The four day Newstead Live festival gets underway today January 20 and will run through until Monday, January 23.
The event will see more than 30 acts, workshops and events staged across a wide array of venues including the ever-popular Troubadour Tent at the Newstead Recreation Reserve, Newstead Community Centre, the Anglican Church, Shedshaker Stage and Bar in the Newstead Park, Blackboard Sets at Dig Cafe coordinated by Danny de Silva, the Enviro Shop, an instrument makers exhibition at Newstead Arts Hub at the former Newstead Railway Station, children’s entertainment at Newstead Pre-School (‘Lilliput’), and of course the ‘Live and Local’ outdoor stage outside the pool in Panmure Street which is blocked off for the weekend and will feature a host of free entertainment covering an eclectic mix of genres and styles.
There will also be a ‘Pool Party’ at the Newstead Pool on Sunday January 22.
Among the acts to feature at this year’s festival are 2020 Troubadour Foundation Award winners We Mavericks and Western Australian poet Kate Wilson and riotously funny Melbourne duo the Tuck Shop Ladies.
The triceps ain’t what they used to be but for the Tuck Shop Ladies, the funny bone has only gotten sharper. Folk music darlings Sam Lohs and Rosie Burgess strap on a pair of ukuleles and pull back the curtain to share an intimate selection of often ridiculous, but always harmonious songs.
Other artists will include Australian Irish songwriter Enda Kenny, soulful guitarist Kerryn Fields, acclaimed singer-songwriter-storyteller Michael Waugh, Scotland-born, Melbourne-based contemporary folk artist Rich Davies and the Low Road and just to name a few.
For festival tickets visit newsteadlive.com