music festival | organised castle

I have finally come back to earth after a huge weekend. It was the 50th Maldon Folk Festival which is is held in our small town. The whole event is organised by a small committee and an enthusiastic band of volunteers. It is spread over 4 days in multiple indoor and outdoor venues with dozens of artists from Australia and overseas. For the third year in a row, GMan and I both did some volunteer shifts but that left plenty of time to see some amazing talent.

Here are some photos I took during several performances.

The Royal High Jinx – high energy and lots of fun.

The Bushwackers – an Australian institution since 1971 – with numerous line-up changes but as authentic as ever.

Eric Bogle – a Scotsman who has called Australia home for many years and his iconic song, ‘And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda’.

The cleverly named group, The Tequila Mockingbirds, including local legend Mick Coates and their special brand of Cowboy Swing.

The Sweet Sorrows, an Irish/Australian duo with haunting and delicate harmonies.

There was definitely something for everyone and the weather added a touch of drama on the last evening. Just after 7pm a storm rolled in with wind, rain and torrent of tiny hail which blanketed the town in what looked like snow but was in fact, ice made up of millions of tiny hailstones.

This is a view of Main Street.

We are away for a couple of days of the Easter break and going to a music festival.

The clothes I am wearing are pretty much my standard casual wear and I have taken a couple of photos to show you. Unfortunately, my laptop and camera and not ‘talking’ to each other at the moment so the photos will have to wait until I get home.

I brought a pair of jeans and my my charcoal grey travel pants as well as two 3/4 sleeve t-shirts – red/white stripe and black/white stripe with a rugby top for the cooler evening as we have been outdoors until well after midnight.

My footwear is a pair of red lace-up casuals from Ecco. I did also bring my sneakers (not on the list) just in case there was wet weather and the shoes got wet on the first day. The weather has been absolutely gorgeous so the sneakers have stayed firmly ensconced in the bottom of my bag.

A look around the festival at other attendees reinforces that there was no particular dress-code – it really is a matter of anything goes! My priority was comfort and that suited me nicely.