Cygnet Folk Festival

Children's tickets are available (5 to 12 years of age). Children under 5 are free. Youth tickets are available for those aged 13-17, and there are also concession prices for students, seniors card holders and health care card holders.

Yes, a limited amount of day tickets are available. Please book early to avoid disappointment.

All tickets are non-refundable. If you cannot attend the festival you are welcome to on-sell or give away your ticket. See our ticketing page for a full list of our ticketing terms and conditions.

Yes. Tickets can sell out and we recommend you purchase your ticket as early as possible.

Our venues in Cygnet have limited seating capacity. Tickets are for general admission to Festival venues, but do not guarantee a seat in a particular concert at a particular time if that venue is deemed full by Festival organisers.

Patrons are advised to get to their chosen venue early. If no seat is available in a particular venue, other venues/concerts will be available.

Tickets go on sale on the 1st of August via our website.

The Festival supports the Companion Card program. Show us your card and you and your carer can come for the price of a single ticket.

Please see our Access page on the Festival website for further information.

If you can’t find your ticket simply go to 

https://help.humanitix.com/en/articles/8924058-where-is-my-ticket

to reissue the tickets to your email address. Then bring a print out or electronic copy with you to the box office.

Yes, a limited amount of discounted early bird tickets are available on the website from 1st August until sold out.

All paper tickets are exchanged for a wristband at the Festival Box Office. Paper tickets are not valid at the venues. Bring your paper ticket to the Festival Box Office.

A Bendigo bank Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) is located outside Bendigo Bank and a multipurpose ATM is available at Farah's IGA supermarket at 28 Mary St. A Commonwealth ATM is located on Mary St next to the Laundromat.

Cygnet has a Bendigo Bank branch at 43 Mary St, it is open 9am - 4pm Monday to Thursday and 9am - 5pm Fridays.

A Commonwealth Bank branch is located at 17 Mary St and is open from 10.30am - 2.30pm Monday to Friday.

First Aid are on call 24/7 during the Festival. See a crew member or visit the first aid centre in the St James Catholic Collage Quadrangle.

Toilets are available in all venues. Public toilets are located at Loongana Park, Burtons Reserve, the football oval and Lymington Road near the sailing club.

Yes, all ticketed venues in Cygnet are undercover. There are some free open air concerts in Loongana Park.

The Festival Green is outside with some limited cover.

Yes, you may bring a camera, however, audio or video recording of concerts and workshops is not permitted.

The festival is held around the township of Cygnet, where dogs are permitted, if they are on a lead. However, because the festival is a very busy environment, we recommend leaving your dogs at home.

In Loongana Park there is a free music stage and marketplace, it is a public park where dogs are permitted if they are well behaved and on a lead.

Please note that dogs are not permitted in any festival venues, within the school grounds (where the box office, workshop rooms, marketplace and auditorium are located) or at Burtons Reserve (festival campground).

If you do choose to bring your dog, please be aware that the festival is a noisy environment with crowds, small children, and food. Please ensure that you clean up after your dog. January in Tasmania can see some extreme weather temperatures, never leave your dog unattended, locked in your car or on the back of a Ute.

You can get to Cygnet by private car and public bus, however we also run a festival bus!

Further details about the festival bus.

Ticket Prices are advertised on the website on 1 August each year.

Yes - the Tasmanian Director of Public Health has decreed the Festival a smoke free public event under the Public Health Act 1997.

Tassielink Coaches and Metro Bus Service operate bus services between Hobart and Cygnet. See Tassielink Coaches Timetable and Fare Schedule and Metro Bus Timetable Route 98 & Metro Bus Fares.

Festival Bus

The Cygnet Folk Festival Committee are excited to be able to offer a festival bus service between Hobart and Cygnet for Day Ticket holders attending the festival on either Saturday or Sunday!  Head to our website to book your Festival Day Ticket or Festival Green Day Ticket and add the bus ticket to your order.
 
The bus departs from Hotel Grand Chancellor on Campbell Street in Hobart and arrives at the bus stop behind Cygnet Town Hall, then you'll need to head to the festival box office to get your wristband.

Telstra and Optus both have reliable coverage in the area, but this can be affected during the peak periods during the festival weekend.  We strongly advise that you download the electronic festival programme and your tickets to your phone before leaving home.

Please follow signage to the Festival Day Parking area where you can park for $5.  You can pay for your parking in advance via our ticketing page or pay with cash only at the gate.

Accessible parking can be found on Mary St and George St. 

If you are camping in Burtons Reserve and parking near your camp site, you will not be able to move your car during the Festival. 

If you do not wish to park your vehicle in the Festival Campground you may drop off camping equipment at the entrance to Burtons Reserve or site your caravan before parking your vehicle elsewhere without purchasing a Vehicle Pass.

Please be mindful of the community by ensuring that if you choose not to park in the Festival Campground that you park your vehicle either in the Festival Day Parking area or in a legal parking space within the township. 

Yes, Telstra and Optus both have internet coverage of the area.

The weather during the Festival can vary so come prepared for a bit of rain, warm/hot sunny days and cool nights. Don't forget to bring a hat, sunglasses and sunscreen.

