Sandford Music Festival 2026 is a Celebration of Bush & Country living focusing on music, bush-crafts, bush poetry, art, local culture and good old country hospitality.
Only 4 hours from Melbourne and 5 from Adelaide so perfect next stop if attending Womadelaide or Port Fairy Folk Festival.
Bush Ballads, Folk, Gospel, Celtic, Irish, Bluegrass and Aussie Country music will be performed by professionals, semi-professionals and amateurs including some very talented younger performers.
As well as the music there is Bush Poetry, Jam Sessions, Workshops, Art Exhibitions, Country Crafts, Trade Stalls, Food Vendors, and much more.
The Sandford Bush Music Festival is a registered ‘Not for Profit’ organisation.
All profits are dispersed to local community groups, sporting clubs or charitable organisations.
Festival Parton Dobe Newton (OAM)
In 1972 Dobe joined the original Bushwhackers and Bullockies Bush Band, who quickly established ‘legendary’ pub residencies in Melbourne’s inner north and developed a loyal following. Five European tours over the next seven years saw them establish a significant reputation and fan base as energetic, skillful interpreters of a unique Antipodean version of the anglo/celtic tradition. Musical influences encountered and the lessons learned from a decade of touring made Dobe determined to establish the Bushies at the forefront of Australia’s contemporary music scene. Almost fifty years later we can conclude that he has succeeded.
Dobe Newton (OAM) is a ‘doer’, a ‘giver’ and an all-round ‘good bloke’. We are delighted that he accepted our invitation to be our patron.
Follow the Folk Trail
Sandford is only 4 hours from Melbourne and 5 from Adelaide.
So perfect next stop if attending Womadelaide or Port Fairy Folk Festival then after us carry onto Yackandandah Folk Festival.
