Well 2 weeks ago Geoff and I attended and performed at the 2nd Wirrina Bluegrass Festival in the most beautiful setting down on the Fleurieu Peninsula in SA. Peter had had to make a lightning trip to China so we were without the ‘Colonel’ unfortunately. I drove the caravan by myself (first time – major undertaking!) with the 2 dogs down to the gorgeous campground for the weekend but the festival is held in a resort with great facilities and there was a shuttle bus running up and down so nice and easy to access.
The festival was really well organised and there were some great acts – it is really a Bluegrass and Acoustic Music event as there is not enough Bluegrass in SA to sustain a festival on its own…. so there was a wide variety of styles to enjoy over the weekend…. but the bluegrass bands were the feature, with the Davidson Bros coming over and performing up a storm as usual. A few new highlights for me were ‘The Shared Affair’ from Mildura and ‘Nigel Wearne’ flying solo and the’ Ukulele Circus’.
Ian Main and his bunch of volunteers did a fabulous job….. I hope we can get more Victorians across to support the event next year!
Ian runs the Yankallilla Acoustic Music Group which has an open mic and music gathering on the 3rd Sat of each month in that beautiful part of the world….. we are going to go down this weekend and check it out.