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A REAL AUSSIE FEST

One of the best

to test the rest of your zest

with acts from Tassie, Byron Bay, Adelaide, Torquay, Canberra, Brisbane, Perth, Fitzroy, Upper Cargumbuck West, Sydney, Elwood, The Peninsular, Uzbekijstan, Gippsland, Tangambalanga, Pentridge, Collingwood, Albury, Benalla and of course Bendigo

Featuring over 70 musical acts, comedy, short and long film, idyllic bush camping and swimming in the one and only Reedy Creek.

Free camping,by a beautiful creek in an amazing amphitheatre

Draught beer and stout, Full on-site catering, Environmentally friendly, Kids Village, Stalls, Koalas, wallabies, echidnas, parrots, kookaburras, ants, eagles.

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The range of music is incredibly diverse. There is rock, blues, jazz, funk, folk, hip-hop, pop, world music, spoken word, percussion groups and country. Some are bands, some are duos and some are soloists. Some fit within these stereo types, some don't. The originality and independence of the artists that play at the festival is astounding, and unprecedented.

Comedians, acrobats, ballad-toting swagmen, fire twirlers and artists are present, creating an intimate and exciting atmosphere.

As all give freely to the festival, each performance is special, and generated in the spirit that is embodied in the name "Folk, Rhythm and Life". In the main arena, there is only ever one musical act on at a time, honouring them and you, by fully giving them the space and time to perform.
There is another low key performace space for intimate gigs and chalk board jamming. As well as some well-known acts, there are many lesser-known acts and some debut performances. All are inspiring and moving, some highly original, and all with the highest quality and integrity, embodying the spirit of music and the land.

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LINE UP FOR 2004
This year will delver much of the same, with our huge stable of regular acts, some old time mates, amd plenty of first time festival players, as well as heaps of films - long and short, some physical performance and comedy.

Confirmed Acts -
Skin, Sue Ann, The Vasco Era, Triskel, Dan Sultan and Scott Wilson, Lothlorien, The Roys, Colonel Viper's Whipstick Band, Saritah, Fruit, Git, Morph, Velure, C.W. Stoneking, Indigo, Ash Grunwald, Lucie Thorne, Sally Dastey, The Rush Effect, Rob Sawyer, Chris Wilson, Pablo Discobar, Carus, MJ Taylor, The Go Set, Matt Walker and Ashley Davies, Those Bloody McKennas, Bomba, Freya, K -Oscillate, Blue Couch, Cousin Leonard, Grenadines, Heather Frahn, Hugh McGilvray, Kate Grealy, Mussolini Youth Choir, Nigel B Swifte, Rambunctious, Rider, San, The Grenadines, Jagungal, Fatter than Nusrat, Ganga Giri, Loren, Get Down Gang,The Union, Old Des Peres, Hotel Diablo, Buttered Loaf, Symbiosis, Peter Rotumah, Unified Gecko, Matt Chapman, Nelly and the Fat Band, Women In Docs

Folky, rootsy, bluesy, funky, beatsy, drummy, dreamy, tweaky, guitary, family, oldies, greenies.

This year's theme is DANCE N GROOVE TO SAVE YOUR LIFE the most eclectic arrangement of tunes featuring heaps that will make a cemetry vibrate, and put life into a log.

General tix for Friday Saturday and Sunday, are $65
$60 early bird tix available thru the post only untill Nov 15,
Please send a cheque or money order payable to FRL, with a spare stamp, to PO BOX 1250 NTH. FITZROY 3068.

Available now at Greville St Records, Alley Tunes, Last Record Store, Disclocation, Indigo Central and a few other places,INCLUDING The Royal Oak Hotel, Nth Fitzroy, where they will give you a free pot of beer with every ticket bought

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