See In The New Year As You Mean To Go On At The Woodford Folk Festival

There's a lot more to Woodford's famous folk festival than just an earful of world-class music. Delicious food, stimulating talks, fascinating workshops and cleansing meditation classes offer a health-focused retreat from the stresses and pressures of everyday life, if only for a few blissful days at the close of the year. 

The festival streets are lined with restaurants, cafes, stalls and bars that share the same commitment to high-quality nutrition and responsibly sourced, ethical produce. This year, Woodfordia hosts an array of organic, vegetarian and health-conscious options to help you see in the New Year as you mean to go on. Festivalgoers can find a Kombucha (a probiotic fermented tea) Cafe, Thai, Mediterranean, Brazilian, Mother African Abyssinian cuisine and Hierba Santa organic infusions made from flowers, fruits and herbs, providing delicious snacks and meals to fuel our punters with food as good for the soul as it is for the body. 

There is also a full program of talks and interactive workshops designed to invigorate the mind. With experts in industries such as sustainability, politics, agriculture, nutrition, traditional healing therapies and environmental restoration, anyone is welcome to come and be involved. This year's program includes discussions with everyone's favourite Dr Karl, Australia's longest serving PM Bob Hawke and comedian Judith Lucy.

Woodfordia is a place where you can escape from 'reality' and immerse yourself in cultures from near and far. This year the festival hosts several classes to explore, with many styles of yoga, Bamboo Nidra relaxing music infusion, Tai Chi, Qigong meditative art and the healing didgeridoo vibes of Sonic Alchemy. If you'd rather be an observer, you can expect to see anything from Those Tap Guys, A'Diva Belly Dance Collective and Tibetan Khaita Dancers in one of the festival's multi-disciplinary performances.