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Festival of Small Halls is a series of tours that takes the best folk and contemporary acoustic artists performing at two of our country’s largest festivals, and sends them on the road to tiny halls in communities all over Australia.

It is produced by Woodfordia Inc in partnership with many other wonderful Australian festivals, regional partners and great lovers and supporters of folk and contemporary acoustic music.

It’s an opportunity for music-lovers from welcoming communities to invite artists from Home and Abroad into their towns…
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New South Wales, HERE WE GO!!! We are beyond exc

New South Wales, HERE WE GO!!!

We are beyond excited to announce that we'll be touring with complete legends and insanely talented musicians @bobby_alu and @thiswaynorth to 20 halls across New South Wales this Autumn.

We could not be more grateful to be supporting these 20 incredible communities to present this excellent music in their local halls. It's been a trying old time of late, and they've really gone the extra mile to bring us all back together safely in these treasured spaces. We can't wait!

To read more about these wonderful artists, check out the halls we're headed to and snap up your tickets, head to our website (link in bio)

#HallsAutumn #announce #community #NSW #NewSouthWales #australiacouncil #artsfunding #music #travel #roadtrip #ontheroad #aussiemusic #australia #ruralhall #friends #family #folk #indie #polynesian #folkmusic #contemporary #livemusic #smallhalls #inspiration #tour #happiness #love

SPACE IN A TOUR! Today we're smiling as broadly as

SPACE IN A TOUR! Today we're smiling as broadly as we were at the start of February two years ago, at the Eureka Hall in NNSW with Fru Skagerrak and Liam Gerner. Why? Well, apart from it being a glorious day, we're routing tours through NSW again! AND we have had a few last minute spots come up! Oh the feelings, they are good.

So if we haven't been able to make it to you in years gone by, this is the moment. It's a super last minute moment, so please share this with any interested NSW folks. Especially in the west as we're finally coming outside of summer! Huzzah!

📸 Balvin Productions

Welcome to 2021! We are starting off our New Year

Welcome to 2021! We are starting off our New Year with.....laundry. (And full water tanks in the background, hurrah!) Clean bunting ready to go up in some gorgeous halls.... we can’t wait. What are you looking forward to this year? #2021 #newyearnewstart #fresh #clean #breeze #optimism #hope #excitement #renewal

Tomorrow is the last day of 2020. Over this insa

Tomorrow is the last day of 2020.

Over this insane year, we were lucky enough to perform 47 shows and three festivals across Tasmania, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Queensland. Less than half of what we had planned, but more than double the experiences. What a journey!

We started the year side by side with our friends in the shadow of bushfire. We sang in the ashes of small towns with communities ready to rise like phoenixes. Over the year, we were welcomed, alongside thousands of patrons, to small halls in little towns, each with a story, a particular kindness, a special food and a welcome all of its own. We ended in the same spirit - standing proudly besides communities with grit, and with guts, who'd been rocked by a global pandemic but for whom leaving anyone behind was never an option. We kept in touch and heard about how people had been generous to those who were isolated, how the rains finally came and how much people loved their dogs (ok that was us).

Thanks to touring artists @siobhanjmiller and bandmates Rosie, Innes and Euan; @jackcarty; @shelliemorrismusic and @hussyhicks; @womenindocs and @karlswilliams; and with particular love, to @paulmckennaband and @alana.wilkinson who were pulled off their tour two weeks in, and @colin.lillie.music and @iona.fyfe who never even got to the airport. Please continue to follow and support these wonderful artists. Thanks also to the 44 emerging artists who joined us as local supports - you made our jaws drop!

Thank you to our amazing crew @josiahweekes, and our dear Harry of @premier_sound_and_lighting who make everything so beautiful, and to Tour Managers Kate Atkinson, Steph Suess and Jenna Koda for keeping the show on the road.

To our beloved community hosts across Australia, to the ones we got to visit and the ones we didn't, we love you. Thank you for choosing us.

We'll be capping off 2020 with our Scottish friends at @yosa2020 tomorrow night with a special premiere of some of the wonderful music planned to be presented through 2020.

See you on the other side! In the spirit of community - Team Halls

#thankyou

📸 by Kate Atkinson, Leesa Gentz, Brad Marcellos and Jenna Koda

We're spending this hazy time between Christmas an

We're spending this hazy time between Christmas and New Year slowing right down, getting ready to start as we mean to go on through 2021 by pausing and really soaking in the gratitude for all we experienced in 2020. It was a tough one, but full of so much love, kindness, resilience and community.

