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The inaugural ‘Bended Knee’ Music Festival. 29th - 30th March 2019
From established well known acts to the expression of folk and acoustic music through grassroots and community engagement our innovative new Bended Knee Music Festival is a dynamic and exciting new celebration of Acoustic Music. The program will be designed to energise and entertain. From traditional and upbeat to the offbeat and the imaginative it will feature all the key genres that draw audiences from everywhere to be a part of it.
Although we hope to engage the talents of numerous nationally acclaimed artists, our vibrant festival will pay particular homage to local talent from the Ballarat district, featuring local acts to suit every age and taste. Individual concerts will showcase musical styles and genres as diverse as acoustic, bluegrass, roots, blues and celtic.
Our historic festival site, the township of Buninyong, is and will be populated with bars, food and market stalls and roving musicians and buskers. Numerous venues will provide a range of concert and performance-based experiences from our big concerts at larger venues to more intimate spaces such as churches and cafes where you can enjoy a more up-close experience with the performers.
If you’ve always dreamed of playing the fiddle, reciting poetry or performing a bush dance with your family then here is your chance! Our interactive program will include a range of exciting workshops and a bush dance on the Friday night where participation is essential.
As festival organizers we recognise the significance of the land on which the festival is held to the indigenous people of the area and we plan to collaborate with local elders to develop a means to acknowledge this in a meaningful way.
Pencil in the dates for next year’s Bended Knee Festival in Buninyong from March 29th to 30st 2019.
The name ‘Buninyong’ originates from an Aboriginal word also recorded as 'Buninyouang', said to mean 'man lying on his back with his knees raised', which is in reference to the shape of Mount Buninyong.