Australian Bush Poetry Events Calender 2010

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Australian Bush Poetry Events Calendar 2010 & 2011
To include or update information for your event, email: Dates of events should be confirmed with event orgainsers. This calendar is updated when information is supplied to web administrator.
2011 Events
January 2011
14 - 23 21	Tamworth Golden Damper Bush Poetry Performance Competition (Finals), Wests Leagues Club 8.30 am
April 2011
12 - 13	Winton Qld, Waltzing Matilda Bush Poetry Awards, 15th Annual Junior Festival
2010 Events
January 2010
14 - 17 15 - 24 15 - 24 16 16 - 24 16 - 24 18 19 19 19 20 21 21 21 22 22 - 25 23 23 31	Bulli NSW, Illawarra Folk Festival 1300 887 034 The Tamworth Country Music Festival has finished until next year. Sam Smythe Bush Poets and Balladeers - Tamworth City Bowling Club ph 02 6562 6861 The 3 Larrikins and a Lady Country Comedy Show 8.30pm - 10.30pm featuring Laura Downing, Ray Essery, Dave Prior and Neil McArthur, will be held at the Longyard on Saturday Night Longyard Poets' Breakfasts 8am till 10am Hog's Breath Country Comedy Show 10am - 12 midday (except Sat 23rd) featuring Laura Downing, Neil McArthur, Adam Kilpatrick & Dave Proust ABPA Walk-up Concert, 1.30 - 4.30pm, St Edwards Hall, 78-94 Hillvue Rd. Tamworth ph 02 6652 3716 Australian Bush Laureate Awards, Tamworth Town Hall Tamworth Golden Damper Bush Poetry Performance Competition (Heats), Wests Leagues Club 10am Comedy Poems in Costume 11.15am, St Edwards Hall, 78-94 Hillvue Rd. Tamworth ABPA Walk-up Concert, 1.30 - 4.30pm, St Edwards Hall, 78-94 Hillvue Rd. Tamworth ph 02 6652 3716 ABPA Annual General Meeting, 2pm, St Edwards Hall, 78-94 Hillvue Rd. Tamworth ph 02 6652 3716 Tamworth Golden Damper Bush Poetry Performance Competition (Heats), Wests Leagues Club 10am Comedy Poems in Costume 7.30pm, St Edwards Hall, 78-94 Hillvue Rd. Tamworth Tamworth Golden Damper Bush Poetry Performance Competition (Heats), Wests Leagues Club 10am Newstead Vic, Poetry at the Newstead Festival poster and program Tamworth Golden Damper Bush Poetry Performance Competition (Finals), Wests Leagues Club 9am closing date NSW Bush Poetry Championships Written Competition closing date Boyup Brook Written Bush Poetry Competition Entry Form
February 2010
12 17 - 28 25	closing date Man From Snowy River Festival Adult Poetry Competition Entry Form & Information Adelaide SA, Fringe performance And Their Ghosts May Be Heard Splash Theatre Company ph 08 8277 7293 closing date NSW Bush Poetry Championships Performance Competition
March 2010
4 - 7 12 18 - 21 24 30 - 31	NSW Bush Poetry Championships Dunedoo NSW closing date Man From Snowy River Festival Junior Poetry Competition Entry Form & Information Narrandera NSW, John O'Brien Festival Entry Forms - closing date Gulgong NSW Henry Lawson Society Literary Awards Entry Forms 02 6374 1213 Winton 15th Annual Waltzing Matilda Bush Poetry Awards – Junior Section
April 2010
8 - 11 11 15 16 30	Man From Snowy River Festival Poetry Competition Entry Form & Information entry forms available Ipswich Poetry Feast Written Competition Entry Form closing date The Little Swaggies’ Written Competition Entry Form & Information closing date Urban Country Music Festival - Written Bush Poetry Competition ph 1800 810 400 Denman NSW, Bush Poet Evening, enquiries Kaye Martin 0427 472 290
May 2010
1 - 3 21 29 27 - 30 30 31 31	Caboolture Qld, Urban Country Music Festival - Bush Poets Breakfasts ph 1800 810 400 closing date Australian Bush Poetry Championships Open Written Competition (Bush Lantern Award) Bray Park Qld, North Pine Bush Poets’ Annual Fund Raiser Concert, Club Pine Rivers (07) 3482 3541 Casino NSW, Four Days of Bush Verse Contact (02) 6662 1047 Radio 2CH 8.30pm broadcast & webcast Bush Poetry - guest poet Philip Rush closing date Gold Nugget Award written bush poetry competition Entry Form or Contact closing date Eastwood Hills Fellowship of Australian Writers - The Boree Log Award for Bush Verse Entry Form
