Photographs on this website courtesy of:
Danny Taylor (2005)
Dave Willans (2006)
Tom Giblin (2007)
John Redecker(2008)
Welcome to the Cygnet Festival website!
News!!
2009 headliners The staggering line up of mainland and international performers has just been posted on this site. Take a look!
Our first Masterclasses! We are inaugurating a series of full day masterclasses with six of our finest performers on Tuesday 13 Jan and Wednesday 14 Jan. Take a look!
Performer ApplicationsAll performer applications are closed for the January 2009 festival. Come back here around April 09 for the 2010 online applications.
Volunteer Registrationsare now open online. If you want to be a vital and valued part of the festival in January 09,
go to our Volunteers info page and register.
The Carmel Hall audience on Saturday night
Babaganoush in the Town Hall
Harlequin in the Supper Room
Klezmeritis in the Supper Room
Last January
Every year the organisers of the Cygnet Folk Festival claim that this festival will be even better than last year. And each year the claim is true, as more and more people get involved and build on the experience of past organisers and the successes of all the previous festivals.
Each year the festival swells just slightly, this year bursting out of 9 venues and in to 10 with the welcome addition of the Middle Pub as a formal venue
In January 2008, Roger Joseph, as Festival Director, led the dedicated volunteer committee as they willingly jumped into the traces of the Cygnet juggernaut and pulled together to create another superlative community event, with an incredible line up of artists from around Tasmania, Australia and from overseas.