With just four sleeps to go until Town Folk Festival 2024, Castlemaine’s beloved single-day contemporary folk music festival has announced playing times across its three stages and a few additions to the lineup of local and international talent visiting Djaara Country this Saturday.
Joining the likes of A. Savage (US), Marlon Williams (NZ), The Teskey Brothers, Grace Cummings and Ngaiire, is local indie folk duo Kid Sam, which were recently added to the lineup.
The festival has also revealed DJs Joey Lightbulb and Magic Hour will be providing a crowd-pleasing soundtrack for the Sunken Oval dancefloor to groove along to between band sets.
In further exciting news, the infectious Country Club Boot Scooting crew will host a line dancing session to get toes tapping and heels strutting through the afternoon. Nothing like a hoedown at a folk festival! Full playing times can be found on the Town Folk website.
The Express caught up with festival director and Bridge Hotel co-owner Jeremy Furze, Melbourne DJ Mikey Cahill (aka DJ Joey Lightbulb), and locals Briega Young (M79) and Kieran Ryan (Kid Sam) late last week for a stroll on the new Sunken Oval venue as preparations ramped up for the highly anticipated festival.
Furze said the festival had grown with each year, and this year’s event promised to be bigger and better than ever before with the addition of the all-new main stage on the Sunken Oval in Walker Street complementing the popular outdoor stage alongside the nearby Bridge Hotel, and intimate venue at Shedshaker Brewing at The Mill.
“With more than 16 acts featuring international, national and local talent across the three venues it will be an event not to be missed!” Furze said.
“We will have powerhouse international acts such as New Zealand singer-songwriter Marlon Williams and The Teskey Brothers through to Castlemaine locals The Maes and local party band M79 featuring. It will be a great opportunity to showcase local talent,” he said.
Melbourne’s Mikey Cahill (aka DJ Joey Lightbulb) said he couldn’t wait for the Castlemaine gig.
“The paddock is looking cherry ripe and I can’t wait to party on this patch of grass,” he said.
Briega Young of M79 said the local band was super pumped to be performing at the event.
“We just love the whole concept and are excited to have the chance to showcase some local talent,” she said.
Kieran Ryan of Kid Sam said he was a relatively new resident in town and was stoked to be attending and performing at Town Folk Festival for the first time.
“The whole festival has a really great vibe and we can’t wait to be part of it,” he said.
For more information and tickets visit www.townfolkfestival.com
