The Stable Lofts

Festival of Small Halls is thrilled to announce that Susan O’Neill (IRE) and Monique Clare (AUS) will feature on the upcoming Summer Tour 2025: Woodford Folk Festival to Cygnet Folk Festival. Kicking off at Woodford Folk Festival for 6 days of warm summer music, the tour will travel to the southern end of the country for a 3 week run of shows on the Apple Isle. Produced by Woodfordia Inc, this community driven regional music tour will be their 43rd tour. Visiting 10 regional towns from the East Coast beaches in Swansea to the wild north-west in Stanley, Susan O’Neil and Monique Clare will showcase their exceptional vocal and songwriting talents to mesmerised audiences across the state, as well as at Cygnet Folk Festival. Festival of Small Halls Summer Tour 2025 starts at Woodford Folk Festival from 27 December – 1 January, before heading to ten communities across Tasmania as well as the Cygnet Folk Festival from 11 – 12 January. The final show of this tour, at Sandford Hall on 19th January 2025, marks the 700th Festival of Small Halls show since the tours began in 2013.

Carrick has a well-preserved 19th-century heritage; fifteen of its colonial buildings are listed on the Tasmanian Heritage Register including Carrick House (1840), St Andrew's Church (1848), the Old Watchhouse (1837), Monds Roller Mill (1846) and the Carrick Hotel (1833). This easy walk takes you past 20 of Carrick’s historic buildings and is suitable for people of all abilities. Collect a brochure from the Great Western Tiers Visitor Centre. It covers a flat even surface with no steps or steep sections and is suitable for wheelchair users who have someone to assist them. Photo: copyright 2020 Jade Austen All rights reserved.

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