Welcome to Victoria’s Longest Running Folklore Club
Changes to On-Line access to events
Live On-Line access to events (concerts and sessions) has ceased as of December 2023. A recording of concerts will be available
to buyers of a new class of ticket ‘Post-event Recording’ available via Humanitix and on the Concerts page.
All sessions are now 'in the hall' only.
VFMC Memberships 2024-25
Members are reminded that subscriptions were due by 31st March 2024. Unfinancial members may not vote at the AGM or stand for Committee positions.
The Billabong Band is the Victorian Folk Music Club's own performance group and is probably the longest established band in Australia playing traditional music for Bush / Colonial dances and for concerts. The line-up is variable and depends on which musicians are available at the time.
An evening of dancing in the traditional style, featuring great live music.
Admission Pre booking on Humanitix: Members $20, Non members$25.
At the door: $30.
Box Hill Community Arts Centre
Melway ref. 47D11
BYO Mug and plate for supper to share
Tea and Coffee provided
Full details pending
The Club's AGM will be held on Sunday 16th June 2024. A quorum of 15 is needed to conduct a valid meeting so it is important we get the numbers. You can attend in person, or by Zoom, or by filling in a proxy form and have someone else represent you.
The meeting will elect office bearers, committee members and other roles in the club.
After the meeting refreshments will be available plus a bit of music making. So bring your instruments along. Hope you can make it.
Sessions are now at the Ringwood East Senior Citizens Hall.
A 'Round Robin' session is for singing, playing, reciting or story telling. We all take turns to perform in a supportive atmosphere, or you can just watch and/or join in as you wish. You may suggest an item for everyone to join in. Audience welcome.
Maggie Somerville is a local singer-songwriter who has written songs, tunes and poems most of her life. She has played in bands, duos and solo, written music for amateur theatre, given workshops and won awards for some of her songs and tunes. Her material is often based on her own and others' experiences, with a focus on Australian people and events. She released her first solo album, 'Roller-Coaster', in 2013, then a joint album with Stephen Whiteside of CJ. Dennis poems she set to music. She followed with an album of original songs and tunes, 'Baloney', and then an album of poems by Dame Mary Gilmore which she set to music entitled 'The Forest Prayed'. Maggie has now recently produced two more albums - her musical interpretation of poetry by Australian poets John Shaw Neilson and Henry Lawson, 'The Walking of the Moon-Woman' (Neilson) and 'Cinderella' (Lawson).
Zoom webcasts now replaced by Recording on YouTube
Zoom webcasting of concerts is now replaced with a recording of the concert posted on YouTube a day or two after the concert.
To access the recording, purchase a Post-event Recording ticket. The YouTube link will be emailed to you within two days of the concert.
Admission charges from Feb 2024, VFMC members $11, Concession $13, General Admission $15.
The Billabong Band is the Victorian Folk Music Club's own performance group and is probably the longest established band in Australia playing traditional music for Bush / Colonial dances and for concerts. The line-up is variable and depends on which musicians are available at the time.
An evening of dancing in the traditional style, featuring great live music.
Admission Pre booking on Humanitix: Members $20, Non members$25.
At the door: $30.
Box Hill Community Arts Centre
Melway ref. 47D11
BYO Mug and plate for supper to share
Tea and Coffee provided
The goals of the VFMC are:
to preserve, research and popularise our Australian Folklore Heritage
of traditional songs, music, poetry, prose and dance.
to encourage the creation of contemporary songs, music, poetry,
prose and dance in the traditional style.
to maintain forums where singers, musicians, reciters, dancers
and interested organisations may exchange information,
receive help and guidance for the understanding and promotion
of Australian Folklore.
Acknowledgement of Country
The VFMC acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands where we meet,
and supports the Uluru Statement from the Heart.
The official site of the Victorian Folk Music Club Incorporated (Reg No A2511Y)
ABN 28 668 156 704
