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Becoming a member of Huon Folk Inc is a great way to support the Cygnet Folk Festival and to stay informed of the progress of the Huon Folk Inc association, as well as get voting rights at our general meetings.
To become a member please fill in the online form available here.
“The History Project” acknowledges all the workers, performers and lovers of the festival from the last 40 years. You can upload photos, text or a short audio recollection of festivals past and we’d love to hear from you!!
This project is supported by a Rapid Response Grant from the Huon Valley Council.
Also, if you have any old video from past events, you can either upload them to YouTube and email us the link, or perhaps add them to a USB memory stick and mail it to: 29 Macfarlane Street, South Hobart Tasmania 7004. If you have old super 8 or other film footage, please contact us.
Tune Competition Shortlist
- 105 The Other Side
- 116 River Islands
- 117 Fedoras Dilemma
- 122 Honeys Last Trot
- 40 farewell to dohertys
Song Competition Shortlist
- 105 Man on the Wire
- 126 Shackled (Song for Nûdem Durak)
- 148 If Your Love Was Still Mine
- 152 For A Moment
- 154 Wildflower Woman
- 18 Cradle To Caves
- 29 Fool
- 41 Fury
- 51 Stuff (Factories in China)
- 57 Stay Hopeful
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Stallholder / Vendor applications
The Cygnet Folk Festival are excited to announce that stallholder applications are now open.
We offer several stall sites throughout the Festival Village in the heart of Cygnet. The stall locations are in Loongana Park, Paved Paradise (Mary St carpark – opposite Town Hall), Tin Pan Alley (St James College quadrangle) and Willie Smith’s Paddock (Mary St next to the BP Service Station). Apply now
Host an artist!
The Cygnet Folk Festival relies on the hospitality of community members to provide accommodation for overseas and interstate visitors. Each year the Festival committee receives wonderful feedback from many of those who provided billets telling us how much they enjoyed having their performers stay with them.
If you live in Cygnet or are within 30 minute driving distance, we would love to hear from you.
How to Register
- Registration to provide accommodation for performers can made via the on-line registration form.
Period of Accommodation
- Accommodation is required for the Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights of the Festival weekend, Jan 14,15, and 16, 2022 inclusive.
Meals – Breakfast Only
- We ask that breakfast be supplied to performer guests.
Volunteer Benefits
- The Volunteer Thank You is held on Monday afternoon at a time and venue to be confirmed closer to the event. Catering and some limited drinks will be provided.
Billet Host Passes
Free passes are offered to accommodation hosts on the following negotiable basis:
- 1 x weekend pass or 2 x day passes for bed & breakfast accommodation for up to 3 x people.
- 2 x weekend passes or 4 x day passes for bed & breakfast accommodation for 4 or more people.
2020 Cygnet Folk Festival
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Festival Gold Sponsor
Situated 50 minutes drive south of Hobart in the historic port town of Cygnet, Tasmania, Port Cygnet Cannery is the home of Cannery Kitchen and Bar and Sailor Seeks Horse winery and cellar door. The building was formerly an apple canning factory and is now evolving into a hub of food, beverage and agricultural businesses.
