Music News

Festival of Resilience – Junk Band

The Festival of Resilience is a celebration of the Blue Mountains community as a resilient, creative, connected community, living sustainably within a World Heritage National Park. On Sunday 11th September, Mic Conway will lead a junk band jam in Carrington Place from 11.30am-12.30pm. Bring along your musical instrument made out of junk and join the fun! If you need ideas for your junk instrument, check Mic’s tutorial on Youtube: Mic Conway’s - How to Make Music with Anything. 

Other musical events include:

• Darug Songlines with Jacinta Tobin – 27th August, Phillips Hall Blackheath
• Beginners ukulele lessons and strum – 3rd September and 1st October, Royal Hotel Springwood
• Get folked! A one-day festival of Folk music; 10th September, Junction 142 Katoomba
• Community Spring Sing; 9th October, Leura

For the full festival program see www.festivalofresilience.org 

Diary Dates

Festival of Resilience - Have a Play with Mic Conway:   Sunday, 11th September, Carrington Place Katoomba, 11:30am-12:30pm

Young Musicians Workshop: 5th to 7th October, Santa Sabina College, Strathfield

AYO Young Symphonists: 23rd Sept to 1st October 2023, Bathurst

Mrs Debbie Smith

Head of Music