Fleurieu Folk Festival 2025 will be a bit different this year
Two significant external factors have required us to alter the format of Fleurieu Folk Festival for 2025:
Willunga Oval will be unavailable for our scheduled weekend due to the installation of a new underground watering system (with no camping or venues on the oval and restricted access to the entire park due to large equipment on-site).
Our major sponsor, the City of Onkaparinga, has paused its Grants program for 2025.
As a result of significantly reduced funding and having only partial access to Recreation Park, the Festival Committee has assessed how we can continue to bring the festival experience to you, our dedicated patrons in 2025. After investigating many alternatives, we have determined that the best option will be a spectacular 12-hour one-day Fleurieu Folk Day on Saturday, 25th October 2025, in our Festival Hall venue (Rec Park Stadium), featuring the cream of South Australian musicians.
Throughout the year, other exciting smaller events will complement our fantastic Fleurieu Folk Day. We look forward to seeing you at all of our events during the 2025 Festival year, each of which we believe you'll thoroughly enjoy.
We will be inviting performers to apply to perform in this exclusive program and will release the line-up once contracts have been finalised.
We will be back, refuelled and re-energised for a full three-day Fleurieu Folk Festival in 2026!
About Fleurieu Folk Festival
Set in the picturesque town of Willunga on the Fleurieu Peninsula, every October, the Fleurieu Folk Festival is South Australia's largest and friendliest folk music event. We present the best local, interstate and international musicians in a music celebration covering a broad range of genres, including traditional and contemporary folk, acoustic, Celtic, blues, Americana, roots, bluegrass and more!
With workshops, sessions, dancers, blackboard concerts, musical theatre, poetry, spoken word and children’s entertainment, local food, wine and market stalls, there is truly something for everyone! And you will find music enthusiasts playing together in every niche and corner.
Promoting young South Australian musicians has always been a significant priority for the Fleurieu Folk Festival. Each year, we nominate an outstanding folk musician aged between 14 and 25 to represent South Australia in Folk Alliance Australia's youth showcase concerts at the National Folk Festival in Canberra. The aim of the Youth Awards is to boost the profile of young performers and introduce, support and encourage them to the next level of their development.
Fleurieu Folk Festival has proudly received the Community Event of the Year award in the City of Onkaparinga's Australia Day Awards five times: in 2014, 2016, 2020, 2022 and 2024.
Fleurieu Folk Festival recognises and pays respect to the Kaurna People, who are the traditional owners of Willunga. We recognise their connection to land, waters and community and pay our respects to them, their cultures, and their Elders, past and present. The Willunga Basin is named after the Kaurna place name, Willangga, which is a traditional Kaurna cultural landscape rich with the history of the Kaurna Meyunna, the Kaurna People.
What's Happening
We need you!
We are looking for new and additional Committee and Subcommittee members, so if you are interested in becoming closely involved with the festival, come along and talk to us!
Mark your Calendar!
21st to 23 March 2025: Camp-out with sessions (location to be determined soon)
3rd May 2025: Quiz Night at Noarlunga Bowling Club
19th July 2025: Bush Dance at Willunga Rec Park Show Hall
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