Wonderful storytellers, musicians and singers will take you on an odyssey along the Hawkesbury River to secret locations and forgotten sites with place-based performances.
First Voyage - Irish Harp Music + Sea Shanties + Boatshed tales Step aboard for a river journey winding through sandstone cliffs and untold histories. At the first forest site, listen to the melodious strains of the Irish harp and stories of Irish women. On the opposite shore, join in the rollicking verses from the River Dogs Shanty Singers from up and down the river. Backed by the rhythmic plunge and pull of oars on an outgoing tide, the dogs sing tales of love and loss amongst the prawn heads and crab traps on the river's muddy shores.
Second Voyage - Fiddler-Singing Folkies + Haiku Happenings + Rogue Storyteller Crossing over the Hawkesbury River, step ashore for fiddler-singing folkies where Awen takes you on an acoustic journey through time with fiddles, guitar and fabulous vocals. A lone flute calls you onward, its notes guiding a quiet journey of reflection. Here, write your own haiku —words shaped by wind, water, and impressions of country. Further on, your rogue storyteller awaits on the shoreline with tales both tall and true: murder, mayhem, and deliciously dark stories that lie beneath the surface. Bring your best self—the river remembers.
