Saturday
The full 2012 Warrandyte Festival Program will be available in early February.
11.00am Official start of Parade at the Community Centre, 168 Yarra Street: Cutting of ribbon by local councillors, Town Crier, Festival Monarchs, bands, floats, vintage cars and more. Commentaries at the Community Centre, Grand Hotel and Stiggants Reserve. Enquiries parade@warrandytefestival.org
12.00pm Smoking ceremony and official festival opening, Main Stage: Welcome the 2012 Festival Monarchs – CFA chiefs Bernie Ebzery (Warrandyte CFA), Rowan Thornton (North Warrandyte CFA) and Greg Kennedy (South Warrandyte CFA), and local Councillors, followed by entertainment.
4.30pm Home Brewing Competition, Upper Reserve adjacent to Stiggants Street: Registration from 4.30pm, judging from 5.00pm. Beer categories include stout, lager, bitter, ale, pilsner, draught light/others and peoples choice. $2.50 per category. Please provide at least two bottles per category. Sponsored by The Grand Hotel, The Mitre Tavern (Melbourne) and Buckleys Beer. Enquiries contact@warrandytefestival.org
Acoustic Lounge Tent
Location: Lower Reserve, below Warrandyte Community Church
Saturday will feature a Tribute to Harry Smith’s Anthology of American Folk Music.
A highly influential compilation of authentic roots music recorded before 1933 that included the genres of blues, country, cajun, gospel and appalachian mountain music.
These musical streams form the bedrock from which modern music derives its form and sound.
Harry Smith hoped that this music would bring social changes. It was one of the elements that drove the 1950-60′s folk revival. “I’m glad to say that my dreams came true. I saw America changed through music” -Harry Smith
12.30pm Old Timey
1.30pm Country
2.30pm Cajun / Jug Band
3.30pm Blues
4.30pm Gospel
Main Stage
Location: Upper Reserve
12.00pm Opening ceremony – introduce Monarchs of the Festival
12.15pm Warrandyte Primary School and Bush Band
1.00pm Anderson’s Creek Primary School
1.30pm Warrandyte High School Concert and Symphonic Bands
2.00pm De Riaz Dance Academy
2.30pm Warrandyte Fifty-Five Plus Variety Group
3.00pm Warrandyte Neighbourhood House
3.30pm Chocolate Lilies choir
4.00pm Wonnies School Bands
4.30pm Luther College Stage Band
5.15pm Buck Creek
6.00pm The Thod
7.00pm Teskey Brothers
8.00pm Clairy Browne & the Bangin’ Rackettes
9.20pm King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Bring chairs or a blanket, bring or buy dinner and drinks and enjoy a night of music and dancing under the stars.