
Two workshops later, and we have the beginnings of a new lantern, & I can’t wait to paint & embellish it!
The Festival Decorating team are still looking for volunteers, especially those who are available to work the Monday & Tuesday of festival week (3rd & 4th of June). If you are able to work off ladders, use zip ties & gaffa tape we’d love to hear from you! decorations@palmcreek.com.au
Community festivals like ours couldn't survive without volunteers, so If you'd like to help out,
head to volunteer Applications or just go to palmcreek.com.au
for links and other info.
Remember this years theme is Crazy Hats, There will be best hat awards and judges will be circulating throughout the festival, winners will be announced on the Saturday night.
Folk Club This Week!
This Thursday night at the Folk Club our feature act is Crocodile Tears (9pm) with open mic before and after.
Folk Club is held every second Thursday at the Bellevue Hotel, 17 Allen St, South Townsville. Performers of all abilities are welcome and we aim to provide a welcoming and supportive environment.
So come along, put your name on the black board and show us your style! Alternatively, If you’d like to arrange to play beforehand, email us at info@palmcreek.com.au Folk Club is held every second Thursday at the Bellevue Hotel, 17 Allen St, South Townsville.
We are excited to announce next Folkclub on the 11th of April our feature act will be Benji and the Salt water Sound System ! More info to come on that next week but in the meantime check em out -
Early Bird tickets to Palm Creek Folk Festival have now concluded and our regular ticket pricing has begun. Scroll down to see all the prices. Remember this year we are offering 1 and 2 night tickets as well as full season (weekend) tickets. All tickets include camping fees.
Along with a host of amazing artists joining us at this years festival will also be...
The Rosie Burgess Trio, Miriam Lieberman Trio
and
Elena B. Williams & String
As well as local acts
Late November, 33 1/3 & Urupan
check em out!
Folk Club This Week!
This Thursday night at the Folk Club our feature act is Fools Gold (9pm) supported by Deep sea creature (8:30pm) with open mic before and after.
Folk Club is held every second Thursday at the Bellevue Hotel, 17 Allen St, South Townsville. Performers of all abilities are welcome and we aim to provide a welcoming and supportive environment.
So come along, put your name on the black board and show us your style! Alternatively, If you’d like to arrange to play beforehand, email us at info@palmcreek.com.au Folk Club is held every second Thursday at the Bellevue Hotel, 17 Allen St, South Townsville.
8-Ball Aitken
Plays the Bellevue hotel this Saturday 2nd of March.
Australian slide-guitarist and songwriter 8 Ball Aitken has spent more than a decade on the road playing 200+ shows each year worldwide. He tours either with his band, or as a one-man-show. 8 Ball's 2018 album release SWAMP BLUES hit #2 on the Australian Blues charts and single HIGH WATER hit #1 on the Australian AMRAP Radio Charts.
Community festivals like ours couldn't survive without volunteers, so If you'd like to help out,
head to volunteer Applications or just go to palmcreek.com.au
for links and other info.
Remember this years theme is Crazy Hats, There will be best hat awards and judges will be circulating throughout the festival, winners will be announced on the Saturday night.
Season Tickets (weekend with Camping)
Ticket Type
Online
Gate
Adult 18+
$170
$190
Family (2A+ up to 3 k)
$380
$420
Single Fam (1A+ 3k)
$210
$230
Adult + Youth (16-17) *cond apply
$250
$270
Extra Child (7-14)
$15
$20
Extra Youth (15-17)
$30
$40
Kids 6 and under still free
If you want to stay 3 nights you will need to purchase full weekend ticket
* Only weekend ticket holders will be allowed through the gate on Thursday to set up camp sites. Festival camping grounds do not officially open until the gate opens 10am Thursday 6th June. Extra camping fees will apply if you plan to arrive before this time.
Two night Festival & Camping pass- Fri & Sat night ONLY- Entry from 8am Friday 7th June until close of Festival Sunday 9th June. ON SALE FROM 27TH FEBRUARY
Ticket Type
Online
Gate
Adult 18+
$130
$150
Family (2A+ up to 3k)
$280
$310
Single Fam (1A+ up to 3k)
$150
$180
Adult+ Youth (16-17)* cond.
