2024 Dates : 15- 17 November
​Festival tickets open 9:00am Monday 20th May
Early bird pricing applies until Monday 30th September.
Festival Announcements

We have received expressions of interest from a huge range of great artists and are now working through the challenge of creating the program for this year.  As soon as we have advised all those who applied, we will announce the lineup here, and on Facebook. Check back in soon!​
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​About Folk in the Forest
Folk in the Forest was born after a group of bush walkers spent a weekend in Dwellingup in preparation for a planned Coast to Coast walk in England. Banksia Springs was our home for that weekend and our after-dinner chat indicated that a return visit to this lovely spot would be highly desirable. All of us being folkies from way back, a musical weekend was proposed and a further suggestion by Steve Hogan that it should be a fundraising event for Little Folk was agreed. Our host, Geoff Bell, creator of Banksia Springs immediately booked us in for the third weekend in November. That was 2006 and this year we’ll hold our 19th festival!
 





​We’ve had lots of fun in those nineteen years.
Performers from Ireland, England and America along with many Western Australian and interstate artists have willingly given their time and talent free of charge. This, along with Geoff Bell’s donation of his accommodation costs has enabled us to raise in excess of $270,000.00 for cancer research at Perth Children’s Hospital Foundation.
 
This is a unique festival with a very special quality --- the enthusiastic audience spend the weekend with the artists and really get to enjoy their company. We breakfast together, enjoy a ramble in the jarrah forest (if we’re up early enough) and sing, dance and play into the wee small hours.
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​Who's playing ?
We have received expressions of interest from a huge range of great artists and are now working through the challenge of creating the program for this year. 
As soon as we have advised all those who applied, we will announce the lineup here, and on Facebook.
Check back in soon!






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​Where to stay ?
As usual - the primary accommodation for the weekend is camping (swags, tents, campers, motorhomes and caravans welcome) - but there is a very limited number of beds available in the lodge and cottages  - these go VERY fast, get in early. 

While we would love to have everyone staying on site for the great vibe it creates (and it helps contribute to our fundraising target), we realise that camping is not for everyone. 
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If you must find a bed somewhere offsite - we have partnered with the absolute closest accommodation to the festival ( 2 minute drive) at the Jarrah Forest Lodge, and if you mention you are coming for Folk in the Forest at Banksia Springs they will look after you. 

Catering options
The bar zone will be back on the lawn outside the lodge. We are working to secure a food vendor for the weekend - due to the intimate size if the festival we only invite a single food van.  As soon as we have details they will be announced here, and on the Facebook page.

We hope to offer enthusiastic support from all attendees for the vendors that have made the long trip down to support our festival.

You can also self cater in your van, or in the shared kitchen in the lodge.  Bear in mind there are a lot of people using the limited kitchen and fridge space so please be patient. 
Festival Enquiries 
Do you have a festival query? Are you interested in performing at the festival? Do you have another enquiry?
Please send us a message at [email protected] and we will endeavour to respond within 48 hours.