Canberra's National Folk Festival Drop Huge Additions To 2018 Line-up

19 January 2018 | 1:19 pm | Staff Writer

Good news, folk fans!

Canberra’s National Folk Festival line-up just got a whole lot bigger with a stack of talented Indigenous artists added to the festival’s First Peoples program.

Heading up the program is legendary pioneer of contemporary Indigenous music Joe Geia who will be celebrating the 30th anniversary of his song Yil Lull.

Joining Geia on the line-up will be the likes of Alice Skye, Dhapanbal Yunupiŋu, Peter Swain and a bunch more.

As well as dropping their First People’s program the festival has also added a bunch of top-notch acts to it's line-up including SON, Andy Irvine, Aine Tyrrell and more.

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National Folk Festival second line-up announcement

Joe Geia, John Bennett, Alice Skye, Peter Swain, John Passant, Gina Williams, Guy Ghouse, SON, Andy Irvine, Luke Plumb, Aine Tyrrell, Co-cheòl , The Drowsy Maggies, Monique Clare, Bella Donna Gorgonzola, Afro Moses, Balkanski Bus, Ukulele Republic of Canberra