This site contains information about the Illawarra Folk Club Inc established in 1980, the Illawarra Folk Festival, Folk in the Foothills a one day Folk Festival (3rd weekend each October) and local performers and events around the Illawarra region in New South Wales, Australia.
The Illawarra region is situated approximately 100 kilometres south of Sydney on the New South Wales coast with Wollongong as the major centre. It also includes the Shellharbour and Kiama areas.
COMING CONCERTS
Saturday 19 May, 7.30pm
Nigel Wearne (Vic), Sam Green (Vic)
plus mystery act City Diggers Wollongong $10 Members, $15 Non-members
Friday 1 June, 7.30pm
Jan Preston presents live music to the 1927 silent Australian comedy The Kid Stakes featuring Fatty Finn
plus mystery act City Diggers Wollongong $15 Members, $20 Non-members
The festival is organised by volunteers of the Illawarra Folk Club. The 27th llawarra Folk Festival is now over and was attended by over 9300 people. It was held 12-15 January 2012.
The 28th Illawarra Folk Festival will be held from 17-20 January 2013.
There is an amazing array of talent coming to Wollongong over the next few months!
Coming Folk Club Concerts in 2012
Illawarra Folk Club concerts are generally held 1st Fridays and 3rd Saturdays of each month except for December at CITY DIGGERS WOLLONGONG and in general start at 7.30pm with a mystery act, then a support act and then the main act.
