a showcase of NZ folk artists, including the inaugural ANZFA Folk Music Awards.
Friday, January 3rd 2025, 8pm, at Hanover Hall, Dunedin
With guest artists from Taranaki, Lyttleton, Wellington and Auckland.
Featuring kiwi music icons Mike Harding and Gumboot Tango, Janet Muggeridge & Dave Murphy, long-standing Auckland bluesman Neil Finlay and Tui award-winning troubadour Adam McGrath, Ballads to Blues ‘25 promises to be a one-out-of-the-box folk event for 2025.
Houseband, the Dunedin Ceilidh Orchestra will glue the evening together with their infectious tunes..
Add to this the first ever ANZFA Folk Music Awards Ceremony; six finalists competing for a range of awards: Best Folk Album 2024 (as voted for by ANZFA members) Best Traditional, Original, Kiwiana and Americana albums judged by an ANZFA-appointed panel. The six finalists (who will all be represented at the Awards Ceremony) out of 15 submissions,are:
Caution 15 by Railway Pie
Dear Companions by Adam McGrath
Dog and Pony Show by Matt Hay
Going Home by Martha Louise
Pathways by Gavin Asher
The Winter Light by Amiria Grenell
Join us for an epic evening of entertainment and celebration!
Tickets available through Humanitix, go to www.anzfa.org.nz for further information.
