The Full Strength Roaring Forties will be at the National Folk Festival – with lots of songs with choruses. It’s the fiftieth National Folk Festival and the 24th at EPIC in Canberra. We’re really excited!

Here’s where to find us:

• Thursday 24th March from 7.30–10pm in the Bohemia Bar. The Roaring Forties are hosting a Welcome Singing Session.
  We’ll be encouraging people to come along and lead their favourite chorus songs and to make the rafters ring with the harmonies.
• Friday 25th March from 10-11 in the Trocadero. Songs and poems of C. Fox Smiths in a presentation called: “Shellback Sheila“.
• Saturday 26th March from 11.20am – 12.20pm in the Spiegel Zeit. This time the Forties have a workshop called “The Song Goes On” – chorus songs about songs – and we want everyone to join in.
• Saturday night from 9.30pm in the Terrace – The Forties are hosting the singing session – everyone welcome to come and lead songs.
• Monday 27th March from 10.50am – 11.30am in the Scrumpy Bar – concert spot

Something else you’re sure to enjoy!

• Sunday 27th March from 1.30pm – 2.30pm in the Trocadero – Margaret (from the RFs) will be joining Danny and Gael Spooner and Duncan Brown singing songs of the Watersons. Lots more rafter-raising!

Illawarra Folk Festival 2016

The countdown is on or the Illawarra Folk Festival – 14-17 January 2016.

On Friday 4.45pm in the Nags Lounge you can catch the Forties presenting settings of the nautical poems of Cicely Fox Smith, and we have a concert spots in the Odeon at 1.15 on Saturday and 11.30am on Sunday. There’s 75% quirky new repertoire at the latter with LOTS of choruses!!

Check out the other marvellous acts who’ll be there.

We enjoyed the Turning Wave hugely and are now gearing up for the Kangaroo Valley Folk Festival (17-19th October). Our two gigs are on Sunday – 12pm concert in the Marquee and a workshop called “Heavy Lifters”: songs of Australian Working Lives – 2.30-3.30 in the Pony Club.

The Turning Wave Festival (19-21 September, 2014) is not too far off. The Forties will be there singing in a couple of concerts and hosting some singing sessions.

Many folkies will remember Len Neary who presided over some great singing sessions over many years. Len died 24 Sept 2013 and we’d like to dedicate this year’s sessions at the Royal Hotel in Yass to his memory.

More details on the Turning Wave Festival website.