MAIDENWELL FOLK GATHERING
8 March – 10 March
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See you Friday 8th March 2019 for a fabulous weekend-long acoustic music jam! Tell all your friends and encourage those who may have missed this event in their calendar. The gathering is held at the Maidenwell Hotel, Maidenwell which is a small township at the gateway to the Bunya Mountains.
This bi-annual event is organised by acoustic music lovers and hosted by the Hotel Publicans Lisa and Adam (cousins).
Camping is provided FREE behind the pub and there are toilets and showers available to campers. The camping area is spacious and you do not need to book, just turn up and set up. It is recommended that you bring your own drinking water.
The pub does excellent meals (lunch and dinner) and has EFTPOS facilities.
There is also limited accommodation available at the pub – ring Lisa or Adam for more details 07 4164 6133.
Breakfast is available at the Maidenwell Trading Post, across the road. The Trading Post also sells fuel and has basic food and toiletry supplies, newspapers, ice-creams, cold drinks etcetera.
The event officially starts Friday evening with a jam in the pub after dinner. Saturday there is jamming in and around the pub and the camping grounds and Saturday night there is an unplugged blackboard concert starting at around 6:30pm – see one of the organisers to put your name down! All styles of acoustic music are welcome but remember this is a community event.
Strictly no BYO – please purchase your alcohol from the pub.
This event, begun by Glen Donald over a decade ago, has been growing in recent years and is truly a wonderful, musically diverse acoustic gathering. The event has the full support of the publicans, the local community and local musicians.
GETTING THERE:
Maidenwell, gateway to the Bunya Mountains is on the Kingaroy-Cooyar Road.
● From Toowoomba or Warwick, go straight up the New England Hwy. About 5 or 6 km past Cooyar,
there’s a sign for MAIDENWELL. Turn left – about 10km.
● Gympie/North Coast: a very nice one-and-a-half hour run through Nanango.
● Brisbane: come up the Brisbane Valley either through Ipswich/Esk
or Caboolture/Kilcoy as far as Yarraman, then take the
Toowoomba turn-off south onto the New England Highway.
Photos and videos of past events: Maidenwell Folk Gathering are available on Facebook
and search Youtube for “Maidenwell Folk Gathering” videos.