The masterclasses are held on the Friday of the festival weekend from 11am-3.30pm in classrooms at St James Catholic College, at 25 Mary St Cygnet, follow the steps up from the main car park on Mary St. Masterclass tickets are sold separately to weekend festival tickets. See the tickets page to purchase a ticket to one of the masterclasses.

The Cygnet Folk Festival is held on the weekend beginning with the second Friday of January each year.

Cygnet is located in Tasmania, which is an island state to the south of Australia. Cygnet is approximately 55 km (about 50 minutes drive) south of Hobart - the capital of Tasmania. Please see the Getting to Cygnet page for more information.

The festival will be running bars in the Festival Green, Auditorium and Carmel Hall.  

Our bars will stock limited local alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks and we prefer electronic payment.

Cygnet is known as a gourmet food lover's destination, with a number of restaurants, cafes, takeaway shops and pubs in Cygnet drawing on the abundant variety of ingredients grown by local producers.

The Cygnet Folk Festival Market offers a number of outstanding temporary food vendors. These food stalls and vans can be found in Loongana Park, Tin Pan Alley (St James School grounds), Paved Paradise (opposite the Town Hall) and the Festival Green.

V GF and Veg options will be available.

Tap water in Cygnet is drinkable.  We recommend you bring a refillable water bottle.

Some of the ticketed venues sell alcohol. You will be refused entry if carrying alcohol and no refund will be given.

Please note, in Tasmania it is an offence under the Police Offences Act to have possession of an opened container of liquor in a public street or to consume liquor in a public street.

No, you will need to bring your own tent and camping equipment.

Accommodation in and around Cygnet is heavily booked around the festival time. Please search using the common accommodation sites, you could be lucky!

No, there are no powered sites or electricity available at the Burtons Reserve Festival Camp ground. There are limited powered sites at the commercial Cygnet Holiday Park.

Camping at the Burtons Reserve Festival camp ground is only available to holders of a weekend Festival ticket and a camping ticket. Please see our Camping page for details of facilities. Camping tickets are limited and usually sell out, so book early.

Yes, small RV and caravans are allowed. We ask that you keep your footprint to a minimum and not extend any bulk awnings. Also please note there are no powered sites available, no dogs are allowed in Burtons reserve. 

Please note that we do not accept caravans or EV's over 7m in length, in this case if your camping set up comes with your own toilet and shower you may purchase a ticket to camp in the Self-sufficient Camper Parking, located at the Cygnet Primary School Oval on Louisa st.  This parking space does not offer toilets, showers, rubbish collection, water or power and you must collect your own grey water and take it with you.

No, Burtons Reserve is a bird sanctuary and pets of any kind are not allowed.

The Burtons Reserve Festival camp site opens on the Thursday prior to the Festival. The gates close at 10am on the Monday after the Festival and camping cannot be extended beyond this time.

Weekend festival ticket holders can camp in the Burtons Reserve Festival camp ground by purchasing a camping pass.

Commercial camping is also available in the Cygnet Holiday Park but this is always busy at Festival time and may book out. Early booking is highly recommended.

Camping on private and public land throughout Cygnet is strictly advised against without prior consent from the land owners.

Yes, some spaces in the carpark near the LINC library on Mary St, near the entry to Loongana Park on Mary St and in George St, behind St James school.

Please see the Access page for more information. Disability toilets are available in all our venues and in Tin Pan Alley. 

Yes, there are a number of venues around Cygnet where you can find blackboard concerts. Please check the programme for locations.

Yes, some venues will be hosting programmed and impromptu sessions.

Yes, buskers are welcome. 

We don’t provide amplification or power for buskers, however if you have a small battery-powered amp, that’s fine but please consider other buskers, residents, local shops and events.

You are welcome to leave your instruments in the Instrument Lockup “on an all care, no responsibility” basis.  It operates on Festival days 9am – 12.30am.

Please be aware of "No Busking" locations, which will be marked.

Busking Sites

Buskers are welcome to choose a spot on which to busk. Please keep pathways clear and remember to make it a safe spot for your audience…not spilling out onto the road, etc. Measures will be enforced if necessary to keep everyone safe. No busking will be permitted directly outside, or too close to venues or establishments where sound spill is an issue.

Please set yourself a maximum of one hour at each busking site to allow other buskers to perform.

We ask that you do not interfere with trade for local shops.

No soliciting…you may be moved on at the Cygnet Folk Festival committee’s discretion.

Suggested sites are:

• In Loongana Park
• On the path up to St James Catholic College;
• In the quadrangle of St James Catholic College;
• Outside Cygnet Post Office;
• In front of Port Hairdressers;
• Near the community notice board in front of the library (LINC).

Cygnet Folk Festival Committee reserves the right to move you on if your act is in an inappropriate position, too loud, offensive or obstructing the flow of people or traffic.

Have an enjoyable Festival!

Applications to perform can be made through the online application form on the Festival website. Applications usually open in 1st March.  We cannot accept applications outside of the advertised time. Sign up to our newsletter to receive early notification.

Volunteers who contribute 12 hours of work are entitled to a free adult weekend ticket. Please see the Volunteers page for more details.

Applications are now open and close on November 30.  The application form will be available on the homepage during this time.

No, you will be competing for parking with the public and may have to walk to your venue or volunteer centre to sign on, so please allow time for this.

There will be Auslan Interpreters at the festival, check back closer to the event to find out which shows they will be at.