AN INTIMATE, single-day music festival is coming to Castlemaine in February.<\/p>\n
As part of the State Government\u2019s state-wide\u00a0On The Road Again<\/em>\u00a0series, 16 artists will spread out over four stages at The Bridge Hotel, Boomtown Winery and Shedshaker Brewery for Town Folk Festival.<\/p>\n Event organiser and owner of The Bridge Hotel, Jeremy Furze, said while the capacity is only 300 people, it will be a day out to remember.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s going to feel like a very special event, I feel it\u2019s going to be a very boutique, unique experience,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019ll be two artists playing at any given time so there\u2019s a bit of choice to make. It\u2019s going to be really quite special for those who come.\u201d<\/p>\n Mr Furze said the line-up features up and coming artists that deserve more attention.<\/p>\n \u201cThis line-up is a group of artists I\u2019ve enjoyed listening to through the pandemic and I lament that some of these artists don\u2019t get the recognition they deserve,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cThe pandemic might\u2019ve played a role in that, but also the fact they make music that\u2019s quite frankly not getting played on Triple J, which means it doesn\u2019t get the exposure some other artists get.<\/p>\n \u201cThe music\u2019s slower, quieter, more delicate than perhaps other genres so it doesn\u2019t fit that format for Triple J, but it\u2019s very exciting music and it\u2019s music that has a strong young audience and all of these performers are quite young as well.\u201d<\/p>\n He said artists to watch out for are pop singer-songwriter Maple Glider and folk sister-duo Charm of Finches.<\/p>\n \u201cCharm of Finches recorded their latest album in their bedroom in lockdown and then released it,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a really beautiful album and I\u2019ve absolutely loved listening to that one.<\/p>\n \u201cMaple Glider\u2019s album this year is a stunning piece of art. I really do feel like some of these albums have maybe flown under the radar and really deserve to get more attention and the artists deserve to play more shows.<\/p>\n \u201cI think the punters are really keen to make up for lost time in terms of going to gigs, as well as artists making up for lost time and money from playing gigs.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" AN INTIMATE, single-day music festival is coming to Castlemaine in February. As part of the State Government\u2019s state-wide\u00a0On The Road Again\u00a0series, 16 artists will spread out over four stages at The Bridge Hotel, Boomtown Winery and Shedshaker Brewery for Town Folk Festival. Event organiser and owner of The Bridge Hotel, Jeremy Furze, said while the […]<\/p>\n