Rhiz & The Sugarplums

Rhiz & The Sugarplums are a (mostly-female) retro four-piece rockabilly/rock’n’roll/country band from Melbourne and Camperdown (VIC). The band includes Rhiannon McArthur, “Rhiz”, Pete Daffy, Jordy Hickey and Mandy Keating. As […]

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Saoirse

Saoirse are Bernadette O’Neill, Kerry McManus, Anthony O’ Neill and Sile Coleman. A vibrant Celtic/folk group from Melbourne,  Saoirse delight their audiences with beautiful renditions of traditional Irish ballads and […]

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Skiffle Party

Skiffle Party plays high energy upbeat American roots music in the style of UK proto-rockers Lonnie Donegan, Chris Barber and the Vipers Skiffle Group. Skiffle was (of course) the birth […]

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Stella Savy

CresFest Choir Director and Associate Artistic Director Stella Savy is a key member of our team. As a performer, Stella’s singular blend of funk, soul, reggae and ska is unlike […]

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Super Rats

Super Rats play fun and fascinating traditional tunes from the backstreets of Bucharest. At the heart of the band is a strange and wonderful instrument: the cimbalom. Imagine honkytonk piano […]

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T-Bone

Winners of the Tui award for Best Folk Artists 2023, T-Bone bring their signature mix of Kiwi-folk and Americana to Oz for the first time in 2024, with layered vocal […]

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