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3BBR-FM was there for the 22nd multi-award winning Boolarra Folk Festival, recording every concert for Gippsland Live.
Gippsland Live (heard 8:00pm Wed & 2:00pm Fri) is our weekly showcase of local live performances and on Wed March 19 begins its broadcast season of the 2025 festival which will continue on alternate weeks.
Visit the Gippsland Live program page for our full broadcast schedule.
Again, thousands of people flocked to Boolarra in early March for the festival with Saturday remaining completely free and unticketed with the support of sponsors.
The festival began with a launch event with four performances held at Boolarra’s Memorial Hall on the Friday night, which this year introduced a cover charge to raise funds towards repurposing the old Boolarra Post Office for the community.
Launching 3BBR’s 2025 broadcast season on Wed March 19th @8:00pm will be the soulful John Flanagan with his 4-piece band. Flanagan brings a genre-blending mix of folk, blues and soul to the stage drawing on the glory days of 70s songwriting. Praised as “one of Australia’s finest lyricist” Flanagan’s storytelling is at the forefront. Also we’ll hear songwriter/guitarist Chris Cavill with his 10yo son Jesse on ukelele.
“Once again there was a really high standard of performances, and we appreciate the help of the Festival and performers in allowing us to share the musicianship and community spirit,” said producer/engineer Garry Havrillay, “We’re also thrilled to be able to give these under-represented and emerging artists a chance to be heard more widely via Community Radio.”
Tune in to 103.1FM on Wednesday nights at 8.00pm or Friday afternoons at 2:00pm, stream online via 3bbrfm.org.au or the Community Radio Plus App, or listen later via our audio-on-demand service at https://3bbrfm.org.au/programs/gippsland-live.