$170
$200
Extra Child (only with Fam ticket)
$5
$10
Extra Youth (only with Fam Ticket)
$15
$20
One night Festival & Camping Pass – Friday or Saturday ONLY- Must purchase specific day online – Entry from 8am til Midday the following day ON SALE FROM 27TH FEBRUARY
Remember there's only one week left!
Early bird tickets finish 26th feb.
All other tickets are on sale from the 27th February
For the first time ever we are selling 2 night camping tickets.
See all the prices below
Remember this years theme is Crazy Hats, There will be best hat awards and judges will be circulating throughout the festival, winners will be announced on the Saturday night.
The Palm Creek Festival is a joyous annual event that offers diverse, family friendly entertainment, showcasing a wide variety of music genres under a World Folk umbrella. The festival programme commences on a Thursday evening and continues for the following three days. We have 6 performance venues varying in size and atmosphere, a children's mini-festival, youth stage, an arts venue, a traditional folk “homestead”, poet's breakfast and a variety of workshop experiences. The entire festival is set in a beautiful rural environment great for camping.
Losing the Queen’s Birthday long weekend has brought a few changes to our festival. We have brought our Thursday night @ Folk Club, kicking off the festival with an exclusive locals set in the Jam Tin.
The introduction of the Yarning Circle with local Elders from the Bindal country last year was really special, and we look forward to them joining us again this year! Along with our regular 5 stages, kids fest, workshops, Woodenbong fire show, health & well-being, markets and food stalls, there’s more for everyone at Palm Creek Folk Festival. We also continue to improve our facilities to give you a great festival experience.
We put a ‘change of date’ to public opinion and the decision has been made....
WE ARE GOING TO REMAIN ON THE SAME WEEKEND, the second weekend of June. However, to make up for the loss of the long weekend, we are restructuring our ticketing to accommodate for those who can’t be there all weekend by introducing 1 and 2 night only camping tickets. Day tickets will still available, and last years, ‘sus out Sunday $30 day ticket’ worked a treat, so we’ll do it again this year. Terms & Conditions will apply.
Every year we aim for it to be “the best palm creek yet!” and next year already looks to be shaping up nicely with Z-Star Trinity, Bullhorn and Bobby Alu plus a host of other magnificent artists Still to be announced. So get ya festival themed ‘Crazy hats’ on & come boogie with us!
We are always after wonderful, reliable, willing & able volunteers! So if you think you can’t afford to come, consider trading 8-10 hours for a full weekend pass.
There’s an old saying, popularised by The Breakfast Club:
“you mess with the bull, you get the horns”.
What does it mean? Not much really. Mostly that if you do something dangerous, you might get hurt. One dangerous thing you could do would be to miss the crazy, brass based, MC led explosion that is BULLHORN. Formed in 2011, these party animals combine virtuosic musicianship, crazy arrangements, catchy grooves and upbeat rhythms to whip the audience into a veritable frenzy. As adept at creating original tunes as they are at reimagining the likes of Bonobo and Easy Star All Stars, this nine piece behemoth is hell-bent on good times.
Their presence is formidable; armed with trumpets, trombones, saxophones, drums, the mighty sousaphone and the massive presence of Roman MC. As BULLHORN starts to play audiences will experience intoxicating grooves and huge rumbling sounds around them as they descend into a world of rich sonic textures created live, acoustic and real.
MOVE. AND BE MOVED. FIND YOUR FLOW AND GO ABOUT EACH DAY TO THE RHYTHM OF YOUR OWN MAKING.
That’s the theme of 2018 for Byron Bay singer, ukulele strummer and drummer Bobby Alu. It’s been a long-time personal and musical mission for the tropical ambassador, too.
Amidst smooth harmonies, rhythms inspired by a strong family lineage of Polynesian performance, and unassuming grooves that work a gradual, smile- inducing high through even a casual listener, Bobby Alu tunes have a way of sneaking into the subconscious and taking up residence. Every now and then, one will pop up as a toe-tapping reminder to take it slow, enjoy the ride. It’s the curator of calm’s way – deliver island-time vibes with gentle optimism rather than forceful instruction, and encourage the type of reflection best achieved in a hammock. Though it’s not all palm trees and daydreams – there’s a robust energy in Alu’s mastery of traditional Samoan log drums, and a vitality to his songwriting that nods to world, roots and pop intelligence.
