Fringe Festival in Cobargo: It Takes a Village - The Triangle Community Newspaper

Thursday 26 February to Friday 27 February (morning)

Following last year’s incredible success, It Takes a Village is back and is bigger and better than ever. As the start of the Cobargo Folk Festival, the Fringe Festival transforms the entire village of Cobargo with music and art.

Busking Heats

This is a first! Cobargo will host the official Cobargo Busking Championship Heats on Thursday 26 February. Founded in Cooma in 2012, the Australian National Busking Championship has become a premier showcase of street music culture, with eight regional festivals annually.

Buskers will be selected to compete for glory and fill Cobargo village with sound from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm on Thursday. Winners will be announced at the Cobargo Hotel that night. You can apply to compete in the National Busking Championship on the Cobargo Folk Festival website. Applications close at midnight on Sunday 15 February. Go to the Cobargo Folk Festival website, then search for ‘it takes a village’ and scroll down the page to the applications for the busking competition.

Meet the Authors

From Question Time to Crime – renowned crime writers Chris Hammer (Legacy) and Michael Brissenden (Dust) will be in conversation with former ABC international correspondent Phil Williams at Well Thumbed Books on Thursday afternoon from 4.30 to 6.00 pm. Spaces are limited and bookings essential.
Contact Well Thumbed Books.

Music

From 4.00 pm Thursday through Friday morning, local and regional performers will light up CoCo Lounge, Valiant Coffee, Cobargo Hotel and the School of Arts Hall.

Featured artists include the Bega Male Voice Choir, Riverbend Choir, Pete Wild, the Bega District Band, Kate Burke, Daisy Chain, Pepper and Davies and the Southern Groove, Benji and the Saltwater Sound System, Gabi Forman and the Wayward Pilgrims, and the Randy Dandy Shanties.

Art

The RSL Hall showcases Bethany Thurtell’s stunning exhibition Faces of Cobargo. And the entire village will be transformed with atmospheric lighting, bunting and the flags sewn by Cobargo Quilters and decorated by local artists
and schools.

There is even more information on the Cobargo Folk Festival website.

The Yuin Folk Club

Acknowledgment of Country

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