Qld: Woodford festival plans indigenous spin-off

AAP General News (Australia)
12-29-2004
Qld: Woodford festival plans indigenous spin-off

BRISBANE, Dec 29 AAP - Organisers of the Woodford Folk Festival, held each year north
of Brisbane, are planning an indigenous arts spin-off on the same site next June.

Woodford organiser Bill Hauritz said today the indigenous arts festival would be called
The Dreaming: Australia's international indigenous festival and would take place on the
Queen's Birthday long weekend.

"It's rather interesting isn't it? An indigenous festival on the Queen's Birthday weekend?"

Mr Hauritz said today.

"We won't miss the irony."

Mr Hauritz said planning was already underway and some indigenous acts would be coming
from overseas, but no details were yet available.

"The indigenous festival The Dreaming will be an arts event," he said.

"It won't be community driven."

The Woodford Folk Festival started on December 27 and will end on the night of January
1 following the fire event.

Last year the event attracted 102,000 people but attendance this year was expected
to reach 140,000.

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