One element of our 2020 operations that brought us so much gratitude was our Internship programme. We welcomed Julia and Lucy into our office to undertake Associate Producer internships from August - November, and they lit up our days with their easy humour, brilliant efficiency, love for the communities they worked with and wonderful enthusiasm.

In partnership with CQ RASN, we also welcomed Will and Kai onto the road teams to learn about technical production and tour management across a combined total of 23 venues in Queensland, from Ravenshoe to Cunnamulla to Springbrook and everywhere in between. These guys were tough to say goodbye to and we're so grateful for the infusion of excitement, promise, hope and a wonderful future that they filled us with.

These four legends are out in the world now - finding the right places to commence full time careers in the arts that range from sound and lighting in world class venues to creating independent tours as artists to producing brilliant shows with some of Queensland's best companies. We're so grateful for the many hours we spent teaching, and learning with these great young people and we can't wait to see what they do next.

Special shoutout to last year's intern Izzy Bartlett for setting us up on the best possible foot for the year by getting up at 7am on January 1st to bake scones for the very first Small Halls show of 2020 at the Woodford Folk Festival.

#smallhalls #interns #creatingabeautifulfuture #ArtsQueensland #investinyoungpeople #thefutureisbright #family #community #gratitude

Tonight, we close the Summer Tour 2020 with @karls

Tonight, we close the Summer Tour 2020 with @karlswilliams and @womenindocs in the warm (imaginary and from a distance) embrace that is the town of Eudlo. Festival of Small Halls Eudlo will be supported by Palomino III.

"Palomino mix together undercurrents of Americana, blues and dark Western inside a familial talent pool. Their handle on traditional songwriting emerges like a hefty dose of moonshine and sarcastic melancholy…”

The past eight years have been spent travelling and performing across Australia, Finland and Belgium, as two of the founding members of iconic ‘A Band Called Twang.’

The regional Australian #1 drive time hit single offered a taste of the tongue in cheek smarts the Fargos deliver. Moving from the main stage to the stripped down seedling roots of a good life ever after, they head back to the beginnings of where it all began… Strings, skins and vocals…

Doors open 3.30pm for a 4pm start for the final Festival of Small Halls show for the year!

#HallsSummer #ArtsQld #artsfunding #thisisqueensland #qld #queensland #liveinqueensland #community #music #travel #roadtrip #ontheroad #aussiemusic #explore #australia #ruralhall #friends #family #folk #folkmusic #contemporary #livemusic #smallhalls #inspiration #tour #blues #singersongwriter #happiness #love

The sunflowers on the Darling and Southern Downs n

The sunflowers on the Darling and Southern Downs never stop being amazing. We’re taking our lead from them and turning our faces to the sun! (And away from the roadworks on the Cunningham) See you beachside Team Halls - tonight we’re back with our friends in Mudgeeraba! Doors open at 6.30pm for a 7pm start. Second last show with @womenindocs and @karlswilliams! #HallsSummer

Cooroy, here we come! It's our third last show wit

Cooroy, here we come! It's our third last show with @womenindocs and @karlswilliams and that heady mix of sadness at the impending end along with all the excitement and joy of meeting each community is making us dizzy.

Tonight we're in Cooroy and the show will be opened by lovely local support Tilly Wright.

Tilly Wright is a young guitarist and songwriter from the Sunshine Coast Hinterland. She takes inspiration from memories, dreams, hopes and the beautiful bush land around her home. Tilly started creating music only two years ago, and has been passionate about it ever since. She finds music therapeutic, and a way to express her soul.

We can't wait to have Tilly join us! Doors open at 6.30pm for a 7pm start and if you're hungry for dinner during the interval, the RSL next door is doing a special takeaway menu for the show.

It's been so wonderful witnessing communities banding together and working so hard to reunite communities in their treasured halls after such a tough year. Please, play your part in your community and remember physical distancing is a requirement to run these events. These are volunteer-run shows and your hall needs each person to play their part in making sure we can all keep going to shows together.

