THE NANNUP MUSIC CLUB INC

The Nannup Music Club Inc is a non-profit, incorporated arts organisation dedicated to fostering community through music and the arts. Established in 1988 by Bernie Wilborn, it has been organising the annual Nannup Music Festival (aka South West Folk Festival for the first few years) since 1990. The Club is run by a dedicated volunteer Committee and passionate team of staff. 

The first festival was held in existing venues around the town of Nannup: the Town Hall, the Lesser Hall, the RSL Hall and the Recreation Centre. In 2003 the Festival moved its evening venue to the grounds of Holberry House, as the Committee decided that an open-air evening concert made the Festival very special. As the crowds grew, The Shire of Nannup began work on the Nannup Amphitheatre at the Foreshore Park, ready for the Festival to move its main venue there in 2007, where it remains to this day. 

With the Festival ran solely by volunteers for the first couple of decades, the Club had never had an allocated space for its meetings and operations. In 2008 and with its first employed part-time staff, the Club leased a small office on Warren Rd, which was followed by the lease of the old Supper Room in 2011. In 2018, and with a Shire of Nannup assisted loan, the Club acquired property in the heart of the Festival site on Brockman St, where it now houses its HQ, meeting space, storage sheds and Secret Garden venue. The goal is to further develop the site to better serve Club and NMF operations and artistic program.

Alongside its flagship event, and in-line with its commitment to facilitate cultural experiences in a regional setting, the Club endeavours to develop and maintain an annual artistic program of events for the local community. Past events include Festival of Small Halls, Solstice in the Secret Garden, A Day on the Village Green, Nannup Instachoir, as well as event collaborations with Southern Forest Arts, Nannup Community Cinema, Nannup Flower & Garden Festival and the Shire of Nannup.

The Club is registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission and supported by the State and Federal Governments, Regional Arts WA, Lotterywest, Totally Sound and the Shire of Nannup.