All dances taught.  No dancing experience or partner required.  Come dance with us!

The Willie Smith's Mid-Winter Festival Storytelling Competition is back! Eight amazing spinners of yarns, including past champions and newcomers, each one vying to claim the handcrafted Huon Pine Cup. It's all about the apples, and the magic.

The Stranded Wailers are a choir of rowdy men from the South who lead a roaring chorus of sea shanties and other songs of whiskey and wood. They'll warm your cockles and vocal muscles as you strike out with these sea-faring tunes from the days of sail.

We've converted our beautiful spirits distillation still into a speakeasy. Have yourself a cocktail and kick back to some beautiful piano tunes. Featuring: Moonshine Minnie hails from the deep-south where the songs & music of her childhood, was great for disguising & distracting from the sounds & intoxicating smells of moonshine! Minnie learnt to play from an early age, where her talent for distracting tellers-of-tales became legendary and her music became a necessity whenever there was still-action to be had! Hit her up with a request or two …. If you’re game?!!

Hobart power pop rock'n'roll currently on Rough Skies Records.

The Long Johns are the twang of the banjo, the rumble of the sousaphone and the ring of the spittoon, the creak of the door, the crow of the rooster, the stomping of floorboards and the hammering of the chain gang.

Alegría are an exciting stringed quartet from Tasmania that play lively, original folk/punk music

Wassail! Old apple tree we'll wassail thee, And hoping thou will bear.

Blundstone in partnership with Willie Smith's Mid-Winter Festival is excited to present this years costume competition - which means Blunnies are up for grabs! Dress in your pagan finery. Head up to the stage 15 mins beforehand.

The Humbuckin’ Pickups will bring their “Roots Drenched Folk” sound to venues all across Australia in 2023 to support their newly announced third album "Just Like Winter".

Runaway Belles is a Tasmanian alt country folk pop act featuring Tash Parker and Emma Anglesey. With a focus on uplifting storytelling and singing in constant harmony, Runaway Belles offer something unique.

Montz Matsumoto & Voicestrings is Tasmanian based Alternative Bluegrass band.

Zac Henderson is a Tasmanian based singer songwriter, often described as a story teller and captivating performer

Traditional 1930's style Delta Blues played on Vintage Resophonic Guitars, Cigar Box Guitars and Lap

Barefoot Nellie presents a range of traditional old time mountain music and Americana.

Ross on fiddle with Annette, Margaret, and Jackie on banjo, guitar and banjo-uke, dish up a mix of toe tapping, foot stomping traditional and contemporary old time mountain tunes and songs spiced up with a bunch of Ross’ original fiddle tunes from his recent CD “Where’s the Red Chook?”. There are solo fiddle and solo banjo tunes, fiddle and banjo duets and whole band tunes and songs, some fast, some slow and some somewhere in between. It is toe tapping, foot stomping traditional music at its very best. Come dance with us!

A uniquely gifted singer w/ hints of the soul of Marvin Gaye & the sunny beauty of Johnny Nash

Musical storytellers Lilly Sideris and Greer Mackay, bring to the stage an air of relaxed folk, playing styles of Americana, Australiana and contemporary folk.

Zinnia Blue create sparse and brooding melodies and lyrical, uplifting ballads that reinterpret country, folk, and old-time music traditions.

Madelena is a thought provoking and tuneful songwriter, her voice a fusion of innocence and strength sprinkled with an Australian lilt.