New partnership for QMF

QUEENSCLIFF Music Festival (QMF) has united with Woodfordia’s Festival of Small Halls to bring some of Australia’s biggest names in music to regional communities around the nation.

Now in its 15th year, the festival of Small Halls is a series of tours that take the best folk and contemporary acoustic artists featured on the bill at major Australian festivals and sends them on the road to halls in small Australian towns.

“The Spring 2019” instalment will begin in Dorrigo, New South Wales before concluding on the Bellarine at QMF.

Andrew Orvis, QMF director, said the partnership will see more music delivered to more communities.

“The Queenscliff Music Festival delivers and develops excellence in Australian contemporary music and celebrates community,” he said.

“This natural alignment with such a prominent tour of community halls has us looking forward to continue our partnership with Festival of Small Halls, and the opportunity to deliver more of the best music to even more communities through this programme.

“We’re looking forward to opening the Queenscliff Town Hall with our dedicated Festival of Small Halls showcase at the festival and we’re thrilled to be a part of the Spring Tour 2019.”

The Small Halls tour will see Celtic group The Jellyman’s Daughter, nominees of the Best Acoustic Act in the Scottish Alternative Music Awards, journey to the QMF stage in November.

Joining them will be emerging Aussie folk artists Sara Tindley and Ash Bell who recently teamed up after having worked alongside each other for several years as solo artists.

Catch the two acts on their last leg of the Small Halls journey at this year’s QMF.

For more information, visit qmf.net.au.