The National Folk Festival has announced its full program and lineup for the 2015 event running this Easter.
Over 200 acts have now been announced for the festival, including 23 international and 180 Australian artists. International headliners includeBob Fox and Outside Track, joined by Australian favouritesMy Friend The Chocolate Cake andChristopher Coleman Collective.
One of the most accessible and longest-running folk festivals in the world, there will be over1,200 performers from around the globe appearing this year, as well as 18 venues across Exhibition Park in Canberra includingKidzFest,workshops at ArtefACT,poetry, dance and music events.
Celebrating a rich indigenous history, there will be also a program dedicated to Australia’s First Peoples including performances, a pop-up exhibitionand stories of Dreaming animalsin association with the Taronga Zoomobile.
The 2015 National Folk Festival takes over Canberra from Thursday April 2 – Monday April 6.
