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Having written and composed Keating the musical, and appearing regularly on Spicks and Specks, Casey Bennetto\u2019s topic for discussion We happy Fools: are songs the antidote to our modern ills? is very appropriate.<\/p>\n
Bowerbirds in the archives brings together folk singers and instrumentalists Chloe & Jason Roweth together with local musicians Neil Adam and Archer as they discuss collecting music and stories diving into the deep treasure trove that is the National Library of Australia\u2019s oral history collection.<\/p>\n
Growing up in a tin shed with a veggie garden, a composting toilet and one solar panel shaped Charlie Mgee\u2019s life from a very young age.<\/p>\n
He formed his band Formidable Vegetable in the hope of inspiring people to live a better, simpler life and will talk on music as activism.<\/p>\n
The final session, titled Can you really have it all?, is about mothers in the music industry.<\/p>\n
These young women will discuss the challenges of making your way in the business and keeping your skills up when you are looking after small children.<\/p>\n
Hosting the sessions are Cate Kennedy, James Fremantle, and Ruth Hazleton<\/p>\n
Session of Courthouse Conversations are available on the CresFest 2023 website.<\/p>\n
Access for each session is through the weekend ticket, which gets ticket holders entry into every performance throughout the festival.<\/p>\n
Seating at the Courthouse, as in all venues, is not reserved. Tickets and further information on CresFest.com.au.<\/p>\n
CresFest 2023 runs from Friday 31 March to Sunday, 2 April.<\/p>\n