Cygnet Folk Festival

So, the present Mrs Macfadyen’s mother has a cousin who lives in Hobart, Tasmania. She’s a lovely woman (the mother-in-law and the cousin!).

We got talking, by email, about my ramblings on Celtic Music Radio. it turns out Gina is also a big Celtic/Folk music fan. She will be heading to the town of Cygnet, Tasmania for the Cygnet Folk Festival, which takes place from Friday 9th Jan – Sun 11th Jan 2009.

Not only that, Gina also sent me a great CD by Annie Parsell & Peter Hicks called Listen…. We’ve been playing it now for a couple of weeks on the station.

We made contact with Peter Hicks and I had the pleasure of talking to him live from Tasmania today on my show. What a lovely bloke!

The festival sounds great too. Dougie MacLean is in Australia at the moment and will be playing at the festival.

So, if you’ve the time (and money for the air fare!), why not visit the Cygnet Folk Festival next weekend in Tasmania!