Bluegrass is great music. That’s why it heads up our festival. Our stage attracts world-class musicians; many come back each year to perform, to run workshops, and to join in the fun and inspiration of all that a Wirrina festival is.
Well folks, Wirrina 2021 is rapidly drawing closer! We have an exciting line-up of performances, workshops and led sessions awaiting you. Read about the Performers. Check out the Program. The black-board stage will be up and running—so bring along your instruments and voices. If you are yet to book your tickets, it’s time to get onto it. Go to the tickets page.
A very special event will be happening during the Friday night concert. It involves a certain Andrew Clermont, who is well known to Festival patrons. (He’s that tall fella with the hats who plays everything brilliantly and is our sound engineer on the main stage!) Be sure to be there to witness and applaud.
There will be a few changes to the set up of the Festival this year. This is in part due to the need to keep the Festival a largely outdoors event—due to the COVID situation. Expect it to look a little different, but there will still be all the features of past festivals that you are accustomed to; excellent performances on the main stage, the black-board tent for all of we ‘walk-ups’ to play, jamming and sessions tent (all day and maybe all night!), workshops led by highly skilled musicians and other performers, great coffee, food, and drinks at the kiosk, led sessions, and performer’s CD sales. This will all happen at the Wirrina Cove Holiday Park. We are eternally grateful to our hosts, Holly and Ben.
We can run the Festival this year by meeting certain conditions. The main one, as mentioned above, is that we need to keep the event outdoors. So, three sides of the main stage marquee will be rolled up; the same with other tents and shelters. This is considered ‘outside’ for COVID purposes.
We ask everyone to be mindful of your responsibility to protect yourselves and others by:
COVID marshals will be on duty from early morning until late at night. Their job is to remind you of the COVID requirements. Please be cooperative and respectful with regard to any directions/reminders they give.
In response to a few queries, yes you can attend the Festival if you are not vaccinated for COVID. We do, however, encourage you to have a COVID test a few days beforehand to reassure yourself and us that you are safe to attend.
If you become unwell with any COVID symptoms (I think we all know what they are by now…) please do not attend the Festival. If you become unwell with any COVID symptoms whilst at the Festival, please go home and get a COVID test. We will reimburse the money for your ticket.
Let’s all enjoy a safe and respectful Festival. Download the Festival COVID requirements.
We have some exciting workshops and sessions planned for the 2021 Festival. These include:
Bring along your instruments and voices, join in the fun, and pick up some tips!
Monz Matsumoto / Andrew Clermont / Newbury Fog / Miss Ohio / Mark Curtis and the Flannelettes / Apocalyptic Breakdown / Bluegrass Junction / Crooked Road / Nice Verdes / The River Pearlers / The Scott Creek String Ensemble / The Cherry Pickers / The Scottish Fiddle Club / Jodie, Emlyn, Amber & Mathew / Ned Wright
Learn more about the 2021 Festival performers.
This year we encourage you to bring along your favourite camping/deck chair and/or a picnic rug to sit on. There will be some seating available but BYO to set up your spot in front of the stage. And remember these as well:
There are a variety of ways to participate in the festival.
Please go to the Wirrina Cove Holiday Park website to book your accommodation for the Festival—camping, caravans, and cabins available.
www.wirrinacoveholidaypark.com.au
We ask patrons to spare a thought for the environment and the volunteers who clean up after the festival. Thank you for helping us to reduce the rubbish. Lets keep up the great effort in 2021! Reduce, reuse, recycle.
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This year we have new Festival merchandise for you to enjoy. And you’ll be helping to support the Festival to keep us running again next year. Please plan to buy a Festival cap, water bottle, or sticker—they’ll be very reasonably priced. Thanks for your support!