June 2010
5 7 11-14 13 18 19-20 20 30	Singleton NSW, Bush Poetry Workshop 8am - 3pm and Poetry at the Pavillion, Saturday night closing date Bendigo Goldfields Bush Poets, Burke and Wills Written competition Entry Form Grenfell, NSW Henry Lawson Festival of Arts, Contact (02) 6343 2855 Perisher Valley NSW, Snowy Poetry Cup, Russell Hannah ph 0488 971 777 closing date Australian Bush Poetry Championships Performance Competition Torquay Vic, Froth and Bubble Literary Festival, Contact (03) 5261 2899 or 0421 043 272 Millmerran Qld, Millmerran Commerce and Progress Inc. Bush Poetry Concert, Contact (07) 4695 1228 closing date Murrindindi Dusty Swag Awards
July 2010
4 9 9 - 11 25 30 30 - 1	Derby WA, Derby Bush Poets’ Breakfast, 7am, Derby CWA Cottage Grounds ph (08) 9191 1782 ah. closing date North Pine Bush Poets Written Bush Poetry Competition Entry Form Australian Bush Poetry Championships Bundaberg Queensland Radio 2CH 10.30pm Sydney time broadcast & webcast Bush Poetry - guest poet Victoria Brown - call 1300 131 170 (freecall from anywhere in Oz) to chat live on radio about bush poetry. Nandewar Poetry Competition (Written) Entry Form closing date North Pine Bush Poets Junior Written Bush Poetry Competition Entry Form closing date Ipswich Poetry Feast Written Competition Entry Form Queensland Bush Poetry Championships Ravenswood Queensland
August 2010
6 13 - 15 14 20 - 22 28 31	closing date North Pine Bush Poets Camp Oven Festival Entry Form Casino NSW, Bushmans Heritage & Camp Oven Festival Contact (02) 6662 1069 closing date Bendigo Goldfields Bush Poets, Burke and Wills Performance competition Entry Form Bray Park Qld, North Pine Bush Poets Camp Oven Festival Entry Form & Information Mia Mia Vic, 150th Anniversary celebrations of Burke and Wills Camp 6, Contact ph (03) 5433 2427 closing date Kangaroo Valley Written Bush Poetry Competition
September 2010
1 7 27 30	entry forms available Blackened Billy Verse Competition Details and Entry Forms closing date Toolangi Festival written bush poetry competition Jan Williams ph (03) 5962 9282 closing date Billy Mateer 3rd Bush Poetry Written Competition Entry Form closing date Hunter Bush Poets bush poetry competitions Details and Entry Forms
October 2010
12 14 15 15 - 17 15 - 17 23 24 29 29 - 1 30 30 30 - 31 31	closing date Uralla Performance Bush Poetry Competition Entry Form closing date Cervantes Written Bush Poetry Competition Entry Form Irene 0429652155 closing date New England Heritage in Verse written competition Entry Form Hunter Bush Poets Annual Bush Poetry Festival Details and Entry Forms Victorian Open Bush Poetry Championships Toolangi Vic, Presentation Ceremony, Toolangi Festival written bush poetry competition Jan Williams (03) 5962 9282 Kangaroo Valley NSW, Bush Poetry closing date Gippsland Golden Wattle, Open Written Bush Poetry Competition Entry Form Maldon Vic, Vintage Verse, Yarn Spinning, Poets’ Breakfast, Bush Poetry Workshop and more - Kilcoy Qld, Presentation of Billy Mateer 3rd Bush Poetry awards, Contact (07) 5496 3529 Uralla NSW, Big Breakfast and Performance Bush Poetry Competition Entry Form Dalgety NSW, Dalgety Snowy River Celebration Cervantes WA, Cervantes Arts Festival, Bush Poets’ Breakfast & Walk Ups welcome, enquiries: Irene 0429 652 155
November 2010
7 19 - 21 30	Glen Innes NSW New England Heritage in Verse Bush Poets Breakfast & Competition Crookwell NSW Upper Lachlan Bush Poets Wool Wagon Awards closing date Blackened Billy Verse Competition Details and Entry Forms

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Australian Bush Poetry Events Calendar 2010 & 2011