workshops, TALKS & SPECIAL PERFORMANCES

Join Tom Gammons from Inn Echo for an intro class on strumming patterns that will really make your Celtic guitar accompanying stand out. Hear some trends in the genre and build on your knowledge base. Must have own well strung acoustic guitar and a knowledge of chording and basic strumming. Please bring your own guitar picks, tuners, capos etc. You should be able to move comfortably through chords at a proper pace. While the style may be new to you, you should be playing guitar comfortably for a year or two.

An entertaining and engaging introduction to something that will be quite new to many "Western" musicians. Grace Barbé and her band will introduce the audience to traditional and contemporary Indian Ocean rhythms such as sega, seggae and mutya, both from a practical and theoretical point of view, including an explanation of how the rhythmic parts are distributed around the instruments.

Join writer/producer Margot Edwards and song-writer/performer Tilly Kelleher for a collective, deep listening to three pre-recorded audio versions of a new folktale told as story; Noongar-English yarn; a cappella poetic ballad.

Followed by conversation/workshop on taking story to song, reinterpretations, versions, cross-cultural archetypes; collective fascinations with re-arranging and performing in contemporary framings. Open to playful improv off the theme of retelling.

Recording artists/co-writers: Danielle (Mama Kin) Caruana, Tilly Kelleher, Bec Schofield, Sari Bennett, Dr Lynette Narkle, Melodie Reynolds-Diarra, Fiona Press.

From generating ideas to giving you the tools for better lyric writing, Tanya Ransom shares her motivations behind songwriting and how you can lift your writing game. Fine tuning lyrics, sense bound imagery and creative discipline. This is a workshop for all creative writers.

The Nannup Busking Competition will be showcased at Nannup Brewing Co on the Saturday and Sunday of the festival, with the winner earning a spot in our 2024 festival programme.

8 entrants - 2 heats - 1 winner!

Cat and Clint will teach a couple of traditional tunes, from the American Old Time back catalogue. This is an inclusive workshop, open to all levels of playing ability. Bring along your instruments and join in!

Peter Capp is a veteran of many festivals    including the recent Gympie Muster. Peter most likely performed at the first  Nannup and lots of others. A breakfast not to be missed with special guests including Phil Strutt. Plenty of humour, music and poetry.

Sandy Beaches, has arrived to share love with all those she reaches.

Hey there grown ups, Sandie McArdell, aka, Fairy Sandie, with a degree in visual arts, music and performance, cannot survive without dabbling in a new, creative idea.

Recently she’s been writing a few Rap songs. Her first song being quite intense about this crazy fast world we live in. But then Sandy Beaches arrived, to remind us to feel and breath in the love. It’s everywhere, So watch out, she’s got love to share!!

Look out for Sandy Beaches, she has a few songs to share with you this Nannup.

Servite College personalises the learning journey for students by designing unique pathways to success. With campuses in Nannup and in Tuart Hill, Perth, at Servite we engage our students through customised curriculum content and authentic delivery methods.

The College offers a growing music program and is proud to be able to participate in the 2023 Nannup Music Festival.  Servite students will perform music in a variety of styles, in rock bands, trios, duos and soloist contexts. They will be performing a selection of covers and original material, some of which have been entered into various competitions such as Triple J Unearthed High.

Our students actively perform in school events and the wider Perth music scene, including Telethon and Spirit of the Arts Festival and their recognition has included a WAMAward.

So, you think you might have a song in you? The good news is, nearly everyone does! Let Soul Movers, Lizzie & Murray, show you their secret recipe. Get inspired, then started, and cooking with a few cool chords and then fit all the pieces together. Lastly, record it as a memo into your phone and hey presto – you have a raw and rockin’ demo ready to go out into the world!

APRA AMCOS SongCraft is an amazing opportunity to hear some of the best songwriters speak about their craft. This is always a special and intimate part of Nannup Music Festival.  Join our spectacular 2023 guests: Peter Salmon and Rosie Sitorus. Past festival guest speakers have included  Passenger, Jordie Lane & Claire Bowditch.

An opportunity for songwriters to come together, share songs, discuss inspirations and processes, and hear songs and stories from Anna & Jordan about their songwriting.

Join Loren Kate in an intimate 'in the round' concert featuring some of your favourite festival artists. Hear the songs and the stories that inspired the songs. A celebration of music, and the creativity of songwriting.

Mitchella Hutchins: Proud Local Wardandi traditional custodian delivering cultural experiences for over 20 years.

Richard Nelson: Ambassador cultural leader and consultant for the Yamitji Region. Proud spokesperson for the indigenous groups and regions in WA. Deakin University of Geelong successful post graduate Natural Cultural Resource Management.

Dianna Gee: Singer /songwriter multi-instrumentalist from Margaret River. Tafe Certificate II, III and IV in music hip hop 101. Suzuki Baby class teacher. Worked assisting music therapist for people with disabilities.        

A blackboard busking stage where you can jot your name down when you arrive at the festival and jump up for your spot. Or look out for busking locations throughout town!

The Street Stage and old Depot are located in the same area as our Ticket Office.

A journey through a largely unheralded style of guitar playing that produced and influenced some of the most astonishing players of all time. Learn basic techniques and tricks to embellish, inspire and supplement your guitar playing.