Port Fairy Folk Festival
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The Port Fairy Folk Festival is a popular annual four-day music festival based in the historic fishing village of Port Fairy
in Victoria
, Australia.
Traditionally staged during the local Labour Day
long weekend (the first Friday each March), the first event was held in December 1977, and has been an annual fixture ever since. At first concentrating on Irish
traditional music and culture, the focus has subsequently broadened to include a diverse range of styles and influences, from Blues
/Roots
to World Music
.
Port Fairy, Victoria
Port Fairy is a coastal town in south-western Victoria, Australia. It lies on the Princes Highway in the Shire of Moyne, west of Warrnambool and 290 km west of Melbourne, at the point where the Moyne River enters the Southern Ocean.-History:...
in Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, Australia.
Traditionally staged during the local Labour Day
Labour Day
Labour Day or Labor Day is an annual holiday to celebrate the economic and social achievements of workers. Labour Day has its origins in the labour union movement, specifically the eight-hour day movement, which advocated eight hours for work, eight hours for recreation, and eight hours for...
long weekend (the first Friday each March), the first event was held in December 1977, and has been an annual fixture ever since. At first concentrating on Irish
Folk music of Ireland
The folk music of Ireland is the generic term for music that has been created in various genres in Ireland.-History:...
traditional music and culture, the focus has subsequently broadened to include a diverse range of styles and influences, from Blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
/Roots
Roots music
Roots music can refer to several styles or trends in music:* Americana * Folk music* Roots of hip hop, the conditions which led to creation of the hip hop genre* Roots reggae...
to World Music
World music
World music is a term with widely varying definitions, often encompassing music which is primarily identified as another genre. This is evidenced by world music definitions such as "all of the music in the world" or "somebody else's local music"...
.