Sitting with the beautiful community of Glen Aplin

Sitting with the beautiful community of Glen Aplin ahead of tonight’s show hearing about fire safety, resilience and recovery. Wonderful feeling of heading in the same direction, all together. Perfect ahead of our fourth last show on this tour with @womenindocs and @karlswilliams. Can’t wait for tonight with @nineyearsister joining us to open the show! This place is so beautiful. 📸@jennakoda #HallsSummer #discovergranitebelt #community #rfs #firetruck #bushfirerecovery #thisisqueensland #discoverqueensland #liveinqueensland #artsfunding #music #travel #roadtrip #ontheroad #aussiemusic #ArtsQld #australia #ruralhall #friends #family #folk #folkmusic #contemporary #livemusic #smallhalls #inspiration #tour #blues #happiness #love

We're on our way, Glen Aplin! The Glen Aplin Memor

We're on our way, Glen Aplin! The Glen Aplin Memorial Hall has hosted many community celebrations, weddings, wakes, markets and dances along with sporting and social activities. Tonight, it is Festival of Small Halls' turn with @karlswilliams and @womenindocs , supported by the band @nineyearsister.

'Nine Year Sister' is a multi-award winning independent pop/folk duo comprised of singer/songwriters from Stanthorpe QLD, Jennie Wardle and Emma Wardle. Calling themselves 'Nine Year Sister' (being sisters nine years apart in age), Jennie and Emma write and record original songs and independently release music.

In January 2020, Nine Year Sister released their second CD album titled 'A World Is Waiting', which has received airplay on the ABC and various other Australian & international radio stations.

Doors open 6.30pm for a 7pm start. See you tonight!

#HallsSummer #ArtsQld #artsfunding #thisisqueensland #qld #queensland #liveinqueensland #community #music #travel #roadtrip #ontheroad #aussiemusic #explore #australia #ruralhall #friends #family #folk #folkmusic #contemporary #livemusic #smallhalls #inspiration #tour #blues #singersongwriter #excitement #happiness #love

Give a warm welcome to a new member of our halls f

Give a warm welcome to a new member of our halls family, Captain Creek. We are so excited to be performing at the Captain Creek Community Sport & Recreation Hall tonight with @karlswilliams and @womenindocs .

Festival of Small Halls Captain Creek will be supported by Murphy Road .

Murphy Road is an Agnes Water CQ based duo combining the talents of Bryan Williams on guitar and Tina Sanderson on vocals. Known as “Duosity” until their rebranding in October 2020, Murphy Road delivers eclectic sets of originals and covers.

Bryan is a true musician, with decades of experience playing venues across Sydney, Canberra and more, his style flows effortlessly from classic rock and blues to sensitive ballads.

Following a 20-something year break after humble beginnings in a rock quartet in the early 90’s, Tina returned recently as “MissT” performing jazz/pop, and now brings her own unique vocal style, a combo of raw and a little sweet. With diverse backgrounds comes an equally diverse sound and set list.

Food and drink available for purchase.

Doors open 6.30pm for a 7pm start. See you soon!

#HallsSummer #ArtsQld #artsfunding #thisisqueensland #qld #queensland #liveinqueensland #community #music #travel #roadtrip #ontheroad #aussiemusic #explore #australia #ruralhall #friends #family #folk #folkmusic #contemporary #livemusic #smallhalls #inspiration #tour #blues #singersongwriter #excitement #happiness

The team are running high on endorphins and are ex

The team are running high on endorphins and are excited for tonights SOLD OUT show at The Hub, Eungella.

The hall was originally an old army hospital situated at Mackay Harbour and donated to the RSL. It was dismantled, loaded onto a truck and taken to its present location at Eungella where it was reconstructed by a builder and community members. If the hall could talk, it would recount may memories of the Dairy Queen and Cattlemen's balls, dances, church services, fetes, shows, movie nights and more recently, Friday Night dining and monthly markets. Our hall was damaged in cyclone Ului and thanks to grants and fabulous community members it has been restored and is in better condition than ever. It is now known as "The Hub".

Food available from 5.30pm.
Vegan Lentil Curry $9
Beef & Gravy Rolls $9
Chip & Sweet Potato Wedges

Eungella Hall stands on lands traditionally owned by the Widi people. #HallsSummer

Hello again, Bluewater! We're looking forward to s

Hello again, Bluewater! We're looking forward to seeing you all tonight at Bluewater Community Centre when we roll into town with @karlswilliams and @womenindocs .

