

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Echoes of the long paddock: A folksong celebration
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 01 Apr, 2026 at 08:00 am – Wed, 01 Apr, 2026 at 09:30 am (+11:00)
- **Event Description**: This special concert performance salutes our 70th anniversary as custodian of Australia's folksong heritage and oral history.

We offer a unique digitised treasure-trove of songs, music and stories collected by folklorists from everyday Australians. These recordings are signposts to the understanding and appreciation of our ever-changing national identity. 

Legendary singers Martyn Wyndham-Read and Warren Fahey AM, accompanied by musicians Marcus Holden and Garry Steel, will join distinguished historian Bill Gammage AM to celebrate some of the highlights of the collection.

Find out more and book here: https://www.library.gov.au/whats-on/events/echoes-long-paddock-folksong-celebration
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/canberra/echoes-of-the-long-paddock-a-folksong-celebration/200029656206124
- **Event Categories**: music, entertainment, concerts
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 15

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.library.gov.au/whats-on/events/echoes-long-paddock-folksong-celebration?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=canberra-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Canberra
- **state**: CT
- **country**: Australia
- **location**: Parkes Place, Parkes, Canberra, ACT, Australia, Australian Capital Territory 2600
- **lat**: -35.29873
- **long**: 149.13168
- **full address**: Parkes Place, Parkes, Canberra, ACT, Australia, Australian Capital Territory 2600

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: National Library of Australia (https://allevents.in/org/national-library-of-australia/9218395)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 01 Apr, 2026 at 08:00 am (+11:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Parkes Place, Parkes, Canberra, ACT, Australia, Australian Capital Territory 2600
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** National Library of Australia
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** music, entertainment, concerts
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Echoes of the long paddock: A folksong celebration ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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