Adding to an already enticing lineup of folk artistry, Port Fairy Folk Festival reveal their second artist announcement.
As Port Fairy Folk Festival returns to its Campbell Street centre on the weekend of 7 – 10 March 2025 for their 48th year, they welcome one of Australia’s most renowned musical figures, Peter Garrett and his band The Alter Egos, amongst a lineup of local and international talent.
Port Fairy Folk Festival Details
- When: 7 – 10 March 2025
- Where: 33 Campbell Street, Port Fairy Victoria
- Tickets: on sale now from here.
Second Artist Lineup
- PETER GARRETT AND THE ALTER EGOS
- ANDREA KIRWIN AND CLAIRE EVELYNN
- GUSTO GUSTO
- MEGHAN MAIKE & THE CACTUS FLOWERS
- JENNY MITCHELL
- RUTHIER FOSTER
- JON MUQ
- SIMON JOYNER
- BESS ATWELL
- MUIREANN BRADLEY
- CLARE SANDS
- TALISK
- GRASSY STRINGS
- LINDIGO
- OLD MAN LUEDECKE
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Peter Garrett has been a significant fixture of the Australian music and political scene thanks to his contributions with Midnight Oil, environmental activism and of course his stint as a politician. With his band The Alter Egos, Garrett continues his hold in the Aus rock space and is a fitting frontrunner for Port Fairy Folk Festival.
In addition to Garrett, the festival will see local artists Andrea Kirwin and Claire Evelynn, Gusto Gusto, and Meghan Maike & The Cactus Flowers jump up, along with adoptive player, exciting young folk-country star Jenny Mitchell from just across the seas in Southern New Zealand. Joining these extraordinary local acts will be returning blues legend Ruthie Foster, and fellow US singer/songwriters Jon Muq and Simon Joyner who will play the Folkie stages for the very first time.
On the back of her award-winning new album, indie-folk Londoner Bess Atwell will make her Australian debut, alongside Ireland’s 17-year-old country blues guitarist Muireann Bradley and fearless fiddler Clare Sands. And you won’t want to miss Scotland stars Talisk, fresh from making waves at the Cambridge Folk Festival!
Premiering on the Folkie stages is India’s wholesome bluegrass duo Grassy Strings, the joyful and uplifting music of Réunion’s Lindigo, and one of our favourite Canadian folk singers Old Man Luedecke.
These fantastic artists join the already announced lineup of The Brother Brothers (USA), Chikchika, The East Pointers (CAN), Dean Owens & The Sinners (SCO), Hana & Jessie-Lee’s Bad Habits, Hannah Aldridge (USA), John Smith (ENG), Katie Spencer (ENG), Kristin Hersh (USA), Kutcha Edwards, Lian Husi Timor, Little Quirks, Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission, Missy Higgins, Niamh Bury (IRE), Síomha (IRE), and Skerryvore (SCO) who were announced in July.
Tickets available now. To discover the line-up, explore accommodation options and to book your spot visit portfairyfolkfestival.com
