May 16th and 17th 2015 – FREE EVENT!
Celebrate a very beautiful and historic area in New Zealand at the Maniototo Bards, Ballads & Bulldust Festival. Bards, Ballads & Bulldust is the chance to step back in time in quaint establishments around the Maniototo and enjoy performances by artists from all around NZ. Make the most of the colder weather in front of a roaring fire, sipping a delicious Central Otago Pinot Noir, listening to tales and songs of days gone by.
A variety of musicians, poets, balladeers and story tellers will rotate around the Waipiata Country Hotel, Ancient Briton and Oturehua Railway Hotels over two days. You can create a pub crawl following different performers or choose to stay at one establishment and wait for the entertainment to come to you! Celebrate the spoken word, the deep history of high country farming, goldmining and New Zealand music in one of the most stunning valleys in the world – the Maniototo. All performances are free of charge!
BBB 2015 Performer Profiles and Programme
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PERFORMERS INCLUDE:
Graham Wardrop
Graham has been acclaimed as New Zealand’s finest finger style guitarist. After thirty years in the professional arena, he is regularly called upon to give concert performances, to play on television and studio recording sessions, to hold workshops in advanced fingerstyle techniques for steel string guitar, along with providing atmospheric music in sophisticated dining situations.
Graham has performed solo and alongside some of the world’s finest musicians, dazzling audiences at countless festivals, concerts and corporate functions.
Alice Hore & Friends
Alice is currently the ‘better’ half of Sombrero Tuesdays – an acoustic duo of herlself & Shaun Todd. They frequently play around Oamaru, at festivals and, for the first time, the Maniototo Bards, Ballads & Bulldust Festival. Born and bred in the Maniototo, Alice also sang with one time local Maniototo band, Rabs Hands. For her festival debut Alice will be putting the works of local Maniototo poet, Des Styles to music. Come along and welcome this Kyeburn lass and her friends ‘home’ for the weekend.
Roger Lusby
As a musician, Roger writes and records children’s songs, trains teachers to teach music to children, teaches children to play the ukulele and plays his own music. Roger is also a storyteller, telling stories to young and old that spark the imagination and bringing real events to life in word and recitation.
Paddy-Ann Pemberton (Central Otago Town Crier and musician), Keith Scott (Story teller and historian), Mike Boyd and Hussein Rawlings (Poets), Balladeer Jillian Sullivan, musicians Paul Bond, Hyram Ballard, Phil Garland, Read and Kay Hudson, Mark Raffils and Don Milne plus more!
Contact Amie Pont on (027) 264 3766 for further details or email [email protected]