AustLit

'Russell Hannah, born in 1943, discusses his first involvement with folk music; his interest in writing; his involvement in the local newspaper (1977-1981); joining the local Folk Club; that Club’s committee members; singers who performed for the Club; Club events; a local radio program; the first local Folk festival (1986) which led to the Jamberoo Festival (New South Wales); changing the festival’s name to the Illawarra Folk Festival (ca. 2005); festival sites; difficulties with ‘hoons’ at a festival; public transport; Festival supporters, programs and performers; Festival ‘Tripe night’; community support for the festival; the festival committee and finances; animals; the Folk in the Foothills event; the Kangaroo Valley Festival; various other festivals in the region; volunteers; Folk week in Wollongong; his current writings; the community, changes and local issues in Shellharbour; his family.' (Trove)