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The Festival of Small Halls is coming to Macleay Island on July 27, 2025, featuring Champagne Weather and Charm of Finches as part of the Winter Tour 2025: Coastal Queensland.
Produced by Woodfordia Inc., veteran producers of the Woodford Folk Festival, this marks the 45th tour of regional, remote and rural communities with high-quality, visionary music.
The tour weaves along the coastline of Woodfordia Inc.’s home state, from rainforest villages to seaside towns and island escapes.
Touring Australia for the first time as a duo, Champagne Weather is a collaboration between Anne Janelle and James Hill. Once dubbed “the future of folk”, Champagne Weather’s music is a meld of today and tomorrow, curating sound sculptures with their strings and voices. Their songwriting pays homage to the roots of folk songs and the transformative nature of inspirational modern composition.
With numerous awards and nominations to their name, the Canadian act has performed at festivals and venues across North America, Japan, and the United Kingdom.
In anticipation of the tour, the pair noted, “We couldn’t be more thrilled! We will remember this one forever!
“It has been too many years since we performed in Australia, and we are excited to be reunited with our fans and to make new ones along the way. Australian audiences are a special bunch, and we can’t wait to feel the magic again.”
Melbourne darlings Charm of Finches will head on the road for the second time with Festival of Small Halls. Sisters Ivy and Mabel hold the audience with mesmerising harmonies, curious stories and intricate melodies.
Off the back of their fourth studio album, Marlinchin in the Snow, recorded in rural Nova Scotia, Canada, the pair continue to cultivate a repertoire of folk songs that traverse melancholy and wonder in equal measure.
“Music is such a great way to build community, and we’re so happy to be a part of that,” the pair said.
For tickets and more information, go to festivalofsmallhalls.com.
