Port Fairy Folk Festival, 7 - 10 March 2025

INSTRUMENT MAKERS

 

 Details of Instrument Makers at Port Fairy Folk Festival 2025 coming soon. Please see details of 2024 Instrument Makers below.

 

 

Rocky Creek Strings

Rocky Creek Strings

Rocky creek strings Rocky Creek Strings are family business located in Northern NSW, who have been crafting high-quality instruments for over a decade, mostly Ukuleles. Their ukuleles come in a range of shapes and designs, that produce a rich, mellow sound, made...

Syn Whistles

Syn Whistles

syn whistles Erle enjoys making and playing whistles and has been making instruments for over 20 years. Come and try the whistles and bodhrans on display this year!                

Shoma Acoustics

Shoma Acoustics

shoma acousticsShoma Subotic is a Melbourne based luthier that produces acoustic guitars under the name of Shoma Acoustics. His mechanical background and passion for woodwork and music fused together and led him to a career in guitar making. Every Shoma Acoustics...

Pianos Recycled

Pianos Recycled

pianos recycled Pianos Recycled is a 7-year-old, circular economy social enterprise with a mission to find and develop value-creating alternatives to landfill for unwanted pianos. Where it is feasible, Pianos Recycled will restore an old piano to playing condition....

Octigan Guitars

Octigan Guitars

Octigan guitars Roderick is a boutique builder based in the East of Melbourne. A woodworker for over 45 years, each instrument he creates is crafted by hand with absolute attention to detail. Using both Australian and imported tone woods,  he specialises in acoustic...

Brookwood Guitars

Brookwood Guitars

BROOKWOOD GUITARS There is one rule for cigar box guitars and that is: ‘There ain’t no rules…. So you build ‘em how you like, string ‘em how you like and play ‘em how you like’. At Brookwood Guitars, we try and use reclaimed timbers whenever possible with timber such...

Hyde and Clay

Hyde and Clay

Hyde and Clay Tarek Sawires, Egyptian born percussionist, migrated to Australia in 1983. He pursued his musical career while majoring in ceramics and sculpture at Sydney College of the Arts. During this time, hexplored the idea of drums and sound, combining the art of...

Accordion Society of Australia

Accordion Society of Australia

Accordian society of australia The Accordion Society of Australia is a thriving not-for-profit organisation that embraces the diversity of accordion music. Our mission is to provide a supportive network which nurtures a vibrant community of players, performers, and...

Jack Spira

Jack Spira

jack spira guitar maker Jack Spira is one of Australia's most enduring and respected independent luthiers. Starting as a teenager in a storeroom under his parents' pet shop, Jack went on to be trained at the prestigious London College of Furniture in the 1980s before...

Lyons Sculpture Park Gongs

Lyons Sculpture Park Gongs

Lyons sculpture park gongs I am a professional Artist/Sound Sculptor and have been working with steel, stone and and wood for over 30 years. I have a large number of works in private collections and have completed many public commissions. I have a 15 Acre sculpture...

Woodskin

Woodskin

woodskin Mark Aspland, inventor of the Woodskin™ KiKBox® Cajon has significantly advanced the traditional cajon, extending its use into a wide variety of musical genres. With a globally patented built-in pedal kick drum, switchable snare, plus tone and depth controls...

Violin World

Violin World

Violin World John was born in Holland in 1942 and is now a naturalised Australian.  He studied cello with the late James Whitehead in Adelaide, South Australia and viola da gamba with Hans Bol, Wieland Kuijken and Johannes Koch; was a professional cellist before...

Rocky Creek Strings

Rocky Creek Strings

Rocky creek strings Rocky Creek Strings are family business located in Northern NSW, who have been crafting high-quality instruments for over a decade, mostly Ukuleles. Their ukuleles come in a range of shapes and designs, that produce a rich, mellow sound, made...

Syn Whistles

Syn Whistles

syn whistles Erle enjoys making and playing whistles and has been making instruments for over 20 years. Come and try the whistles and bodhrans on display this year!                

Shoma Acoustics

Shoma Acoustics

shoma acousticsShoma Subotic is a Melbourne based luthier that produces acoustic guitars under the name of Shoma Acoustics. His mechanical background and passion for woodwork and music fused together and led him to a career in guitar making. Every Shoma Acoustics...

Pianos Recycled

Pianos Recycled

pianos recycled Pianos Recycled is a 7-year-old, circular economy social enterprise with a mission to find and develop value-creating alternatives to landfill for unwanted pianos. Where it is feasible, Pianos Recycled will restore an old piano to playing condition....

Octigan Guitars

Octigan Guitars

Octigan guitars Roderick is a boutique builder based in the East of Melbourne. A woodworker for over 45 years, each instrument he creates is crafted by hand with absolute attention to detail. Using both Australian and imported tone woods,  he specialises in acoustic...

Brookwood Guitars

Brookwood Guitars

BROOKWOOD GUITARS There is one rule for cigar box guitars and that is: ‘There ain’t no rules…. So you build ‘em how you like, string ‘em how you like and play ‘em how you like’. At Brookwood Guitars, we try and use reclaimed timbers whenever possible with timber such...

Hyde and Clay

Hyde and Clay

Hyde and Clay Tarek Sawires, Egyptian born percussionist, migrated to Australia in 1983. He pursued his musical career while majoring in ceramics and sculpture at Sydney College of the Arts. During this time, hexplored the idea of drums and sound, combining the art of...

Accordion Society of Australia

Accordion Society of Australia

Accordian society of australia The Accordion Society of Australia is a thriving not-for-profit organisation that embraces the diversity of accordion music. Our mission is to provide a supportive network which nurtures a vibrant community of players, performers, and...

Jack Spira

Jack Spira

jack spira guitar maker Jack Spira is one of Australia's most enduring and respected independent luthiers. Starting as a teenager in a storeroom under his parents' pet shop, Jack went on to be trained at the prestigious London College of Furniture in the 1980s before...

Lyons Sculpture Park Gongs

Lyons Sculpture Park Gongs

Lyons sculpture park gongs I am a professional Artist/Sound Sculptor and have been working with steel, stone and and wood for over 30 years. I have a large number of works in private collections and have completed many public commissions. I have a 15 Acre sculpture...

Woodskin

Woodskin

woodskin Mark Aspland, inventor of the Woodskin™ KiKBox® Cajon has significantly advanced the traditional cajon, extending its use into a wide variety of musical genres. With a globally patented built-in pedal kick drum, switchable snare, plus tone and depth controls...

Violin World

Violin World

Violin World John was born in Holland in 1942 and is now a naturalised Australian.  He studied cello with the late James Whitehead in Adelaide, South Australia and viola da gamba with Hans Bol, Wieland Kuijken and Johannes Koch; was a professional cellist before...