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Welcome to the 24th Brunswick Music Festival and the 18th Sydney Road Street Party, and I’m delighted once more to bring to you our festival program. As you read this you will be aware of our new program design and layout, I hope you find it pleasing to the eye and easy to use, we’re always proud of our program and this year I think our designers have excelled. Also when you book your tickets online you will find a completely new booking system which will deliver a better service for you and also add considerably to our general efficiency in ticketing administration. It also allows us to retain out ability to offer our excellent discount packages, which will operate online and through the booking office but only until the 20 February. So all you long term audience members who take advantage of the packages please remember to get your bookings in early. Also new in the program this year is a new venue, the Phoenix Public House, a newly refurbished band room at 133 Sydney Rd. Our program this year is eclectic as ever, presenting a balance of artists well known to you and a selection of artists new to the festival and some new to Australia. They are bound by our long held policy of covering our traditional genres, offering opportunities to see some of the best in the world in Traditional and folk, roots, world and indigenous performances. I’d like to highlight what I consider an exceptional line up of female artists. From the northern hemisphere we have Krystle Warren, Abigail Washburn, April Verch, Chris While & Julie Matthews and from Australia Kristina Olsen, Sara Tindley, Marta Pacek and Jenny M Thomas, many of whom have never performed at the festival. Also be sure to check our Sydney Road Street Party program I think its one of the best for years, featuring some high quality local performers. Also all you bike riders, some temporary bike racks will be available in Victoria Street and in Wilson Street, both located close to the event site, so please make use of them. I would like to conclude as always by thanking the many people who make this festival a reality each year; the board of Performing Arts Moreland, our public partner the Moreland City Council, our advertisers and supporters, our staff and crew and especially the fabulous performers, many of who have traveled many miles to be here. On behalf of all I would like to welcome you to our 24th Festival and as always urge to enjoy a program dedicated to artistic excellence and cultural diversity. John McAuslan |
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