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Line 11: \| dates = 27 December – 1 January \| genre = Various \| website = [{{URL\|http://www.woodfordfolkfestival.com/}} ~~www.woodfordfolkfestival.com]~~}} }} The '''Woodford Folk Festival''' is an annual music and cultural festival held near the semi-rural town of [[Woodford, Queensland\|Woodford]],<ref name="Wright">{{cite news\|url=http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,26309046-5003421,00.html\|title=Folk behind Woodford Folk Festival have a feel for the crowd\|work=[[The Courier-Mail]]\|publisher=[[News Corporation (1980–2013)\|News Corporation]]\|last=Wright\|first=John\|date=6 November 2009\|access-date=8 November 2009\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091110051055/http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,26309046-5003421,00.html\|archive-date=10 November 2009\|url-status=live}}</ref> {{cvt\|72~~ ~~\|km}} north of [[Brisbane]], [[Queensland, Australia\|Queensland]], Australia. It is one of the biggest annual cultural events of its type in Australia.<ref name="Wright"/> Every year approximately 125,000 patrons attend the festival. Approximately 2000 performers and 438 events are programmed featuring local, national and international guests. == Format == The festival takes place over six days and nights from 27 December to 1 January each year.<ref name="Wright"/> It features a wide range of performance styles, musical genres and nationalities, with artists playing at over 25 different venues within the festival grounds.<ref name="Wright"/> Along with musical acts, the festival offers a wide spectrum of entertainment such as circus, cabaret, comedy, street performance, workshops, debate, a Children's Festival and more. The streets are lined with restaurants, cafes, stalls, bars, street theatre and parades. The festival supplies both Season and Overnight camping ground to patrons, with most attendees staying for the entire week of festivities.{{cn \|date=February 2012}} The 3 Minutes Silence is a recurring Woodford tradition, part of the [[New Year's Eve]] celebrations where festival goers within the grounds gather for 3 minutes of candle-lit silence to welcome the new year. A Sunrise Ceremony then takes place on the Woodfordia hilltop on New Year's Day. The whole community greets the Sun as they listen to Tibetan chants and guest musicians on the grassy hill. The final evening of the festival culminates in a spectacular [[New Year's Day]] closing ceremony, The Fire Event.<ref name="Price01">{{cite news\|last=Price\|first=Sally\|date=9 December 2007\|url=http://www.thedaily.com.au/news/2007/dec/09/chariots-fire/\|title=Chariots of fire\|work=[[The Sunshine Coast Daily]]\|publisher=APN News & Media\|access-date=11 January 2008}}</ref> In 2009 as part of the [[Q150]] celebrations, the Woodford Folk Festival was announced as one of the [[Q150 Icons]] of Queensland for its role as an "event and festival".<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://statements.qld.gov.au/statement/id/64301\|title=PREMIER UNVEILS QUEENSLAND'S 150 ICONS\|last=Bligh\|first=Anna\|author-link=Anna Bligh\|date=10 June 2009\|publisher=[[Queensland Government]]\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170524033717/http://statements.qld.gov.au/statement/id/64301\|archive-date=24 May 2017\|access-date=24 May 2017}}</ref> ▼ ==Location== [[File:Woodfordiasign.jpg\|thumb\|251x251px\|The famous Woodfordia sign built upon the hilltop\|left]]{{unsourced section \|date=February 2012}}Unlike many festivals which are held in or near urban centres, the Woodford Folk Festival takes place on a 500-acre rural property known as Woodfordia, situated approximately 7 kilometres North of the [[Sunshine Coast, Queensland\|Sunshine Coast]] town of [[Woodford, Queensland\|Woodford]]. The land is owned by Woodfordia Inc (previously Queensland Folk Federation), who are the producers of the festival. In 2011, flooding throughout Queensland also affected Woodfordia, leaving the Queensland Folk Federation (QFF) with millions of dollars of repair bills. To save the organisation, the Moreton Bay Regional Council (MBRC) purchased the land from the QFF and then leased it back to them for 50 years. The MBRC owns the land, however the QFF still owns all infrastructure and improvements made to the land. ==History== [[File:Fireevent.jpg\|left\|thumb\|246x246px\|The Fire Event, every year a grand wooden structure is ceremoniously set alight.]]The Woodford Folk Festival developed from the Maleny Folk Festival which began in [[Maleny, Queensland\|Maleny]] in 1987.<ref name="Wright"/> In 1994, the festival was moved {{cvt\|20~~ ~~\|km}} away to [[Woodford, Queensland\|Woodford]] when it outgrew the Maleny Showgrounds site.<ref name="Wright"/> The final evening of the Woodford festival culminates in a spectacular [[New Year's Day]] closing ceremony, The Fire Event.<ref name="Price01"/> Over 20,000 festival goers seated on the grassed Amphitheater hillside witness a spectacle of dance, music, theatricality and fire - with the burning of a large structure heralding the New Year.<ref name="Price01"/> The Fire Event was developed by Neil Cameron at the former Maleny festival and continued at Woodford, Paul Lawler worked with Cameron and took over as creative director of the event from 2003 - 2011, followed by Joey Ruigrok Van De Werven from 2012 - 2014, and Alex Podger from 2014.<ref name="Price01"/> The January 2000 Fire Event was featured in the global live TV broadcast heralding the new millennium.{{cn \|date=February 2012}} Line 32: In 2008, the festival won the FasterLouder Festival Award for the most Green Friendly festival.<ref name="fasterlouder">{{Cite web \|url=http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/festivalawards/2008/results/winners/ \|title=FasterLouder Festival Awards: 2008 \|access-date=21 July 2010 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090103084140/http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/festivalawards/2008/results/winners/ \|archive-date=3 January 2009 \|url-status=dead}}</ref> ▲In 2009 as part of the [[Q150]] celebrations, the Woodford Folk Festival was announced as one of the [[Q150 Icons]] of Queensland for its role as an "event and festival".<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://statements.qld.gov.au/statement/id/64301\|title=PREMIER UNVEILS QUEENSLAND'S 150 ICONS\|last=Bligh\|first=Anna\|author-link=Anna Bligh\|date=10 June 2009\|publisher=[[Queensland Government]]\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170524033717/http://statements.qld.gov.au/statement/id/64301\|archive-date=24 May 2017\|access-date=24 May 2017}}</ref> In 2014, the festival attracted more than 126,000 patrons and generated 22 million dollars in direct visitor spending.{{cn \|date=February 2012}} Line 122 ⟶ 124: *[http://www.theartfulpodger.com Fire Event Artistic Director's web site] {{coord\|26\|54\|54.15\|S\|152\|45\|19.54\|E\|type:landmark_region:AU\|display=title}} [[Category:Folk festivals in Australia]] [[Category:Festivals in Queensland]]

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