The Australian Folk Music Awards for 2023 are approaching, the panel of expert judges from all over Australia has selected some amazingly talented and special acts and projects from the past year as the finalists in these awards.
We are incredibly excited and grateful to be among them as an AFMA Community/Cultural Project of the year finalist!!
We are also SUPER PROUD of a number of our past CresFest acts who are joining us as finalists in a range of different categories!
Here is a list of these awesome and inspiring musicians and their categories:
Contemporary Folk Music Album of The Year FINALISTS
– Monique Clare
– Joyce Prescher
– Lucy Wise
Artist of the Year – Solo FINALISTS
– Fred Smith
– Monique Clare
Artists of the Year Duo/Group/Ensemble FINALISTS
– Austral
– Gusto Gusto
– Weeping Willows
– We Mavericks
Instrumentalist of The Year FINALIST
– Josh Bennett
Youth Folk Artist of The Year FINALIST
– Apolline
The People’s Choice Award FINALISTS
– Joyce Prescher (Vic)
– Lucy Wise (Vic)
– The Royal High Jinx (Vic)
– The Weeping Willows (Vic)
We would also like to extend a TREMENDOUS thankyou to the Australian Folk Music Awards and to Folk Alliance Australia for this great honour and for all the great work that they do for the folk music world!