Clare Sands (IRE)
A sixth generation fiddler & bilingual singer, Sands has been wowing audiences around the world with her groundbreaking style and infinite warrior energy. Electrifying live performances see Clare on fiddle, guitar, percussion, vocals & cassette recordings. An unmissable raw performer, she brings her audience on an exhilarating journey of celebration, resilience and hope.
Channelling the music of her ancestors, Clare Sands is a unique force in Irish music. Weaving traditional roots with Contemporary sounds and influences, Sands sings for the young and the old, brave and the bold.
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© Port Fairy Folk Festival
For tens of thousands of years the Pyipgil Gundidj clan has gathered in ceremony on this country. Since 1977 the Port Fairy Folk Festival has been celebrated each year on the land of the Pyipgil Gundidj clans – on Peek Whurrong country. The Port Fairy Folk Festival pays their respects to elders past, present and emerging and acknowledges that the land we gather on each year for the Festival is the traditional lands of the Peek Whurrong people.
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© Port Fairy Folk Festival
For tens of thousands of years the Pyipgil Gundidj clan has gathered in ceremony on this country. Since 1977 the Port Fairy Folk Festival has been celebrated each year on the land of the Pyipgil Gundidj clans – on Peek Whurrong country. The Port Fairy Folk Festival pays their respects to elders past, present and emerging and acknowledges that the land we gather on each year for the Festival is the traditional lands of the Peek Whurrong people.