Cherish Arrowsmith, a loyal Woodfordian “Coming to Woodford is something I have looked forward to for two years. I have come once before and have wanted to come back ever since, because of the amazing and friendly people and the amazing musicians.” -Cherish Arrowsmith
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Cherry Rudder Anderson shares her story of mother-daughter bonding at the Woodford Folk Festival. Well, this is as much Mum’s story as it is mine because she’s been bringing me to the festival my whole life. I was born on the 23rd of December, so obviously missed that year, but since then I’ve been to…
DetailsMichael and Ludmila Doneman are two people who are absolutely passionate about new ideas, relentlessly in their interrogation of the status quo, and constantly seeking out ways to ensure everyone has a seat at the table. They’re our new Speakers and Ideas programmers, and you’ll see their influence in the programme they’ve created this year.…
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Cheryl Freedman and her husband, Michael Hogan “10 Years ago today (29th December), on the hottest Woodford day at 5 am a great storm collapsed my tent. A man wandered in and began to fasten ropes to secure my tent. He worked silently in the rain. This week, that man, Michael, and I are back…
DetailsWith the support of Arts Queensland, we are able to bring a very special play to Woodford Folk Festival this year, based on the life of an extraordinary woman, Henrietta Marrie. Bukal, produced by JUTE Theatre Company in Cairns, with a world premiere at the 2018 Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), honours the life of Henrietta…
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Ann Woodruff Becker and her friends didn’t anticipate that a random letter would lead to so much fun and new friendships at Woodford. We were three friends attending the festival and we’d decided to write letters to our parents in the Lettering House when we came up with a legendary idea. First, one of us said…
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Julie Townsend accepted her husband’s proposal via The Lettering House at the Woodford Folk Festival. I’ve been attending the Woodford Folk Festival since the Maleny days before it moved to Woodford in 1994. My daughter was three when we first attended and 2017 was my first year without her! 2016 was somewhat of a transition.…
Details‘It wasn’t until my friends and I bumped into a large group of people getting dressed in white cloaks with red adornments, getting ready to ‘run with the Bulls’, that I knew this was my festival.’ – Eren Sener I love a good festival. I attended my first Woodford in 2013/14 in a bit of…
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At The Planting, we have found so many ways to work with bamboo. A great example of this is the ‘Quandong Dream.’ Also known as ‘The Treehouse’, it was created by participants as part of a two-week masterclass group in partnership by Wan We-Chih, Sydney Art Collective and Cave Urban. Nestled in the junction of…
DetailsWe are all connected – 2018 Art competition results. We asked to see your vision and interpretation of the theme ‘we are all connected’ and we weren’t disappointed. Select from the images below to open up the artwork in more detail The story of the competition by Artist in residence, Gavin Ryan Three years…
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