The three-day celebration takes place in January during Auckland’s Birthday Weekend (Friday January 28 through Monday January 31), welcoming into 2022 with proudly local programming! The Auckland Folk Festival arrives at the Kumeu Showgrounds for its annual festival, bringing together a unique selection of New Zealand’s best to celebrate, sing and dance, for three frivolous days! The Festival, renowned for being a unique and all-inclusive celebration, with a lineup of folk music of various genres, is delighted to present a much needed and sure 49th festival this summer. With the big 50th, which is announced in 2023, it is time to start the celebrations !!
Spread over its six stages will be French for rabbits, Wheel of experience, Luc thompson,
Kerryn Fields, We mavericks (aus), Ida Moon,
O & Le Mo and The Swan Sisters to name a few and more to announce.
The 2022 Auckland Folk Festival is thrilled to bring people together to celebrate the return to live events and the ability to safely come together to collaborate, consume and come together. The festival also continues to be proud of its cultural and gender diversity. Another highlight this year will be the immersive experience in our Mill Stage with Songs from the old country – with performances from Solomon Islands, Bulgaria, Iran and Serbia, among others.
Wheel of experience will set up their own war tent to perform old New Zealand songs in a very unique environment within our Village Green. Browse the market, restock and revitalize with our Food Trucks, dance with your kids, rest under the trees or take in a spontaneous dance performance or a jam, with music lovers and friends.
“In the strange and difficult world we live in now, scheduling an event to celebrate the folk community is luck. We are very excited about the artists we have selected for our audience. Getting together in January will be a reward for a long and arduous end to 2021, ”said artistic director Finn McLennan-Elliott.
“We strive to present a unique and interesting program every year and some of the parts of the 2022 festival have been in the works for many years, so we can’t wait for you to experience them with us.”
Whether you’re dancing the night away in one of the ceilidhs or a Balfolk ball, learning to folk dance, enjoying a concert, attending a workshop, or sharing ‘new and old’ experiences. With your friends and family, there is something for everyone – young at heart and young at heart! .
The constantly evolving and constantly evolving Kids Stage is taking a new step in 2022 with two incredible guest artists, The Swan Sisters and
Simon stanley (from Nashville, Tennessee). Children under 10 come to the festival for free and we pride ourselves on having a dedicated music and workshop program, including nightly stories, a dedicated children’s dance program, kapa haka workshops and a parade. .
All marquees are covered but open on the sides, and as it will be the song of the summer, the festival will follow government advice and seek to implement a vaccination certificate requirement for all eligible participants, volunteers and contractors. for vaccination. This is in line with the New Zealand government requirements for all large scale events nationwide.
All signs point to Helensville, and you can find the Auckland Folk Festival along this highway in Kumeu, less than twenty minutes from the city center, on a sunny last weekend in January.
The link to our HERO festival footage is here – let me know if you need more?
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1tQiqvv_KnOnUt-7AN4DUMbEqG0kcdC0y?usp=sharing
Some images of key artists are here
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1XuavRk_HgPjutaW2ZMIsX_uNTs9VyaPv?usp=sharing
Announcement of the first line-up:
French for rabbits
We mavericks
Wheel of experience
Luc thompson
Kerryn Fields
Cry
Michel Parmenter
Te Wehi Haka
Alpaca social club
On the other side of the great divide
The Swan Sisters
Turkey the bird
O & Le Mo
Ida Moon
Monty Bevins
Shimna’s List
Sam loveridge
Butter would not melt
Simon stanley
Rhubarb
Gavin & Cara
People’s Ministry
Songs from the old country
Ethno Aotearoa
www.aucklandfolkfestival.co.nz
Tickets are on sale now through Eventfinda. Early bird tickets close on December 31st.
Festival calendar published in January 2022.
About the 49th Auckland Folk Festival
Auckland Anniversary Weekend
From Friday January 28 to Monday January 31, 2022
Kumeu Showgrounds, Auckland
www.aucklandfolkfestival.co.nz
Art credit: David Jones
The Auckland Folk Festival is an annual folk music and dance festival that brings to Auckland a diverse selection of the best in contemporary and traditional folk music for music lovers of all ages to enjoy. It is New Zealand’s largest folk festival with 3,000 campers and day visitors expected this weekend.
The 49th edition of the festival will feature a lineup exclusively made up of artists from Aotearoa, highlighting our own. In a world of uncertainty and confusion, Auckland Folk Festival is a family environment, open and inclusive. All six sites are covered marquees, our village green is surrounded by trees, and informal jams appear all day and night across the entire Showgrounds site.
A wide range of food and drink will be on site as well as music and folk market stalls. In order to respect the family atmosphere, alcohol is not sold on site.
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