Newsletter Archive

Don't Wait at the Gate!Avoid queueing for tickets at the Four Winds Festival gate. Purchase your tickets online and ensure a smooth passage into the festival site. You can further minimise time in a line by pre-ordering your lunch online.

Why Haven't I Received My Tickets Yet?Panic not! If you ordered from our web site, you should have received an email to confirm your order. If you replied by mail order, you can be sure that your order was received… more

Hildegard of BingenOne of the things that I love about the Four Winds Festival is the chance to discover more about familiar music. Genevieve Lacey, our artistic director, will be taking us on a musical journey through time… more

Spaghetti Western Orchestra I feel it my duty to help Festival goers come to a better understanding of the Spaghetti Western Orchestra as we are treated to a re-invention of a live radio broadcast… more

When Muso Meets PlaywrightIf you are one of the poor unfortunates that can only come on one day of the Festival owing to other commitments, you are in for a tough choice. One of the highlights on Saturday will be Karin Schaupp playing the Guitar as a soloist and with Marshall McGuire on the Harp… more

Etcetera, Etcetera Hooray, Hooray, fellow Munchkins of Four Winds world as the dreaded vouchers are gone. So now fellow Munchkins join me in singing as we dance up from the amphitheatre… ding-dong the queue is dead… more

OutreachA few years ago, Four Winds decided to step up and do more in our community in between festivals, as we are keen to show how culture and economy can work together to build a future for our community. We started from… more

Black Arm Band to Join in Community OutreachWe will have the women of The Black Arm Band (BAB) to close our 2010 festival. Prior to Easter members of BAB will be visiting the Wallaga Lake Koori community to share skills, through a series of music workshops… more

Inspiring Public Performance Another project that Four Winds is involved with is Inspiring. If you can travel to Bermagui on Sunday, November 8th at 11AM, you can see the world-premier, one-off performance of students from local schools from Moruya to Eden. Now what makes this special… more

Patrons of Paolo & How to Bluff Your Way with the Viola de Gamba If you are a philistine like me and all you know about the Viola de Gamba comes from reading the subtitles and viewing the 1991 French movie, Tous les matins du monde, here is your chance to learn some essential factoids… more

Etcetera, Etcetera Four Winds personnel updates, site preparations, a viola de gamba clip and… more

An Update From Our Artistic Director
The past few months have been a period of intense activity: we're in the midst of multiple projects. Four Winds exists only because of the passionate community that surrounds it. It has been conceived, created, sustained, and continues to grow… more

Dramatic Gulaga Fires
As fires burnt out of control on Gulaga (Mt Dromedary), the rural fire service and local residents were poised for all possible eventualities, having to respond to quickly changing conditions. Many of our Tilba and Mystery Bay friends were kept busy fending off ember attack… more

Premiere of jazz composition inspired by Bermagui at Four Winds 2010
Thanks to the Keir Foundation, our next festival will feature the outstanding jazz pianist Andrea Keller who has been invited to compose a work inspired by Bermagui and the surrounding region. Andrea who has been referred to by The Age newspaper as “one of this country's most daring and fascinating composers” is the 2008 ARIA award winner for best jazz album (Footprints), as well as numerous other awards… more

Inspiring - Schools Outreach Project at Bermagui
In early June it really was a case of shake, rattle and roll as Bermagui Community Centre reverberated with the sounds of maracas and drums, claves and castanets and foot stomping too, as 15 teachers participated in a Percussion Workshop led by an energetic and skilled team from Sydney school, MLC… more

Four Winds People (a little insight into our members)
Skiers Unite! If you like the new website, you can thank our team of Richard Lambert of Flying Monkey Multimedia, and Rob Tacheci our director extraordinaire in charge of visuals and our website. You may not be aware but apart from website and visuals Rob is also carrying on a fine tradition on the Four Winds Board – a love of snow and skiing.… more