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.
NEXT CONCERT
Friday 3 February, 7.30pm Illawarra Folk Club Concert City Diggers Wollongong Faye Blais (Canada), Get Folked, mystery act
Friday 17 February, 7.30pm Illawarra Folk Club Concert City Diggers Wollongong George Mann (USA), mystery act and more artists
LATEST NEWSLETTER - November edition
(next edition due early February)
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. Online Artist Expressions of Interest will open in April 2012 and close 30 June 2012.
Play the Youtube clip below to get a 60 second taste
of the fun of the 2011 Illawarra Folk Festival.
News
Illawarra Folk Concerts & Events
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.
Friday 3 February – Faye Blais (Can), Get Folked and more
Friday 17 February – George Mann (USA), and more
Friday 2 March – Alistair Brown (UK), Jez Lowe & Kate Bramley (UK) and more
Thursday 15 March – Battlefield Band (Scot)
Sunday 25 March - Beoga (Ireland)
Sunday 15 April – The Beez (Germany) at Wongawilli Hall
Saturday 21 April – to be advised
Friday 4 May – Mike Cooper (UK), Gilbert Whyte
Saturday 19 May – Sam Green and more
Friday 1 June – Jan Preston – Kids Stakes Film and Music
Saturday 16 June – Friday 6 July – The Hannafords and more
Friday 6 July - The Hannafords and more
Saturday 21 July - Woodie Guthrie Tribute
Sunday 14 October - Folk in the Foothilla, one day folk festival, Jamberoo Valley Lodge
16, 17 January 2013 - Illawarra Folk Festival Summer School, 2 days of classes
