YARRA JUNCTION FIDDLERS CONVENTION

PROGRAM- 27th to 29th March 2026

IF YOU WISH TO PERFORM,15-MINUTE BLACKBOARD SPOTS WILL BE

AVAILABLE

THURSDAY 

Gates open for registered volunteers only from 2.00 pm. Please do not come before this, as

we need to get things ready (including marking out roadways through camping areas)

before you arrive.


FRIDAY 

Gates open to the general public at 9 am. Meet your friends, settle in.


EVENING CONCERT: 7.55PM            BIG HALL

7.55         Welcome

8.00         Old Rattlers

8.50         Boodji Creek

9.40         The Loud Shirts


SATURDAY 


WORKSHOPS:                 


10.00        Kitchen                Clawhammer Banjo

10.00        Rec Hut               Beginner Fiddle 

10.00        BBQ                   Slow Guitar Flatpicking

10.00        Big Hall                Clogging

11.00        Kitchen                 Mandolin

11.00        Rec Hut                2 Finger Banjo

11.00        BBQ                   Bluegrass Banjo

11.00        Big Hall                Cajun Dance 

 12.00        Rec Hut                Mindfulness for music lovers                                                         


BLACKBOARD CONCERT: 12.00pm       BIG HALL  

  See  Alan Lazarus by the stage from 11.30 am  for a spot - get in quick!  

                                     

AFTERNOON CONCERT: 3.00 PM         BIG HALL

3.00        Introduction

3.05        Drongo and The Crow

3.45        Alluvium

4.25        Lonesome Still

5.05        Strzelecki Stringbusters

      

         


6.30    CAJUN DANCE CONCERT      BIG HALL

Craig Woodward & band

                                                                                        

7.45  OLD TIMEY DANCE             BIG HALL 

Maggie Duncan with Rod and Judy Jones & Yarra Junction Old-Timey Monster Big Band  

Special guest - Phil Jamison             

               

LATE NIGHT BLUEGRASS CONCERT  In the Rec Hut

9.30          The Burning Bridges

10.00         Boodji Creek

10.30         The Remnants

11.00         O Gibson

                                                              

SUNDAY  

9.30 -11.00: GREAT BIG HARMONY SINGING SESSION         BIG HALL


WORKSHOPS:                  


10.00          Kitchen             Old Time Fiddle

10.00          Rec Hut              Ukelele

10.00          BBQ                 Beginners Old Time Jam

11.00          Kitchen               Double Bass gathering

11.00          Rec Hut              Advanced Bluegrass Guitar

11.00          BBQ                  Slow Jam

11.00          Big Hall              Bluegrass Fiddle

11.00          Outside Rec Hut      Gum Leaf

 

 SUNDAY CONCERT: 12.00        BIG HALL  

      

12.00             Bass Coast Pickers              

12.40             Beyond the Sea               

1.20              Ally and the Cats                    

2.00              Watershed Stringband                

                                                             


2.45          BLACKBOARD CONCERT:                                                              Big Hall

See  Alan Lazarus near the stage for a spot from 2.15 -  get in early


                         Followed by the all night party in the kitchen

                              You are welcome to stay Sunday night, but you must

                      have your camp packed ready to go by 11.00 Monday.

  •   Watch this website if bushfires are likely to be a problem and

    we have to change the date or venue at the last minute !!!


     

     
     

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