Opening the show tonight will be local group, Littmus Steampunk Band.

"Say goodbye to Steampunk...I don't think so." The impeccably dressed, #LittmusSteampunkBand still has trouble accepting the 20th century, let alone the 21st. Playing a folk/cabaret style of music with Victorian/Steampunk aesthetics in original songs.

Doors open 6.30pm for a 7pm start.

#HallsSummer #ArtsQld #artsfunding #thisisqueensland #qld #queensland #liveinqueensland #community #music #travel #roadtrip #ontheroad #aussiemusic #explore #australia #ruralhall #friends #family #folk #folkmusic #contemporary #livemusic #smallhalls #inspiration #tour #blues #singersongwriter #excitement #happiness

Likely to be our final ticketing update for a bit

Likely to be our final ticketing update for a bit - here goes!!

Thanks to new Covid density relaxations, Innisfail tonight will have tickets available on the door. This the last show in the north you can get tickets to - the much smaller halls of Bluewater and Eungella are completely SOLD OUT.

Next week, Captain Creek remains firmly SOLD OUT but Rainbow Beach has just released more tickets to the previously sold out performance! Hurrah!!

Finally, Glen Aplin has limited tickets remaining, and Mudgeeraba is not far behind. Cooroy has added more tickets but Eudlo is also totally SOLD OUT.

See you in a hall near (ish) you!

#HallsSummer #livemusic #communityhalls #love #ontour #smallhalls

Tonight, Festival of Small Halls makes its inaugur

Tonight, Festival of Small Halls makes its inaugural visit to Innisfail. We are so excited to be joining you with @karlswilliams and @womenindocs tonight in the beautiful Innisfail Shire Hall.

Opening the show tonight will be @@robert_cini . Hailing from Innisfail, multi-award-winning singer/songwriter Robert Cini’s deeply melodic songs, infusing multiple genres, accompany a truly unique aura on stage and ability to capture audiences and passers by with his astonishingly powerful soulful voice.

Fresh from the long-awaited release of his debut album ‘Imaginary Fun’, Robert embarks on a new beginning after overcoming serious health issues including Thyroid cancer and a life-long battle with a progressive vision impairment, along the way to making the album. The album testifies to a new authentically raw-earthy sound, showcasing Robert’s prodigious songcraft and has already garnered huge success with the song ‘Different Road’ awarded ‘Best song in the Folk/Acoustic genre’ at the recent Australian Songwriters Assoc. Awards in Sydney. Robert picked up a second award for ‘Best Live Performance’ of the night after taking to the stage to perform the winning song to a record sold-out crowd. His songs receive regular rotation on radio in Queensland, interstate and overseas. It follows the previous success of his self-titled EP which included Australian Songwriters Award winning song ‘Haven’t You Noticed’.

Doors open 6.30pm for a 7pm start.

Innisfail Shire Hall stands on land traditionally owned by the Mamu people.

#HallsSummer #ArtsQld #artsfunding #thisisqueensland #qld #queensland #liveinqueensland #community #music #travel #roadtrip #ontheroad #aussiemusic #explore #australia #ruralhall #friends #family #folk #folkmusic #contemporary #livemusic #smallhalls #inspiration #tour #blues #singersongwriter #excitement #happiness #love

More tickets released to Glen Aplin today, joining

More tickets released to Glen Aplin today, joining Innisfail, Bluewater, Cooroy and Mudgeeraba in the boat of previously sold-out shows with new tickets now available!

A reminder, Captain Creek and Eungella are both absolutely sold out and no further tickets will be available at any stage to those performances.

#HallsSummer @womenindocs @karlswilliams

Hello, Belli! Christmas bush and festive boards. W

Hello, Belli! Christmas bush and festive boards. What a welcome!! We are so pumped to get going.

Doors at 6.30pm, a very, very small handful of tickets are available on the door. Anna and Jordan kick us off at 7pm! Food and drinks available for purchase. See you here, real soon!

#HallsSummer

Ticketing Update! The shows in Captain Creek and

Ticketing Update!

The shows in Captain Creek and Eungella remain firmly sold out, but more tickets have been released to Innisfail, Bluewater, Corooy and Mudgeeraba! Jump on them quicksticks, these show just keep selling out! #HallsSummer @womenindocs @karlswilliams