The best of the rest of the fest – Port Fairy Folk Festival

While other festivals are falling by the wayside thanks to cost of living stresses and insurance challenges, Port Fairy continues to delight.
A young man in a blue shirt with an acoustic guitar plays on a small outdoor stage with his eyes closed. Flynn Gurry. Port Fairy Folk Festival.

Other than our stand-alone reviews of Cat Power Sings Dylan and Missy Higgins, the recent festival threw up a slew of excellent performances. While it may be the big names that draw you to buy a ticket, it’s unearthing the surprise gems that is the total joy of a festival like Port Fairy.

You can’t help but wonder if his star will keep on rising quite as forcefully once his origin tale has been shared with the whole world, but connecting with his audience is such a natural thing for Muq, the chances are he’ll just find something else to talk about and draw us in. Following his Port Fairy appearances, Muq performed a gig in Northcote and is heading to New Zealand for a couple of dates before continuing his tour back in the US.

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Madeleine Swain is originally from England, where she trained as an actor, and has over 30 years’ experience as a writer, editor and film reviewer in print, television, radio and online. She is also currently President of JOY Media and Chair of the Board.