Category Archives: Festivals
Sydney Folk Festival 2023
Members of 40 Degrees South are happy to be performing at this year’s Sydney Folk Festival – 18-20th August.
We’ll be presenting a themed concert “Songs of Struggle” with heaps of great anthems of solidarity – in the Quakers Hall (119 Devonshire Street, Surry Hills) Saturday from 1-2pm and we’ll be making merry melodies in the Molly Malone Mezzanine (next door to the Gaelic Club at 64 Devonshire Street, Surry Hills) on Saturday evening from 7:30 until 9:00 or so. It’s a come-all-ye and there may be shanties…
There are lots of wonderful artists performing over the weekend – all events a stone’s throw from the Devonshire (eastern) side of Central Station!
Kangaroo Valley Folk Festival 2022
It was great to be back at a real, live, face-to-face folk festival. Here we are in the Pavilion with our new member, Jude Alexander.
2017 National Folk Festival highlights
Although the Forties weren’t booked at the 2107 National, the Southern Cross Trawlers (Margaret, Don and Chris) were on the programme – opening the festival with a song session in the Bohemia Bar on the Thursday night and the Saturday night session too, presenting the Cabbage Tree Hat story, and a concert on the final day.
It was a privilege to sing in the big tribute to Danny Spooner in the main venue. Margaret sang “Tolpuddle Man” with Ruth Hazelton and Kerrie Maguire, and with Chris in the finale of John Tams’ “Rolling Home”.
Ruth Hazelton, Margaret Walters and Kerrie Maguire – “Tolpuddle Man”
Danny Spooner tribute finale – photo Rosemary Saul
The Song Goes On – NFF 2016
Here we are at the 2016 National Folk Festival’s Spiegel Zeit venue with our themed concert “The Song Goes On”. An hour of songs about songs…
Photo: Cath Blakey
If you look carefully you can see Robin in profile between John and Chris.
Forty Degrees South 