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My #woodfordFolkFestival bingo card filled up pretty quickly, in no particular order:

* on one day, I had several women singing a cappella while I showered
* bumped into Costa the Garden Gnome
* Saw three former work colleagues perform
* was offered free edibles
* bumped into Dr Karl
* Saw in New Years with a cabaret dancer doing a headstand, naked with a lit sparkler between her arse cheeks

There was more but my #WFF2023 bingo card was already full.

A three panel artwork titled "Woodford Folk Festival" is lit by flood light.

Each panel was created by attendees of the previous there festivals.

We contributed to the centre and right panels.

Day 6 update from #woodfordFolkFestival

Best Fever Dream: Sewer Rat Girl
Great show that covered some real & surreal territory. I think by seeing her show, I joined a cult? I'm unsure. Check in with me later.

Best Performance: my youngest playing violin in the Folkaphonic Orchestra
Making his 2nd Woodford appearance, it is objective fact that this was clearly the best performance not only of the day but the entire festival and not parental bias... 😜

Caught some talks, art & music

#WFF2023

Sewer Rat Girl stands before a dark red curtain with no pants on at the opening of her show.

Things only got weirder from there.

A red robot holding a "now" sign is frozen in place as it's legs are auger bits and have dug into the mud.

Sometimes when you look deeply enough into a forest, you can see yourself looking back out.

This could be a photo of that moment.

It could also be a very large blue and white mask hanging high in a Eucalyptus tree, lit by a spotlight.

This sculpture is being a bit of a galah.

A metallic blue and white galah stands outside Bob's Bar.

Is it beckoning you to dance? Have a drink? Recognising you as an old friend or telling you about the free edibles it just scored?

Who knows. You won't remember tomorrow anyway.

Day 5 highlights from #WFF2023:

The NYE 3 minutes of silence, nothing but crickets and frogs as 60,000 people are dead quiet. Spine tingling.

The roar afterwards is unforgettable.

Surprise Standout: Alana Wilkinson
I knew nothing of her and she blew me and the packed Parlour away with her passion, compassion, wit, humour and general brilliance.

Most Committed: Betty Grumble doing a naked headstand for what felt like 10 minutes with a sparkler between her arse cheeks.

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Alana Wilkinson on stage at the Parlour, standing in front of a dark red curtain in matching bright yellow shorts and shirt, singing into a microphone while playing ukelele.

Yeah, so I saw Fourplay for a 4th time. When you live in Australia's cultural anus (Central Queensland) you never know when you're going to see quality artists again.

The band is silhouetted in front of red and green stage lights.

Birdman and Egg on stage as birdman inflates a green rubber ball moments before he steps into it.

It's night at Woodford and yellow, red, blue, green, brown and white butterfly wings are lit by LEDs hanging over a bridge.

Day 4 #woodfordFolkFestival highlights:

Continued the "is this WFF2003 or #WFF2023?" cognitive dissonance by being in the mosh for #Custard & #Regurgitator back to back.

This was aided by 2003 being the last time Gurg played here.

Custard and Gurg brought their A games They were on fire with tight, energetic shows. I'd go so far as to say they were the best gigs I've seen from either band.

Lot's grey GenX moshing, slam dancing, crowd surfing & up on shoulders.

Loads of sore bodies today 🤣

The magnificant Custard in full flight on the Grande stage at Woodford.

A stilt walking street performer in a red costume with 1m wide and 4m long rainbow ribbon

The ever amazing Fourplay String Quartet playing in the Halcyon at Woodford

Regurgitator with their mad rabbit on keyboards, working the crowd in the Grande at Woodford.

Day 2 highlights from #woodfordFolkFestival

* Best music: Ukelele Death Squad
High energy, tight musicianship, great songs, light comedy.

* Best Perfornance: Temple of JuJu
Every performer at this event was brilliant. So much technical skill & performance flair. Space Cowboy runs a tight show

* How tF have I never heard of: Jackie Marshall?
Is it because she's a she, an #anarchist & her music is political? She stars in this 2023 movie:
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt23461456/?ref_=ttawd_over

I'll be watching that

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A mooney Boosh makes a brief appearance above the Juju Temple

An LED stilt walker in white shows her goddess flair.

A painted pair of doors on the way to artisan alley

Sights from day 1 at #WFF2023:

Acts of note:
* #fourplayStringQuartet, sans @neilhimself were the best act of the day. I think I'll catch all their shows.

* Bad Sext were the best new act I saw. Grrl punk show meets cabaret meets comedy, had it all. Great show. Would fit in at @dnalounge if you could drag them out of Brisbane.

* Resin Dogs - defied my expectations of being a sad rehash of 2003 and brought a high energy set of bangers - including the new stuff.

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